Overview
- Coach Pape Thiaw announced a provisional roster that includes 26 players plus two alternates and he must remove two players to meet FIFA’s final squad rules.
- Captain Kalidou Koulibaly anchors a defence that also features goalkeeper Édouard Mendy while Sadio Mané leads a forward group that includes Nicolas Jackson and Ismaïla Sarr.
- Senegal secured World Cup qualification after a comeback win in Kinshasa that shifted the group balance in their favour during the qualifying campaign.
- The team will open Group I against France in East Rutherford before playing Norway at the same U.S. venue and finishing the group stage against Iraq in Canada.
- With the 2026 format expanding progression from groups, final selection decisions will shape Senegal’s tactics and substitute options and the coach must finalise the 26-player roster before FIFA’s deadline.