The future coach of the Senegal national Football team should be known before the end of the year, according to the president of the federation, Augustin Senghor.
The president of the Senegalese Football Federation (FSF) spoke on Tuesday, after the Lions’ victory against Burundi (2-0), on the choice of the future national coach. After a good interim of four victories in as many outings of the national team ensured by Pape Thiaw, the leader affirmed that the ball is now in the court of the executive committee of the FSF, which will soon have to define the criteria and the profile of the successor to Aliou Cissé.
“We owe it to our national team and the Senegalese to take this matter seriously. The executive committee will work on this issue in the coming weeks,” underlined Augustin Senghor, noting that it is “too early” to raise the debate on maintaining the interim coach.
However, Mr. Senghor specified that the federation will remain faithful to its strategy of favoring local expertise which allowed Senegal to win its first African Cup of Nations (CAN), through Aliou Cissé, in 2021 in Cameroon. “We will not launch an international call for applications. We maintain our vision of giving priority to Senegalese technicians, whether they are based in Senegal or abroad,” he added at the end of the last match of the CAN qualifiers scheduled for the end of 2025 in Morocco.
This declaration comes in a context of transition for the Lions of Senegal, after the Ministry of Sports decided, on October 2, not to renew the contract of Aliou Cissé, in office since 2015.
Pape Bouna Thiaw, Cissé’s first assistant, was appointed interim coach for the matches against Malawi in October, as part of the CAN 2025 qualifiers. He has since had a faultless run, winning the last four matches played at home and away, for eight goals scored and zero conceded.
The president of the FSF praised the performance of the Lions during the qualifiers, highlighting the “perfect mastery” of the national team. Senegal finished at the top of Group L with sixteen points, five wins, one draw, ten goals scored and only one conceded. “The players and technical staff rose to the challenge, despite the change of coach,” said Augustin Senghor.
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The future coach of the Senegal national football team should be known before the end of the year, according to the president of the federation, Augustin Senghor.
The president of the Senegalese Football Federation (FSF) spoke on Tuesday, after the Lions’ victory against Burundi (2-0), on the choice of the future national coach. After a good interim of four victories in as many outings of the national team ensured by Pape Thiaw, the leader affirmed that the ball is now in the court of the executive committee of the FSF, which will soon have to define the criteria and the profile of the successor to Aliou Cissé.
“We owe it to our national team and the Senegalese to take this matter seriously. The executive committee will work on this issue in the coming weeks,” underlined Augustin Senghor, noting that it is “too early” to raise the debate on maintaining the interim coach.
However, Mr. Senghor specified that the federation will remain faithful to its strategy of favoring local expertise which allowed Senegal to win its first African Cup of Nations (CAN), through Aliou Cissé, in 2021 in Cameroon. “We will not launch an international call for applications. We maintain our vision of giving priority to Senegalese technicians, whether they are based in Senegal or abroad,” he added at the end of the last match of the CAN qualifiers scheduled for the end of 2025 in Morocco.
This declaration comes in a context of transition for the Lions of Senegal, after the Ministry of Sports decided, on October 2, not to renew the contract of Aliou Cissé, in office since 2015.
Pape Bouna Thiaw, Cissé’s first assistant, was appointed interim coach for the matches against Malawi in October, as part of the CAN 2025 qualifiers. He has since had a faultless run, winning the last four matches played at home and away, for eight goals scored and zero conceded.
The president of the FSF praised the performance of the Lions during the qualifiers, highlighting the “perfect mastery” of the national team. Senegal finished at the top of Group L with sixteen points, five wins, one draw, ten goals scored and only one conceded. “The players and technical staff rose to the challenge, despite the change of coach,” said Augustin Senghor.
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