AFCON 2025 Squad News - No Big Shocks as Senegal Announce 28-man Squad

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Senegal's 28-man AFCON squad includes Sadio Mane and Kalidou Koulibaly.
Six English club players selected, plus young talents under 21.
Mamadou Sarr switches allegiance from France to Senegal.

Sadio Mané and Nicolas Jackson will form a potent attack for Senegal at the 2025 AFCON (Getty Images).

Senegal head coach Pape Thiaw has announced a 28-man squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
No Major Shocks
Six English-Based Players
Senegal’s Final Squad

No Major Shocks

With the full allotment of 28 players called up, there have not been major omissions from the Lions of Teranga Squad.

There are three players based in Saudi Arabia, including captain Sadio Mane and key defender Kalidou Koulibaly. Strasbourg defender Mamadou Sarr is included after switching his international allegiance from France.

Six English-Based Players

Senegal have called up six players based in England. If we include Nicolas Jackson and Mamadou Sarr, who are both on loan from Chelsea, that number reaches eight players.

There are six players aged 21 or younger. One of those is PSG attacker Ibrahim Mbaye. He has played 29 matches for PSG at the age of just 17.

Senegal’s Final Squad

POS	NAME	AGE	CLUB (COUNTRY)
GK	Édouard Mendy	33	Al-Ahli SFC (Saudi Arabia)
GK	Mory Diaw	32	Le Havre AC (France)
GK	Yehvann Diouf	26	OGC Nice (France)
DF	Kalidou Koulibaly	34	Al-Hilal SFC (Saudi Arabia)
DF	Moussa Niakhaté	29	Olympique Lyon (France)
DF	El Hadji Malick Diouf	20	West Ham United (England)
DF	Krépin Diatta	26	AS Monaco (France)
DF	Mamadou Sarr	20	RC Strasbourg (France)
DF	Ismail Jakobs	26	Galatasaray (Turkey)
DF	Antoine Mendy	21	OGC Nice (France)
DF	Abdoulaye Seck	33	Maccabi Haifa (Israel)
DF	Ilay Camara	22	RSC Anderlecht (Belgium)
MF	Idrissa Gana Gueye	36	Everton FC (England)
MF	Lamine Camara	21	AS Monaco (France)
MF	Habib Diarra	21	Sunderland (England)
MF	Pape Gueye	26	Villarreal CF (Spain)
MF	Pape Matar Sarr	23	Tottenham Hotspur (England)
MF	Pathé Ciss	31	Rayo Vallecano (Spain)
FW	Sadio Mané	33	Al-Nassr FC (Saudi Arabia)
FW	Nicolas Jackson	24	Bayern Munich (Germany)
FW	Ismaïla Sarr	27	Crystal Palace (England)
FW	Boulaye Dia	29	SS Lazio (Italy)
FW	Chérif Ndiaye	29	Samsunspor (Turkey)
FW	Iliman Ndiaye	25	Everton FC (England)
FW	Habib Diallo	30	FC Metz (France)
FW	Ibrahim Mbaye	17	Paris Saint-Germain (France)
FW	Cheikh Sabaly	26	FC Metz (France)
FW	Assane Diao	20	Como 1907 (Italy)