Senegal coach Pape Thiaw dropped defenders Moustapha Mbow and Ilay Camara from his preliminary ​squad to finalise his 26-man line-up for the World ‌Cup by FIFA’s deadline on Monday.

Paris FC ​centre-half Mbow and Belgian-born Anderlecht fullback ⁠Camara, who has won three caps, were named in Thiaw’s 28-man wider squad on May 21.

Mbow won his first ‌cap when he played the second half off the bench in the 3-2 ‌friendly loss to the United States in Charlotte ‌on ⁠Sunday, while Camara was an unused substitute.

Sadio ⁠Mane, who scored both of Senegal’s goals against the U.S., remains a leading player for a star-studded Senegal squad that ​looks to be the ‌most potent of the 10 African qualifiers for the World Cup.

Senegal ‌opens its World Cup campaign against France on June 16 in New Jersey in a repeat of its 2002 World Cup meeting in which the African side came out on top against the then-holder.

It also takes on Norway at the ‌same venue (June 22) and Iraq in Toronto (June 26) in Group ​I matches.

Senegal squad for FIFA World Cup 2026:

Goalkeepers: Edouard Mendy, Mory Diaw, Yehvann Diouf

Defenders: Krepin Diatta, Antoine Mendy, Kalidou Koulibaly, ⁠El Hadji Malick Diouf, Mamadou Sarr, Moussa Niakhate, Abdoulaye ⁠Seck, Ismail Jakobs

Midfielders: Idrissa Gana Gueye, Pape Gueye, Lamine Camara, Habib Diarra, Pathe Ciss, Pape ‌Matar Sarr, Bara Sapoko Ndiaye

Forwards: Sadio Mane, Ismaila Sarr, Iliman Ndiaye, Assane Diao, Ibrahim Mbaye, ​Nicolas Jackson, Bamba Dieng, Cherif Ndiaye

Published on Jun 02, 2026