Factfile on Senegal, who are in World Cup Group A:

Best World Cup performance: Quarter-finalists in 2002.

Other honours: African champions in 2022.

FIFA ranking: 18.

Main clubs: ASC Jaraaf, ASC Jeanne d’Arc, AS Douanes.

How they qualified: Senegal defeated Egypt in a play-off.

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