Madar (Dakar) - Senegal head coach Patrick Vieira on Thursday, 5 November 2026, named a 25-man squad for the double-header against Sudan on 12 and 16 November in the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, Senegalese daily Le Soleil reported.
Pape Demba Diop (Strasbourg), Clayton Diandy (Al-Diriyah) and Paul Mendy (Cagliari) receive their first call-ups, while Pathé Mboup (Brest) also joins the group. Krépin Diatta (Watford) and Dion Lopy (Al-Ittihad) return after missing the previous fixtures.
For the first time since taking charge, Vieira has left out Idrissa Gana Gueye, a sporting decision he explained at his press conference. Captain Sadio Mané (Al-Nassr), who also missed the previous camp, is staying with his family for a happy family event.
Bara Sapoko Ndiaye, Assane Diao, Abdallah Sima and Ismaïla Sarr are out injured, and Pape Moussa Fall is absent following the death of his father. Ngagne Demba Thiam, Arouna Sanganté, Rassoul Ndiaye and Mamadou Diakhon, who were in the previous squad, are not included.
Goalkeepers: Yehvann Diouf (Nice), Mamour Ndiaye (Saint-Étienne), Mory Diaw (Al-Shabab). Defenders: Mamadou Sarr (Real Sociedad), Moussa Niakhaté (Lyon), Sadibou Sané (Monaco), Nobel Mendy (Hull City), Malang Sarr (NEOM), El Hadji Malick Diouf (Brentford), Lamine Sy (Auxerre), Kalidou Koulibaly (Al-Hilal), Krépin Diatta (Watford).
Midfielders: Lamine Camara (Monaco), Pape Gueye (Villarreal), Pape Matar Sarr (Juventus), Dion Lopy (Al-Ittihad), Pape Demba Diop (Strasbourg). Forwards: Nicolas Jackson and Ibrahim Mbaye (Aston Villa), Boulaye Dia and Issa Soumaré (Rennes), Iliman Ndiaye (Manchester City), Pathé Mboup (Brest), Clayton Diandy (Al-Diriyah), Paul Mendy (Cagliari).
