SENEGAL
Senegal’s national team, the Teranga Lions, maintained their ranking as the continent’s number one football nation according to the recent report published on Friday (June 14) by FIFA.
The ranking comes barely a week to the 2019 African Cup of Nations, AFCON, tournament due to kick off in Egypt.
Aliou Cisse’s side are 22nd on the global ranking and are pooled in AFCON Group C along with Algeria, and the East African duo of Tanzania and Kenya. The side led on the pitch by Sadio Mane are expected to qualify from the group.
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