Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Kubva kuma2000, Senegal yakatanga kusimukira uye ikava muvengi anokwikwidza muAfrica Cup of Nations. Mutambo wa2002 wakaratidza mhedzisiro yakanakisa munhoroondo yenhabvu yeSenegal, nechikwata ichi chakakundwa neCameroon 2 <unk> 3 pakurohwa mushure mekurohwa pasina zvibodzwa mufainari. Senegal zvakare yakapedza semumhanyi muna 2019
, vachirasikirwa ne0<unk>1 yokupedzisira kuAlgeria. Mushure mekubudirira kweFIFA World Cup kutanga muna 2002, uko divi rakasvika kumaquarter-fainari, Senegal yakazvisimbisa zviri pamutemo sesimba idzva muAfrica. Zvisinei, pasinei nokuvandudzika uku, Senegal haisati yambohwina mukombe weAFCON munhoroondo yayo.