Senegal part ways with their head football coach after the national side’s elimination from the tournament at the round of 32 stage.
Published On 12 Jul 2026
Senegal fired football coach Pape Thiaw on Saturday, saying the national team’s results at the World Cup necessitated a change at the helm.
Senegal had hoped to be contenders at the World Cup, after beating Morocco in January’s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final, but had a disappointing tournament in which they lost their opening two group games to France and Norway and let slip a 2-0 lead with five minutes remaining against Belgium in the last 32 before going down 3-2 in extra time.
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Thiaw, 45, was due to begin a five-match ban in September at the start of the 2027 Cup of Nations qualifiers because he led a walk-off of players in protest of a penalty that Morocco were awarded in the 2025 final in Rabat.
French daily L’Equipe reported that Patrick Vieira, a French World Cup winner who was born in Dakar, was among the favourites to take over.
