Pape Thiaw fired as Senegal coach after disappointing FIFA World Cup
Senegal part ways with head coach after national side's elimination from the football tournament at the last-32 stage.
By Reuters
Published On 12 Jul 202612 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.
Original source: Al Jazeera
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