Senegal v Iraq, 26 June 2026

Score5-0 to Senegal
RefereeAnthony Taylor
CompetitionFIFA World Cup Group I
VenueBMO Field, Toronto
Attendance43,036

View Senegal v Iraq head to head

Kick-off: 3.00pm local . FIFA World Ranking: Senegal 15th, Iraq 57th . This was the first-ever meeting at ‘A’ international level.

5 Senegal

Manager: Pape Bouna Thiaw

0 Iraq

Manager: Graham Arnold

Goals:

Habib Diarra 4 G
Ismaïla Sarr 56 G
Pape Gueye 59 G
Pape Gueye 71 G
Iliman N'Diaye 82 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Mory Diaw
Defender Ismail Jakobs
Defender Moussa Niakhaté
Defender Abdoulaye Seck
Defender/Midfielder Habib Diarra
Defender/Midfielder Krépin Diatta
Midfielder Lamine Camara
Midfielder Idrissa Gueye (captain)
Midfielder/Forward Sadio Mané
Midfielder/Forward Ismaïla Sarr
Forward Ibrahim Mbaye

Starting lineup:

Ahmed Basil Goalkeeper
Akam Hashim Defender
Frans Putros Defender
Rebin Sulaka Defender
Merchas Doski Defender/Midfielder
Amir Al Ammari Midfielder
Zidane Iqbal Midfielder
Ali Al Hamadi Midfielder/Forward
Ibrahim Bayesh Midfielder/Forward (captain)
Ali Jasim Midfielder/Forward
Ahmed Qasem Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Pape Gueye for Habib Diarra 56
Nicolas Jackson for Lamine Camara 56
Iliman N'Diaye for Ibrahim Mbaye 56
Pathé Ciss for Abdoulaye Seck 58
Assane Diao for Ismaïla Sarr 81

Substitutions:

Munaf Yunus for Ahmed Qasem 16
Jalal Hassan for Ahmed Basil 46
Ahmed Maknazi for Ali Jasim 57
Ali Yousif for Ali Al Hamadi 57
Kevin Yakob for Zidane Iqbal 67

Cards:

Abdoulaye Seck 18 Y
Pape Gueye 81 Y

Cards:

Rebin Sulaka 13 R
Amir Al Ammari 75 Y
Merchas Doski 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Yehvann Diouf
Defender El Hadji Malick Diouf
Defender Kalidou Koulibaly
Defender Antoine Mendy
Defender Mamadou Sarr
Midfielder Pathé Ciss
Midfielder Pape Gueye
Midfielder Bara Sapoko N'Diaye
Midfielder Pape Matar Sarr
Midfielder/Forward Assane Diao
Midfielder/Forward Nicolas Jackson
Midfielder/Forward Cherif N'Diaye
Midfielder/Forward Iliman N'Diaye
Forward Bamba Dieng

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Jalal Hassan
Goalkeeper Fahadi Talib
Defender Hussein H. H. Ali
Defender Ahmed Maknazi
Defender Mustafa Saadoon
Defender Zaid Tahseen
Defender Munaf Yunus
Midfielder Zaid Ismael
Midfielder Aimar Sher
Midfielder/Forward Youssef Amyn
Midfielder/Forward Marko Farji
Midfielder/Forward Kevin Yakob
Forward Aymen Hussein
Forward Meme
Forward Ali Yousif

Comments:

Senegal finished as one of eight best third-placed nations (8th) to reach the knockout phase for the third time in their four participations at FIFA World Cup tournaments. . The Lions de la Téranga had now become the first-ever CAF (African) nation to score five or more goals in a game at a FIFA World Cup finals. . They avoided losing four consecutive games at FIFA World Cup tournaments for the first time. . Senegal named 14 of a possible 15 substitutes. Edouard Mendy was unavailable due to a knee injury.

Comments:

Finishing bottom of Group I, Iraq had now lost their three group games in both of their participations at FIFA World Cup tournaments: previously in 1986 in Mexico. . This was the Lions of Mesopotamia’s heaviest defeat since a 6-0 loss against Chile in an international friendly played in Brondby, Denmark in August 2013. . Rebin Sulaka was shown a yellow card in the 9th minute but was upgraded to a red card following a VAR review for serious foul play. It became the earliest dismissal in a game at the FIFA World Cup finals since Carlos Sánchez of Colombia versus Japan in Saransk, Russia in 2018 (two minutes, 56 seconds).

5 Senegal

Manager: Pape Bouna Thiaw

Goals:

Habib Diarra 4 G
Ismaïla Sarr 56 G
Pape Gueye 59 G
Pape Gueye 71 G
Iliman N'Diaye 82 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Mory Diaw
Defender Ismail Jakobs
Defender Moussa Niakhaté
Defender Abdoulaye Seck
Defender/Midfielder Habib Diarra
Defender/Midfielder Krépin Diatta
Midfielder Lamine Camara
Midfielder Idrissa Gueye (captain)
Midfielder/Forward Sadio Mané
Midfielder/Forward Ismaïla Sarr
Forward Ibrahim Mbaye

Substitutions:

Pape Gueye for Habib Diarra 56
Nicolas Jackson for Lamine Camara 56
Iliman N'Diaye for Ibrahim Mbaye 56
Pathé Ciss for Abdoulaye Seck 58
Assane Diao for Ismaïla Sarr 81

Cards:

Abdoulaye Seck 18 Y
Pape Gueye 81 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Yehvann Diouf
Defender El Hadji Malick Diouf
Defender Kalidou Koulibaly
Defender Antoine Mendy
Defender Mamadou Sarr
Midfielder Pathé Ciss
Midfielder Pape Gueye
Midfielder Bara Sapoko N'Diaye
Midfielder Pape Matar Sarr
Midfielder/Forward Assane Diao
Midfielder/Forward Nicolas Jackson
Midfielder/Forward Cherif N'Diaye
Midfielder/Forward Iliman N'Diaye
Forward Bamba Dieng

Comments:

Senegal finished as one of eight best third-placed nations (8th) to reach the knockout phase for the third time in their four participations at FIFA World Cup tournaments. . The Lions de la Téranga had now become the first-ever CAF (African) nation to score five or more goals in a game at a FIFA World Cup finals. . They avoided losing four consecutive games at FIFA World Cup tournaments for the first time. . Senegal named 14 of a possible 15 substitutes. Edouard Mendy was unavailable due to a knee injury.

0 Iraq

Manager: Graham Arnold

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Ahmed Basil Goalkeeper
Akam Hashim Defender
Frans Putros Defender
Rebin Sulaka Defender
Merchas Doski Defender/Midfielder
Amir Al Ammari Midfielder
Zidane Iqbal Midfielder
Ali Al Hamadi Midfielder/Forward
Ibrahim Bayesh Midfielder/Forward (captain)
Ali Jasim Midfielder/Forward
Ahmed Qasem Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Munaf Yunus for Ahmed Qasem 16
Jalal Hassan for Ahmed Basil 46
Ahmed Maknazi for Ali Jasim 57
Ali Yousif for Ali Al Hamadi 57
Kevin Yakob for Zidane Iqbal 67

Cards:

Rebin Sulaka 13 R
Amir Al Ammari 75 Y
Merchas Doski 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Jalal Hassan
Goalkeeper Fahadi Talib
Defender Hussein H. H. Ali
Defender Ahmed Maknazi
Defender Mustafa Saadoon
Defender Zaid Tahseen
Defender Munaf Yunus
Midfielder Zaid Ismael
Midfielder Aimar Sher
Midfielder/Forward Youssef Amyn
Midfielder/Forward Marko Farji
Midfielder/Forward Kevin Yakob
Forward Aymen Hussein
Forward Meme
Forward Ali Yousif

Comments:

Finishing bottom of Group I, Iraq had now lost their three group games in both of their participations at FIFA World Cup tournaments: previously in 1986 in Mexico. . This was the Lions of Mesopotamia’s heaviest defeat since a 6-0 loss against Chile in an international friendly played in Brondby, Denmark in August 2013. . Rebin Sulaka was shown a yellow card in the 9th minute but was upgraded to a red card following a VAR review for serious foul play. It became the earliest dismissal in a game at the FIFA World Cup finals since Carlos Sánchez of Colombia versus Japan in Saransk, Russia in 2018 (two minutes, 56 seconds).