Overview:
This is the sixth AFCON meeting between the sides with three clashes in the group stages in 1986, 2000 and 2002, then semi-final in 2006 and final in 2021. Each team has won two games [D1]
Wednesday January 14, 2026
- Grande Stade de Tangier – 8pm (EAT)
Senegal and Egypt clash in the repeat of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations with the prize for the winner being the 2025 Afcon final.
The highly anticipated last four clash at the Grande Stade de Tangier also features two former teammates at Liverpool – Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah.
The Lions of Teranga edged the 2021 final meeting on penalties against the seven-time champions and avenging that defeat is one of the missions on the Pharaohs side.
To get here, Senegal overcame 10-man Mali 1-0 in the quarter final while Egypt eliminated holders Ivory Coast in a five-goal thriller in Agadir.
Key Players
Mane, despite scoring only once in the competition has been pivotal assisting four times and remains a key figure in the Senegal attack.
Also, key will be goalkeeper Edouard Mendy, captain Kalidou Koulibaly, midfield patroller Idrissa Gueye and Pape Gueye among others for Pape Thiaw side.
For the seven-time champions, Salah remains the main man alongside Omar Marmoush in attack, Emam Ashour running the show in the middle with Ramy Rabia and goalkeeper Mohamed El Shenawy also formidable.
Key Stats:
This is the sixth AFCON meeting between the sides with three clashes in the group stages in 1986, 2000 and 2002, then semi-final in 2006 and final in 2021. Each team has won two games [D1]
The winner of a knockout clash between Senegal and Egypt has always been crowned African champions, a scenario that has occurred twice, in 2006 and 2021.
Current Egypt coach Hossam Hassan scored the Pharaohs’ only goal in their 1–0 win over Senegal at the 2000 AFCON, finding the net in the 36th minute.
Egypt edged the semi-final on home soil in 2006 with a 2–1 victory on their way to a fifth AFCON title. Ahmed Hassan converted a 37th-minute penalty, Mamadou Niang equalised in the 52nd minute, before Amr Zaki scored Egypt’s second in the 81st minute. Hassan also appeared as a late substitute in the match.
On a personal note, Mohamed Salah has faced Senegal five times and is yet to score against them, recording one win, one draw and three defeats while Sadio Mané has faced Egypt five times, scoring one goal and recording three wins, one draw and one defeat.
Mané has created the joint-most chances at the current AFCON with 14, alongside Ademola Lookman, while Salah follows with 12.
PAST AFCON MEETINGS
1986 Group A, 7 March 1986
Senegal 1 (Youm 67’) Egypt 0, Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
2000 Group C, 28 January 2000
Egypt 1 (H. Hassan 39’) Senegal 0, Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano
2002 Group D, 20 January 2002
Egypt 0 Senegal 1 (Diatta 82’), Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako
2006 Semi-final, 7 February 2006
Egypt 2 (A. Hassan 37’ pen, Zaki 81’) Senegal 1 (Niang 52’), Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
2021 Final, 6 February 2022
Senegal 0 Egypt 0 (AET, Senegal won 4–2 on penalties)