Back in 2002, Senegal’s golden generation delivered their greatest ever World Cup performance – a shock quarterfinal run. At the time it seemed like an outlier, but in the past two decades Senegal have overhauled their football program and helped develop another golden generation with even greater ambitions. How will the reigning African champions fare at the World Cup in Qatar, and how has one of the poorest countries competing at the tournament transformed into a contender?

Report: Paul Jäger and Ololade Adewuyi
Edit: Vincent Chmiel

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