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FIFA World Cup 2026Group I
SENSenegal
Full time5–0
IRQIraq
FRI, 26 JUN 2026BMO Field, Toronto
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1st
World Cup meeting
Match preview

Senegal and Iraq meet at the World Cup for the very first time.

5
matches without a win
Match preview

Iraq have not won any of their 5 World Cup matches.

4th
minute goal
4'

Abdoulaye Seck scored in the minute 4 for Senegal — the earliest goal they have ever scored at a World Cup.

Oldest
WC scorer for senegal

On his World Cup debut, Abdoulaye Seck became the oldest player ever to score for Senegal at a World Cup, aged 34 years, 22 days.

Most
World Cup goals for senegal

Ismaïla Sarr is now Senegal's all-time leading World Cup scorer with 4 goals, overtaking Papa Bouba Diop (3).

1st
african team to score five goals

Senegal became the first African team in history to score five goals in a World Cup match.

Super-Sub
2nd multi-scorer Sub from Africa

Pape Gueye is the second African player to score twice in a World Cup match as a substitute (after Cameroon’s Roger Milla in 1990).

24
years since last clean sheet

Senegal recorded their first clean sheet at the World Cup since their first ever game vs France in 2002 (1-0) – ending a 13-match streak without a clean sheet.

16
goals conceded

Iraq have conceded in every one of their 6 World Cup matches (16 goals).

2nd
times conceding 4+

Iraq have conceded four or more in a World Cup match for the 2nd time (5 today).

69%
Senegal possession record

Senegal's 69% possession is their most in a match in the last three World Cups (previous best 58%).

82
passes completed

Idrissa Gana Gueye completed 82 passes — the most by a Senegal player in a match in the last three World Cups.

505/183
passes completed

Senegal completed 505 passes (their most in a match in the last three World Cups) to Iraq's 183.

Total Dominance!
1st since 7-1 semifinal in 2014

Ismaïla Sarr, Pape Gueye and Iliman Ndiaye all scored and assisted in this match – it is the first time a team had three players do so in a WC match since Germany in their 7-1 win over Brazil in 2014.

5-0
heaviest World Cup defeat

Iraq's 5–0 defeat to Senegal was their heaviest at a World Cup.

4
minutes conceded

Iraq conceded after just 4 minutes — the earliest goal they have ever conceded at a World Cup.

6
games without a win

Iraq have still never won a match at the World Cup — 6 games without a victory (0 draws, 6 defeats). Only Honduras (9) and New Zealand (8) have endured a longer wait.