[2][3] Some of the most notable players from the country include Roger Mendy, Jules Bocandé, Tony Sylva, Henri Camara, El Hadji Diouf, Sadio Mané and Kalidou Koulibaly.
Football in Senegal has been introduced around the 20th century during French colonial rule.
One of the first clubs of the country were ASC Jeanne d'Arc and Foyer France Senegal.
For many seasons, all of the clubs participating comes from the western part of the country where Dakar, Saint-Louis and Ziguinchor are located.
[7][8][9] Twitter research from 2015 found that the most popular English Premier League club in Senegal was Chelsea, with 26% of Senegalese Premier League fans following the club, followed by Manchester United (22%) and Arsenal (15%).