Senegal’s Female National Team Dazzle in Gorgeous African Wear Ahead of Trip To Morocco For 2022 Women’s AFCON

Senegal’s Female National Team Dazzle in Gorgeous African Wear Ahead of Trip To Morocco For 2022 Women’s AFCON

Godwin Nii Armah Tagoe
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:05 PM
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  • Teranga Lionesses, the senior women's national team of Senegal, have been spotted in their elegant African wear ahead of their trip to Morocco for the 14th edition of the Women's Africa Cup of Nations
  • Senegal booked their ticket for this year's Women's Africa Cup of Nations after securing a hard-fought penalty shootout win over Mali
  • This will be the third time the Teranga Lionesses will be appearing at the WAFCON, which is also their first since 2012

Senegal's female national team, Teranga Lionesses will be heading to the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in style.

The Lionesses will be making their first appearance at the biennial competition since 2012 after beating West African neighbours, Mali on penalty shootouts.

The Teranga Lionesses will look to repeat the feat attained by their male counterparts, who clinched the Africa Cup of Nations earlier this year after edging Egypt on penalty shootouts.

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Senegal's women's national team looked resplendent in their African wear ahead of their trip to Morocco for the upcoming Women's Africa Cup of Nations. Photo credit: @Macky_Sall and @SaddickAdams
Source: Twitter

Senegal has been drawn in Group A alongside hosts Morocco, debutants Burkina Faso and East African side Uganda in arguably the group of death. The tournament will be hosted by Morocco from 2 to 23 July 2022.

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The West African side, who are making their third appearance at the WAFCON, would hope to improve on their performances in the previous tournaments, failing to qualify from the group in their initial two appearances.

Prior to their trip to Morocco, coach Mame Moussa Cissé's charges demonstrated their amazing fashion sense fused with undiluted African culture.

In a photo posted on Twitter, sighted by Sports Brief, the contingent from Senegal were beautifully clad in an overall lemon green outfit with flowers depicting the colours of the West African nation with a deep green head gear to match their eye-catching apparel.

Senegal president Macky Sall extends congratulatory message to Senegal's women's national team after sealing WAFCON ticket

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that West African nation, Senegal has been jumping from one good news to the other with the latest positive vibe hitting Dakar being the Teranga Lionesses.

The senior women's national team of Senegal, Teranga Lionesses booked their qualification to the biennial continental showpiece this year.

Expressing his profound joy on the Lionesses' qualification to the AWCON, which will be staged in Morocco, was president Macky Sall.

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Godwin Nii Armah Tagoe
Godwin Nii Armah Tagoe is a Ligue 1, Bundesliga, and La Liga editor with five-year experience. He previously worked with Sports Corna and 360SportsGH.