Senegal
AFRICA CUP 2015
Nations Cup appearances: 12
Best result: Runners-up (2002)
Coach: Alain Giresse (France)
Key players: Mohamed Diame, Papiss Cisse, Mame Biram Diouf
Fifa ranking: 35
Senegal's recent record at the finals is not good - they have won only one of their last nine matches.
Their last victory came in 2006, against Guinea in the quarter-finals.
However, they conceded just one goal in qualification for this tournament.
draw for Confederation Cup held
preliminary round draw
Senegal and Guinea will both prepare in Morocco for January's Africa Cup of Nations finals.
Africa Cup of Nations contenders:
Equatorial Guinea (hosts), Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia and Zambia
Algeria - The Desert Foxes, who reached the second round of this year's World Cup, will face Senegal, Ghana and South Africa in Group C.
Guinea are Africa's highest risers in Fifa's world rankings for November.
Ivory Coast and Ghana reach finals
South Africa are among six teams to have booked their place at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations after each won their penultimate qualifier on Saturday.
The Desert Foxes, who in June took over from Ivory Coast as the top-ranked team in Africa, moved up five places.
Cameroon on verge of qualification - Cameroon took a huge step towards qualification with a 2:0 victory over Sierra Leone on Wednesday.
