US EditionSenegal to Get Bonuses, Land for Africa Cup of Nations Win
President Faye awarded each player $130,000 and 1,500 m² of coastal land after Senegal's AFCON win amid national debt challenges, with bonuses also for sports officials.
- At a Dakar ceremony on Tuesday night, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye offered bonuses of more than $130,000 and coastal land to each Lions of Teranga player after Sunday's AFCON final.
- Amid a frozen €1.53 billion IMF programme, the IMF said debt hit 132% of GDP at the end of 2024, complicating Senegal's financing.
- The package includes 1,500 square-metre coastal plots and payments of 75 million CFA francs per player, totaling 2.1 billion CFA francs for the 28 players.
- Earlier on Tuesday, the team rode atop a bus along Dakar's corniche toward the presidential palace in a victory parade after arriving in Dakar in the early hours of Monday.
- Following a dramatic final that ended 1-0 after extra-time, Senegal beat hosts Morocco despite their walk-off, and Patrice Motsepe, president of the Confederation of African Football, said winners receive €8.5m prize money.
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The president of Senegal, Bassirou-Diomaye Faye, rewarded the players of his selection, the “Leones de la Teranga”, after winning the title of the African Cup against Morocco last Sunday. The first prize was the payment of 75 million CFA francs (about 115 000 euros) to each one. Likewise, each player received a plot after winning his second Cup. “I have given each Lion present 75 million CFA francs,” said the president from the Palace of the Rep…
Africa: Senegal's Top Politicians Welcome Home Triumphant Africa Cup of Nations Squad
Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko led the welcome- home delegation in the capital Dakar on Tuesday morning for the football squad that claimed the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations following a 1-0 victory over Morocco.
“Leones de la Teranga” will receive an important reward for their performance in Africa’s most important competition
The Senegalese president announced on Tuesday the payment of a bonus of 75 million CFA francs and the granting of a plot of 1,500 square meters on the Petite-Côte for each player. This is more than the members of the selection had received from Macky Sall at the end of CAN 2021.
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