South Africa national football team

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South Africa

Nickname(s)	Bafana Bafana (The Boys, The Boys)
Association	South African Football Association
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Carlos Alberto Parreira (Oct 2009-)
Captain	Aaron Mokoena
Most caps	Aaron Mokoena (92)
Top scorer	Benni McCarthy (31)
Home stadium	First National Bank Stadium
FIFA code	RSA
FIFA ranking	85
Highest FIFA ranking	16 (August 1996)
Lowest FIFA ranking	109 (August 1993)
Elo ranking	71
Home colours Away colours
First international
Netherlands 2 - 1 South Africa (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 2 November 1924)
Biggest win
Australia 0 - 8 South Africa (Adelaide, Australia; 17 September 1955)
Biggest defeat
Australia 5 - 1 South Africa (Newcastle, Australia; 7 June 1947) Mexico 4 - 0 South Africa (Los Angeles, USA; 6 October 1993) USA 4 - 0 South Africa (Washington, USA; 3 June 2000) Nigeria 4 - 0 South Africa (Monastir, Tunisia; 31 January 2004)
World Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 1998)
Best result	Round 1, 1998 and 2002
African Nations Cup
Appearances	7 (First in 1996)
Best result	Winners, 1996
Confederations Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 1997)
Best result	4th place, 2009

The South Africa national football team or Bafana Bafana is the national team of South Africa and is controlled by the South African Football Association. They returned to the world stage in 1992, after years of being banned from FIFA.

Contents 1 History 2 Honours 3 International record 3.1 World Cup 3.2 Confederations Cup 3.3 African Nations Cup 4 Former Coaches 5 Most capped players 5.1 Top goalscorers 6 Current Squad 6.1 Recent call-ups 7 Recent and Future Matches 7.1 Last 5 Matches 7.2 Upcoming 8 References 9 External links

[edit] History

Football first arrived in South Africa through colonialism in the late nineteenth century, as the game was popular among British soldiers.^[1] From the earliest days of the sport in South Africa until the end of apartheid, organised football was affected by the country's system of racial segregation. The all-white Football Association of South Africa (FASA), was formed in 1892, while the South African Indian Football Association (SAIFA), the South African Bantu Football Association (SABFA) and the South African Coloured Football Association (SACFA) were founded in 1903, 1933 and 1936 respectively.

South Africa was one of four African nations to attend FIFA's 1953 congress, at which the four demanded, and won, representation on the FIFA executive committee.^[2] Thus the four nations (South Africa, Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan) founded the Confederation of African Football in 1956,^[2] and the South African representative, Fred Fell, sat at the first meeting as a founding member. It soon became clear however that South Africa's constitution prohibited racially mixed teams from competitive sport and so they could only send either an all-black side or an all-white side to the planned 1957 African Cup of Nations. This was unacceptable to the other members of the Confederation and South Africa were disqualified from the competition, however some sources say that they withdrew voluntarily.

At the second CAF conference in 1958 South Africa were formally expelled from CAF. The all-white (FASA) were admitted to FIFA in the same year, but in August 1960 it was given an ultimatum of one year to fall in line with the non-discriminatory regulations of FIFA. On 26 September 1961 at the annual FIFA conference, the South African association was formally suspended from FIFA. Sir Stanley Rous, president of The Football Association of England and a champion of South Africa's FIFA membership, was elected FIFA President a few days later. Rous was adamant that sport, and FIFA in particular, should not embroil itself in political matters and against fierce opposition he continued to resist attempts to expel South Africa from FIFA. The suspension was lifted in January 1963 after a visit to South Africa by Rous in order to investigate the state of football in the country.

Rous declared that if the suspension were not lifted, football there would be discontinued, possibly to the point of no recovery. The next annual conference of FIFA in October 1964 took place in Tokyo and was attended by a larger contingent of representatives from African and Asian associations and here the suspension of South Africa's membership was re-imposed. In 1976, after the Soweto uprising, they were formally expelled from FIFA.

In 1991, with the apartheid system beginning to be demolished, a new multiracial South African Football Association was formed, and admitted to FIFA. On 7 July 1992, the South African national team played their first game in two decades, beating Cameroon 1-0. South Africa made the 1998 and 2002 World Cups, but failed to get out of the first round each time. They hosted (and won) the 1996 African Nations Cup and will host the 2010 World Cup, the first African nation to do so.

South Africa failed to impress local supporters by not scoring a single goal in the African Nations Cup of 2006. In light of these poor performances it was decided that the hiring of a more experienced manager was essential. Rumours began to fly, prior to the 2006, that England coach Sven-Göran Eriksson was to be the man for the job, with SAFA apparently offering him R30 million to take Bafana-Bafana to glory in 2010. However this has since been denied. More recently the former Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira has accepted the job. After accepting the job, he was awarded R100 million for a four year contract. His term as manager started 1 January 2007 targeting 2010 FIFA World Cup but he resigned in April 2008 due to family reasons.

Joel Santana signed to coach until 2010.^[3]

South Africa hosted the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, a year before their World Cup, and finished in fourth place, coming through the group stages with a win over New Zealand and a draw with Iraq, despite a loss to Spain. They then lost in the semi-finals to Brazil, conceding a late free-kick after holding the South Americans at bay for most of the match. In the 3rd-place play-off, they lost to Spain after extra time, despite leading 1-0 at one stage. For many commentators^[who?], the ability of Bafana Bafana to stand up to the South American and European champions showed just how far the team had come.

[edit] Honours

• African Cup of Nations: 1
  

1996

• COSAFA Cup: 3
  

2002, 2007, 2008

[edit] International record

[edit] World Cup

FIFA World Cup
Appearances: 2
Year	Result	Pos	P	W	D	L	GS	GA
1930–1962	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1966–1990	Banned from FIFA because of Apartheid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Round 1	24	3	0	2	1	3	7
2002	Round 1	17	3	1	1	1	5	5
2006	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Qualified as hosts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	3/19		6	1	3	2	8	12

[edit] Confederations Cup

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1992	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997	Round 1	3	0	1	2	5	7
1999	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	4th place	5	1	1	3	4	5
Total	2/8	7	1	2	4	7	9

[edit] African Nations Cup

Year	Round
1957	Disqualified because of apartheid
1959 to 1992	Banned from CAF
1994	Did not qualify
1996	Champions
1998	Runners up
2000	Third place
2002	Quarter-finals
2004	Round 1
2006	Round 1
2008	Round 1
2010	Did not qualify

[edit] Former Coaches

• Stanley Tshabalala 1992
• Ephraim Mashaba 1992
• Augusto Palacios 1992–94
• Clive Barker 1994–97
• Jomo Sono 1998
• Philippe Troussier 1998
• Trott Moloto 1998–00
• Carlos Queiroz 2000-–02
• Jomo Sono 2002
• Ephraim Mashaba 2002–03
• April Phumo 2004
• Stuart Baxter 2004–05
• Ted Dumitru 2005–06
• Pitso Mosimane 2006
• Carlos Alberto Parreira 2007–08
• Joel Santana 2008–2009
• Carlos Alberto Parreira 2009-–

[edit] Most capped players

Player	South Africa career	Caps (Goals)
Aaron Mokoena	1999-present	94 (1)
Benni McCarthy	1997-present	77 (31)
Shaun Bartlett	1995-2005	74 (28)
John Moshoeu	1993-2004	73 (8)
Delron Buckley	1998-present	72 (10)
Siyabonga Nomvethe	1999-present	72 (15)
Lucas Radebe	1992-2003	70 (2)
Andre Arendse	1995-2004	67 (0)
Sibusiso Zuma	1998-2008	67 (13)
Helman Mkhalele	1994-2001	66 (8)

[edit] Top goalscorers

Player	South Africa career	Goals (Caps)
Benni McCarthy	1997-present	31 (76)
Shaun Bartlett	1995-2005	28 (74)
Phil Masinga	1992-2001	18 (58)
Siyabonga Nomvethe	1999-present	15 (72)
Sibusiso Zuma	1998-2008	13 (67)
Delron Buckley	1998-present	10 (72)
Doctor Khumalo	1992-2001	9 (50)
Teko Modise	2007-present	9 (37)
Helman Mkhalele	1994-2001	8 (66)
John Moshoeu	1993-2004	8 (73)

[edit] Current Squad

The following players were called up for the 24-man squad to friendly match against Japan and Jamaica on the 14 and 17 of November 2009, respectively.^[4]

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Rowen Fernández 28 February 1978 (1978-02-28) (age 31) 22 0 Arminia Bielefeld GK Moeneeb Josephs 19 May 1980 (1980-05-19) (age 29) 13 0 Orlando Pirates GK Darren Keet 5 August 1989 (1989-08-05) (age 20) 0 0 Bidvest Wits DF Siboniso Gaxa 6 April 1984 (1984-04-06) (age 25) 30 0 Mamelodi Sundowns DF Morgan Gould 23 March 1983 (1983-03-23) (age 26) 5 0 Supersport United DF Bongani Khumalo 6 January 1987 (1987-01-06) (age 22) 5 0 Supersport United DF Tsepo Masilela 5 May 1985 (1985-05-05) (age 24) 28 0 Maccabi Haifa DF Aaron Mokoena (captain) 25 November 1980 (1980-11-25) (age 29) 94 1 Portsmouth DF Anele Ngcongca 20 October 1987 (1987-10-20) (age 22) 0 0 Genk DF Siyabonga Sangweni 29 September 1981 (1981-09-29) (age 28) 2 0 Golden Arrows DF Lucas Thwala 19 October 1981 (1981-10-19) (age 28) 13 0 Orlando Pirates MF Daylon Claasen 28 January 1990 (1990-01-28) (age 19) 0 0 Ajax MF Kagiso Dikgacoi 24 November 1984 (1984-11-24) (age 25) 30 2 Fulham MF Kermit Erasmus 8 July 1990 (1990-07-08) (age 19) 0 0 Excelsior MF Daine Klate 26 February 1985 (1985-02-26) (age 24) 4 1 Supersport United MF Reneilwe Letsholonyane 9 June 1982 (1982-06-09) (age 27) 1 0 Kaizer Chiefs MF Teko Modise 22 December 1982 (1982-12-22) (age 26) 40 9 Orlando Pirates MF MacBeth Sibaya 25 November 1977 (1977-11-25) (age 32) 55 0 Rubin Kazan MF Siphiwe Tshabalala 25 September 1984 (1984-09-25) (age 25) 35 3 Kaizer Chiefs MF Elrio van Heerden 11 July 1983 (1983-07-11) (age 26) 33 3 Blackburn Rovers FW Mabhuti Khenyeza 17 July 1982 (1982-07-17) (age 27) 9 0 Mamelodi Sundowns FW Benni McCarthy 12 November 1977 (1977-11-12) (age 32) 76 32 Blackburn Rovers FW Katlego Mphela 29 November 1984 (1984-11-29) (age 25) 20 7 Mamelodi Sundowns FW Bernard Parker 16 March 1986 (1986-03-16) (age 23) 23 7 FC Twente

[edit] Recent call-ups

Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Emile Baron 17 June 1979 (1979-06-17) (age 30) 4 0 Supersport United v. Iceland, 13 October 2009 (Friendly) DF Bevan Fransman 31 October 1983 (1983-10-31) (age 26) 13 0 Maccabi Netanya v. Iceland, 13 October 2009 (Friendly) MF Benson Mhlongo 9 November 1980 (1980-11-09) (age 29) 35 1 Orlando Pirates v. Iceland, 13 October 2009 (Friendly) MF Steven Pienaar 17 March 1982 (1982-03-17) (age 27) 46 2 Everton v. Iceland, 13 October 2009 (Friendly) FW Richard Henyekane 28 September 1983 (1983-09-28) (age 26) 5 0 Golden Arrows v. Iceland, 13 October 2009 (Friendly) FW Sthembiso Ngcobo 24 September 1983 (1983-09-24) (age 26) 2 1 Free State Stars v. Iceland, 13 October 2009 (Friendly)

[edit] Recent and Future Matches

[edit] Last 5 Matches

Date	Team	Score	Type	Venue
17 November 2009	Jamaica	0-0 Draw	Friendly	Bloemfontein, South Africa
14 November 2009	Japan	0-0 Draw	Friendly	Port Elizabeth, South Africa
13 October 2009	Iceland	1-0 Loss	Friendly	Reykjavik, Iceland
10 October 2009	Norway	1-0 Loss	Friendly	Oslo, Norway
19 September 2009	Madagascar	1-0 Win	Friendly	Kimberley, South Africa

[edit] Upcoming

Date	Team	Score	Type	Venue
3 March 2010	Chile	—	Friendly	Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile
17 March 2010	Jamaica	—	Friendly	Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica
11 June 2010	A2	—	Group Match	Soccer City Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa
16 June 2010	A3	—	Group Match	Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa
22 June 2010	A4	—	Group Match	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• South Africa FA official website
• News and results of the South Africa national team

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