South Africa women's national football team

South Africa

Nickname(s)	Banyana Banyana
Association	South African Football Association
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Joseph Mkhonza
FIFA code	RSA
FIFA ranking	56 5
Highest FIFA ranking	54 (March 2009)
Lowest FIFA ranking	74 (June 2005)
First colours Second colours
Appearances	(First in –)
Best result	–
African Women's Championship
Appearances	9 (First in 1995)
Best result	Runners up, 1995

The South Africa national women's football team, nicknamed Banyana Banyana (The Girls), is the national team of South Africa and is controlled by the South African Football Association.

Their first official match was held in 30 May 1993 against Swaziland.

They qualified for the Olympic football for the first time in 2012 tournament, while at that time they have not been qualified for FIFA Women's World Cup yet.

World Cup record

World Cup Finals
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Banned
1995	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	To be determined	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	0/6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games record

Olympic Games Finals
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1996	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	Qualified	3	0	1	2	1	7	-6
Total	1/5	3	0	1	2	1	7	-6

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Performance in Africa Women's Championship

CAF Women's Championship
Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GD
1991	Banned
1995	Runners up	6	3	1	2	19	20	−1
1998	Group stage	2	0	0	2	2	7	−5
2000	Runners up	5	4	0	1	9	3	+6
2002	Fourth place	5	2	1	2	6	11	−5
2004	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5
2006	Third place	5	2	1	2	8	5	+3
2008	Runners up	5	3	0	2	7	4	+3
2010	Third place	5	3	1	1	10	6	+4
Total	Runners up 3 times	36	17	4	15	63	63	0

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Current squad

The following is the South African squad in the women's football tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Barker, RoxanneRoxanne Barker (1991-05-06)6 May 1991 (aged 21) 6 0 Pepperdine University 2 3MF Moodaly, RobynRobyn Moodaly (1994-06-16)16 June 1994 (aged 18) 12 1 High Performance Centre 3 2DF Vilakazi, NothandoNothando Vilakazi (1988-10-28)28 October 1988 (aged 23) 30 6 Palace Super Falcons 4 2DF Sister, AmandaAmanda Sister (1990-03-01)1 March 1990 (aged 22) 33 1 Liverpool 5 2DF van Wyk, JanineJanine van Wyk (1987-04-17)17 April 1987 (aged 25) 76 8 Palace Super Falcons 6 2DF Cele, ZamandosiZamandosi Cele (1990-12-26)26 December 1990 (aged 21) 18 0 Durban 7 3MF Smeda, LeandraLeandra Smeda (1989-07-22)22 July 1989 (aged 23) 19 3 Cape Town Roses 8 3MF Louw, KylieKylie Louw (1989-01-15)15 January 1989 (aged 23) 72 7 Stephen F. Austin State University 9 3MF Dlamini, AmandaAmanda Dlamini (c) (1988-07-22)22 July 1988 (aged 24) 49 16 University of Johannesburg 10 3MF Ntsweng, MarryMarry Ntsweng (1989-12-19)19 December 1989 (aged 22) 41 1 Tshwane University 11 4FW Matlou, NokoNoko Matlou (1985-09-30)30 September 1985 (aged 26) 74 55 University of Johannesburg 12 4FW Modise, PortiaPortia Modise (1983-06-20)20 June 1983 (aged 29) 92 71 Palace Super Falcons 13 3MF Hlumbane, GabisileGabisile Hlumbane (1986-12-20)20 December 1986 (aged 25) 33 0 Kovsies 14 4FW Mollo, SanahSanah Mollo (1987-01-30)30 January 1987 (aged 25) 26 8 Bloemfontein Celtic 15 2DF Jane, RefiloeRefiloe Jane (1992-08-04)4 August 1992 (aged 19) 5 0 Mamelodi Sundowns 16 3MF Nyandeni, MpumiMpumi Nyandeni (1987-08-19)19 August 1987 (aged 24) 93 7 WFC Rossiyanka 17 4FW Mgcoyi, AndisiweAndisiwe Mgcoyi (1988-07-03)3 July 1988 (aged 24) 21 4 Mamelodi Sundowns 18 1GK Mndaweni, ThokozileThokozile Mndaweni (1981-08-08)8 August 1981 (aged 30) 57 1 University of Johannesburg

Recent results and upcoming fixtures

Last 11 matches

Date	Team	Result	Score	Type	Venue
21 March 2012	Ghana	D	1–1 (Won 5–4 on penalties)	International Friendly	Dobsonville Stadium, Soweto, South Africa
6 March 2012	Scotland	L	0–2	2012 Cyprus Cup 9th place play-off	Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus
4 March 2012	Northern Ireland	W	2–0	2012 Cyprus Cup group match	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus
1 March 2012	New Zealand	D	0–0	2012 Cyprus Cup group match	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus
22 December 2011	Zimbabwe	L	0–2	International Friendly	Rufaro Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe
16 September 2011	Algeria	L	0–3	2011 All-Africa Games Third place play-off	Estádio do Maxaquene, Maputo, Mozambique
13 September 2011	Cameroon	L	0–2	2011 All-Africa Games Semifinal	Estádio do Maxaquene, Maputo, Mozambique
11 September 2011	Ethiopia	D	1–1	2012 Olympic qualifier	Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
11 September 2011	Ghana	D	2–2	2011 All-Africa Games group match	Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo, Mozambique
8 September 2011	Tanzania	D	2–2	2011 All-Africa Games group match	Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo, Mozambique
5 September 2011	Zimbabwe	W	4–1	2011 All-Africa Games group match	Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo, Mozambique
27 August 2011	Ethiopia	W	3–0	2012 Olympic qualifier	Orlando Stadium, Soweto, South Africa
28 February 2011	South Korea	L	1–2	2012 Cyprus Cup group match	Dasaki Stadium, Achna, Cyprus

Upcoming matches

Date	Team	Type	Venue
12 May 2012	Zimbabwe	International Friendly	Harare, Zimbabwe
26 May 2012	Zambia	2012 African Women's Championship qualifier	Zambia
30 May 2012	Nigeria	International Friendly	South Africa
16 June 2012	Zambia	2012 African Women's Championship qualifier	South Africa
23 June 2012	Nigeria	International Friendly	Nigeria
25 July 2012	Sweden	2012 Olympics group match	Ricoh Arena, Coventry Great Britain
28 July 2012	Canada	2012 Olympics group match	Ricoh Arena, Coventry Great Britain
31 July 2012	Japan	2012 Olympics group match	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Great Britain

Coach

The coach of Banyana Banyana is Joseph Mkhonza. The team manager is Fran Hilton Smith.

External links

• South African Football Association
• South African women's sports