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Football national side
South Africa
National team · South Africa
«Bafana Bafana»
102
Matches
47
wins
39
draws
16
losses
142–82
Goals
+60
Difference
1.4
Scored per game
Form
L
11 Jun · Away Mexico · 0:2
D
18 Jun · Away Czech Republic · 1:1
W
25 Jun · Home South Korea · 1:0
L
28 Jun · Home Canada · 0:1
W
26 Sep · Home Guinea · 2:1
W
30 Sep · Away Eritrea · 5:0
Bafana Bafana carry no single named derby the way a club does, but the matches that raise the temperature run through the continent: Egypt, who denied them the Africa Cup of Nations title in 1998, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe just across the border. Those meetings matter more than league position ever could, because the national side spent years unable to play anyone at all. FIFA suspended South Africa in 1961 and expelled the country in 1976 over apartheid, and the team stayed outside international football until readmission in 1991 sent it back out in 1992.
What followed was fast. Four years after returning, Bafana Bafana hosted the 1996 Africa Cup of Nations and won it, beating Tunisia 2–0 in the final under coach Clive Barker — a result that still anchors the team's identity more than anything since. They went back to the final in 1998 and lost to Egypt, then took third place in 2000 and again in 2023, beating DR Congo on penalties. Benni McCarthy scored more goals for the side than anyone else, 31 in total, before winning the UEFA Champions League with Porto in 2004; Lucas Radebe captained the team through those years while starring for Leeds United. Carlos Alberto Parreira later took charge for the 2010 World Cup, the tournament South Africa hosted on home soil.
The South African Football Association itself dates back to 1892, long before the current governing body took that name in 1991, and the national side's first international was played in 1906, against Argentina — decades before the team could compete freely under its own flag. Regionally, the COSAFA Cup has been friendlier ground, won five times since 2002.
Bafana Bafana play in green and gold and call the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg home, a bowl shaped like a calabash that holds close to 95,000 people and filled for that World Cup summer in 2010.
Latest results
Fixtures and results| 4 Oct | Friendlies |
Egypt
A
|
||
| 30 Sep | Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification |
Eritrea
A
|
5:0 | W |
| 26 Sep | Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification |
Guinea
H
|
2:1 | W |
| 28 Jun | World Cup |
Canada
H
|
0:1 | L |
| 25 Jun | World Cup |
South Korea
H
|
1:0 | W |
| 18 Jun | World Cup |
Czech Republic
A
|
1:1 | D |
Standing
Africa Cup of Nations - QualificationGroup stage · Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification - Group D
| # | Team | M | W | D | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 South Africa
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7:1 | 6 |
| 2 |
Guinea
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2:2 | 3 |
| 3 |
 Kenya
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1:2 | 1 |
| 4 |
Eritrea
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1:6 | 1 |
Team statistics
matches counted in total: 102
102
Matches
47
wins
39
draws
16
losses
142–82
Goals
+60
Difference
1.4
Scored per game
wins
draws
losses
scored — above the line
conceded — below the line
| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 102 | 66 | 36 |
| Scored | 142 | 96 | 46 |
| Conceded | 82 | 40 | 42 |
| Scored per game | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| Conceded per game | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.2 |
| Difference | +60 | +56 | +4 |
Key players
by appearances over the last yearSquad of South Africa
by appearances over the last year| Number | Player | Position | Age | Matches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 |  Ricardo Goss |
Goalkeeper | 7 | ||
| 10 | |
 R. Mofokeng |
Midfielder | 21 | 7 |
| 1 |  Ronwen Williams |
Goalkeeper | 7 | ||
| 18 | |
 S. Kabini |
Midfielder | 22 | 7 |
| 12 |  Thapelo Maseko |
Midfielder | 7 | ||
| 2 |  Tholo Thabang Matuludi |
Defender | 7 | ||
| 7 |  Oswin Reagan Appollis |
Midfielder | 7 | ||
| 3 |  Hulumani Ndamani |
Defender | 7 | ||
| 21 | |
 Ime Okon |
Defender | 22 | 7 |
| 15 |  Iqraam Rayners |
Forward | 6 | ||
| 24 | |
 Olvetu Makhanja |
Defender | 22 | 6 |
| 25 |  Kamogelo Sebelebele |
Defender | 6 | ||
| 16 |  Sipho Chaine |
Goalkeeper | 6 | ||
| 13 |  Sphephelo S'Miso Sithole |
Midfielder | 6 | ||
| 6 |  Aubrey Maphosa Modiba |
Defender | 6 | ||
| 4 |  Teboho Mokoena |
Midfielder | 5 | ||
| 23 |  Jayden Oswin Adams |
Midfielder | 5 | ||
| 5 |  Thalente Mbatha |
Midfielder | 5 | ||
| 9 |  Lyle Brent Foster |
Forward | 5 | ||
| 19 |  Nkosinathi Sibisi |
Defender | 5 | ||
| 14 |  Mbekelezi Mbokazi |
Defender | 5 | ||
| 20 |  Khuliso Johnson Mudau |
Defender | 5 | ||
| 8 |  Tshepang Moremi |
Forward | 5 | ||
| 17 |  Evidence Makgopa |
Forward | 5 | ||
| 11 |  Themba Zwane |
Midfielder | 4 | ||
| 26 |  Bradley Cross |
Defender | 4 | ||
| 9 |  J. Mbutuma |
Forward | 2 | ||
| 30 |  Bathusi Jurry Aubaas |
Defender | 2 | ||
| 17 |  Luther Wesley Singh |
Forward | 2 | ||
| 28 |  Thapelo James Morena |
Defender | 2 | ||
| 5 |  Lebonye Sima |
Defender | 2 | ||
| 27 |  Cassius Mailula |
Forward | 2 | ||
| 14 |  Fawaaz Basadien |
Defender | 1 | ||
| 20 |  Brooklyn Poggenpoel |
Midfielder | 1 | ||
| 16 |  Renaldo Leaner |
Goalkeeper | 1 | ||
| 99 |  Bongokuhle Hlongwane |
Forward | 1 |
Fixtures of South Africa
Honours of South Africa
- COSAFA Cup 2002, 2007, 2008, 2016, 2021 5
- Africa Cup of Nations 1996 1
- Afro-Asian Cup of Nations 1997 1
- Africa Cup of Nations 1998 1
- Africa Cup of Nations 2000, 2023 2