SOUTH AFRICA

Year of formation: 1892 / 1991 Affiliation FIFA: 1952 / 1992 Affiliation CAF: 1957 / 1992 National Stadium: Soccer City, Johannesburg (78 000) National Colours: Gold - Black / Green / White

South Africa are the only Cosafa member country to have won the African Nations Cup title, doing so on home soil at their first attempt in 1996. They were runners-up in Burkina Faso two years later and finished third at the 2000 Nations Cup tournament in Ghana and Nigeria. But this year in Egypt, the country suffered the ignominy of finishing without a goal or a point after their three matches at the tournament. Bafana Bafana have also qualified for two World Cup, competing in France in 1998 and South Korea in 2002. They also won the Afro-Asian Nations Cup, beating Asian champions Saudi Arabia over two legs in 1999. They also hold the distinction of being the only southern African country to provide a winner of an African club competition with Orlando Pirates taking the African Champions Cup in 1995 and Kaizer Chiefs the African Cup Winners’ Cup in 2001. But despite all that success, South Africa reached the final of Cosafa Castle Cup for the first time in 2002, winning the trophy with a 4-1 aggregate triumph over Malawi in the two-legged final. They have not been able to get to the final since despite hosting last year’s final tournament in Mmabatho.

 

DATE	VENUE	OPPONENT	RESULT	GOALSCORERS
24-1-98	Windhoek	NAMIBIA	2-3	Mooki, P Masinga
20-2-99	Gaborone	BOTSWANA	2-1	Ndlanya, Phiri
31-7-99	Windhoek	NAMIBIA	1-1	Ndlanya
29-4-00	Phokeng	MAURITIUS	3-0	Mayo pen, Sapula, Nomvete
18-6-00	Witbank	SWAZILAND	2-0	Buckley (2)
29-7-00	P Elizabeth	ZIMBABWE	0-1
29-4-01	Maputo	MOZAMBIQUE	3-0	Ndlanya, Nhleko, Mazibuko
21-7-01	Blantyre	MALAWI	0-1
30-3-02	Gaborone	BOTSWANA	0-0
21-7-02	Pt Elizabeth	MADAGASCAR	0-0
24-8-02	Polokwane	SWAZILAND	4-1	T Mokoena 2, Pule pen, Fredericks
21-9-02	Blantyre	MALAWI	3-1	Mayo 2, Kauleza
28-9-02	Durban	MALAWI	1-0	Vilakazi
19-7-03	East London	ZIMBABWE	0-1
10-1-04	Curepipe	MAURITIUS	0-2
26-1-05	Curepipe	SEYCHELLES	3-0	Mphela 2, Chabangu
27-1-05	Curepipe	MAURITIUS	1-0	Mphela
13-8-05	Mmabatho	ZAMBIA	2-2	Ndlela, Raselemane
20-5-06	Gaborone	SWAZILAND	1-0	Mhlongo
21-5-06	Gaborone	BOTSWANA	0-0

 

RECORD

	P	W	D	L	F	A
Home	8	4	2	2	12	5
Away	12	6	3	3	16	9
Total	20	10	5	5	28	14