South Africa national soccer team
The South Africa national soccer team (Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse nasionale sokkerspan) is represents South Africa in international men's soccer.
| Nickname(s) | Bafana Bafana (“The Boys, The Boys” / Zulu:"Go boys! Go boys!")[1] | ||
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| Association | South African Football Association | ||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Sub-confederation | COSAFA (Southern Africa) | ||
| Head coach | Stuart Baxter | ||
| Captain | Thulani Hlatshwayo | ||
| Most caps | Aaron Mokoena (107) | ||
| Top scorer | Benni McCarthy (31) | ||
| Home stadium | Various | ||
| FIFA code | RSA | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 67  (22 December 2022)[2] | ||
| Highest | 16 (August 1996) | ||
| Lowest | 124 (December 1992) | ||
| First international | |||
 Argentina 0–1 South Africa  (Buenos Aires, Argentina; 9 July 1906)[3] | |||
| Biggest win | |||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia 0–8 South Africa .svg.png.webp){kind=small} (Adelaide, Australia; 17 September 1955)[4] | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 South Africa 0–5 Brazil  (Johannesburg, South Africa; 5 March 2014) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 3 (first in 1998) | ||
| Best result | Group stage, 1998, 2002 and 2010 | ||
| Africa Cup of Nations | |||
| Appearances | 9 (first in 1996) | ||
| Best result | Champions, 1996 | ||
| CONCACAF Gold Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2005) | ||
| Best result | Quarter-finals, 2005 | ||
| Confederations Cup | |||
| Appearances | 2 (first in 1997) | ||
| Best result | Fourth place, 2009 | ||
Most appearances
| Player | Career | Apps | Goals |
| Aaron Mokoena | 1999–2010 | 107 | 1 |
| Siphiwe Tshabalala | 2006–present | 88 | 12 |
| Siyabonga Nomvethe | 1999–2012 | 81 | 16 |
| Benni McCarthy | 1997–2012 | 80 | 32 |
| Shaun Bartlett | 1995–2005 | 74 | 28 |
| John Moshoeu | 1992–2004 | 73 | 8 |
| Delron Buckley | 1999–2008 | 72 | 10 |
| Lucas Radebe | 1992–2003 | 70 | 2 |
| Bernard Parker | 2007–present | 68 | 23 |
| Andre Arendse | 1995–2004 | 67 | 0 |
| Sibusiso Zuma | 1998–2008 | 67 | 13 |
Top scorers
| Player | Career | Goals | Apps |
| Benni McCarthy | 1997–2012 | 32 | 80 |
| Shaun Bartlett | 1995–2005 | 28 | 74 |
| Katlego Mphela | 2005–present | 23 | 53 |
| Bernard Parker | 2007–present | 23 | 68 |
| Phil Masinga | 1992–2001 | 18 | 58 |
| Siyabonga Nomvethe | 1999–2012 | 16 | 81 |
| Sibusiso Zuma | 1998–2008 | 13 | 67 |
| Siphiwe Tshabalala | 2006–present | 12 | 88 |
| Teko Modise | 2007–2012 | 10 | 66 |
| Delron Buckley | 1998–2008 | 10 | 72 |
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References
- "South Africa national football team". Football Arroyo. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- "Argentina v South Africa, 09 July 1906". International Football History and Statistics. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- "All Bafana Bafana Matches" (PDF). South Africa FA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
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