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Tim nasional sepak bola Afrika Selatan atau biasanya dipanggil elang super merupakan sebuah tim nasional sepak bola yang prestasinya sekali merebut juara Piala Afrika pada tahun 1996 dan berada di bawah Asosiasi Sepak Bola Afrika Selatan. Debut piala dunia mereka terjadi pada tahun 1998 dan hasil terbaiknya ialah Babak 1 pada 1998 dan 2002.

 Afrika Selatan
Lencana kaos/Lambang Asosiasi
JulukanBafana Bafana
(Boys Boys or Go Boys Go Boys)
AsosiasiAsosiasi Sepak Bola Afrika Selatan
KonfederasiCAF (Afrika)
Sub-konfederasiCOSAFA (Afrika Selatan)
PelatihHugo Broos
KaptenRonwen Williams
Penampilan terbanyakAaron Mokoena (107)
Pencetak gol terbanyakBenni McCarthy (31)
Stadion kandangStadion FNB
Kode FIFARSA
Peringkat FIFA
Terkini 57 Kenaikan 3 (28 November 2024)[1]
Tertinggi16 (August 1996)
Terendah124 (December 1992)
Peringkat Elo
Terkini 91 Penurunan 20 (19 Januari 2024)[2]
Warna pertama
Warna kedua
Warna ketiga
Pertandingan internasional pertama
 Belanda 2–1 Afrika Selatan Afrika Selatan
(Amsterdam, Belanda, 2 November 1924)[3]
Afrika Selatan Afrika Selatan 1–0 Kamerun 
(Durban, Afrika Selatan, 7 Juli 1992)[4]
Kemenangan terbesar
 Australia 0–8 Afrika Selatan Afrika Selatan
(Adelaide, Australia, 17 September 1955)
Kekalahan terbesar
Australia Australia 5–1 Afrika Selatan Afrika Selatan
(Newcastle, Australia; 7 Juni 1947)
Meksiko Meksiko 4–0 Afrika Selatan Afrika Selatan
(Los Angeles, Amerika Serikat; 6 Oktober 1993)
Amerika Serikat Amerika Serikat 4–0 Afrika Selatan Afrika Selatan
(Washington, Amerika Serikat; 3 Juni 2000)
Nigeria Nigeria 4–0 Afrika Selatan Afrika Selatan
(Monastir, Tunisia; 31 Januari 2004)
Piala Dunia
Penampilan3 (Pertama kali pada 1998)
Hasil terbaikFase grup, 1998, 2002, dan 2010
Piala Negara-Negara Afrika
Penampilan7 (Pertama kali pada 1996)
Hasil terbaikJuara, 1996
Piala Emas CONCACAF
Penampilan1 (Pertama kali pada 2005)
Hasil terbaikPerempat final, 2005
Piala Konfederasi
Penampilan2 (Pertama kali pada 1997)
Hasil terbaikPosisi 4, 2009

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Pra-1992

Sepak bola pertama kali tiba di Afrika Selatan melalui kolonialisme pada akhir abad 19, karena olahraga itu populer di kalangan tentara Inggris.[5] Dari awal olahraga di Afrika Selatan hingga akhir apartheid, sepak bola yang terorganisir dipengaruhi oleh sistem segregasi rasial negara itu. Asosiasi Sepak Bola Afrika Selatan (FASA) yang serba putih dibentuk pada tahun 1892, sedangkan Asosiasi Sepak Bola Afrika Selatan Indian (SAIFA), Afrika Selatan Bantu Asosiasi Sepak Bola (SABFA) dan Asosiasi Sepak Bola Berwarna Afrika Selatan (SACFA) masing-masing didirikan pada tahun 1903, 1933, dan 1936.

 
Timnas Afrika Selatan yang melakukan tur ke Amerika Selatan pada tahun 1906. Mereka memainkan 12 pertandingan dengan hanya satu kekalahan.

Pada tahun 1903, SAFA berafiliasi kembali dengan Asosiasi Sepak Bola Inggris setelah Perang Boer Kedua antara Kerajaan Inggris dan negara bagian Boer. Ada rencana untuk memainkan turnamen yang diadakan di Argentina, dengan Afrika Selatan dan Fulham sebagai tim tamu, tetapi tidak terlaksana. Namun demikian, Afrika Selatan melakukan perjalanan ke Amerika Selatan pada tahun 1906 untuk memainkan serangkaian pertandingan persahabatan di sana.[6]

Afrika Selatan memainkan total 12 pertandingan di Amerika Selatan, memenangkan 11 laga dengan mencetak 60 gol dan hanya kebobolan 7 gol. Beberapa rivalnya adalah Belgrano AC, Argentina, Liga Rosarina gabungan, Estudiantes (BA) dan Quilmes AC.[7] Satu-satunya tim yang dapat mengalahkan Afrika Selatan adalah Alumni Argentina dengan skor 1-0 di Stadion Sociedad Sportiva Buenos Aires, pada 24 Juni, meskipun Afrika Selatan akan mengambil alih balas dendam pada 22 Juli, mengalahkan Alumni dengan skor 2-0.[8]

Para pemainnya eksklusif kulit putih, pegawai negeri, pegawai pemerintah, bankir, dan insinyur sipil. Tujuh dari 15 pemain lahir di Afrika Selatan dan 8 berasal dari Inggris dan Skotlandia.[6]

Afrika Selatan adalah salah satu dari empat negara Afrika yang menghadiri kongres FIFA 1953, di mana keempatnya menuntut, dan memenangkan, perwakilan di komite eksekutif FIFA.[9] Dengan demikian empat negara (Afrika Selatan, Ethiopia, Mesir dan Sudan) mendirikan Konfederasi Sepak Bola Afrika (CAF) pada tahun 1956,[9] dan Perwakilan Afrika Selatan, Fred Fell, duduk di pertemuan pertama sebagai anggota pendiri. Namun segera menjadi jelas bahwa konstitusi Afrika Selatan melarang tim ras campuran dari olahraga kompetitif, dan karena itu mereka hanya dapat mengirim tim serba hitam atau tim serba putih ke Piala Negara-Negara Afrika 1957 yang direncanakan. Ini tidak dapat diterima oleh anggota Konfederasi lainnya, dan Afrika Selatan didiskualifikasi dari kompetisi, namun beberapa sumber mengatakan bahwa mereka mengundurkan diri secara sukarela.[10]

Pada konferensi CAF kedua tahun 1958 Afrika Selatan secara resmi dikeluarkan dari CAF. FASA serba putih diterima FIFA pada tahun yang sama, tetapi pada Agustus 1960 diberi ultimatum satu tahun untuk mematuhi peraturan non-diskriminatif FIFA. Pada tanggal 26 September 1961 pada konferensi tahunan FIFA, asosiasi Afrika Selatan secara resmi ditangguhkan dari FIFA. Sir Stanley Rous, presiden Asosiasi Sepak Bola Inggris dan juara keanggotaan FIFA Afrika Selatan, terpilih sebagai Presiden FIFA beberapa hari kemudian. Rous bersikeras bahwa olahraga, dan FIFA khususnya, tidak boleh terlibat dalam masalah politik dan melawan oposisi sengit ia terus menolak upaya untuk mengusir Afrika Selatan dari FIFA. Penangguhan itu dicabut pada Januari 1963 setelah kunjungan Rous ke Afrika Selatan untuk menyelidiki keadaan sepak bola di negara itu. Rous menyatakan bahwa jika suspensi tidak dicabut, sepak bola di sana akan dihentikan, mungkin sampai tidak ada pemulihan. Konferensi tahunan FIFA berikutnya pada bulan Oktober 1964 berlangsung di Tokyo dan dihadiri oleh kontingen yang lebih besar dari perwakilan dari asosiasi Afrika dan Asia dan di sini penangguhan keanggotaan Afrika Selatan diberlakukan kembali. Pada tahun 1976, setelah pemberontakan Soweto, mereka secara resmi dikeluarkan dari FIFA. Pada tahun 1991, ketika sistem apartheid mulai dihancurkan, Asosiasi Sepak Bola Afrika Selatan multi-rasial baru dibentuk, dan diterima di FIFA – dan dengan demikian akhirnya memungkinkan Afrika Selatan untuk memasuki tahap kualifikasi untuk Piala Dunia berikutnya.[11]

1992–1994: Penerimaan Kembali

Setelah menghabiskan hampir dua dekade dalam isolasi internasional, tim nasional Afrika Selatan memainkan pertandingan pertamanya pada 7 Juli 1992, mengalahkan Kamerun 1-0 di Stadion Kings Park di Durban. Tim memasuki Kualifikasi Piala Afrika 1994 dan ditempatkan di Grup 5, bersama dengan Mauritius, Zambia dan Zimbabwe. Mereka memenangkan satu pertandingan, tandang ke Mauritius, dan bermain imbang dengan Mauritius dan Zimbabwe di kandang. Tim finis ketiga dalam grup dan gagal lolos. Untuk kualifikasi Piala Dunia FIFA 1994 Afrika Selatan ditempatkan di Grup D, bersama dengan Kongo, Libya dan Nigeria. Libya mundur dari kualifikasi. Afrika Selatan mengalahkan Kongo di kandang dan tandang. Mereka bermain imbang dengan Nigeria di kandang dan kalah tandang. Afrika Selatan menempati posisi kedua dalam grup, dan gagal lolos ke babak kualifikasi berikutnya.

1996–1998: Naik

Pada tahun 1996, hanya 5 tahun setelah penerimaan kembali, Afrika Selatan mencapai momen terbaik mereka ketika mereka menjadi tuan rumah (dan memenangkan) Piala Negara-Negara Afrika 1996, dalam proses mencapai peringkat ke 16 dalam peringkat FIFA. Pemecatan mengejutkan dari pelatih pemenang Piala Bangsa Clive Barker tidak banyak memperlambat momentum saat mereka mengikuti kesuksesan mereka tahun 1996 dengan finis kedua di Piala Negara-Negara Afrika 1998 setelah Mesir di bawah Jomo Sono. Tim telah mendapatkan penampilan pertama mereka di Piala Dunia FIFA, lolos ke Prancis 1998. Di bawah pelatih kepala Philippe Troussier, Afrika Selatan menderita kekalahan telak 3-0 dari tuan rumah Prancis dalam debut Piala Dunia mereka, tetapi bermain dengan kredibel melawan lawan grup lainnya Denmark dan AFC juggernauts Arab Saudi, masing-masing mendapatkan hasil imbang 1-1 dan 2–2 dalam perjalanan mereka menuju pintu keluar awal.

2000–2002: Peak and coaching instability

Following their successful 1996 and 1998 Africa Cup of Nations' campaigns and their World Cup debut in 1998, South Africa were seen as a growing power on the continent. Under the coaching of the newly hired Trott Moloto they would start the decade off strongly, finishing third in the 2000 edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, but as was increasingly symptomatic of soccer in South Africa at the national level, yet another coaching change was made. Portuguese Carlos Queiroz was hired as the man to take South Africa to the 2002 FIFA World Cup. South Africa qualified for the 2002 Africa Cup of Nations and were eliminated in the quarter-finals against hosts Mali. In the run-up to the 2002 FIFA World Cup, for which South Africa had easily qualified for as winners of Group E, Queiroz left his post as head coach amid increasing behind-the-scenes political wrangling.

Former legend Jomo Sono was brought back in a caretaker capacity to lead South Africa in Korea/Japan. Placed in Group B along with Spain, Paraguay and debutants Slovenia at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, South Africa had high hopes of progressing to the knockout phase of the tournament. After earning a 2–2 draw against Paraguay in their opening game with a last-gasp penalty from Quinton Fortune and following it up with their first ever victory at the finals with a 1–0 win over Slovenia, South Africa headed into their final game against Spain second in the group and 3 points clear of Paraguay and Slovenia. In arguably the game of the group, in which 5 goals were scored inside the hour, South Africa twice came from a goal down in an agonising 3–2 defeat to the Spanish. In the other game, which kicked off at the same time as the South Africa-Spain game, Paraguay found themselves beating Slovenia 2–1, but the result was not enough for Paraguay to surpass South Africa in the standings as South Africa's goal difference of zero was superior to Paraguay's minus one. But South African hearts would be broken. With 84 minutes gone in the Slovenia-Paraguay game Nelson Cuevas bagged a vital third goal for Paraguay, giving Paraguay a 3–1 victory over Slovenia. The win left both Paraguay and South Africa level on 4 points with the late Cuevas strike against Slovenia lifting Paraguay's goal difference to zero, level with South Africa's. The deciding factor moved onto a third tiebreaker; goals scored, and as Paraguay had scored six goals to South Africa's five, they progressed to the Round of 16 at the expense of South Africa. What made the early exit all the more heartbreaking was that South Africa was the only team in the group that managed to hold its own against runaway group winners Spain, as both Slovenia and Paraguay were comfortably cast aside 3–1 by the Spanish.

This era (1996–2002) of rising soccer prowess saw South Africa blessed with fine footballers such as record-setting goalscorers Benni McCarthy & Shaun Bartlett, defensive hardmen and inspirational captains Lucas Radebe & Neil Tovey, creative maestros John Moshoeu & Doctor Khumalo and defensive stalwart Mark Fish.

2002–2006: Decline and coaching roundabout

In the period following the 2002 World Cup and leading up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup, South Africa would go through 4 head coaches; Ephraim Mashaba (2002–2004), April Phumo (2004), Stuart Baxter (2004–2005), Ted Dumitru (2005–2006) and caretaker Pitso Mosimane (2006). Neither coach was able to match the successes seen in the period 1996–2002 as South Africa failed to progress beyond the group stages in either the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations or 2006 Africa Cup of Nations, failing to register a single goal in the latter. Above all though, South Africa failed to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. After being placed in Group 2 for qualifying, South Africa were beaten to Germany by Ghana. Following poor performances in both the 2004 and 2006 Africa Cup of Nations, rumours circulated that SAFA had been attempting to attract a high-profile international manager to coach Bafana Bafana and that former England boss Sven-Göran Eriksson had been targeted. This rumour however has been denied.

2007–2010: Hosting the World Cup

 
South Africa vs Uruguay at the 2010 FIFA World Cup

By failing to register a single goal at the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations and by missing out on Germany 2006, local supporters had become increasingly unhappy with the decline in performance of the national team. In light of these poor performances it was decided that the hiring of a more experienced manager was essential. Former World Cup-winner and Brazilian national team coach Carlos Alberto Parreira was approached for the job and he accepted. He signed a R100 million contract covering four years. His term as manager started 1 January 2007 targeting the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which South Africa had been awarded the right to host, becoming the first African nation to ever host association football's global showpiece.

Under Parreira, with his rich history of success at the international level, South Africa was expected to improve, but early signs were not good as they would exit the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations at the first hurdle once again. To make matters worse, Parreira stood down as coach in April 2008 due to family reasons. Joel Santana was hand-picked by Parreira to succeed him and he was signed to coach the team until 2010.[12] Under Santana South Africa would slide into its darkest period in international soccer since readmission. Failing to even qualify for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations with soccer characterised by a complete lack of creativity and little goal-scoring threat, South Africa tumbled down the FIFA rankings and was at one point not even ranked among Africa's top-10 nations. Santana was fired in 2009 and Parreira would return in time for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup – also hosted by South Africa – and South Africa would see an improvement in performance, holding its own against eventual world champions Spain and perennial powerhouse Brazil, the latter requiring an 88th-minute goal to overcome South Africa in the semi-finals. South Africa would ultimately finish 4th, following a thrilling 3–2 loss to the Spanish in the 3rd/4th Place Playoff.

A string of victories, albeit against marginal opposition, in the run up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup seemed to instill a sense of confidence in the team as well as the nation. For the 2010 World Cup, the first in Africa, South Africa was placed in Group A, along with Mexico, surprise package and eventual semi-finalists Uruguay and former world champions France. South Africa played the first game, which opened the World Cup 2010 tournament with a 1–1 draw against Mexico after taking the lead through a wonderful long-range Siphiwe Tshabalala strike. Katlego Mphela would hit the post late into the game as South Africa, buoyed by a frenzied home crowd, so very nearly opened the tournament with a win. A heavy 3–0 defeat in the second group game against Uruguay and a Mexican win over France left South Africa with a mountain to climb in order to progress beyond the group stage. For the deciding match against France, Parreira would discard his previous tactics of a defensive-minded five-man midfield and a lone forward in favour of a more attacking formation utilising two forwards, as up until the France game South Africa had focused more on not losing than they did on trying to win, but the heavy defeat against Uruguay coupled with Mexico's victory over France had now left them with a goal difference of negative three that needed to be overcome in order for them to progress. South Africa would also require a favour from Uruguay, needing the Uruguayans to inflict a sizeable defeat on Mexico to aid their chances of progress. The change in tactics worked as South Africa gained the upper hand over the French, attacking at will. At the half South Africa had a 2–0 lead thanks to goals from Bongani Khumalo & Katlego Mphela while Uruguay were beating Mexico 1–0 in the other group game. As it stood, South Africa needed at least one more goal against France while Uruguay needed to double their lead against Mexico. Sadly, it was not to be as while South Africa did secure an historic victory over France, they failed to score again and conceded a late goal for a 2–1 victory while the Uruguayans had failed to add to their lead, as they ran out 1–0 victors over Mexico. For the second World Cup in a row South Africa finished level on points with second place but were eliminated, this time on goal difference while it had been on goals scored in 2002. Elimination in the group stage made South Africa the first hosts to fail to progress beyond the first round of a World Cup.

 
South Africa-France starting lineups 2010-06-22

Templat:2010 FIFA World Cup Group A Following the conclusion of the World Cup and the expiration of his contract, Carlos Alberto Parreira announced his retirement from coaching. As part of his contract, Parreira had also drawn up a plan of recommendations extending as far as soccer development at grass-roots level that SAFA was encouraged to review in the hopes of reviving the fortunes of the national soccer team. Pitso Mosimane, who had been Parreira's assistant, was selected as the new head coach with Parreira's blessings.

2012–2014: Continued struggles

South Africa failed to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations finals after the rules were misread.[13] They ultimately played for and achieved a draw at home in Nelspruit against Sierra Leone in a game they needed to win, when news about Niger trailing in Egypt was received, leading to the qualification of Niger at their expense, and also at Sierra Leone's. They then celebrated at the end as if they had qualified, making it the second time they would be so embarrassed in 4 years after qualifying as a lucky 3rd and last best runners-up for the 2008 edition, with Zambia catapulting over South Africa as Group winners after a 3–1 win in Cape Town – and thereby gaining an automatic qualifying ticket on head to head record with the South Africans erroneously thinking goal difference would be the primary tie-breaker.[14]

The SABC also announced that the team had qualified and the SAFA president Kirsten Nematandani then congratulated the team on TV before realisation dawned.[15] SAFA said they would appeal to CAF but the appeal was later withdrawn.[16][17]

South Africa continued to disappoint into 2012, opening the year with a lacklustre 0–0 draw away to 2012 Africa Cup of Nations co-hosts Equatorial Guinea. This would be the start of a run that would see Bafana Bafana rack up 6 successive draws to start the year. The run of draws included 1–1, 0–0 and 1–1 draws at home to African champions Zambia, Ghana and Senegal respectively in International Friendlies. Following a 1–1 draw at home to Ethiopia in a 2014 World Cup qualifier, head coach Pitso Mosimane was fired.[18] The draw increased South Africa's streak to 7 games without a win. Mosimane was replaced as head coach by Steve Komphela on an interim basis while SAFA interviewed potential candidates to fill the post on a permanent basis.

In his first game in-charge as interim head coach, Komphela oversaw yet another uninspired performance in South Africa's second World Cup qualifier against Botswana as they drew yet again, extending their winless run to 8 games. Bafana Bafana finally tasted victory when they defeated Gabon 3–0 at home in a friendly, ending their winless streak.

Komphela, along with Gordon Igesund, Gavin Hunt, Neil Tovey and Ephraim Shakes Mashaba had been shortlisted as one of the candidates to be the next head coach of South Africa,[19] with Komphela and Igesund emerging as the front-runners.[20] On 30 June 2012, Gordon Igesund was appointed as the new head coach.[21]

Following the crisis in Libya throughout 2011, CAF made the decision to move the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations from Libya – who were the original hosts – to South Africa on the grounds of safety and security. Libya was then given the right to host the 2017 edition of the tournament, which was originally awarded to South Africa.[22] As hosts of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, South Africa would automatically qualify for the competition.

South Africa, as hosts, were seeded and drawn in Group A along with Angola, Morocco and tournament debutants Cape Verde.[23]

South Africa kicked the tournament off on 19 January against debutants Cape Verde at a wet National Stadium. South Africa made use of a defensive formation as coach Gordon Igesund deployed two deep midfielders in Kagisho Dikgacoi and Reneilwe Letsholonyane and along with the poor weather conditions delivered an uninspired performance resulting in a 0–0 draw. In the hosts' second group game against Angola, coach Igesund dropped his midfield pairing of Dikgacoi and Letsholonyane and opted for a new midfield pairing of the defensive minded Dean Furman and the more attacking May Mahlangu. The result was a far more confident display as Dean Furman took control of the midfield – something that was lacking in the first game – and delivered a man of the match performance. South Africa ran out winners with goals from Siyabonga Sangweni and Lehlohonolo Majoro setting up a 2–0 victory. Heading into the final group game against Morocco South Africa only had to avoid defeat in order to progress to the knockout stages while Morocco needed a win to progress. South Africa put in a woeful first half performance that saw them 1–0 down at half time and struggling with the Moroccans' direct approach. It was only thanks to the heroics of goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune, who pulled off a string of stunning saves, that South Africa were not further behind. An improved second half saw South Africa fight back with an equaliser from May Mahlangu, but South Africa continued to look vulnerable against Morocco's direct approach and subsequently fell behind again in the 81st minute. But typical of their improved tenacity in the second half South Africa swiftly responded through a Siyabonga Sangweni equaliser in the 86th minute. South Africa hung on to the draw, with the result enough to see them win group A and progress to the quarterfinals. Sangweni's late equaliser would prove vital as an injury time winner by Cape Verde in their final game against Angola would have seen Morocco and Cape Verde progress at the expense of South Africa, but as it was South Africa went through along with Cape Verde, who enjoyed a stunning debut in Africa's showpiece tournament.

South Africa were drawn against Group B runners-up Mali in the quarterfinals. South Africa delivered a stunning first half performance, playing at a high tempo to negate the Malians' superior physical presence. Unable to keep up with the pace of the game, Mali were overwhelmed as South Africa carved out chance after chance, finally making the breakthrough in the 31st minute as Thuso Phala drove into the box and fired a low cross across the goalmouth which an open Tokelo Rantie pounced on. South Africa headed into the break 1–0 up. However, in the second half, led by veteran midfielder and captain Seydou Keita, the Malians began to impose themselves and equalised in the 58th minute amid a momentary defensive collapse as the South African defense allowed captain Keita to head home an unchallenged cross. From that point on it was Mali that controlled the game. Neither side was able to secure a winner and the game headed into extra time. After another goalless 30 minutes the game moved to penalties. Siphiwe Tshabalala took the first penalty and gave South Africa the lead with a stunningly placed shot into the top left corner. Cheick Diabaté would swiftly respond. Then South Africa's tournament proceeded to unravel. Dean Furman was next up for South Africa but he saw his weak shot easily saved by goalkeeper Soumbeïla Diakité. Adama Tamboura would score Mali's second penalty handing them the advantage. In an almost carbon copy of Furman's penalty May Mahlangu's penalty was also easily saved low to the left by goalkeeper Diakité. Mahamane Traoré confidently dispatched Mali's third penalty, handing them a comfortable 3–1 cushion. Lehlohonolo Majoro was next up for South Africa but the pressure was too much as he fired a wild shot high and to the right of the goal. With the miss South Africa were eliminated from the tournament 3–1 on penalties.

After a poor 2012 in which South Africa had performed poorly and had steadily slid down FIFA's rankings, their performance in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations was a marked improvement. Although coach Gordon Igesund had been handed the almost impossible task of a semifinal berth as a target in his contract, SAFA came out and said the signs of improvement were sufficient enough for Igesund's job to remain safe.

South Africa received a First Round bye when the qualifying process for the 2014 FIFA World Cup got underway on 30 July 2011. For the Second Round of the qualifying process, South Africa was placed in Pot 1 as a top-seeded nation for the draw from where they were drawn into Group A, along with neighbours Botswana, the Central African Republic and Ethiopia. South Africa opened their qualifying campaign with a dismal performance, struggling to overcome a one-goal deficit in a 1–1 home draw with Ethiopia, a nation ranked nearly 70 places below them. This result, coupled with the less than inspiring string of results that had seen South Africa winless in the past 6 outings that preceded it, resulted in the sacking of head coach Pitso Mosimane. Under interim head coach Steve Khompela, South Africa played out to yet another uninspiring 1–1 draw, this time away to Botswana.

Following on from a positive display in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Gordon Igesund guided South Africa to their first victory in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers as they beat the Central African Republic 2–0 in Cape Town. South Africa continued their push for a place at the World Cup with a 3–0 win over the Central African Republic on 8 June. South Africa endured a difficult build-up to the game as they were only able to practice once before the game due to a delayed connecting flight, but they performed admirably against their physical opponents on a bumpy pitch. The win was South Africa's first away win in a World Cup qualifier since 2005. Ethiopia also won their match away to Botswana on the same day, maintaining their 2-point lead over South Africa.

South Africa and Ethiopia met in a potential group decider in Addis Ababa on 16 June, with the Ethiopians going undefeated at home in 12 games. South Africa were under pressure from the kick-off and as early as the 3rd-minute goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune was forced into a stunning save. South Africa would recover to take a 1–0 lead through a stunning left-footed half volley from Bernard Parker in the 33rd minute. The lead was short-lived as Ethiopia equalised in the 44th minute following a defensive lapse by South Africa when they failed to deal with a loose ball on the edge of the box. Ethiopia would secure the win thanks to a stunning own goal by Bernard Parker in the 70th minute as he headed the ball into his own net from a free kick. The 2–1 defeat ended South Africa's qualification hopes and assured Ethiopia passage to the third and final round of qualifying. However, following the match it emerged that Ethiopia were under investigation for fielding an ineligible player during their 2–1 win over Botswana and that they could face losing the 3 points and have the result reversed to a 3–0 defeat, as in line with FIFA sanctions. This would give South Africa an outside chance of qualifying for Brazil. Ethiopia later admitted to the error.[24] On Tuesday, 19 June, it was reported in the South African press that Ethiopia had again fielded the same player against South Africa with the player still to serve his one-match ban and it might be possible that Ethiopia could face losing another 3 points to South Africa. Should this happen, South Africa would then qualify for the next round at the expense of Ethiopia.[25]

South Africa failed to qualify. These were the final standings: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Second Round

2014–2016

South Africa's first match under new coach, Ephraim Mashaba was a Group A qualifying match for AFCON 2015, played at Al-Merrikh Stadium against Sudan on 5 September 2014. South Africa won the match 3–0 with two goals from Sibusiso Vilakazi in the 55th and 61st minutes and a goal from Bongani Ndulula in the 78th minute.[26] South Africa's second match in the AFCON qualifiers was a home match at Cape Town Stadium against Nigeria on 10 September. South Africa held off the defending AFCON champions for a 0–0 draw.[27] Following these two matches, Bafana Bafana moved up two places to 67th in the FIFA world ranking.[28]

South Africa then took on Congo at the Stade Municipal de Pointe-Noire on 11 October. The game was won 2–0 with goals from Bongani Ndulula and Tokelo Rantie in the second half. This victory brought South Africa to the top of Group A.[29] Next was the return match in Polokwane's Peter Mokaba Stadium. The game ended in a 0–0 stalemate which kept South Africa at the top of the group.[30] Following these two matches, South Africa climbed ten places in the FIFA rankings to no. 57.[31]

Next up was the second match against Sudan on 15 November which was won 2–1, with goals from Thulani Serero in the 37th minute, and Tokelo Rantie in the 54th minute. The game was originally scheduled to be played at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit, but it was moved to the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban in honour of captain and goalkeeper, Senzo Meyiwa who was shot and killed two weeks prior to the game. Coach Ephraim Mashaba said the win was for the fallen hero, who had not conceded a goal in the four qualifiers he had played. The result sealed qualification for South Africa, with an away game versus Nigeria to spare. It was the first time since 2008 that Bafana managed to qualify for the tournament (in 2013 they qualified as hosts after Libya exchanged their rights for security reasons).[32][33]

The last game of the qualifiers was on 19 November at the Akwa Ibom Stadium in Uyo, Nigeria. It ended 2–2, therefore eliminating Nigeria and denying them the chance to defend their crown at 2015 AFCON. The coach Ephraim Mashaba had earlier said that South Africa would not do Nigeria any favours. It showed in the way that the South Africans approached the match. Tokelo Rantie missed a sitter in the fourth minute when he fluffed his chance over the bar, but he made amends when he opened the scoring in the 42nd minute after a neat pass from Dean Furman. It looked as if South Africa would get their first competitive win over Nigeria when Rantie doubled his and his country's tally in the 48th minute. But it wasn't to be, as they failed to hold on for a historic win. Nigeria came back to draw 2–2 but it wasn't enough to secure Nigeria's qualification as Congo beat Sudan 1–0 to book their place at the tournament.

Under Mashaba, South Africa failed to qualify for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. This, in addition to the various controversies, disparaging remarks that Mashaba allegedly made about SAFA top officials, his supposedly arrogant nature and his ill treatment of overseas based stars, led to his suspension after leading South Africa to a 2−1 victory over Senegal in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier.

2017–present: promising generation

After being unable to reach the 2018 FIFA World Cup, South Africa had undergone a systematic reformation and transformation to regain its status as an African soccer power. The reformation of South African soccer was aided by the successful rise of its under-age soccer, including the U-17, U-20 and U-23 teams that all achieved some African successes and participated in World tournaments at their levels.

South Africa qualified for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations finishing second and undefeated, with a shock 2–0 away win over Nigeria.[34] South Africa participated in the tournament grouped with Morocco, Ivory Coast and Namibia, and narrowly qualified to the knockout stage with only a single 1–0 win over Namibia and had to face host Egypt (which had Mohamed Salah), winners of AFCON seven times and had just qualified for Russia 2018 World Cup.[35] The South Africans then pulled out the biggest upset in the tournament, knocking Egypt out in the round of 16 stage with a 1–0 win in Cairo.[36] Then, South Africa once again faced Nigeria in the quarter-finals, but there was no further upset as Nigeria prevailed 2–1, but it was regarded as South Africa's best performance in the 2010s.[37]

Under Molefi Ntseki, South Africa failed to qualify for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. Molefi Ntseki was promptly sacked and the Hugo Broos was announced as his replacement.

Broos immediately set out to restructure the national team and the veteran players (Including captain Thulani Hlatshwayo) of the team were replaced with an exciting and young crop of players. Goalkeeper Ronwen Williams was named as the captain with Percy Tau being named as the vice-captain.

Rekor Piala Dunia

Rekor Piala Afrika

Pemain terkenal

Pertandingan

Kualifikasi Piala Dunia 2010 CAF

Di kualifikasi kali ini, Afsel meraih 2 kali menang (keduanya dari Guinea Equatorial), 1 kali seri (dari Sierra Leone), dan 3 kali kalah (dari Nigeria 2 kali, dan Sierra Leone). Walaupun Afrika Selatan gagal dalam babak kualifikasi, namun tetap lolos otomatis sebagai tuan rumah, hanya saja tidak dapat berpartisipasi dalam Piala Afrika 2010.

Skuat

0#0 Pos. Nama Pemain Tanggal lahir (umur) Tampil Gol Klub
1 1GK Darren Keet 5 Agustus 1989 (umur 35) 14 0 free agent
16 1GK Itumeleng Khune 20 Juni 1987 (umur 37) 91 0   Kaizer Chiefs
22 1GK Ronwen Williams 21 Januari 1992 (umur 32) 17 0   SuperSport United
2 2DF Motjeka Madisha 12 Januari 1995 (umur 29) 14 1   Mamelodi Sundowns
3 2DF Lyle Lakay 17 Agustus 1991 (umur 33) 3 1   Mamelodi Sundowns
13 2DF Siyabonga Dube 12 Oktober 1995 (umur 29) 0 0   Golden Arrows
14 2DF Thulani Hlatshwayo 18 Desember 1989 (umur 35) 52 4   Orlando Pirates
18 2DF Rushine De Reuck 9 Februari 1996 (umur 28) 0 0   Maritzburg United
19 2DF Thapelo Morena 6 Agustus 1993 (umur 31) 10 0   Mamelodi Sundowns
21 2DF Mosa Lebusa 10 Oktober 1992 (umur 32) 6 0   Mamelodi Sundowns
4 3MF Teboho Mokoena 24 Januari 1997 (umur 27) 9 1   SuperSport United
5 2DF Thabo Nodada 2 Mei 1995 (umur 29) 2 0   Cape Town City
7 3MF Keagan Dolly 22 Januari 1993 (umur 31) 19 3   Montpellier
8 3MF Bongani Zungu 9 Oktober 1992 (umur 32) 32 5   Rangers
9 3MF Lebogang Manyama 13 September 1990 (umur 34) 19 1   Kaizer Chiefs
10 3MF Percy Tau 13 Mei 1994 (umur 30) 29 12   Anderlecht
11 3MF Themba Zwane 3 Agustus 1989 (umur 35) 26 4   Mamelodi Sundowns
12 3MF Kamohelo Mokotjo 11 Maret 1991 (umur 33) 24 0   Cincinnati
15 3MF Dean Furman 22 Juni 1988 (umur 36) 59 4   Carlisle United
20 3MF Vincent Pule 10 Maret 1992 (umur 32) 2 0   Orlando Pirates
23 3MF Siyethemba Sithebe 6 Januari 1993 (umur 31) 2 0   AmaZulu
24 3MF Thabiso Kutumela 3 Juli 1993 (umur 31) 4 2   Maritzburg United
6 4FW Luther Singh 5 Agustus 1997 (umur 27) 10 3   Paços Ferreira
17 4FW Kermit Erasmus 8 Juli 1990 (umur 34) 20 2   Mamelodi Sundowns

Daftar pelatih

Pencetak gol terbanyak

Player South Africa career Goals (Caps)
Benni McCarthy 1997–kini 31 (79)
Shaun Bartlett 1995–2005 29 (74)
Katlego Mphela 2005–kini 19 (38)
Phil Masinga 1992–2001 18 (58)
Siyabonga Nomvethe 1999–kini 16 (79)
Sibusiso Zuma 1998–2008 13 (67)
Teko Modise 2007–kini 10 (57)
Delron Buckley 1998–2008 10 (72)
Bernard Parker 2007–kini 10 (33)
Doctor Khumalo 1992–2001 9 (50)

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