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Bafana Bafana head queue of all time in traffic jams: Aaron Mokoena (90)
remarkable achievements: African Nations Cup Champions (1996)
Legendary players: nickname “Black Prince of South African football, Jomo Sono was a star player in the North American Soccer League, which later serve as national team coach South Africa 2002 World Cup.

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GK GK Rowen Fernandez Moneeb JOSEPH

GK GK Itumeleng Khune Shu-Aib Walters Davids

BOOTH Matthew Franklyn Cale

Lance Kagisho Dikgacoi

Bevan Fransman Siboniso Gaxa < br />
Andile Jali Thanduyise KHUBONI

Bongani Khumalo Reneilwe LETSHOLONYANE

Tsepo Masilela Benni

Innocent Mdledle Teko Modise

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Surprise Moriri Katlego Mphela

Anele NGCONGCA Siyabonga Nomvethe

Bernard Parker Steven Pienaar

MacBeth Sibaya Siyabonga SANGWENI
< br /> Lucas Thwala Siphiwe Tshabalala

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final appearances:

1998 – First round
2002 – First round

overall balance Final Played: 6, won 1, draw 3, Lost second

Best performance: First round in 1998 and 2002.

sixth most appearances in finals: Lucas Radebe (1998, 2002), Quinton Fortune (1998, 2002), Benni McCarthy (1998, 2002) –
< Two goals in br /> Final: Benni McCarthy (1998, 2002), Shaun Bartlett (1998) –

World Cup high: In his first victory in his second appearance in the tournament in 2002, against Slovenia 1-0 with a goal Siyabonga Nomvethe the difference between the two parties. benefit

Cup low: Bafana Bafana embarrassing failure for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, third in their qualifying group behind Ghana and DR Congo, after being appointed to the host the 2010 World Cup.

World Cup legend: Benni McCarthy is the best scorer of the earth and the second most-capped player with 31 goals in 76 appearances. He scored in the tournament in 1998 and 2002, against Denmark and Spain.

What has happened so far: The story of the football team of South Africa as the land itself has been severely affected by the system of apartheid. The forced segregation of the country has been extremely controversial, and many attempts have been made to suspend the national face of FIFA, because the Constitution prohibits the country, the racially mixed teams Fielding. But South Africa, in collaboration with Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan have been one of the founding members of the Confederation of African Football and put on his deportation because of a widespread aversion to FIFA to escape involved in political issues.

Suspended by FIFA tournament in 1966, would be excluded, but after the violence of the Soweto uprising in 1976, a clash of FIFA South Africa and finally the national team not play again for 16 years. In 1991, when apartheid ended, a new multi-racial South African Football Association was born and the new team played its first match against Cameroon in 1992 and won 1-0. Four years later, hosting, and competing in their first African Cup of Nations as a multi-racial side, Bafana Bafana won the trophy and were in a happy celebration of Nelson Mandela came.

They entered the game World Cup 1998 in France and, having soundly beaten 3-0 by the hosts to their first ever finals match, South Africa was wonderful to earn a draw against Denmark and Saudi Arabia, but finished in third place in the group, two points behind the Danes.

agonizingly close to the second round, scored for Paraguay to fail on targets. A 2-2 draw against the South Americans in the first game was followed by a first victory, a 1-0 win against Slovenia. In his last game against Spain, the Bafana Bafana twice came from behind, but a goal that Raul Jose Antonio Camacho side won only denied 3-2. A disappointing failure to qualify for the 2006 final, but was followed in 2004, was announced in 2010, South Africa would be the first African country to host the World Cup.

qualification: In South Africa hosts automatically qualified for the tournament, but played a series of friendly matches during qualifying was held. They were the first African qualifying phase that contributed to a seat at the Cup 2010 African Cup of Nations game, but finished 11 points behind Nigeria in the group, missed a berth in the tournament.

It was a tumultuous time for the Bafana Bafana, and well they have performed honorably during the Confederations Cup – losing to Brazil in the semifinals and third-place play-off for European Championship winners Spain’s only one goal – he continues to defeat after defeat in a friendly, the crash has finally seen the dismissal of Chief Joel Santana and the re-appointment of former Chief Carlos Parreira.

Qualification Record (second round): P6 W2 D1 L3, F5, A5 Pts7.

Confederations Cup Record: P5, W1, D1, L3, S4, A6.

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scorer: Kagisho Dikgacoi, Katlego Mphela, Bernard Parker (2).

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