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South Africa national football team

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2010 FIFA World Cup National Football Teams (Pot 1)
Name
South Africa national football team
Country flag
Confederation
CAF (Africa)
FIFA ranking
83
Elo ranking
68
Captain
Aaron Mokoena
Head coach
Carlos Alberto Parreira
Statistics
Most caps
Aaron Mokoena (100)
Top scorer
Benni McCarthy (35)
Highest FIFA ranking
16 (August 1996)
Lowest FIFA ranking
124 (December 1992)
Highest Elo ranking
21 (9) (September 1996 (October 1955)
Lowest Elo ranking
94 (May 2006)
First international
1906-07-09 Argentina 0-1 South Africa (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Biggest win
Australia 0-8 South Africa (Adelaide, Australia; 1955-09-17)
Biggest defeat
Australia 5-1 South Africa (Newcastle, Australia; 1947-06-07)

Mexico 4-0 South Africa (Los Angeles, USA; 1993-10-06)

USA 4-0 South Africa (Washington, USA; 2000-06-03)

Nigeria 4-0 South Africa (Monastir, Tunisia; 2004-01-31)
World Cup Appearances
2 (First in 1998)
World Cup Best result
Round 1: 1998, 2002
African Nations Cup Appearances
7 (First in 1996)
African Nations Cup Best result
1st: 1996
Copa América Appearances
Copa América Best result
European Championship Appearances
European Championship Best result
Confederations Cup Appearances
2 (First in 1997)
Confederations Cup Best result
4th: 2009
Olympic medal records
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Other
Nickname(s)
Bafana Bafana (The Boys)
Association
South African Football Association
Home stadium
Soccer City
FIFA code
RSA
Wikipedia
wikipedia.org/...
Sports
English
Public
Public
Jun. 15th 2010 2:46:32 AM
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