South Africa Team Profile World Cup 2010

As a host of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, South Africa automatically qualify for the tournament.

The South Africa national football team or Bafana Bafana is the national team of South Africa and is controlled by the South African Football Association. They returned to the world stage in 1992, after years of being banned from FIFA. They will be hosting the 19th FIFA World Cup in June 2010 after they hosted the Confederation Cup in 2009. South Africa will be the first African nation to host 2010 FIFA World Cup. They have come a long way from being banned by FIFA in 1962 to being the host of a World Cup.

South Africa Team FIFA World Cup Profile

Although South Africa has made two appearances in the World Cup, they have not made it past the first round. Their first appearance was in France 1998, six years after they had been readmitted to the global football family. Despite a 3-0 drubbing to France in their opening game, they went on to draw against Denmark and Saudi Arabia. Korea/Japan 2002 was expected to be an opportunity for Bafana Bafana to step up to the next level but, unfortunately, they flattered to deceive, crashing out after the group stage despite beating Slovenia 1-0 for their first-ever FIFA World Cup win.

Year	Result	Pos	P	W	D	L	GS	GA
1930	Did Not Enter
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966	Banned from FIFA
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994	Did Not Qualify
1998	Round 1	24	3	0	2	1	3	6
2002	Round 1	17	3	1	1	1	5	5
2006	Did Not Qualify
2010	Qualified (as hosts)	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014	To be determined
Total	3/19		6	1	3	2	8	11

South Africa Team Squad in 2010 FIFA World Cup

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Brian Baloyi	16 March 1974 (1974-03-16) (age 35)	24	0	Mamelodi Sundowns FC
	GK	Itumeleng Khune	20 June 1987 (1987-06-20) (age 22)	20	0	Kaizer Chiefs
	GK	Moeneeb Josephs	19 May 1980 (1980-05-19) (age 29)	14	0	Orlando Pirates
	DF	Aaron Mokoena	25 November 1980 (1980-11-25) (age 29)	99	2	Portsmouth
	DF	Mbulelo Mabizela	16 September 1980 (1980-09-16) (age 29)	45	2	Platinum Stars
	DF	Nasief Morris	16 April 1981 (1981-04-16) (age 28)	36	1	Racing Santander
	DF	Siboniso Gaxa	6 April 1984 (1984-04-06) (age 25)	32	0	Mamelodi Sundowns
	DF	Tsepo Masilela	5 May 1985 (1985-05-05) (age 24)	29	0	Maccabi Haifa
	DF	Matthew Booth	14 March 1977 (1977-03-14) (age 32)	26	1	Mamelodi Sundowns
	DF	Lucas Thwala	19 October 1981 (1981-10-19) (age 28)	16	1	Orlando Pirates
	DF	Bevan Fransman	31 October 1983 (1983-10-31) (age 26)	12	0	Maccabi Netanya
	DF	Bradley Carnell	21 January 1977 (1977-01-21) (age 33)	41	0	F.C. Hansa Rostock
	MF	Delron Buckley	7 December 1977 (1977-12-07) (age 32)	71	9	Anorthosis Famagusta
	MF	MacBeth Sibaya	25 November 1977 (1977-11-25) (age 32)	56	0	Rubin Kazan
	MF	Steven Pienaar	17 March 1982 (1982-03-17) (age 27)	46	2	Everton
	MF	Teko Modise	22 December 1982 (1982-12-22) (age 27)	43	9	Orlando Pirates
	MF	Siphiwe Tshabalala	25 September 1984 (1984-09-25) (age 25)	39	4	Kaizer Chiefs
	MF	Benson Mhlongo	9 September 1980 (1980-09-09) (age 29)	36	1	Orlando Pirates
	MF	Elrio van Heerden	11 July 1983 (1983-07-11) (age 26)	35	3	Sivasspor
	MF	Kagisho Dikgacoi	24 November 1984 (1984-11-24) (age 25)	32	2	Fulham
	MF	Siyabonga Nkosi	22 August 1981 (1981-08-22) (age 28)	25	2	Supersport United
	MF	Surprise Moriri	20 March 1980 (1980-03-20) (age 29)	25	3	Mamelodi Sundowns
	FW	Benni McCarthy	12 November 1977 (1977-11-12) (age 32)	78	32	West Ham United
	FW	Bernard Parker	16 March 1986 (1986-03-16) (age 23)	25	7	FC Twente
	FW	Katlego Mphela	29 November 1984 (1984-11-29) (age 25)	24	8	Mamelodi Sundowns
	FW	Thembinkosi Fanteni	2 February 1984 (1984-02-02) (age 26)	20	2	Orlando Pirates
	FW	Katlego Mashego	18 May 1982 (1982-05-18) (age 27)	14	1	Orlando Pirates