South Africa national football team is the national team of South Africa.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 FIFA Confederations Cup in 2009. South Africa will be the first African nation to host the FIFA World Cup.Football first arrived in South Africa through colonialism in the late nineteenth century.South Africa has made two appearances in the FIFA 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 to step up to the next level but unfortunately, they failed to succeed, crashing out after the group stage despite beating Slovenia 1-0 for their first-ever FIFA World Cup win.
Provisional squad list:
GK Rowen FERNANDEZ,GK Moneeb JOSEPH,GK Itumeleng KHUNE,GK Shu-Aib WALTERS,Matthew BOOTH,Franklyn CALE,Lance DAVIDS,Kagisho DIKGACOI,Bevan FRANSMAN,Siboniso GAXA,Andile JALI,Thanduyise KHUBONI,Bongani KHUMALO,Reneilwe LETSHOLONYANE,Tsepo MASILELA,Benni McCARTHY,Innocent MDLEDLE,Teko MODISE,Aaron MOKOENA,Bryce MOON,Surprise MORIRI,Katlego MPHELA,Anele NGCONGCA,Siyabonga NOMVETHE,Bernard PARKER,Steven PIENAAR,Siyabonga SANGWENI,MacBeth SIBAYA,Lucas THWALA,Siphiwe TSHABALALA
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