South Africa at the Africa Cup of Nations

Although the football team for South Africa participated in the Africa Cup of Nations much later than many African countries (the country was scheduled to participate in inaugural 1957 Africa Cup of Nations but was excluded because of apartheid{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/57a-det.html|title=African Nations Cup 1957|author1=Khaled Abul-Oyoun|author2=Ken Knight|author3=Neil Morrison|author4=Karel Stokkermans|date=3 October 2013|accessdate=14 May 2018}}), as they participated for the first time as host of 1996 edition, South Africa has soon established itself as an emerging African power. The first edition South Africa participated was a complete success, with the team conquered their first, and only African trophy, on their debut.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kickoff.com/news/articles/south-africa-news/categories/news/bafana/how-bafana-won-the-1996-africa-cup-of-nations/541387|title=How Bafana won the 1996 Africa Cup of Nations|website=KickOff}}{{Cite web|url=https://footyanalyst.com/afcon-1996-south-africa/|title=When football healed a nation: South Africa's 1996 AFCON win|date=12 September 2018|first=Sivan|last=John|publisher=Footy Analyst|accessdate=14 October 2023}} Since then, South Africa continues to participate and remains a reckoned force, though success has been elusive since the 2000s. Outside the 1996 edition, South Africa also hosted 2013 Africa Cup of Nations and managed to advance to the quarter-finals.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/mali-kick-bafana-out-2013-afcon|title=Mali kick Bafana out of 2013 Afcon|date=4 February 2013|website=SAnews}} They again reached the quarter-finals in the 2019 edition of the tournament, and finished third at the 2023 tournament.

Overall record

Year !Round !Position !{{Tooltip\|Pld\|Matches played}} !{{Tooltip\|W\|Matches won}} !{{Tooltip\|D\|Matches drawn}}* !{{Tooltip\|L\|Matches lost}} !{{Tooltip\|GF\|Goals for}} !{{Tooltip\|GA\|Goals against}}
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" !colspan=9\|Africa Cup of Nations record
{{flagicon\|Sudan\|1956}} 1957 \|colspan=8\|Disqualified due to apartheid
{{flagicon\|United Arab Republic}} 1959 \|rowspan=17 colspan=8\|Banned
{{flagicon\|Ethiopia\|1897}} 1962
{{flagicon\|Ghana}} 1963
{{flagicon\|Tunisia\|1959}} 1965
{{flagicon\|Ethiopia\|1897}} 1968
{{flagicon\|Sudan\|1956}} 1970
{{flagicon\|Cameroon\|1961}} 1972
{{flagicon\|Egypt\|1972}} 1974
{{flagicon\|Ethiopia\|1975}} 1976
{{flagicon\|Ghana}} 1978
{{flagicon\|Nigeria}} 1980
{{flagicon\|Libya\|1977}} 1982
{{flagicon\|Ivory Coast}} 1984
{{flagicon\|Egypt}} 1986
{{flagicon\|Morocco}} 1988
{{flagicon\|Algeria}} 1990
{{flagicon\|Senegal}} 1992
{{flagicon\|Tunisia\|1959}} 1994 \|colspan=8\|Did not qualify
bgcolor="gold" \|style="border: 3px solid red"\|{{flagicon\|South Africa}} 1996 \|Champions \|1st \|6 \|5 \|0 \|1 \|11 \|2
bgcolor="silver" \|{{flagicon\|Burkina Faso}} 1998 \|Runners-up \|2nd \|6 \|3 \|2 \|1 \|9 \|6
bgcolor="#cc9966" \|{{flagicon\|Ghana}} {{flagicon\|Nigeria}} 2000 \|Third place	3rd	6	3	2	1	8	6
{{flagicon\|Mali}} 2002 \|Quarter-finals	6th	4	1	2	1	3	3
{{flagicon\|Tunisia}} 2004 \|rowspan=3\|Group stage	11th	3	1	1	1	3	5
{{flagicon\|Egypt}} 2006	16th	3	0	0	3	0	5
{{flagicon\|Ghana}} 2008	13th	3	0	2	1	3	5
{{flagicon\|Angola}} 2010 \|rowspan=2 colspan=8\|Did not qualify
{{flagicon\|Equatorial Guinea}} {{flagicon\|Gabon}} 2012
style="border: 3px solid red"\|{{flagicon\|South Africa\|1994}} 2013 \|Quarter-finals	6th	4	1	2	1	5	3
{{flagicon\|Equatorial Guinea}} 2015 \|Group stage	15th	3	0	1	2	3	6
{{flagicon\|Gabon}} 2017 \|colspan=8\|Did not qualify
{{flagicon\|Egypt}} 2019 \|Quarter-finals	7th	5	2	0	3	3	4
{{flagicon\|Cameroon}} 2021 \|colspan=8\|Did not qualify
bgcolor="#cc9966" \|{{flagicon\|Ivory Coast}} 2023 \|Third place	3rd	7	2	4	1	7	3
{{flagicon\|Morocco}} 2025 \|colspan=8\|Qualified
{{flagicon\|Kenya}} {{flagicon\|Tanzania}} {{flagicon\|Uganda}} 2027 \|colspan=8\|To be determined
Total\|\|1 Title\|\|12/35\|\|50\|\|18\|\|16\|\|16\|\|55\|\|48

:*Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="width:35%; font-size:80%;"
style="color:white;" !style="background:#e11; width:20%;" colspan="6"\|South Africa's Africa Cup of Nations record
width=10%\|First Match \|width=23%\| {{fb\|RSA}} 3–0 {{fb-rt\|CMR}} (13 January 1996; Johannesburg, South Africa)
width=10%\|Biggest Win \|width=23%\| {{fb\|RSA}} 4–0 {{fb-rt\|NAM}} (21 January 2024; Korhogo, Ivory Coast)
width=10%\|Biggest Defeat \|width=23%\| {{fb\|NGA}} 4–0 {{fb-rt\|RSA}} (31 January 2004; Monastir, Tunisia)
width=10%\|Best Result \|width=23%\| Champions in 1996
width=10%\|Worst Result \|width=23%\| 16th place in 2006

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style="color:white;"

!style="background:#e11; width:20%;" colspan="6"|South Africa's Africa Cup of Nations record

width=10%|First Match

|width=23%|

{{fb|RSA}} 3–0 {{fb-rt|CMR}}
(13 January 1996; Johannesburg, South Africa)

width=10%|Biggest Win

|width=23%|

{{fb|RSA}} 4–0 {{fb-rt|NAM}}
(21 January 2024; Korhogo, Ivory Coast)

width=10%|Biggest Defeat

|width=23%|

{{fb|NGA}} 4–0 {{fb-rt|RSA}}
(31 January 2004; Monastir, Tunisia)

width=10%|Best Result

|width=23%|

Champions in 1996

width=10%|Worst Result

|width=23%|

16th place in 2006

Match history

bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" align="center" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;"
bgcolor="#CCCCCC" \| align="center"\|Year \| align="center"\|Date \| align="center"\|Location \| align="center"\|Round \| align="center"\|Opponent \| align="center"\|Result \| align="center"\|South Africa scorers
align="center" \| rowspan=6 style="border: 3px solid red"\|{{flagicon\|RSA}} 1996	13 January 1996	rowspan=6\|Johannesburg	rowspan=3\|Group stage	{{fb\|CMR}}	bgcolor="#bbffbb"\|3–0	Phil Masinga {{goal\|15}} Mark Williams {{goal\|37}} John Moshoeu {{goal\|55}}
align="center" \| 20 January 1996	{{fb\|ANG}}	bgcolor="#bbffbb"\|1–0	Mark Williams {{goal\|57}}
align="center" \| 24 January 1996	{{fb\|EGY}}	bgcolor="#ffbbbb"\|0–1
align="center" \| 27 January 1996	Quarter-finals	{{fb\|ALG}}	bgcolor="#bbffbb"\|2–1	Mark Fish {{goal\|72}} John Moshoeu {{goal\|85}}
align="center" \| 31 January 1996	Semi-finals	{{fb\|GHA}}	bgcolor="#bbffbb"\|3–0	John Moshoeu {{goal\|22	87}} Shaun Bartlett {{goal\|46}}
align="center" \| bgcolor=gold \| 3 February 1996	bgcolor=gold \| Final	bgcolor=gold \| {{fb\|TUN}}	bgcolor="#bbffbb"\|2–0	bgcolor=gold \| Mark Williams {{goal\|73	75}}
align="center" \| rowspan=6\|{{flagicon\|BFA}} 1998	8 February 1998	rowspan=3\|Bobo-Dioulasso	rowspan=3\|Group stage	{{fb\|ANG}}	bgcolor="#ffffbb"\|0–0
align="center" \| 11 February 1998	{{fb\|CIV}}	bgcolor="#ffffbb"\|1–1	Helman Mkhalele {{goal\|8\|pen.}}
align="center" \| 16 February 1998	{{fb\|NAM}}	bgcolor="#bbffbb"\|4–1	Benni McCarthy {{goal\|8	11	19	21}}
align="center" \| 22 February 1998	rowspan=3\|Ouagadougou	Quarter-finals	{{fb\|MAR}}	bgcolor="#bbffbb"\|2–1	Benni McCarthy {{goal\|22}} David Nyathi {{goal\|79}}
align="center" \| 25 February 1998	Semi-finals	{{fb\|COD\|1997}}	bgcolor="#bbffbb"\|2–1 {{aet}}	Benni McCarthy {{goal\|60	112}}
align="center" \| bgcolor=silver \| 28 February 1998	bgcolor=silver \| Final	bgcolor=silver \| {{fb\|EGY}}	bgcolor="#ffbbbb"\|0–2	bgcolor=silver \|
align="center" \| rowspan=6\|{{flagicon\|GHA}} {{flagicon\|NGA}} 2000	23 January 2000	rowspan=4\|Kumasi	rowspan=3\|Group stage	{{fb\|GAB}}	bgcolor="#bbffbb"\|3–1	Dumisa Ngobe {{goal\|43}} Shaun Bartlett {{goal\|55	78}}
align="center" \| 27 January 2000	{{fb\|COD\|1997}}	bgcolor="#bbffbb"\|1–0	Shaun Bartlett {{goal\|44}}
align="center" \| 2 February 2000	{{fb\|ALG}}	bgcolor="#ffffbb"\|1–1	Shaun Bartlett {{goal\|2}}
align="center" \| 6 February 2000	Quarter-finals	{{fb\|GHA}}	bgcolor="#bbffbb"\|1–0	Siyabonga Nomvethe {{goal\|42}}
align="center" \| 10 February 2000	Lagos	Semi-finals	{{fb\|NGA}}	bgcolor="#ffbbbb"\|0–2
align="center" \| bgcolor=#cc9966 \| 12 February 2000	Accra	bgcolor=#cc9966 \| Third place play-off	bgcolor=#cc9966 \| {{fb\|TUN}}	bgcolor="#ffffbb"\|2–2 {{pen.\|4–3}}	bgcolor=#cc9966 \| Shaun Bartlett {{goal\|11}} Siyabonga Nomvethe {{goal\|62}}
align="center" \| rowspan=4\|{{flagicon\|MLI}} 2002	20 January 2002	rowspan=3\|Ségou	rowspan=3\|Group stage	{{fb\|BFA}}	bgcolor="#ffffbb"\|0–0
align="center" \| 24 January 2002	{{fb\|GHA}}	bgcolor="#ffffbb"\|0–0
align="center" \| 30 January 2002	{{fb\|MAR}}	bgcolor="#bbffbb"\|3–1	Sibusiso Zuma {{goal\|42}} Thabo Mngomeni {{goal\|48}} Siyabonga Nomvethe {{goal\|51}}
align="center" \| 3 February 2002	Kayes	Quarter-finals	{{fb\|MLI}}	bgcolor="#ffbbbb"\|0–2
align="center" \| rowspan=3\|{{flagicon\|TUN}} 2004	27 January 2004	Sfax	rowspan=3\|Group stage	{{fb\|BEN}}	bgcolor="#bbffbb"\|2–0	Siyabonga Nomvethe {{goal\|58	76}}
align="center" \| 31 January 2004	Monastir	{{fb\|NGA}}	bgcolor="#ffbbbb"\|0–4
align="center" \| 4 February 2004	Sousse	{{fb\|MAR}}	bgcolor="#ffffbb"\|1–1	Patrick Mayo {{goal\|29}}
align="center" \| rowspan=3\|{{flagicon\|EGY}} 2006	22 January 2006	rowspan=3\|Alexandria	rowspan=3\|Group stage	{{fb\|GUI}}	bgcolor="#ffbbbb"\|0–2
align="center" \| 26 January 2006	{{fb\|TUN}}	bgcolor="#ffbbbb"\|0–2
align="center" \| 30 January 2006	{{fb\|ZAM}}	bgcolor="#ffbbbb"\|0–1
align="center" \| rowspan=3\|{{flagicon\|GHA}} 2008	23 January 2008	rowspan=2\|Tamale	rowspan=3\|Group stage	{{fb\|ANG}}	bgcolor="#ffffbb"\|1–1	Elrio van Heerden {{goal\|87}}
align="center" \| 27 January 2008	{{fb\|TUN}}	bgcolor="#ffbbbb"\|1–3	Katlego Mphela {{goal\|87}}
align="center" \| 31 January 2008	Kumasi	{{fb\|SEN}}	bgcolor="#ffffbb"\|1–1	Elrio van Heerden {{goal\|14}}
align="center" \| rowspan=4 style="border: 3px solid red"\|{{flagicon\|RSA}} 2013	19 January 2013	Johannesburg	rowspan=3\|Group stage	{{fb\|CPV}}	bgcolor="#ffffbb"\|0–0
align="center" \| 23 January 2013	rowspan=3\|Durban	{{fb\|ANG}}	bgcolor="#bbffbb"\|2–0	Siyabonga Sangweni {{goal\|30}} Lehlohonolo Majoro {{goal\|62}}
align="center" \| 27 January 2013	{{fb\|MAR}}	bgcolor="#ffffbb"\|2–2	May Mahlangu {{goal\|71}} Siyabonga Sangweni {{goal\|86}}
align="center" \| 2 February 2013	Quarter-finals	{{fb\|MLI}}	bgcolor="#ffffbb"\|1–1 {{pen.\|1–3}}	Tokelo Rantie {{goal\|31}}
align="center" \| rowspan=3\|{{flagicon\|EQG}} 2015	19 January 2015	rowspan=3\|Mongomo	rowspan=3\|Group stage	{{fb\|ALG}}	bgcolor="#ffbbbb"\|1–3	Thuso Phala {{goal\|51}}
align="center" \| 23 January 2015	{{fb\|SEN}}	bgcolor="#ffffbb"\|1–1	Oupa Manyisa {{goal\|47}}
align="center" \| 27 January 2015	{{fb\|GHA}}	bgcolor="#ffbbbb"\|1–2	Mandla Masango {{goal\|17}}
align="center" \| rowspan=5\|{{flagicon\|EGY}} 2019	24 June 2019	rowspan=5\|Cairo	rowspan=3\|Group stage	{{fb\|CIV}}	bgcolor="#ffbbbb"\|0–1
align="center" \| 28 June 2019	{{fb\|NAM}}	bgcolor="#bbffbb"\|1–0	Bongani Zungu {{goal\|68}}
align="center" \| 1 July 2019	{{fb\|MAR}}	bgcolor="#ffbbbb"\|0–1
align="center" \| 6 July 2019	Round of 16	{{fb\|EGY}}	bgcolor="#bbffbb"\|1–0	Thembinkosi Lorch {{goal\|85}}
align="center" \| 10 July 2019	Quarter-finals	{{fb\|NGA}}	bgcolor="#ffbbbb"\|1–2	Bongani Zungu {{goal\|71}}
align="center" \| rowspan=7\|{{flagicon\|CIV}} 2023	16 January 2024	rowspan=3\|Korhogo	rowspan=3\|Group stage	{{fb\|MLI}}	bgcolor="#ffbbbb"\|0–2
align="center" \| 21 January 2024	{{fb\|NAM}}	bgcolor="#bbffbb"\|4–0	Percy Tau {{goal\|14\|pen.}} Themba Zwane {{goal\|25	40}} Thapelo Maseko {{goal\|75}}
align="center" \| 24 January 2024	{{fb\|TUN}}	bgcolor="#ffffbb"\|0–0
align="center" \| 30 January 2024	San Pédro	Round of 16	{{fb\|MAR}}	bgcolor="#bbffbb"\|2–0	Thapelo Maseko {{goal\|57}} Teboho Mokoena {{goal\|90+5}}
align="center" \| 3 February 2024	Yamoussoukro	Quarter-finals	{{fb\|CPV}}	bgcolor="#ffffbb"\|0–0 {{pen.\|2–1}}
align="center" \| 7 February 2024	Bouaké	Semi-finals	{{fb\|NGA}}	bgcolor="#ffffbb"\|1–1 {{pen.\|2–4}}	Teboho Mokoena {{goal\|90\|pen.}}
align="center" \| bgcolor=#cc9966 \| 10 February 2024	Abidjan	bgcolor=#cc9966 \| Third place play-off	bgcolor=#cc9966 \| {{fb\|COD}}	bgcolor="#ffffbb"\|0–0 {{pen.\|6–5}}	bgcolor=#cc9966 \|

Top goalscorers

Phil Masinga was the first player to score for South Africa at the Africa Cup of Nations (1996). Benni McCarthy was the first and so far only player to score a hat-trick for South Africa at the tournament (1998).

File:BenniMcCarthy.jpg is South Africa's all-time top goalscorer at the Africa Cup of Nations.]]

Rank !Player !Goals !Years (goals)
class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
align=center\|1 \|Benni McCarthy	align=center\|7	1998
align=center\|2 \|Shaun Bartlett	align=center\|6	1996 (1) and 2000 (5)
align=center\|3 \|Siyabonga Nomvethe	align=center\|5	2000 (2), 2002 and 2004 (2)
rowspan=2 align=center\|4 \|John Moshoeu	align=center\|4	1996
Mark Williams	align=center\|4	1996

Squads

References

External links

[http://fr.cafonline.com/competition/coupe-dafrique-des-nations_2012/pastcomp Africa Cup of Nations – Archives competitions] – cafonline.com

Category:South Africa national soccer team

Category:Countries at the Africa Cup of Nations

Year !Round !Position !{{Tooltip\|Pld\|Matches played}} !{{Tooltip\|W\|Matches won}} !{{Tooltip\|D\|Matches drawn}}* !{{Tooltip\|L\|Matches lost}} !{{Tooltip\|GF\|Goals for}} !{{Tooltip\|GA\|Goals against}}
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" !colspan=9\|Africa Cup of Nations record
{{flagicon\|Sudan\|1956}} 1957 \|colspan=8\|Disqualified due to apartheid
{{flagicon\|United Arab Republic}} 1959 \|rowspan=17 colspan=8\|Banned
{{flagicon\|Ethiopia\|1897}} 1962
{{flagicon\|Ghana}} 1963
{{flagicon\|Tunisia\|1959}} 1965
{{flagicon\|Ethiopia\|1897}} 1968
{{flagicon\|Sudan\|1956}} 1970
{{flagicon\|Cameroon\|1961}} 1972
{{flagicon\|Egypt\|1972}} 1974
{{flagicon\|Ethiopia\|1975}} 1976
{{flagicon\|Ghana}} 1978
{{flagicon\|Nigeria}} 1980
{{flagicon\|Libya\|1977}} 1982
{{flagicon\|Ivory Coast}} 1984
{{flagicon\|Egypt}} 1986
{{flagicon\|Morocco}} 1988
{{flagicon\|Algeria}} 1990
{{flagicon\|Senegal}} 1992
{{flagicon\|Tunisia\|1959}} 1994 \|colspan=8\|Did not qualify
bgcolor="gold" \|style="border: 3px solid red"\|{{flagicon\|South Africa}} 1996 \|Champions \|1st \|6 \|5 \|0 \|1 \|11 \|2
bgcolor="silver" \|{{flagicon\|Burkina Faso}} 1998 \|Runners-up \|2nd \|6 \|3 \|2 \|1 \|9 \|6
bgcolor="#cc9966" \|{{flagicon\|Ghana}} {{flagicon\|Nigeria}} 2000 \|Third place	3rd	6	3	2	1	8	6
{{flagicon\|Mali}} 2002 \|Quarter-finals	6th	4	1	2	1	3	3
{{flagicon\|Tunisia}} 2004 \|rowspan=3\|Group stage	11th	3	1	1	1	3	5
{{flagicon\|Egypt}} 2006	16th	3	0	0	3	0	5
{{flagicon\|Ghana}} 2008	13th	3	0	2	1	3	5
{{flagicon\|Angola}} 2010 \|rowspan=2 colspan=8\|Did not qualify
{{flagicon\|Equatorial Guinea}} {{flagicon\|Gabon}} 2012
style="border: 3px solid red"\|{{flagicon\|South Africa\|1994}} 2013 \|Quarter-finals	6th	4	1	2	1	5	3
{{flagicon\|Equatorial Guinea}} 2015 \|Group stage	15th	3	0	1	2	3	6
{{flagicon\|Gabon}} 2017 \|colspan=8\|Did not qualify
{{flagicon\|Egypt}} 2019 \|Quarter-finals	7th	5	2	0	3	3	4
{{flagicon\|Cameroon}} 2021 \|colspan=8\|Did not qualify
bgcolor="#cc9966" \|{{flagicon\|Ivory Coast}} 2023 \|Third place	3rd	7	2	4	1	7	3
{{flagicon\|Morocco}} 2025 \|colspan=8\|Qualified
{{flagicon\|Kenya}} {{flagicon\|Tanzania}} {{flagicon\|Uganda}} 2027 \|colspan=8\|To be determined
Total\|\|1 Title\|\|12/35\|\|50\|\|18\|\|16\|\|16\|\|55\|\|48

bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" align="center" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;"
bgcolor="#CCCCCC" \| align="center"\|Year \| align="center"\|Date \| align="center"\|Location \| align="center"\|Round \| align="center"\|Opponent \| align="center"\|Result \| align="center"\|South Africa scorers
align="center" \| rowspan=6 style="border: 3px solid red"\|{{flagicon\|RSA}} 1996	13 January 1996	rowspan=6\|Johannesburg	rowspan=3\|Group stage	{{fb\|CMR}}	bgcolor="#bbffbb"\|3–0	Phil Masinga {{goal\|15}} Mark Williams {{goal\|37}} John Moshoeu {{goal\|55}}
align="center" \| 20 January 1996	{{fb\|ANG}}	bgcolor="#bbffbb"\|1–0	Mark Williams {{goal\|57}}
align="center" \| 24 January 1996	{{fb\|EGY}}	bgcolor="#ffbbbb"\|0–1
align="center" \| 27 January 1996	Quarter-finals	{{fb\|ALG}}	bgcolor="#bbffbb"\|2–1	Mark Fish {{goal\|72}} John Moshoeu {{goal\|85}}
align="center" \| 31 January 1996	Semi-finals	{{fb\|GHA}}	bgcolor="#bbffbb"\|3–0	John Moshoeu {{goal\|22	87}} Shaun Bartlett {{goal\|46}}
align="center" \| bgcolor=gold \| 3 February 1996	bgcolor=gold \| Final	bgcolor=gold \| {{fb\|TUN}}	bgcolor="#bbffbb"\|2–0	bgcolor=gold \| Mark Williams {{goal\|73	75}}
align="center" \| rowspan=6\|{{flagicon\|BFA}} 1998	8 February 1998	rowspan=3\|Bobo-Dioulasso	rowspan=3\|Group stage	{{fb\|ANG}}	bgcolor="#ffffbb"\|0–0
align="center" \| 11 February 1998	{{fb\|CIV}}	bgcolor="#ffffbb"\|1–1	Helman Mkhalele {{goal\|8\|pen.}}
align="center" \| 16 February 1998	{{fb\|NAM}}	bgcolor="#bbffbb"\|4–1	Benni McCarthy {{goal\|8	11	19	21}}
align="center" \| 22 February 1998	rowspan=3\|Ouagadougou	Quarter-finals	{{fb\|MAR}}	bgcolor="#bbffbb"\|2–1	Benni McCarthy {{goal\|22}} David Nyathi {{goal\|79}}
align="center" \| 25 February 1998	Semi-finals	{{fb\|COD\|1997}}	bgcolor="#bbffbb"\|2–1 {{aet}}	Benni McCarthy {{goal\|60	112}}
align="center" \| bgcolor=silver \| 28 February 1998	bgcolor=silver \| Final	bgcolor=silver \| {{fb\|EGY}}	bgcolor="#ffbbbb"\|0–2	bgcolor=silver \|
align="center" \| rowspan=6\|{{flagicon\|GHA}} {{flagicon\|NGA}} 2000	23 January 2000	rowspan=4\|Kumasi	rowspan=3\|Group stage	{{fb\|GAB}}	bgcolor="#bbffbb"\|3–1	Dumisa Ngobe {{goal\|43}} Shaun Bartlett {{goal\|55	78}}
align="center" \| 27 January 2000	{{fb\|COD\|1997}}	bgcolor="#bbffbb"\|1–0	Shaun Bartlett {{goal\|44}}
align="center" \| 2 February 2000	{{fb\|ALG}}	bgcolor="#ffffbb"\|1–1	Shaun Bartlett {{goal\|2}}
align="center" \| 6 February 2000	Quarter-finals	{{fb\|GHA}}	bgcolor="#bbffbb"\|1–0	Siyabonga Nomvethe {{goal\|42}}
align="center" \| 10 February 2000	Lagos	Semi-finals	{{fb\|NGA}}	bgcolor="#ffbbbb"\|0–2
align="center" \| bgcolor=#cc9966 \| 12 February 2000	Accra	bgcolor=#cc9966 \| Third place play-off	bgcolor=#cc9966 \| {{fb\|TUN}}	bgcolor="#ffffbb"\|2–2 {{pen.\|4–3}}	bgcolor=#cc9966 \| Shaun Bartlett {{goal\|11}} Siyabonga Nomvethe {{goal\|62}}
align="center" \| rowspan=4\|{{flagicon\|MLI}} 2002	20 January 2002	rowspan=3\|Ségou	rowspan=3\|Group stage	{{fb\|BFA}}	bgcolor="#ffffbb"\|0–0
align="center" \| 24 January 2002	{{fb\|GHA}}	bgcolor="#ffffbb"\|0–0
align="center" \| 30 January 2002	{{fb\|MAR}}	bgcolor="#bbffbb"\|3–1	Sibusiso Zuma {{goal\|42}} Thabo Mngomeni {{goal\|48}} Siyabonga Nomvethe {{goal\|51}}
align="center" \| 3 February 2002	Kayes	Quarter-finals	{{fb\|MLI}}	bgcolor="#ffbbbb"\|0–2
align="center" \| rowspan=3\|{{flagicon\|TUN}} 2004	27 January 2004	Sfax	rowspan=3\|Group stage	{{fb\|BEN}}	bgcolor="#bbffbb"\|2–0	Siyabonga Nomvethe {{goal\|58	76}}
align="center" \| 31 January 2004	Monastir	{{fb\|NGA}}	bgcolor="#ffbbbb"\|0–4
align="center" \| 4 February 2004	Sousse	{{fb\|MAR}}	bgcolor="#ffffbb"\|1–1	Patrick Mayo {{goal\|29}}
align="center" \| rowspan=3\|{{flagicon\|EGY}} 2006	22 January 2006	rowspan=3\|Alexandria	rowspan=3\|Group stage	{{fb\|GUI}}	bgcolor="#ffbbbb"\|0–2
align="center" \| 26 January 2006	{{fb\|TUN}}	bgcolor="#ffbbbb"\|0–2
align="center" \| 30 January 2006	{{fb\|ZAM}}	bgcolor="#ffbbbb"\|0–1
align="center" \| rowspan=3\|{{flagicon\|GHA}} 2008	23 January 2008	rowspan=2\|Tamale	rowspan=3\|Group stage	{{fb\|ANG}}	bgcolor="#ffffbb"\|1–1	Elrio van Heerden {{goal\|87}}
align="center" \| 27 January 2008	{{fb\|TUN}}	bgcolor="#ffbbbb"\|1–3	Katlego Mphela {{goal\|87}}
align="center" \| 31 January 2008	Kumasi	{{fb\|SEN}}	bgcolor="#ffffbb"\|1–1	Elrio van Heerden {{goal\|14}}
align="center" \| rowspan=4 style="border: 3px solid red"\|{{flagicon\|RSA}} 2013	19 January 2013	Johannesburg	rowspan=3\|Group stage	{{fb\|CPV}}	bgcolor="#ffffbb"\|0–0
align="center" \| 23 January 2013	rowspan=3\|Durban	{{fb\|ANG}}	bgcolor="#bbffbb"\|2–0	Siyabonga Sangweni {{goal\|30}} Lehlohonolo Majoro {{goal\|62}}
align="center" \| 27 January 2013	{{fb\|MAR}}	bgcolor="#ffffbb"\|2–2	May Mahlangu {{goal\|71}} Siyabonga Sangweni {{goal\|86}}
align="center" \| 2 February 2013	Quarter-finals	{{fb\|MLI}}	bgcolor="#ffffbb"\|1–1 {{pen.\|1–3}}	Tokelo Rantie {{goal\|31}}
align="center" \| rowspan=3\|{{flagicon\|EQG}} 2015	19 January 2015	rowspan=3\|Mongomo	rowspan=3\|Group stage	{{fb\|ALG}}	bgcolor="#ffbbbb"\|1–3	Thuso Phala {{goal\|51}}
align="center" \| 23 January 2015	{{fb\|SEN}}	bgcolor="#ffffbb"\|1–1	Oupa Manyisa {{goal\|47}}
align="center" \| 27 January 2015	{{fb\|GHA}}	bgcolor="#ffbbbb"\|1–2	Mandla Masango {{goal\|17}}
align="center" \| rowspan=5\|{{flagicon\|EGY}} 2019	24 June 2019	rowspan=5\|Cairo	rowspan=3\|Group stage	{{fb\|CIV}}	bgcolor="#ffbbbb"\|0–1
align="center" \| 28 June 2019	{{fb\|NAM}}	bgcolor="#bbffbb"\|1–0	Bongani Zungu {{goal\|68}}
align="center" \| 1 July 2019	{{fb\|MAR}}	bgcolor="#ffbbbb"\|0–1
align="center" \| 6 July 2019	Round of 16	{{fb\|EGY}}	bgcolor="#bbffbb"\|1–0	Thembinkosi Lorch {{goal\|85}}
align="center" \| 10 July 2019	Quarter-finals	{{fb\|NGA}}	bgcolor="#ffbbbb"\|1–2	Bongani Zungu {{goal\|71}}
align="center" \| rowspan=7\|{{flagicon\|CIV}} 2023	16 January 2024	rowspan=3\|Korhogo	rowspan=3\|Group stage	{{fb\|MLI}}	bgcolor="#ffbbbb"\|0–2
align="center" \| 21 January 2024	{{fb\|NAM}}	bgcolor="#bbffbb"\|4–0	Percy Tau {{goal\|14\|pen.}} Themba Zwane {{goal\|25	40}} Thapelo Maseko {{goal\|75}}
align="center" \| 24 January 2024	{{fb\|TUN}}	bgcolor="#ffffbb"\|0–0
align="center" \| 30 January 2024	San Pédro	Round of 16	{{fb\|MAR}}	bgcolor="#bbffbb"\|2–0	Thapelo Maseko {{goal\|57}} Teboho Mokoena {{goal\|90+5}}
align="center" \| 3 February 2024	Yamoussoukro	Quarter-finals	{{fb\|CPV}}	bgcolor="#ffffbb"\|0–0 {{pen.\|2–1}}
align="center" \| 7 February 2024	Bouaké	Semi-finals	{{fb\|NGA}}	bgcolor="#ffffbb"\|1–1 {{pen.\|2–4}}	Teboho Mokoena {{goal\|90\|pen.}}
align="center" \| bgcolor=#cc9966 \| 10 February 2024	Abidjan	bgcolor=#cc9966 \| Third place play-off	bgcolor=#cc9966 \| {{fb\|COD}}	bgcolor="#ffffbb"\|0–0 {{pen.\|6–5}}	bgcolor=#cc9966 \|

Rank !Player !Goals !Years (goals)
class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
align=center\|1 \|Benni McCarthy	align=center\|7	1998
align=center\|2 \|Shaun Bartlett	align=center\|6	1996 (1) and 2000 (5)
align=center\|3 \|Siyabonga Nomvethe	align=center\|5	2000 (2), 2002 and 2004 (2)
rowspan=2 align=center\|4 \|John Moshoeu	align=center\|4	1996
Mark Williams	align=center\|4	1996

South Africa at the Africa Cup of Nations

Overall record

Match history

Top goalscorers

Squads

See also

References

External links