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South Africa at the FIFA Confederations Cup

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The South Africa national football team represented South Africa at the FIFA Confederations Cup on two occasions, in 1997 as the champions of 1996 Africa Cup of Nations{{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}} and 2009 as host of both the tournament and the upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup.

FIFA Confederations Cup

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!style=background:#e11; colspan=10|FIFA Confederations Cup record

style=background:#e11|Year

!style=background:#e11|Round

!style=background:#e11|Position

!style=background:#e11|{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}

!style=background:#e11|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}

!style=background:#e11|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}*

!style=background:#e11|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

!style=background:#e11|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!style=background:#e11|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!style=background:#e11|Squad

{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} 1992

|colspan=9|Banned

{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} 1995

|colspan=9|Did not qualify

{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} 1997

|Group Stage

8th301257Squad
{{flagicon|Mexico}} 1999

|rowspan=4 colspan=9|Did not qualify

{{flagicon|South Korea|1997}} {{flagicon|Japan}} 2001
{{flagicon|France|1974}} 2003
{{flagicon|Germany}} 2005
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|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|South Africa|1994}} 2009

|Fourth Place

4th511346Squad
{{flagicon|Brazil}} 2013

|rowspan=2 colspan=9|Did not qualify

{{flagicon|Russia}} 2017
style="background:#e11;"|Total

!style="background:#e11;"|Third Place

!style="background:#e11;"|2/10

!style="background:#e11;"|8

!style="background:#e11;"|1

!style="background:#e11;"|2

!style="background:#e11;"|5

!style="background:#e11;"|9

!style="background:#e11;"|13

!style="background:#e11;"|-

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

width=10%|First Match

|width=23%|

{{fb-rt|RSA}} 2–2 {{fb|CZE}}
(13 December 1997; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
width=10%|Biggest Win

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{{fb-rt|RSA}} 2–0 {{fb|NZL}}
(17 June 2009; Rustenburg, South Africa)
width=10%|Biggest Defeat

|width=23%|

{{fb-rt|ESP}} 2–0 {{fb|RSA}}
(20 June 2009; Bloemfontein, South Africa)
width=10%|Best Result

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Fourth Place at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
width=10%|Worst Result

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1997 FIFA Confederations Cup

{{Main|1997 FIFA Confederations Cup}}

=[[1997 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B|Group B]]=

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width="175"|Team

!width="20"|Pld

!width="20"|W

!width="20"|D

!width="20"|L

!width="20"|GF

!width="20"|GA

!width="20"|GD

!width="20"|Pts

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|align=left|{{fb|URU}}

|3

30084+49
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|align=left|{{fb|CZE}}

|3

11195+44
align=left|{{fb|UAE}}

|3

10228−63
align=left|{{fb|RSA}}

|3

01257−21

{{footballbox

|date = 13 December 1997

|time = 20:00 AST

|team1 = {{fb-rt|RSA}}

|score = 2–2

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160818200156/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=1979/match=17306/index.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|CZE}}

|goals1 = Augustine {{goal|39}}
Mkhalele {{goal|86}}

|goals2 = Šmicer {{goal|19||40}}

|stadium = King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh

|attendance = 7,500

|referee = Javier Castrilli (Argentina)

}}

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{{footballbox

|date = 15 December 1997

|time = 17:50 AST

|team1 = {{fb-rt|UAE}}

|score = 1–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160818194617/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=1979/match=17307/index.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|RSA}}

|goals1 = H. Mubarak {{goal|5}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh

|attendance = 11,000

|referee = René Ortubé (Bolivia)

}}

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{{footballbox

|date = 17 December 1997

|time = 20:00 AST

|team1 = {{fb-rt|URU}}

|score = 4–3

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160818192013/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=1979/match=17310/index.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|RSA}}

|goals1 = Silva {{goal|12||66}}
Recoba {{goal|42}}
Callejas {{goal|90}}

|goals2 = Radebe {{goal|11}}
Mkhalele {{goal|69}}
Ndlanya {{goal|77}}

|stadium = King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh

|attendance = 8,000

|referee = Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)

}}

2009 FIFA Confederations Cup

{{Main|2009 FIFA Confederations Cup}}

=[[2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A|Group A]]=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
width="175"|Team

!width="20"|{{tooltip|Pld|Matches played}}

!width="20"|{{tooltip|W|Matches won}}

!width="20"|{{tooltip|D|Matches drawn}}

!width="20"|{{tooltip|L|Matches lost}}

!width="20"|{{tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!width="20"|{{tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!width="20"|{{tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

!width="20"|{{tooltip|Pts|Points}}

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|align=left|{{fb|Spain}}

|3

30080+89
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|align=left|{{fb|South Africa}} (H)

|3

1112204
align=left|{{fb|Iraq}}

|3

02101−12
align=left|{{fb|New Zealand}}

|3

01207−71

{{footballbox

|date = 14 June 2009

|time = 16:00 SAST

|team1 = {{fb-rt|RSA}}

|score = 0–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090617043853/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=250116/match=66204/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|IRQ}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg

|attendance = 48,837

|referee = Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay) }}

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{{footballbox

|date = 17 June 2009

|time = 20:30 SAST

|team1 = {{fb-rt|RSA}}

|score = 2–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090620234635/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=250116/match=66202/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|NZL}}

|goals1 = Parker {{goal|21||52}}

|stadium = Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg

|attendance = 36,598

|referee = Benito Archundia (Mexico) }}

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{{footballbox

|date = 20 June 2009

|time = 20:30 SAST

|team1 = {{fb-rt|ESP}}

|score = 2–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090623194344/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=250116/match=66199/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|RSA}}

|goals1 = Villa {{goal|52}}
Llorente {{goal|72}}

|stadium = Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

|attendance = 38,212

|referee = Pablo Pozo (Chile) }}

=[[2009 FIFA Confederations Cup knockout stage|Knockout stage]]=

Semi-finals

{{footballbox

|date=25 June 2009

|time=20:30 SAST

|team1={{fb-rt|BRA}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090627024534/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=250120/match=66214/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|RSA}}

|goals1=Dani Alves {{goal|88}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg

|attendance=48,049

|referee=Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) }}

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Third place play-off

{{footballbox

|date=28 June 2009

|time=15:00 SAST

|team1={{fb-rt|ESP}}

|score=3–2

|aet=y

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090701011031/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=250121/match=66212/report.html Report]

|team2={{fb|RSA}}

|goals1=Güiza {{goal|88||89}}
Alonso {{goal|107}}

|goals2=Mphela {{goal|73||90+3}}

|stadium=Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg

|attendance=31,788

|referee=Matthew Breeze (Australia) }}

Top goalscorers

Brendan Augustine was the first player to score for South Africa at the FIFA Confederations Cup in 1997.

File:Bernard Parker FC Twente.jpg is the joint top scorer at FIFA Confederations Cups.]]

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No.

!Name

!Goals

!Confederations Cups

rowspan=3 align=center|1

|Helman Mkhalele

align=center|21997
Katlego Mphelaalign=center|22009
Bernard Parkeralign=center|22009
rowspan=3 align=center|4

|Brendan Augustine

align=center|11997
Pollen Ndlanyaalign=center|11997
Lucas Radebealign=center|11997

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

{{South Africa national football team}}

{{Countries at the FIFA Confederations Cup}}

Category:Countries at the FIFA Confederations Cup

Category:South Africa national soccer team