South Africa at the FIFA Confederations Cup

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[1] and 2009 as host of both the tournament and the upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup.

FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1992	Banned
1995	Did not qualify
1997	Group Stage	8th	3	0	1	2	5	7	Squad
1999	Did not qualify
2001
2003
2005
2009	Fourth Place	4th	5	1	1	3	4	6	Squad
2013	Did not qualify
2017
Total	Third Place	2/10	8	1	2	5	9	13	-

South Africa's Confederations Cup record
First Match	South Africa  2–2  Czech Republic (13 December 1997; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
Biggest Win	South Africa  2–0  New Zealand (17 June 2009; Rustenburg, South Africa)
Biggest Defeat	Spain  2–0  South Africa (20 June 2009; Bloemfontein, South Africa)
Best Result	Fourth Place at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
Worst Result	8th place at the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup

1997 FIFA Confederations Cup

Main article: 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uruguay	3	3	0	0	8	4	+4	9
Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	9	5	+4	4
United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	2	2	8	−6	3
South Africa	3	0	1	2	5	7	−2	1

13 December 1997

20:00 AST

South Africa	2–2	Czech Republic
Augustine 39' Mkhalele 86'	Report	Šmicer 19', 40'

King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)

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15 December 1997

17:50 AST

United Arab Emirates	1–0	South Africa
H. Mubarak 5'	Report

King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: René Ortubé (Bolivia)

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17 December 1997

20:00 AST

Uruguay	4–3	South Africa
Silva 12', 66' Recoba 42' Callejas 90'	Report	Radebe 11' Mkhalele 69' Ndlanya 77'

King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)

2009 FIFA Confederations Cup

Main article: 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	9
South Africa (H)	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Iraq	3	0	2	1	0	1	−1	2
New Zealand	3	0	1	2	0	7	−7	1

14 June 2009

16:00 SAST

South Africa	0–0	Iraq
	Report

Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg

Attendance: 48,837

Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

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17 June 2009

20:30 SAST

South Africa	2–0	New Zealand
Parker 21', 52'	Report

Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg

Attendance: 36,598

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

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20 June 2009

20:30 SAST

Spain	2–0	South Africa
Villa 52' Llorente 72'	Report

Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

Attendance: 38,212

Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

25 June 2009

20:30 SAST

Brazil	1–0	South Africa
Dani Alves 88'	Report

Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg

Attendance: 48,049

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

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Third place play-off

28 June 2009

15:00 SAST

Spain	3–2 (a.e.t.)	South Africa
Güiza 88', 89' Alonso 107'	Report	Mphela 73', 90+3'

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.

Bernard Parker is the joint top scorer at FIFA Confederations Cups.

No.	Name	Goals	Confederations Cups
1	Helman Mkhalele	2	1997
	Katlego Mphela	2	2009
	Bernard Parker	2	2009
4	Brendan Augustine	1	1997
	Pollen Ndlanya	1	1997
	Lucas Radebe	1	1997

See also

• South Africa at the Africa Cup of Nations
• South Africa at the CONCACAF Gold Cup
• South Africa at the FIFA World Cup

References

1. "How Bafana won the 1996 Africa Cup of Nations". KickOff.