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south, africa, fifa, confederations, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, schola. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources South Africa at the FIFA Confederations Cup news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2023 Learn how and when to remove this message 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 Contents 1 FIFA Confederations Cup 2 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup 2 1 Group B 3 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup 3 1 Group A 3 2 Knockout stage 4 Top goalscorers 5 See also 6 ReferencesFIFA Confederations Cup editFIFA Confederations Cup record Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad nbsp 1992 Banned nbsp 1995 Did not qualify nbsp 1997 Group Stage 8th 3 0 1 2 5 7 Squad nbsp 1999 Did not qualify nbsp nbsp 2001 nbsp 2003 nbsp 2005 nbsp 2009 Fourth Place 4th 5 1 1 3 4 6 Squad nbsp 2013 Did not qualify nbsp 2017 Total Third Place 2 10 8 1 2 5 9 13 South Africa s Confederations Cup record First Match South Africa nbsp 2 2 nbsp Czech Republic 13 December 1997 Riyadh Saudi Arabia Biggest Win South Africa nbsp 2 0 nbsp New Zealand 17 June 2009 Rustenburg South Africa Biggest Defeat Spain nbsp 2 0 nbsp 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 Cup1997 FIFA Confederations Cup editMain article 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B edit Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts nbsp Uruguay 3 3 0 0 8 4 4 9 nbsp Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 9 5 4 4 nbsp United Arab Emirates 3 1 0 2 2 8 6 3 nbsp South Africa 3 0 1 2 5 7 2 1 13 December 199720 00 ASTSouth Africa nbsp 2 2 nbsp Czech RepublicAugustine nbsp 39 Mkhalele nbsp 86 Report Smicer nbsp 19 40 King Fahd II Stadium RiyadhAttendance 7 500Referee Javier Castrilli Argentina 15 December 199717 50 ASTUnited Arab Emirates nbsp 1 0 nbsp South AfricaH Mubarak nbsp 5 ReportKing Fahd II Stadium RiyadhAttendance 11 000Referee Rene Ortube Bolivia 17 December 199720 00 ASTUruguay nbsp 4 3 nbsp South AfricaSilva nbsp 12 66 Recoba nbsp 42 Callejas nbsp 90 Report Radebe nbsp 11 Mkhalele nbsp 69 Ndlanya nbsp 77 King Fahd II Stadium RiyadhAttendance 8 000Referee Ramesh Ramdhan Trinidad and Tobago 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup editMain article 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A edit Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts nbsp Spain 3 3 0 0 8 0 8 9 nbsp South Africa H 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4 nbsp Iraq 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 nbsp New Zealand 3 0 1 2 0 7 7 1 14 June 200916 00 SASTSouth Africa nbsp 0 0 nbsp IraqReportEllis Park Stadium JohannesburgAttendance 48 837Referee Jorge Larrionda Uruguay 17 June 200920 30 SASTSouth Africa nbsp 2 0 nbsp New ZealandParker nbsp 21 52 ReportRoyal Bafokeng Stadium RustenburgAttendance 36 598Referee Benito Archundia Mexico 20 June 200920 30 SASTSpain nbsp 2 0 nbsp South AfricaVilla nbsp 52 Llorente nbsp 72 ReportFree State Stadium BloemfonteinAttendance 38 212Referee Pablo Pozo Chile Knockout stage edit Semi finals 25 June 200920 30 SASTBrazil nbsp 1 0 nbsp South AfricaDani Alves nbsp 88 ReportEllis Park Stadium JohannesburgAttendance 48 049Referee Massimo Busacca Switzerland Third place play off 28 June 200915 00 SASTSpain nbsp 3 2 a e t nbsp South AfricaGuiza nbsp 88 89 Alonso nbsp 107 Report Mphela nbsp 73 90 3 Royal Bafokeng Stadium RustenburgAttendance 31 788Referee Matthew Breeze Australia Top goalscorers editBrendan Augustine was the first player to score for South Africa at the FIFA Confederations Cup in 1997 nbsp 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 1997See also editSouth Africa at the Africa Cup of Nations South Africa at the CONCACAF Gold Cup South Africa at the FIFA World CupReferences edit How Bafana won the 1996 Africa Cup of Nations KickOff Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title South Africa at the FIFA Confederations Cup amp oldid 1180301645, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
