South African women's national soccer team

Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa

Nickname (s)	Banyana Banyana
Association	South African Football Association
confederacy	CAF
Technical sponsor	Nike
Head coach	Desiree Ellis
Assistant coach	Molefl Ntseki and Thabo Senong
captain	Janine van Wyk
Record scorer	Portia Modise (101)
Record player	Janine van Wyk (170)
Home stadium	Changing stages
FIFA code	RSA
FIFA rank	53rd (1434 points) (as of August 14, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
statistics
First international match South Africa 14-0 Swaziland ( Johannesburg , South Africa ; May 30, 1993 )
Biggest win South Africa 17-0 Comoros ( Nelson Mandela Bay , South Africa ; July 31, 2019 )
Biggest defeat People's Republic of China 13-0 South Africa ( Dalien , China ; September 7, 2003 )
Successes in tournaments
World Championship
Participation in the finals	1 ( First : 2019 )
Best results	Preliminary round 2019
African Championship
Participation in the finals	11 ( first : 1995 )
Best results	2nd place in 1995 , 2000 , 2008 , 2012 , 2018
Olympic games Preliminary round 2012 Preliminary round 2016
(As of August 2, 2019 )

The South African women's national soccer team represents South Africa in international women's soccer . The national team reports to the South African Football Association and has been coached by Vera Pauw since 2014 . The South African selection has never participated in a World Cup, but was able to qualify for the 2019 World Cup finals in 2018. At the African Championships, she finished second five times. The South African team has - in comparison to most other African teams - already played several games against non-African teams. Here, however, only reach five wins, 7 March 2009 at 2: 0 in Nicosia against Scotland , on 15 July 2009 in Amsterdam against Switzerland (3: 2), 4 March 2012 and 11 March 2013 Paralimni against Northern Ireland (2: 0 and 2: 1) and on March 6, 2015 in Paralimni against Belgium (1: 0). In 2011 the team was able to qualify for the Olympic Games for the first time . There the team met Canada (0: 3) and, for the first time, world champions Japan (0: 0) and Sweden (1: 4). As the bottom of the group, the team was eliminated after the preliminary round. The only goal for the South Africans was scored by Portia Modise , who has now retired after 124 games.

Tournament balance sheet

World Championship

1991  : not allowed (1st game only in 1993 after the FIFA suspension was lifted) 1995 to 2015  : not qualified 2019  : preliminary round

African Championship

1991  : not allowed (1st game only 1993) 1995  : second 1998  : preliminary round 2000  : second 2002  : fourth

2004  : preliminary round 2006  : third 2008  : second 2010  : third 2012  : second

2014  : fourth 2016  : fourth 2018  : second

Olympic games

→ Main article : South African Women's National Football Team / Olympic Games

1996  : not qualified 2000  : not qualified 2004  : not qualified 2008  : not qualified

2012  : preliminary round 2016  : preliminary round 2020  : not qualified

Africa Games

• 2007: second
• 2007: second
• 2011: fourth
• 2015: preliminary round (eliminated by drawing lots)

Cyprus Cup

See also : Cyprus Cup

2008 : did not participate 2009 : sixth 2010 : eighth 2011 : did not participate 2012 : tenth 2013 : eleventh

2014 : did not participate 2015 : tenth 2016 : not participated 2017 : not participated 2018 : sixth

Current squad

Squad for the Africa Cup of Women 2018 :

No.	player	Date of birth	society	debut	Country games	Country goals	Last use
goal
01	Roxanne Barker	05/06/1991	University of Western Cape Ladies	2011	038	00	09/17/2018
16	Andile Dlamini	09/02/1992	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies FC	2011	034	00	09/12/2018
20th	Kaylin Swart	09/30/1994	Menlo College	2018	009	00	11/11/2018
Defense
19th	Tiisetso Makhubela	04/24/1997	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies FC	2018	001	00	11/11/2018
13	Bambanani Mbane	03/12/1990	Bloemfontein Celtic Ladies	2016	031	00	11/11/2018
2	Lebohang Ramalepe	12/03/1991	MaIndies FC	2014	047	01	11/11/2018
7th	Koketso Tlailane	12/07/1992	Tshwane University of Technology	2017	004th	00	2017
3	Nothando Vilakazi	October 28, 1988	Palace Super Falcons	2007	117	07th	11/11/2018
5	Janine van Wyk	04/17/1987	Houston Dash	2005	155	11	11/11/2018
midfield
15th	Refiloe Jane	08/04/1992	Canberra United	2012	093	11	11/11/2018
6th	Mamello Makhabane	02/24/1988	JVW FC	2005	083	19th	06/10/2018
8th	Kgaelebane Mohlakoana	12/10/1993	Bloemfontein Celtic	?	010	00	11/11/2018
10	Linda Motlhalo	07/01/1998	Houston Dash	2016	029	05	11/11/2018
21st	Busisiwe Ndimeni	06/25/1991	Tshwane University of Technology	2008	019th	03	11/11/2018
18th	Mpumi Nyandeni	08/19/1987	JVW FC	2002	144	38	09.10.2018
17th	Leandra Smeda	07/22/1989	Gintra Universitetas	2010	084	21st	11/11/2018
attack
11	Thembi Kgatlana	05/02/1996	Houston Dash	2014	040	10	11/11/2018
14th	Melinda Kgadiete	07/21/1992	Bloemfontein Celtic	2018	007th	00	11/11/2018
4th	Noko Matlou	09/30/1985	MaIndies FC	2007	146	64	09/22/2018
9	Amanda Mthandi	05/23/1996	University of Johannesburg	2018	001	00	11/11/2018
12	Jermaine Seoposenwe	10/12/1993	JVW FC	2010	063	15th	01/21/2018
Coaching staff
trainer	Desiree Ellis	03/14/1963	South African Football Association
Remarks: ↑ a b Status: November 11, 2018 after the game against Ghana

Games against national teams from German-speaking countries

All results from a South African perspective.

Germany

date	place	Result	occasion
17th June 2019	Montpellier	0: 4	World Cup preliminary round 2019

Switzerland

date	place	Result	occasion
July 15, 2009	Amsterdam	3: 2
February 26, 2010	Nicosia	1: 3	Cyprus Cup

Belgium

date	place	Result	occasion
March 6, 2015	Paralimni	1-0	Cyprus Cup
March 7, 2018	Larnaka	1: 2	Cyprus Cup game for 5th place

No games against Luxembourg and Austria so far.

See also

• South African national soccer team
• Soccer in South Africa

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Women's world rankings. In: fifa.com. FIFA , August 14, 2020, accessed on August 14, 2020 (teams without a place and points are provisional because no more than five games have been played or the teams have been inactive for more than 18 months). 
2. ↑ safa.net: "MediaGuide"

Web links

• Homepage of the South African Association
• South African Football Association
• South African women's sports