Football World Cup 1998 / South Africa

This article covers the South African national team at the 1998 World Cup .

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	South Africa	7: 3	13
2	Congo	5: 5	10
3	Zambia	7: 6	8th
4th	Zaire	4: 9	2

South African contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Hans Vonk	SC Heerenveen	01/30/1970	3	0	0	0	0
16	Brian Baloyi	Kaizer Chiefs	March 16, 1974	0	0	0	0	0
22nd	Andre Arendse * (injured)	Ajax Cape Town	06/27/1967	0	0	0	0	0
23	Simon Gopane * (postnum.)	Bloemfontein Celtic	December 26, 1970	0	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Themba Mnguni	Mamelodi Sundowns	December 16, 1973	0	0	0	0	0
3	David Nyathi	FC St. Gallen	March 22, 1969	2	0	0	0	0
4th	Willem Jackson	Orlando Pirates	March 26, 1972	2	0	1	0	0
5	Mark Fish	Bolton Wanderers	03/14/1974	3	0	0	0	0
19th	Lucas Radebe	Leeds United	04/12/1969	3	0	1	0	0
21st	Pierre Issa	Olympique Marseille	09/11/1975	3	0	0	0	0
midfield player
7th	Quinton Fortune	Atlético Madrid	05/21/1977	3	0	1	0	0
8th	Alfred Phiri	Belediye Vanspor	06/22/1974	1	0	0	0	1
10	John Moshoeu	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	December 18, 1965	3	0	0	0	0
11	Helman Mkhalele	Kayserispor	10/20/1969	3	0	0	0	0
12	Brendan Augustine	LASK Linz	11/26/1971	2	0	0	0	0
15th	Doctor Khumalo	Kaizer Chiefs	06/26/1967	1	0	0	0	0
18th	Lebohang Morula	Belediye Vanspor	December 22, 1968	0	0	0	0	0
20th	Naughty Mokoena	Manning Rangers	March 31, 1975	0	0	0	0	0
striker
6th	Phil Masinga	AS Bari	06/28/1969	2	0	0	0	0
9	Shaun Bartlett	Ajax Cape Town	October 31, 1972	3	2	0	0	0
13	Delron Buckley	VfL Bochum	December 07, 1977	0	0	0	0	0
14th	Jerry Sikhosana	Orlando Pirates	06/08/1969	1	0	0	0	0
17th	Benni McCarthy	Ajax Amsterdam	11/12/1977	3	1	0	0	0
Trainer
	Philippe Troussier		03/21/1955

Games

South Africa met France, Saudi Arabia and Denmark in Group C. After the 3-0 defeat against France (in which Pierre Issa scored twice in their own goal), South Africa drew against Denmark and Saudi Arabia.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	France	9: 1	9
2	Denmark	3: 3	4th
3	South Africa	3: 6	2
4th	Saudi Arabia	2: 7	1

France	-	South Africa	3: 0 (1: 0)
South Africa	-	Denmark	1: 1 (0: 1)
South Africa	-	Saudi Arabia	2: 2 (1: 1)