Soccer World Cup 2002 / South Africa
The South African national football team at the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea :
qualification
South Africa qualified for the World Cup with almost no problems. As expected, there were two wins against Lesotho in the first round. After the disqualification of Guinea, the main competitor for the World Cup qualification, the 2nd round was only a matter of form. With five wins from six games they qualified with ease.
The game came to a tragic end in Zimbabwe. When the police shot tear gas into a block in the 83rd minute when the score was 0: 2, there was a mass panic in which 13 people died. The game was canceled and the score was scored.
1 round:
Lesotho | - | South Africa | 0: 2 | |
South Africa | - | Lesotho | 1-0 |
2nd round:
rank | country | Gates | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | South Africa | 10: 3 | 16 |
2 | Zimbabwe | 7: 5 | 12 |
3 | Burkina Faso | 7: 8 | 5 |
4th | Malawi | 4:12 | 1 |
- | Guinea* | (7: 3) | (7) |
Zimbabwe | - | South Africa | 0: 2 | |
South Africa | - | Burkina Faso | 1-0 | |
Malawi | - | South Africa | 1: 2 | |
South Africa | - | Zimbabwe | 2: 1 | |
Burkina Faso | - | South Africa | 1: 1 | |
South Africa | - | Malawi | 2-0 |
- Guinea was banned from FIFA after three match days because the country's sports minister failed to reinstate football officials.
South African contingent
No. | Surname | Club before the start of the World Cup | birthday | Games | Gates | ||||
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goalkeeper | |||||||||
1 | Hans Vonk | SC Heerenveen | 01/30/1970 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
16 | Andre Arendse | Santos Cape Town | 06/27/1967 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
20th | Calvin Marlin | Ajax Cape Town | 04/20/1976 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Defender | |||||||||
2 | Cyril Nzama | Kaizer Chiefs | 06/26/1974 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Bradley Carnell | VfB Stuttgart | 01/21/1977 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
4th | Aaron Mokoena | Germinal beerschot | 11/25/1980 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | Jacob Lekgetho | Moscow locomotive | March 24, 1974 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
13 | Pierre Issa | Watford FC | 09/11/1975 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
19th | Lucas Radebe | Leeds United | 04/12/1969 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
22nd | Thabang Molefe | Jomo Cosmos | 04/11/1979 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
midfield player | |||||||||
6th | MacBeth Sibaya | Jomo Cosmos | 11/25/1977 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7th | Quinton Fortune | Manchester United | 05/21/1977 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8th | Thabo Mngomeni | Orlando Pirates | 06/24/1969 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9 | MacDonald Mukansi | Sofia locomotive | 05/26/1975 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
10 | Bennett Mnguni | Moscow locomotive | 03/18/1974 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
11 | Jabu Mahlangu | Kaizer Chiefs | 07/11/1980 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | Teboho Mokoena | FC St. Gallen | 06/11/1976 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
21st | Steven Pienaar | Ajax Amsterdam | 03/17/1982 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
striker | |||||||||
14th | Siyabonga Nomvethe | Udinese Calcio | December 2nd, 1977 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
15th | Sibusiso Zuma | FC Copenhagen | June 23, 1975 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
17th | Benni McCarthy | FC Porto | 11/12/1977 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
18th | Delron Buckley | VfL Bochum | December 07, 1977 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
23 | George Koumantarakis | FC Basel | 03/27/1974 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Trainer | |||||||||
Jomo Sono | 07/17/1955 |
Preliminary round
In the first game a lucky draw was achieved against Paraguay. South Africa was already behind with 0-2. The equalization could only be achieved by a penalty in added time.
In the second game, the weak Slovenes were defeated 1-0. The last group game was lost a bit carelessly with 2: 3 against a weakened Spanish team. The South African coaches believed that this result would be enough to reach the next round and let the final minutes play defensively. A tragic mistake, because Paraguay were one goal ahead and qualified for the round of 16. Like four years earlier, South Africa was eliminated in the preliminary round.
Paraguay | - | South Africa | 2: 2 | |
South Africa | - | Slovenia | 1-0 | |
South Africa | - | Spain | 2: 3 |