Soccer World Cup 2010 / South Africa

This article covers the South African national soccer team at the 2010 Soccer World Cup

qualification

The team was fully qualified to host the World Cup, but still took part in qualifying games of the African Football Association CAF , as these also served as a qualifying tournament for the 2010 African Championship .

Since the African Championship was held in Angola, Angola also took part in the World Cup qualification. If the South African team had qualified for the third round, which they ultimately did not have, the games with South African participation would have been counted for qualifying for the African Championship, but not for the World Cup qualification. The opposite was true for Angola. In addition to South Africa, Angola was also eliminated after the second qualifying round due to its poor placement in the "rankings for runners-up".

Previously, the South African national team met in the second round in Group 4 against Nigeria , Sierra Leone and Equatorial Guinea and was placed on the “group runners-up” list as second behind Nigeria.

Second round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Nigeria	11: 1	18th
2	South Africa	5: 5	7th
3	Sierra Leone	4: 8	7th
4th	Equatorial Guinea	4:10	3

June 1, 2008 : Nigeria 2-0 South Africa (2-0)

June 7, 2008 : South Africa - Equatorial Guinea 4: 1 (2: 0)

June 14, 2008 : Sierra Leone - South Africa 1-0 (1-0)

June 21, 2008 : South Africa 0-0 Sierra Leone

September 6, 2008 : South Africa - Nigeria 0: 1 (0: 0)

October 11, 2008 : Equatorial Guinea - South Africa 0-1 (0-1)

South African contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Moeneeb Josephs	Orlando Pirates	May 19, 1980	2	0	0	0	0
16	Itumeleng Khune	Kaizer Chiefs	06/20/1987	2	0	0	0	1
23	Shu-Aib Walters	Maritzburg United	December 26, 1981	0	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Siboniso Gaxa	Mamelodi Sundowns	04/06/1984	3	0	0	0	0
3	Tsepo Masilela	Maccabi Haifa	05/05/1985	3	0	1	0	0
4th	Aaron Mokoena	Portsmouth FC	11/25/1980	3	0	0	0	0
5	Anele Ngcongca	KRC Genk	10/20/1987	1	0	0	0	0
14th	Matthew Booth	Mamelodi Sundowns	03/14/1977	0	0	0	0	0
15th	Lucas Thwala	Orlando Pirates	October 19, 1981	1	0	0	0	0
20th	Bongani Khumalo	Supersport United	01/06/1987	3	1	0	0	0
21st	Siyabonga Sangweni	Golden Arrows	09/29/1981	0	0	0	0	0
midfield player
6th	MacBeth Sibaya	Rubin Kazan	11/25/1977	1	0	0	0	0
7th	Lance Davids	Ajax Cape Town	04/11/1985	0	0	0	0	0
8th	Siphiwe Tshabalala	Kaizer Chiefs	09/25/1984	3	1	0	0	0
10	Steven Pienaar	Everton FC	03/17/1982	3	0	1	0	0
11	Teko Modise	Orlando Pirates	12/22/1982	3	0	0	0	0
12	Reneilwe Letsholonyane	Kaizer Chiefs	06/09/1982	2	0	0	0	0
13	Kagisho Dikgacoi	Fulham FC	11/24/1984	2	0	2	0	0
19th	Surprise Moriri	Mamelodi Sundowns	03/20/1980	1	0	0	0	0
23	Thanduyise Khuboni	Golden Arrows	05/22/1986	1	0	0	0	0
striker
9	Katlego Mphela	Mamelodi Sundowns	11/29/1984	3	1	0	0	0
17th	Bernard Parker	FC Twente Enschede	March 16, 1986	2	0	0	0	0
18th	Siyabonga Nomvethe	Moroka Swallows	December 2nd, 1977	1	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Carlos Alberto Parreira		02/27/1943

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Uruguay	4-0	7th
2	Mexico	3: 2	4th
3	South Africa	3: 5	4th
4th	France	1: 4	1

In the preliminary round of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the South African national soccer team met in Group A against Mexico , Uruguay and France .

• Friday June 11, 2010; 16:00 in Johannesburg (Soccer City) South Africa - Mexico 1: 1 (0: 0)
  

• Wednesday June 16, 2010; 8:30 p.m. in Tshwane / Pretoria South Africa - Uruguay 0: 3 (0: 1)
  

• Tuesday June 22, 2010; 16:00 in Mangaung / Bloemfontein France - South Africa 1: 2 (0: 2)
  

Despite the win against France, the South African team missed progress due to the poorer goal difference. This made South Africa the first nation to be eliminated as hosts in the preliminary round.

Web links

• All matches in the preliminary round at a glance ( memento from September 29, 2010 on the Internet Archive ) on FIFA.com
• FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: Squad South Africa ( Memento from June 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive )