Soccer World Cup 2010 / South Africa
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 |
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1 |
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11: 1 | 18th |
2 |
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5: 5 | 7th |
3 |
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4: 8 | 7th |
4th |
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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 |
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goalkeeper | |||||||||
1 | Moeneeb Josephs |
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May 19, 1980 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
16 | Itumeleng Khune |
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06/20/1987 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
23 | Shu-Aib Walters |
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December 26, 1981 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Defender | |||||||||
2 | Siboniso Gaxa |
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04/06/1984 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Tsepo Masilela |
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05/05/1985 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
4th |
Aaron Mokoena ![]() |
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11/25/1980 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | Anele Ngcongca |
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10/20/1987 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
14th | Matthew Booth |
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03/14/1977 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
15th | Lucas Thwala |
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October 19, 1981 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
20th | Bongani Khumalo |
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01/06/1987 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
21st | Siyabonga Sangweni |
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09/29/1981 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
midfield player | |||||||||
6th | MacBeth Sibaya |
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11/25/1977 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7th | Lance Davids |
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04/11/1985 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8th | Siphiwe Tshabalala |
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09/25/1984 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
10 | Steven Pienaar |
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03/17/1982 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
11 | Teko Modise |
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12/22/1982 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | Reneilwe Letsholonyane |
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06/09/1982 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
13 | Kagisho Dikgacoi |
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11/24/1984 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
19th | Surprise Moriri |
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03/20/1980 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
23 | Thanduyise Khuboni |
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05/22/1986 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
striker | |||||||||
9 | Katlego Mphela |
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11/29/1984 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
17th | Bernard Parker |
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March 16, 1986 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
18th | Siyabonga Nomvethe |
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December 2nd, 1977 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Trainer | |||||||||
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02/27/1943 |
Preliminary round
rank | country | Gates | Points |
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1 |
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4-0 | 7th |
2 |
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3: 2 | 4th |
3 |
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3: 5 | 4th |
4th |
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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 )