Soccer World Cup 2019 / South Africa

Football Women's World Cup 2019 : South Africa
Trainer	Desiree Ellis
captain	Janine van Wyk
Qualified as	Runner-up in the 2018 Africa Cup of Nations
Tournament result	Preliminary round
Games lost	3
Gates	1: 8

This article covers the South African women's national soccer team at the 2019 women's soccer world cup in France . South Africa entered the finals for the first time and qualified as a finalist in the 2018 Africa Cup of Nations . The South Africans were able to take the lead in their first game, but could not defend it and were eliminated as the first team after three defeats.

qualification

For the African Nations Cup, which as used in previous years as a qualification for the World Cup finals, South Africa is needed in two games in June 2018 the second qualifying round against Lesotho qualify with 1: were 0: 0 and 6. FIG.

In September 2018, the South Africans then won the 2018 COSAFA Women's Championship with a 2-1 final victory over guest participants Cameroon.

National coach Desiree Ellis nominated 21 players for the tournament in Ghana , including two players ( Tiisetso Makhubela and Amanda Mthandi ) who made their first international match in a friendly against Ghana shortly before the tournament . Four players, on the other hand, have already played more than 100 international matches.

The South African team met record champions Nigeria in their first game and won 1-0. The goal was scored by Thembi Kgatlana, substituted in the 57th minute, in the 85th minute, who was also the tournament's top scorer with a total of five goals. In the second game against Equatorial Guinea they won 7-1 - for Equatorial Guinea it was the highest international defeat. A 1-1 draw in the last group game against Zambia , in which Kgatlana scored the goal for South Africa in the eighth minute, made South Africa group winners and met Mali in the semi-finals , which had reached the semi-finals for the first time and eliminated tournament host Ghana. With 2-0, South Africa also prevailed here and qualified for a World Cup final for the first time. The subsequent final against Nigeria was lost on penalties after a goalless 120 minutes .

During the tournament and the two qualifying games, 22 players were used, of which only Bambanani Mbane , Lebohang Ramalepe , Jermaine Seoposenwe , Leandra Smeda and Nothando Vilakazi took part in all seven games. Africa's record national player and captain Janine van Wyk was only used in the five games at the Africa Cup, as she played for Houston Dash in the NWSL during the qualifiers . She was represented in the two qualifying games by vice-captain Refiloe Jane , who could not be used in a total of six appearances only in the final against Nigeria because she had to leave early for her club Canberra United in Australia.

In total, the South Africans scored 18 goals in seven games. The most goals were scored by Thembi Kgatlana (5, all as top scorer of the Africa Cup), Jermaine Seoposenwe (3, including 2 in qualification) as well as Leandra Smeda and Chantell Esau, who was not nominated for the Africa Cup (both 2 each in the Qualification). A total of ten South African players met in the seven games.

qualification

06/06/2018	Maseru	Lesotho	-	South Africa	0: 1 (0: 1)	Smeda
06/10/2018	Bloemfontein	South Africa	-	Lesotho	6: 0 (2: 0)	Seoposenwe (3), Esau (2), Magaia , Smeda

Group games

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	South Africa	3	2	1	0	009: 200	+7	07th
2.	Nigeria	3	2	0	1	010: 100	+9	06th
3.	Zambia	3	1	1	1	006: 500	+1	04th
4th	Equatorial Guinea	3	0	0	3	001:180	−17	00

11/18/2018	Cape Coast	Nigeria	-	South Africa	0: 1 (0: 1)	Kgatlana
11/21/2018	Cape Coast	Equatorial Guinea	-	South Africa	1: 7 (3: 0)	Kgatlana (2), Jane , Motlhalo , Mthandi (1st international goal), Nyandeni , Seoposenwe; Obono
11/24/2018	Accra	South Africa	-	Zambia	1: 1 (1: 1)	Kgatlana; Kundananji

Semifinals

11/27/2018

Cape Coast

South Africa

-

Mali

2: 0 (1: 0)

Kgatlana, Ramalepe

final

December 01, 2018

Accra

Nigeria

-

South Africa

0: 0 a.d. , 4: 3 i. E.

preparation

On January 17, 2019, the South Africans won a training game over 3 × 30 minutes behind closed doors against Sweden 4-0. On January 19th they lost 2-1 to European champions Netherlands in Cape Town and on January 22nd they drew a goalless draw against Sweden. At the end of February / beginning of March 2019, South Africa took part again in the Cyprus Cup and came there in the first game against Finland to a 2-2, with Refiloe Jane making her 100th international match. The following games against North Korea and the Czech Republic were lost 1: 4 and 1: 2 respectively. As the best fourth in the group, South Africa met the worst third in the group and thus again against Finland. This time the Finns were able to win and with their 3-0 defeat, South Africa finished the Turner in tenth place. On April 7th, the South Africans played 1-1 in Durban against Jamaica , which also qualified for the World Cup for the first time. On May 12th they faced world champions USA in Santa Clara and lost 3-0. On June 2nd they met Norway for the first time in Amiens and lost 7-2.

Squad

On May 17th, the first South African women's World Cup squad was named.

No.	Player	birth date	debut	society	Country games	Country goals	Last use	World Cup 2019
								Sp.
goal
16	Andile Dlamini	09/02/1992	2011	Mamelodi Sundowns FC Ladies FC	040	00	06/02/2019	2
01	Mapaseka Mpuru	1998		University of Pretoria	000	00
20th	Kaylin Swart	09/30/1994	2018	Golden Stars FC	018th	00	05/12/2019	1
Defense
18th	Bongeka Gamede	05/22/1999	2019	University of the Western Cape	001	00	06/02/2019
14th	Tiisetso Makhubela	04/24/1997	2018	Mamelodi Sundowns FC Ladies FC	002	00	02/27/2019
04th	Noko Matlou	09/30/1985	2007	MaIndies FC	153	64	06/02/2019	3		1
13	Bambanani Mbane	03/12/1990	2016	Bloemfontein Celtic Ladies	044	00	06/02/2019	1
02	Lebohang Ramalepe	12/03/1991	2014	MaIndies FC	063	03	06/02/2019	3		1
03	Nothando Vilakazi	October 28, 1988	2007	Gintra Universitetas	130	07th	06/02/2019	2		2	1
05	Janine van Wyk	04/17/1987	2005	JVW FC	166	11	05/12/2019	3		1
midfield
19th	Kholosa Biyana	09/06/1994	2017	University of KwaZulu-Natal	018th	01	06/02/2019	3		1
07th	Karabo Dhlamini	09/18/2001	2019	Mamelodi Sundowns FC	005	00	05/12/2019
23	Sibulele Holweni	04/28/2001	2019	Sophakama Ladies / HPC	002	00	06/02/2019	1
15th	Refiloe Jane	08/04/1992	2012	without a club	105	12	06/02/2019	3
06th	Mamello Makhabane	02/24/1988	2005	JVW FC	096	20th	03/06/2019	2
10	Linda Motlhalo	07/01/1998	2016	Beiging BG Phoenix FC	043	10	06/02/2019	2
21st	Busisiwe Ndimeni	06/25/1991	2008	University of Pretoria	027	03	06/02/2019	2
17th	Leandra Smeda	07/22/1989	2010	Vittsjö GIK	095	22nd	04.03.2019	3
attack
08th	Ode Fulutudilu	02/06/1990	2014	Malaga FC	012	01	06/02/2019	3
11	Thembi Kgatlana	05/02/1996	2014	Beiging BG Phoenix FC	053	17th	06/02/2019	3	1
09	Amanda Mthandi	05/23/1996	2018	University of Johannesburg	010	01	06/02/2019	2
22nd	Rhoda Mulaudzi	12/02/1989	2015	without a club	023	02	06/02/2019	1		1
12	Jermaine Seoposenwe	10/12/1993	2010	Gintra Universitetas	074	16	05/12/2019	2
Coaching staff
trainer	Desiree Ellis	03/14/1963	2016	SAFA	32	6th
Remarks: ↑ Numbers according to the FIFA squad list ↑ As of May 2019 ↑ a b Status: According to South Africa-BANYANA FWWC MediaGuide (status: May 12, 2019) , updated after the game against Norway on June 2, 2019 ↑ First yellow-red card after video evidence ↑ a b As a player

draw

Le Havre Montpellier Paris

South African team venues

For the World Cup group draw that took place on December 8, 2018, South Africa, like the other two African teams, was allocated to Pot 4 based on its placement in the FIFA world rankings of December 7, 2018. The team could thus be drawn as world champions USA, hosts France or Germany. Ultimately, the draw resulted in a first clash with Germany and Spain and the fifth game against the People's Republic of China. The first four matches with the Asians were all lost, including a 0:13 in September 2003 - the biggest defeat of an African against an Asian team. The last game in the preliminary round of the 2016 Olympic Games, however, was only lost 2-0. So far there has only been one game of the juniors against Germany, which was lost 1:10 at the U-17 World Cup 2010 . The current German national team players Melanie Leupolz and Lena Petermann (2 goals each) as well as Kristin Demann and Lina Magull and the South African national team goalkeeper Kaylin Swart and Jermaine Seoposenwe (1 goal) were used.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Germany	3	3	0	0	006-000	+6	09
2.	Spain	3	1	1	1	003: 200	+1	04th
3.	People's Republic of China	3	1	1	1	001: 100	± 0	04th
4th	South Africa	2	0	0	2	001: 800	−7	00

Sat., June 8, 2019 in Le Havre
Spain	-	South Africa	3: 1 (0: 1)
Thursday, June 13, 2019 in Paris
South Africa	-	People's Republic of China	0: 1 (0: 1)
Mon., June 17, 2019 in Montpellier
South Africa	-	Germany	0: 4 (0: 3)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ safa.net: "MediaGuide"
2. ↑ safa.net: "Listen: Banyana Banyana vice captain Refiloe Jane will miss Women's AFCON final"
3. ↑ In their match report , the CAF names Jermaine Seoposenwe as the goal scorer, while the South African Federation names Smeda.
4. ↑ In their match report , the CAF names her as a triple goal scorer, while the South African Association mentions Smeda as the scorer of the last goal
5. ↑ dfb.de: "Testing World Cup opponents: Only China wins"
6. ↑ safa.net: Jane reaches 100 caps as she starts against Finland, Ellis makes six changes
7. ↑ safa.net: Ellis makes changes as she Announces squad to face Netherlands and Sweden
8. ↑ safa.net: "Ellis names Banyana Banyana World Cup Squad"
9. ↑ fifa.com: Pot allocation for World Cup draw according to the latest world rankings
10. ↑ dfb.de: Germany U 17 (w) 10: 1 (9: 1) South Africa U 17