South African National Football Team / Olympic Games

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OS record goal scorer: Siyabonga Nomvethe (2)
OS record players: 19 players (3 each)
Rank: 55
Balance sheet
6 OS games
1 win
2 draws
3 defeats
6: 7 goals
statistics
First OS game South Africa 1: 2 Japan Canberra ( AUS ); September 14, 2000
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Biggest OS victory South Africa 3: 1 Brazil Brisbane ( AUS ); September 17, 2000
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Biggest OS defeats South Africa 1: 2 Japan Canberra ( AUS ); September 14, 2000 South Africa 1-2 Slovakia Canberra ( AUS ); September 20, 2000 South Africa 0: 1 Denmark Brasília ( BRA ); 7th August 2016
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successes
Olympic Games :
Participation in the finals 2 ( first : 2000 )
Best results Group stage ( 2000 , 2016 )
(As of August 21, 2016 )

A South African national soccer team first took part in qualifying for the 1996 Olympic Games after apartheid had been abolished in South Africa and the country was again allowed to participate in international sports competitions, and was able to qualify for the first time for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney , but lost there the preliminary round. After that, the qualification for the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro was only possible again in 2015 . Since the 2012 Games, the qualification of the African teams has run through the African U-23 championship .

Results at Olympic Games

1996

For the first time South Africa was allowed to take part in the qualification.

  • Olympic qualification:
    • 1 round:
      • April 15, 1995: South Africa 1-1 Burundi
      • April 30, 1995: Burundi - South Africa 4-1 - South Africa eliminated

2000

  • Olympic qualification:
    • 1 round:
      • June 13, 1999: Togo 2-2 South Africa
      • June 27, 1999: South Africa 1-0 Togo
    • 2nd round as group stage:
      • October 17, 1999: Ghana 2-2 South Africa
      • October 30, 1999: South Africa 3-1 Guinea
      • February 19, 2000: South Africa 2-0 Cameroon
      • February 26, 2000: Cameroon 2-0 South Africa
      • March 11, 2000: South Africa 1-0 Ghana
      • March 26, 2000: Guinea 1: 4 South Africa - South Africa qualified for the intercontinental play-offs as best runner-up in the group.
    • Playoffs:
      • May 19, 2000: New Zealand 2-3 South Africa
      • May 27, 2000: South Africa 1-0 New Zealand - South Africa qualified for the Olympic Games for the first time

2004

  • Olympic qualification:
    • 1 round:
      • June 7, 2003: South Africa 2-1 Kenya
      • June 28, 2003: Kenya 0-0 South Africa
    • 2nd round as group stage:
      • October 26, 2003: Ghana 1-0 South Africa
      • December 20, 2003: South Africa 4-1 Algeria
      • January 3, 2004: South Africa 0-1 Zambia
      • February 21, 2004: Zambia 2-1 South Africa
      • March 13, 2004: South Africa 1-2 Ghana
      • March 26, 2004: Algeria - South Africa 0: 1 - South Africa eliminated as third in the group

2008

  • Olympic qualification:
    • Preliminary round:
      • September 1, 2006: South Africa 1-0 Namibia (in Potchefstroom )
      • October 8, 2006: Namibia 1-1 South Africa (in Katutura )
    • 1 round:
      • 7 February 2007: South Africa 2-0 Uganda (in Potchefstroom )
      • March 23, 2007: Uganda 0-0 South Africa (in Kampala )
    • 2nd round as group stage:
      • June 3, 2007: Ethiopia 2-2 South Africa (in Addis Ababa ) - later canceled as Ethiopia withdrew.
      • August 22, 2007: South Africa 1-1 Nigeria (in Rustenburg )
      • September 8, 2007: South Africa 1-3 Ghana (in Potchefstroom )
      • October 14, 2007: Ghana 3-1 South Africa (in Accra )
      • March 26, 2008: Nigeria - South Africa 3-0 (in Abuja ) - South Africa eliminated in third place in the group.

2012

  • Olympic qualification via the first African U-23 championship :
    • 1 round
      • March 27, 2011: South Africa U23 - Libya U23 4-2 (in Johannesburg )
      • April 9, 2011: Equatorial Guinea U-23 0-0 Libya U-23 (in Bamako , Mali )
    • 2nd round:
      • 4th June 2011: Benin U-23 3-1 South Africa U-23 (in Cotonou )
      • June 19, 2011: South Africa U-23 - Benin U-23 5: 1 (in Johannesburg )
    • Final tournament in Morocco :
      • Preliminary round in Marrakech :
        • November 27, 2011: South Africa U-23 - Ivory Coast U-23 1-1
        • November 30, 2011: Gabon U-23 1-1 South Africa U-23
        • December 3, 2011: Egypt U-23 - South Africa U-23 2-0 - South Africa eliminated as bottom group

2016

  • Olympic qualification via the African U-23 championship :
    • 3rd round:
      • 19 July 2015: Zimbabwe U-23 - South Africa U-23 1: 1 (in Harare )
      • August 1, 2015: South Africa U-23 - Zimbabwe U-23 3-0 (in Pietermaritzburg )
    • Final tournament in Senegal :
      • Preliminary round:
        • November 28, 2015: Senegal U-23 3-1 South Africa U-23 (in Dakar )
        • 1st December 2015: South Africa U-23 3-2 Zambia U-23 (in Dakar )
        • December 4, 2015: South Africa U-23 - Tunisia U-23 1-0 (in M'bour ) - South Africa qualified as second in the group for the knockout round.
      • Knockout round:
        • 9 December 2015, semi-finals: Algeria U-23 - South Africa U-23 2-0 (in Dakar )
        • 12 December 2015, game for 3rd place: Senegal U-23 0-0 South Africa U-23; 1: 3 i. E.

South Africa qualified for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro .

Squad for 2016

Eligible to play are players born after January 1st, 1993 and three older players. The squad was named on June 29th. Goalkeepers Itumeleng Khune and Mulomowandau Mathoho were nominated as older players . Itumeleng Khune also took part in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa , where he received the red card in the second group match against Uruguay . Together with the Nigerian John Obi Mikel, he is the participant with the most A-internationals counted by FIFA (75).

No. player Date of birth society A country
games		 A country
goals		 OS games
goal
1 Jody February 05/12/1996 Ajax Cape Town 01 00 00
16 Itumeleng Khune 06/20/1987 Kaizer Chiefs 77 00 03 (2016)
Defense
2 Mulomowandau Mathoho 03/01/1990 Kaizer Chiefs FC 26th 01 02 (2016)
3 Tercious Malepe 02/18/1997 Moroka Swallows (II )   02 00 01 (2016)
5 Rivaldo Coetzee 10/16/1996 Ajax Cape Town 17th 00 03 (2016)
6th Kwanda Mngonyama 09/25/1993 Maritzburg United 00 00 01 (2016)
11 Aubrey Modiba 07/22/1995 Mpumalanga Black Aces 03 00 03 (2016)
13 Abbubaker Mobara 02/18/1994 Ajax Cape Town 03 00 03 (2016)
17th Tebogo Moerane 04/07/1995 Bidvest Wits 03 00 01 (2016)
midfield
7th Menzi Masuku 04/15/1993 Orlando Pirates 05 02 03 (2016)
8th Tyroane Sandows 02/12/1995 BrazilBrazil Sao Paulo FC 00 00 00
14th Poison Motupa 09/23/1994 Orlando Pirates 02 02 03 (2016), 1 goal
18th Deolin Mekoa 08/10/1993 Maritzburg United 03 00 03 (2016)
19th Andile Fikizolo 05/13/1994 Golden Arrows 00 00 01 (2016)
attack
4th Mothobi Mvala 06/14/1994 Highlands Park (II )   00 00 02 (2016)
9 Tashreeq Morris 05/13/1994 Ajax Cape Town 00 00 03 (2016)
10 Keagan Dolly 01/22/1993 Mamelodi Sundowns FC 02 00 03 (2016)
12 Lebo Mothiba 01/28/1996 FranceFrance Lille OSC Reserve (V )   0? 03 02 (2016)

Substitute players: Nkosingiphile Gumede (goal), Andile Fikizolo and Thapelo Morena (midfield) and Thabiso Kutumela (attack)

Games

  • Brazil 0-0 South Africa on August 4, 2016 in Brasília
  • Denmark - South Africa 1-0 (0-0) on August 7, 2016 in Brasília
  • South Africa - Iraq 1: 1 (1: 1) on August 10, 2016 in São Paulo - South Africa is eliminated as bottom of the group

Trainer

Best goal scorers

1. Siyabonga Nomvethe (2000) 2 goals
2. Quinton Fortune (2000), Steve Lekoelea (2000), Benni McCarthy (2000) 1 goal each

Known players

Web links

References and footnotes

  1. ↑ Due to the conflict in Libya, the game was played in a neutral place fifa.com: "Mali to host Libya-South Africa"
  2. ↑ fifa.com: "Facts and Figures on the Olympic Football Tournaments"
  3. ↑ Numbers according to the squad list
  4. ↑ a b Data according to the Olympics Guide book U23 ( memento of the original from July 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.safa.net