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| Confederation = [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]] (Africa)
| Confederation = [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]] (Africa)
| Coach = [[Desiree Ellis]]
| Coach = [[Desiree Ellis]]
| Captain = [[Janine van Wyk]]
| Captain = Janine van Wyk
| Most caps = [[Janine van Wyk]] (170)
| Most caps = [[Janine van Wyk]] (170)
| Top scorer = [[Portia Modise]] (101)
| Top scorer = [[Portia Modise]] (101)

Revision as of 23:30, 27 July 2023

South Africa
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Banyana Banyana
AssociationSouth African Football Association
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationCOSAFA (Southern Africa)
Head coachDesiree Ellis
CaptainJanine van Wyk
Most capsJanine van Wyk (170)
Top scorerPortia Modise (101)
FIFA codeRSA
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
FIFA ranking
Current 50 Increase 1 (16 August 2024)[1]
Highest48 (August 2016)
Lowest74 (June 2005)
First international
 South Africa 14–0 Swaziland 
(Johannesburg, South Africa; 30 May 1993)
Biggest win
 South Africa 17–0 Comoros 
(Port Elizabeth, South Africa; 31 July 2019)
Biggest defeat
 China 13–0 South Africa 
(Dalian, China; 7 September 2003)
World Cup
Appearances2 (first in 2019)
Best resultGroup stage (2019)
Africa Women Cup of Nations
Appearances13 (first in 1995)
Best resultChampions (2022)
Summer Olympics
Appearances2 (first in 2012)
Best result10th (2012)

The South Africa women's national football team, nicknamed Banyana Banyana (The Girls), is the national team of South Africa and is controlled by the South African Football Association.

Their first official match was held on 30 May 1993 against Swaziland.[2]

They qualified for Olympic football for the first time in 2012,[3] and for a FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time in 2019, in Group B with Germany, Spain and China. However, they lost all matches, and their only goal was against Spain when they went to a 1–0 lead only to lose 3–1. South Africa won their first Women's Africa Cup of Nations in 2022, beating Morocco 2–1 in the final.

History

Team image

Nicknames

The South Africa women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Banyana Banyana", which literally means "Girls Girls". This name is derived from the Senior Men's National team being "Bafana Bafana" which also means the boys the boys.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2022

31 August 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship Group A South Africa  3–0  Angola Gqeberha
15:30
Stadium: Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
2 September Friendly South Africa  0–3  Brazil Soweto, South Africa
18:00
Stadium: Orlando Stadium
Referee: Maria Rivet (Mauritania)
3 September 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship Group A South Africa  4–0  Mauritius Port Elizabeth
15:30
Stadium: Madibaz Stadium
5 September Friendly South Africa  0–6  Brazil South Africa
6 September 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship Group A Mozambique  1–1  South Africa Wolfson Stadium, Gqeberha
15:30
9 September 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship SF Namibia  0–1  South Africa Wolfson Stadium, Gqeberha
15:00
11 September 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship Final Zambia  1–0  South Africa Wolfson Stadium, Gqeberha
15:00 Banda ??'
8 October Friendly Australia  4–1  South Africa London, United Kingdom
12:30 UTC±0
Report
Stadium: Kingsmeadow

2023

15 February Turkish Women's Cup South Africa  v  Turkey Alanya, Turkey
Stadium: Miracle Sport Complex
18 February Turkish Women's Cup South Africa  3–0  Uzbekistan Alanya, Turkey
 Stadium: Goldcity Sport Complex
21 February Turkish Women's Cup South Africa  1–1  Slovenia Alanya, Turkey
 Report
Stadium: Goldcity Sport Complex
10 April Friendly South Africa  2–3  Serbia Stara Pazova, Serbia
13:30
Report
Stadium: Sportski Centar FSS
2 July Friendly South Africa  0–5  Botswana Brakpan, South Africa
15:00 UTC+2
Stadium: Tsakane Stadium
Referee: Vistoria Shangula (Namibia)
15 July Friendly South Africa  2–0  Costa Rica Christchurch, New Zealand
  • Thembi Kgatlana 33'
  • Hildah Magaia 55'
 Stadium: Ngā Puna Wai Sports Hub
23 July FIFA WC Group Sweden  2–1  South Africa Wellington, New Zealand
17:00 UTC+12
Report
Stadium: Wellington Regional Stadium
Attendance: 18,317
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva (United States)
28 July FIFA WC Group Argentina  v  South Africa Dunedin, New Zealand
Report Stadium: Forsyth Barr Stadium
Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)
2 August FIFA WC Group South Africa  v  Italy Wellington, New Zealand
Report Stadium: Wellington Regional Stadium
September 21 Friendly United States  v  South Africa Cincinnati, United States
19:30 ET Report Stadium: TQL Stadium
September 24 Friendly United States  v  South Africa Chicago, United States
17:30 ET Report Stadium: Soldier Field
23–31 October 2024 Olympic qualifying South Africa  v  DR Congo
23–31 October 2024 Olympic qualifying DR Congo  v  South Africa

Source: Global Sports Archive

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Position Name Ref.
Head coach South Africa Desiree Ellis
Assistant coach South Africa Thinasonke Mbuli
Goalkeeper Coach South Africa Cameron Cox
Performance Analyst South Africa Shilene Booysen
Physical Trainer South Africa Ridhaa Allie

Technical staff

Role Name Start date
General Manager South Africa Lauren Duncan January 2016

Manager history

See also: Category:South Africa women's national soccer team managers

Players

See also: Category:South Africa women's international soccer players and Category:South African women's soccer players

Current squad

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
16 1GK Andile Dlamini (1992-09-02) 2 September 1992 (age 32) South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
1 1GK Kaylin Swart (1994-09-30) 30 September 1994 (age 30) South Africa JVW
1GK Kebotseng Moletsane (1995-03-03) 3 March 1995 (age 29) South Africa Bloemfontein Celtic
7 2DF Karabo Dhlamini (2001-09-18) 18 September 2001 (age 23) South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
5 2DF Fikile Magama (2002-01-19) 19 January 2002 (age 22) South Africa UWC
2DF Lebohang Ramalepe (1991-12-03) 3 December 1991 (age 33) Belarus Dinamo Minsk
2DF Tiisetso Makhubela (1997-04-24) 24 April 1997 (age 27) South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
4 2DF Noko Matlou (1985-09-30) 30 September 1985 (age 39) Spain Eibar
13 2DF Bambanani Mbane (1990-03-12) 12 March 1990 (age 34) South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
3 2DF Bongeka Gamede (1999-05-22) 22 May 1999 (age 25) South Africa UWC
19 3MF Kholosa Biyana (1994-09-06) 6 September 1994 (age 30) South Africa UWC
15 3MF Refiloe Jane (1992-08-04) 4 August 1992 (age 32) Italy Sassuolo
3MF Sibulele Holweni (2001-04-28) 28 April 2001 (age 23) South Africa UWC
10 3MF Linda Motlhalo (1998-07-01) 1 July 1998 (age 26) Scotland Glasgow City
19 3MF Nomvula Kgoale (1995-11-20) 20 November 1995 (age 29) South Africa TS Galaxy
20 3MF Robyn Moodaly (1994-06-16) 16 June 1994 (age 30) South Africa JVW
9 4FW Gabriela Salgado (1998-02-20) 20 February 1998 (age 26) South Africa JVW
12 4FW Jermaine Seoposenwe (1993-10-12) 12 October 1993 (age 31) Mexico Juárez
6 4FW Noxolo Cesane (2000-10-11) 11 October 2000 (age 24) Mexico UANL
4FW Melinda Kgadiete (1992-07-21) 21 July 1992 (age 32) South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
4FW Wendy Shongwe (2003-01-18) 18 January 2003 (age 21) South Africa University of Pretoria
4FW Hildah Magaia (1994-12-16) 16 December 1994 (age 29) South Korea Sejong Sportstoto
4FW Thembi Kgatlana (1996-05-02) 2 May 1996 (age 28) United States Racing Louisville

Recent call ups

  • The following players have been called up to a South Africa squad in the past 12 months.
Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Dineo Magagula (1994-10-14) 14 October 1994 (age 30) South Africa UJ v.  Australia, 8 October 2022
GK Tshidi Muruoa (1990-07-07) 7 July 1990 (age 34) South Africa TUT 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship
GK Regirl Ngobeni (1996-02-26) 26 February 1996 (age 28) South Africa UWC v.  Serbia, 10 April 2023
DF Faith Nokuthula (2000-06-24) 24 June 2000 (age 24) England Blackburn Rovers 2023 Turkish Women's Cup
DF Amogelang Motau (1997-02-27) 27 February 1997 (age 27) South Africa UWC 2023 Turkish Women's Cup
DF Karabo Makhurubetshi (1999-02-03) 3 February 1999 (age 25) South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 2023 Turkish Women's Cup
DF Cimone Sauls (2004-09-30) 30 September 2004 (age 20) South Africa JVW v.  Australia, 8 October 2022
DF Thato Letsoso (1996-08-24) 24 August 1996 (age 28) South Africa TUT v.  Australia, 8 October 2022
DF Cynthia Makete (2001-05-21) 21 May 2001 (age 23) South Africa Bloemfontein Celtic v.  Australia, 8 October 2022
DF Koketso Tlailane (1992-12-07) 7 December 1992 (age 31) South Africa TUT 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship
DF Nothando Vilakazi (1988-10-28) 28 October 1988 (age 36) South Africa TUT 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship
DF Sharol Ramaoka (2003-12-04) 4 December 2003 (age 21) South Africa TUT 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship
DF Lonathemba Mhlongo (2002-08-23) 23 August 2002 (age 22) South Africa UWC v.  Serbia, 10 April 2023
MF Thalea Smidt (1997-12-27) 27 December 1997 (age 26) South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 2023 Turkish Women's Cup
MF Jamie-Lee Witbooi (1997-03-30) 30 March 1997 (age 27) South Africa Vasco da Gama 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship
MF Mmabatho Mogale (2005-07-08) 8 July 2005 (age 19) South Africa University of Pretoria 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship
MF Oratile Mokwena (2001-03-21) 21 March 2001 (age 23) South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship
MF Nonhlanhla Mthandi (1995-08-19) 19 August 1995 (age 29) South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship
MF Sinazo Ntshota (2006-07-15) 15 July 2006 (age 18) South Africa City Lads 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship
MF Busisiwe Ndimeni (1991-06-25) 25 June 1991 (age 33) South Africa TUT 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship
FW Asanda Hadebe (2006-11-28) 28 November 2006 (age 18) South Africa Sunflower 2023 Turkish Women's Cup
FW Thubelihle Shamase (2002-01-16) 16 January 2002 (age 22) South Africa UJ v.  Australia, 8 October 2022
FW Zethembiso Vilakazi (2002-02-16) 16 February 2002 (age 22) South Africa Lindelani Ladies 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship
FW Michelle Sampson (2003-11-28) 28 November 2003 (age 21) South Africa Richmond United Ladies 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship
FW Amanda Mkhize (2000-11-28) 28 November 2000 (age 24) South Africa Durban Ladies 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship
FW Lithemba Sam Sam (2004-09-21) 21 September 2004 (age 20) South Africa Cape Town Roses 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship
FW S'phumelele Shamase (2002-01-16) 16 January 2002 (age 22) South Africa UJ v.  Serbia, 10 April 2023
FW Nthabiseng Majiya (2004-06-10) 10 June 2004 (age 20) South Africa Richmond Ladies v.  Serbia, 10 April 2023
FW Lelona Daweti (1999-09-08) 8 September 1999 (age 25) South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns v.  Serbia, 10 April 2023

Previous squads

FIFA Women's World Cup
Summer Olympics
Africa Women Cup of Nations
COSAFA Women's Championship
Turkish Women's Cup

Records

See also: Category:South Africa women's international soccer players
  • Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Honours

Continental

Champions: 2022
Runners-up: 1995, 2000, 2008, 2012, 2018
Third place: 2006, 2010
Runners-up: 2003, 2007

Regional

Champions: 2002, 2006, 2008, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Runners-up: 2011


Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

Main article: South Africa at the FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year Result Pld W D* L GS GA GD
China 1991 Did not enter
Sweden 1995 Did not qualify
United States 1999
United States 2003
China 2007
Germany 2011
Canada 2015
France 2019 Group stage 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 in progress 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1
Total 2/9 4 0 0 4 2 10 −8
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
FIFA Women's World Cup history
Year Round Date Opponent Result Stadium
France 2019 Group stage 8 June  Spain L 1–3 Stade Océane, Le Havre
13 June  China L 0–1 Parc des Princes, Paris
17 June  Germany L 0–4 Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 Group Stage 23 July  Sweden L 1–2 Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
28 July  Argentina TBD Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
2 August  Italy TBD Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year Result Pld W D* L GS GA GD
United States 1996 Did not qualify
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012 Group stage 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6
Brazil 2016 Group stage 3 0 1 2 0 3 −3
Japan 2020 Did not qualify
Total 2/7 6 0 2 4 1 10 −9
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Africa Women Cup of Nations

Africa Women Cup of Nations record
Year Round Pld W D* L GS GA GD
1991 Banned
1995 Runners up 6 3 1 2 19 20 −1
Nigeria 1998 Group stage 2 0 0 2 2 7 −5
South Africa 2000 Runners-up 5 4 0 1 9 3 +6
Nigeria 2002 Fourth place 5 2 1 2 6 11 −5
South Africa 2004 Group stage 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5
Nigeria 2006 Third place 5 2 1 2 8 5 +3
Equatorial Guinea 2008 Runners-up 5 3 0 2 7 4 +3
South Africa 2010 Third place 5 3 1 1 10 6 +4
Equatorial Guinea 2012 Runners-up 5 3 0 2 6 6 0
Namibia 2014 Fourth place 5 1 1 3 7 6 +1
Cameroon 2016 Fourth place 5 1 1 3 5 3 +2
Ghana 2018 Runners-up 5 3 2 0 11 2 +9
2020 Cancelled due to covid
Morocco 2022 Champions 6 6 0 0 10 3 +7
Total Champions: 1 time 62 31 8 23 102 83 +19
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

African Games

African Games record
Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA
Nigeria 2003 Runner- up 5 4 0 1 12 3
Algeria 2007 Runner- up 4 2 1 1 7 7
Mozambique 2011 Fourth 4th 5 1 2 2 8 10
Republic of the Congo 2015 5th 2 0 2 0 1 1
Morocco 2019 7th 2 0 0 2 0 4
Ghana 2023 TBD
Total 5/5 18 7 5 6 28 25

COSAFA Women's Championship

COSAFA Women's Championship record
Year Round Pld W D* L GS GA GD
Zimbabwe 2002 Winner 5 5 0 0 36 2 +34
Zambia 2006 Winner 4 4 0 0 19 2 +17
Angola 2008
Zimbabwe 2011 Runner-up 5 4 0 1 14 3 +11
Zimbabwe 2017 Winner 5 3 2 0 12 3 +9
South Africa 2018 Winner 5 5 0 0 13 2 +11
South Africa 2019 Winner 5 5 0 0 27 2 +25
South Africa 2020 Winner 5 5 0 0 22 3 +19
South Africa 2021 4th 5 2 2 1 8 6 +2
Total Winner 39 33 3 3 151 23 +128
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

All−time record against FIFA recognized nations

The list shown below shows the women's South Africa national soccer team's all−time international record against opposing nations.
*As of xxxxxx after match against xxxx.

Key
  Positive balance (more wins than losses)
  Neutral balance (as many wins as losses)
  Negative balance (more losses than wins)
Against Pld W D L GF GA GD Confederation

Record per opponent

*As ofxxxxx after match against xxxxx.

Key
  Positive balance (more wins than losses)
  Neutral balance (as many wins as losses)
  Negative balance (more losses than wins)

The following table shows South Africa's all-time official international record per opponent:

Opponent Pld W D L GF GA GD W% Confederation
Total —

See also

National teams

References

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  2. ^ "Senior National Women's Team". South African Football Association. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  3. ^ "Banyana secure historic passage to London". FIFA. 12 September 2011. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  4. ^ a b c "Amajita's success shows we are on the right track – SAFA President". South African Football Association. 13 February 2019.
  5. ^ "New look Banyana squad named". Sport24. 17 September 2002.
  6. ^ "Winds of change blow in Africa". FIFA. 31 March 2006. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017.
  7. ^ Mailwane, Tshepang (3 May 2015). "Soccer heroes of '96 now shout the odds from touchlines". Sunday Times. Augustine Makalakalane: Not a regular at Bafana, "Mthakathi" worked as Banyana Banyana coach from 2006 to 2011. He failed to qualify the team for the World Cup and was fired. The 49-year-old was suspended before his dismissal for allegedly sexually harassing his players.
  8. ^ Moholoa, Ramatsiyi (28 July 2011). "Safa signs up Mkhonza full-time". The Sowetan.
  9. ^ "Former Banyana Coach Ends SAFA Relationship". Soccer Laduma. 8 October 2014.
  10. ^ "SAFA Confirm Pauw Appointment". Soccer Laduma. 13 March 2014.
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  12. ^ "Desiree Ellis named new Banyana coach". Sport24. 22 February 2018.
  13. ^ "Coach Ellis names final Banyana Banyana World Cup squad". South African Football Association. 23 June 2023.
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