6th Qualifier Confederation: C.A.F. (Africa)

The Country | The Road to FRANCE98 | The Team | Honours | Coach

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Land area :	1,223,410 km²
Population :	39,000,000
Capital :	Pretoria
Main cities :	Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Port Elizabeth
System of government :	Republic
Head of state :	Nelson Mandela
Currency :	Rand
Time difference :	same as Paris

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1st round Africa zone

01/06/1996	Malawi - South Africa	0-1
15/06/1996	South Africa - Malawi	3-0

2nd round Africa zone

09/11/1996	South Africa - Zaire	1-0
12/01/1997	Zambia - South Africa	0-0
06/04/1997	Congo - South Africa	2-0
27/04/1997	Zaire - South Africa	1-2
08/06/1997	South Africa - Zambia	3-0
17/08/1997	South Africa - Congo	1-0

1st in Group 3

• 13 points
• 7 goals scored
• 3 goals conceded)

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Goalkeeper:	ARENDSE (age 30, 22 caps)
Defenders:	MOTAUNG (age 27) FISH (age 24 , 25 caps) TOVEY (age 35, 47 caps) RADEBE (age 28, 30 caps)
Mid-field:	BUTHELEZI (age 28, 27 caps) TINKLER (age 27, 25 caps) Docteur KHUMALO (age 30, 40 caps) MOSHOEU (age 31, 33 caps)
Strikers:	AUGUSTINE (age 27, 15 caps) MASINGA (age 28, 30 caps)

Number of players used during the qualifying rounds: 21

National team colours: white, green, yellow and black

FIFA ranking (on 18 July 1997): 22th

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• World Cup: No previous participation in the World Cup finals.
• Africa Nations Cup: Participated once, 1 win (South Africa - Tunisia : 2 - 0 in Johannesburg - 1996)

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Clive BARKER'S
Bafana Bafana side are unbeaten since he took over the reins (March 1994) and commandeered victory in the last African Nations Cup. An ex club player, he has led South Africa to its first World Cup finals.

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