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The South Africa national football team represented South Africa at the FIFA Confederations Cup on two occasions, in 1997 as the champions of 1996 Africa Cup of Nations and 2009 as host of both the tournament and the upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup.

FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1992	Banned
1995	Did not qualify
1997	Group Stage	8th	3	0	1	2	5	7	Squad
1999	Did not qualify
2001
2003
2005
2009	Fourth Place	4th	5	1	1	3	4	6	Squad
2013	Did not qualify
2017
Total	Third Place	2/10	8	1	2	5	9	13	-

South Africa's Confederations Cup record
First Match	South Africa  2–2  Czech Republic (13 December 1997; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
Biggest Win	South Africa  2–0  New Zealand (17 June 2009; Rustenburg, South Africa)
Biggest Defeat	Spain  2–0  South Africa (20 June 2009; Bloemfontein, South Africa)
Best Result	Fourth Place at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
Worst Result	8th place at the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup

1997 FIFA Confederations Cup

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uruguay	3	3	0	0	8	4	+4	9
Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	9	5	+4	4
United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	2	2	8	−6	3
South Africa	3	0	1	2	5	7	−2	1

South Africa	2–2	Czech Republic
Augustine 39' Mkhalele 86'	Report	Šmicer 19', 40'

United Arab Emirates	1–0	South Africa
H. Mubarak 5'	Report

Uruguay	4–3	South Africa
Silva 12', 66' Recoba 42' Callejas 90'	Report	Radebe 11' Mkhalele 69' Ndlanya 77'

2009 FIFA Confederations Cup

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	9
South Africa (H)	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Iraq	3	0	2	1	0	1	−1	2
New Zealand	3	0	1	2	0	7	−7	1

South Africa	0–0	Iraq
	Report

South Africa	2–0	New Zealand
Parker 21', 52'	Report

Spain	2–0	South Africa
Villa 52' Llorente 72'	Report

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Brazil	1–0	South Africa
Dani Alves 88'	Report

Third place play-off

Spain	3–2 (a.e.t.)	South Africa
Güiza 88', 89' Alonso 107'	Report	Mphela 73', 90+3'

Top goalscorers

Brendan Augustine was the first player to score for South Africa at the FIFA Confederations Cup in 1997.

See also

• South Africa at the Africa Cup of Nations
• South Africa at the CONCACAF Gold Cup
• South Africa at the FIFA World Cup

References

1. "How Bafana won the 1996 Africa Cup of Nations". KickOff.

• Countries at the FIFA Confederations Cup
• South Africa national soccer team