France98 – South Africa

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

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

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)

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

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)

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.