South Africa women's national soccer team

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South Africa
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
FIFA ranking
Current 56 Decrease 1 (10 December 2021)[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 PR 13–0 South Africa 
(Dalian, China; 7 September 2003)
World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2019)
Best resultGroup stage (2019)
Africa Women Cup of Nations
Appearances12 (first in 1995)
Best resultRunners-up (1995, 2000, 2008, 2012, 2018)
Summer Olympics
Appearances2 (first in 2012)
Best result10th (2012)

The South Africa women's national soccer 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.

History[]

Beginnings[]

The South Africa women's national team played its first international match...

Team image[]

Nicknames[]

The South Africa women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Banyana banyana".

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   Lose   Fixture

2021[]

10 April Friendly South Africa  3–1  Zambia Johannesburg, South Africa
15:00 UTC+2 Report Stadium: Bidvest Stadium
13 April Friendly South Africa  2–0  Botswana Johannesburg, South Africa
15:00 UTC+2
  • Kgatlana Goal 52'
  • Goal 57'
Report Stadium: Bidvest Stadium
3 July Friendly Netherlands  Canceled  South Africa Zwolle, Netherlands
15:00 UTC+2 Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion
17 September Aisha Buhari Cup South Africa  3–0  Ghana
21 September Aisha Buhari Cup Nigeria  2–4  South Africa Lagos, Nigeria
16:00 (GMT+1)
  • Goal 47', 53'
Stadium: Onikan Stadium
28 September COSAFA Women's Championship GS Group A South Africa  2–1  Malawi Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Stadium: Wolfson Stadium
1 October COSAFA Women's Championship GS Group A South Africa  0–0  Angola Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Stadium: Gelvandale Stadium
4 October COSAFA Women's Championship GS Group A South Africa  3–1  Mozambique Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Stadium: Wolfson Stadium
7 October COSAFA Women's Championship Semi-finals South Africa  2–3  Malawi Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Stadium: Wolfson Stadium
9 October COSAFA Women's Championship 3rd Zambia  1–1
(4–3 p)
 South Africa Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Stadium: Wolfson Stadium
20 October 2022 AFWCON qualification First round 1st leg Mozambique  0–7  South Africa Maputo, Mozambique
Report Stadium: Estádio do Zimpeto
26 October 2022 AFWCON qualification First round 2nd leg South Africa  6–0
(13–0 agg.)
 Mozambique Johannesburg, South Africa
Report Stadium: Orlando Stadium
Note: South Africa won 13–0 on aggregate.

2022[]

14 February 2022 AFWCON qualification Second round 1st leg South Africa  v TBD
23 February 2022 AFWCON qualification Second round 2nd leg TBD v  South Africa

Coaching staff[]

Current coaching staff[]

Position Name Ref.
Head coach South Africa Desiree Ellis
Assistant coach South Africa
Goalkeeper Coach South Africa
Performance Analyst South Africa
Physical Trainer South Africa

Technical staff

Role Name Start date
General Manager South Africa January 2016

Manager history[]

Players[]

Current squad[]

  • The following players were named for the Aisha Buhari Cup in September 2021.[4]
  • Caps and goals accurate up to and including day month year.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Kaylin Swart (1994-09-30) 30 September 1994 (age 27) South Africa JVW
16 1GK South Africa UWC

2 2DF Lebogang Ramalepe (1991-12-03) 3 December 1991 (age 30) Belarus Dinamo Minsk
3 2DF Koketso Tlailane (1992-12-07) 7 December 1992 (age 29) South Africa TUT
4 2DF Sibulele Holweni (2001-04-28) 28 April 2001 (age 20) South Africa UWC
5 2DF Janine van Wyk (captain) (1987-04-17) 17 April 1987 (age 34) Scotland Glasgow City
7 2DF (2000-10-11) 11 October 2000 (age 21) South Africa UWC
13 2DF Bambanani Mbane (1990-03-12) 12 March 1990 (age 31) South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
14 2DF Tiisetso Makhubela (1997-04-24) 24 April 1997 (age 24) South Africa TUT
18 2DF (1994-04-06) 6 April 1994 (age 27) South Africa

6 3MF Mamello Makhabane (1988-02-24) 24 February 1988 (age 33) South Africa JVW
9 3MF (1998-02-20) 20 February 1998 (age 23) South Africa JVW
10 3MF Linda Motlhalo (1998-07-01) 1 July 1998 (age 23) Sweden Djurgårdens IF
12 3MF Robyn Moodaly (1994-06-16) 16 June 1994 (age 27) South Africa JVW
15 3MF Refiloe Jane (1992-08-04) 4 August 1992 (age 29) Italy Milan

8 4FW (1994-12-16) 16 December 1994 (age 27) Sweden Morön
11 4FW Thembi Kgatlana (1996-05-02) 2 May 1996 (age 25) Spain Atlético Madrid
14 4FW Melinda Kgadiete (1992-07-21) 21 July 1992 (age 29) South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns

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 Andile Dlamini (1992-09-02) 2 September 1992 (age 29) South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns v.  Zambia, 10 April 2021

DF Bongeka Gamede (1999-05-22) 22 May 1999 (age 22) South Africa UWC v.  Zambia, 10 April 2021
DF Noko Matlou (1985-09-30) 30 September 1985 (age 36) Spain Eibar v.  Zambia, 10 April 2021
DF (2002-08-23) 23 August 2002 (age 19) South Africa Durban v.  Zambia, 10 April 2021
DF (2001-04-05) 5 April 2001 (age 20) South Africa Spurs 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship
DF (1999-02-03) 3 February 1999 (age 22) South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship
DF South Africa 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship

MF Nomvula Kgoale (1995-11-20) 20 November 1995 (age 26) South Africa TUT v.  Zambia, 10 April 2021
MF Kgalebane Mohlakoana (1993-12-10) 10 December 1993 (age 28) South Africa Bloemfontein Celtic v.  Zambia, 10 April 2021
MF (2001-03-21) 21 March 2001 (age 20) South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns v.  Zambia, 10 April 2021
MF South Africa v.  Zambia, 10 April 2021
MF Karabo Dhlamini (2001-09-18) 18 September 2001 (age 20) South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship
MF South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship

FW Amanda Mthandi (1996-05-23) 23 May 1996 (age 25) South Africa UJ v.  Zambia, 10 April 2021
FW (1996-09-10) 10 September 1996 (age 25) South Africa 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship
FW South Africa TUT-Pretoria 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship

Previous squads[]

FIFA Women's World Cup
Summer Olympics
COSAFA Women's Championship

Records[]

  • Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Honours[]

Continental[]

Med 2.png Runners-up: 1995, 2000, 2008, 2012, 2018
Med 3.png Third place: 2006, 2010
Med 2.png Runners-up: 2003, 2007

Regional[]

Med 1.png Champions: 2002, 2006, 2008, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Med 2.png Runners-up: 2011


Competitive record[]

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 To be determined
Total 1/9 3 0 0 3 1 8 –7
*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 PR L 0–1 Parc des Princes, Paris
17 June  Germany L 0–4 Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier

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
Total Runners-up: 5 times 56 25 8 23 92 80 +12
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

African Games[]

African Games record
Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA
Nigeria 2003 Did Not Enter
Algeria 2007
Mozambique 2011 Did Not Qualify
Republic of the Congo 2015 To Be Determined
Total 0/4 0 0 0 0 0 0

COSAFA Women's Championship[]

COSAFA Women's Championship record
Year Round Pld W D* L GS GA GD
Zimbabwe Runner-up 3 1 1 1 4 6 -2
Zambia Runner-up 3 1 1 1 4 6 -2
Angola 2011 Runner-up 3 1 1 1 4 6 -2
Zimbabwe 2017 Runner-up 3 1 1 1 4 6 -2
Zimbabwe 2018
South Africa 2019
South Africa 2020
South Africa 2021
Total Group stage 3
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

All−time record against FIFA recognized nations[]

See also[]

National teams

References[]

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  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. ^ Ahmadu, Samuel (28 October 2020). "Ellis names Banyana Banyana final squad for Cosafa Women's Cup". Goal.

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