Bafana Bafana's 20 years in international football

Bafana celebrated 20 years back in international soccer on July 7 and it has been a rollercoaster ride – to say the least.

Here are all the statistics from the last two decades.

OVERALL RECORD
P W D L GF GA
276 119 77 80 327 264

Home record:
P W D L GF GA
133 76 33 24 184 87

Away record:
P W D L GF GA
143 43 44 56 143 177

TEAM RECORDS
Biggest win: 5-0 (v Guatemala in 2010)
Heaviest defeat: 0-4 (v Nigeria in 1992 & 2004, Mexico in 1993, USA in 2000)
Biggest home win: 5-0 (v Guatemala in 2010)
Biggest away win: 4-1 (v Namibia in 1998)
Heaviest home defeat: 0-3 (v Uruguay in 2010)
Heaviest away defeat: 0-4 (v Nigeria in 1992 & 2004, Mexico in 1993, USA in 2000)
Highest scoring match: 3-3 (v Jamaica in 2005)
Longest winning run: 5 games (from 30/09/08 to 27/01/09)
Longest losing run: 6 games (from 20/06/09 to 08/09/09)
Longest unbeaten run: 15 games (from 04/09/94 to 24/01/96)
Longest run without a win: 9 games (from 11/10/97 to 16/02/98 and from 10/07/05 to 14/01/06)
Longest run without conceding a goal: 693 minutes (from 24/04/96 to 06/04/97)
Longest run without scoring: 419 minutes (from 14/01/06 to 20/05/06)


INDIVIDUAL RECORDS
Most caps: Aaron Mokoena 107
Most games as captain: Aaron Mokoena 63
Most successive games: Neil Tovey 38 (from 10/04/93 to 06/04/97)
Most goals: Benni McCarthy 31
Quickest goal: Teboho Mokoena (40 seconds v Burundi, Bujumbura, 5 July, 2003)
Hat-tricks: Benni McCarthy (four goals v Namibia in 1998)
Oldest player to represent Bafana: John Moshoeu (38 years, one month, 13 days v Nigeria in 2004)
Youngest player to represent SA: Aaron Mokoena (18 years, two months, 26 days v Botswana in 1999)
Number of capped players: 309


FIFA WORLD CUP RECORD
YEAR FINISH P W D L GF GA
1994 Did not qualify
1998 Group Stages 3 0 2 1 3 6
2002 Group Stages 3 1 1 1 5 5
2006 Did not qualify
2010 Group Stages 3 1 1 1 3 5
Total 9 2 4 3 13 16


AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS RECORD
YEAR FINISH P W D L GF GA
1994 Did not qualify
1996 Champions 6 5 0 1 11 2
1998 Runners-up 6 3 2 1 9 6
2000 Third place 6 3 2 1 8 6
2002 Quarter-finals 4 1 2 1 3 3
2004 Group Stages 3 1 1 1 3 5
2006 Group Stages 3 0 0 3 0 5
2008 Group Stages 3 0 2 1 3 5
2010 Did not qualify
2012 Did not qualify
Total 31 13 9 9 37 32