South Africa national soccer B team
The South Africa national development football team, is a development football (soccer) team, which represents South Africa and is controlled by the South African Football Association, the governing body for football in South Africa. The team's main objective is to give international exposure to fringe home-based players, by allowing them to play 'B-level' internationals. Since the advent of the African Nations Championship, the team now attempts to qualify for and play at the event. Since 2008 SAFA have sent the team to the COSAFA Cup, instead of the senior team. The team has played at one African Nations Championship and two COSAFA Cups.
| Nickname(s) | Amabinneplaas | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | South African Football Association | ||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Sub-confederation | COSAFA | ||
| Head coach | Simon Ngomane | ||
| Captain | Jacob Mokhasi | ||
| FIFA code | RSA | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | N/A | ||
| African Nations Championship | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2011) | ||
| Best result | Quarter-finals (2011) | ||
Player eligibility
editAfrican Championship of Nations regulations require teams to be made up only of players from the association's national leagues. As the team is not an official national team, and does not play in FIFA sanctioned tournaments, clubs are not required to release players for matches. Usually the only Premier Soccer League players released are non-squad members. Many players are selected from the National First Division (second tier) and Vodacom League (third tier).[citation needed]
Match status
editMatches played by the team are not classified as 'A-level' internationals. Thus caps awarded for matches do not count as senior national team caps. Matches played by the team also do not count towards FIFA ranking points, even when the team plays other countries' senior national teams.
Recent and future matches
editRecent results
| Date | Team | Result | Score | Type | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 February 2011 |  Algeria A
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L | 0–2 | 2011 CHAN quarter-final |  Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum, Sudan
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| 13 February 2011 |  Zimbabwe
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W | 2–1 | 2011 CHAN group match | AlHilal Stadium, Omdurman, Sudan
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| 9 February 2011 |  Niger
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W | 2–0 | 2011 CHAN group match | Stade Wad Medani, Wad Medani, Sudan
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| 5 February 2011 |  Ghana
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W | 2–1 | 2011 CHAN group match | Stade Wad Medani, Wad Medani, Sudan
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| 22 January 2011 |  Sweden
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D | 1–1 | Friendly |  Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit, South Africa
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Tournament records
editAfrican Nations Championship record
edit| Hosts/Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 2009 |
Did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011 |
Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Total | 1/2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
COSAFA Cup record
edit| Hosts/Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 |
Champions | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2009 |
Fourth Place | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Total | 2/2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
- Before the 2008 tournament, SAFA sent the senior team.
Honours
edit- COSAFA Cup: 1
- ^1 Prior to 2008, SAFA sent the senior national team to the COSAFA Cup.