South Africa national development soccer team

See also: South Africa national soccer team

South Africa Development team

Nickname(s)| Amabinneplaas
Association| South African
Football Association
Confederation| CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation| COSAFA
Head coach| Simon Ngomane
Captain| Jacob Mokhasi
FIFA code| RSA

First colours

Second colours

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FIFA ranking
Current| N/A
African Nations Championship
Appearances| 1 (first in 2011)
Best result| Quarter-finals (2011)

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.

## Player eligibility[edit]

African 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[edit]

Matches 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[edit]

Recent results

Date  | Team  | Result  | Score  | Type  | Venue

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18 February 2011  |  Algeria A | L  | 0–2  | 2011 CHAN quarter-final |  Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum, Sudan
13 February 2011  |  Zimbabwe | W  | 2–1  | 2011 CHAN group match |  AlHilal Stadium, Omdurman, Sudan
9 February 2011  |  Niger | W  | 2–0  | 2011 CHAN group match |  Stade Wad Medani, Wad Medani, Sudan
5 February 2011  |  Ghana | W  | 2–1  | 2011 CHAN group match |  Stade Wad Medani, Wad Medani, Sudan
22 January 2011  |  Sweden | D  | 1–1  | Friendly |  Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit, South Africa

## Tournament records[edit]

### African Nations Championship record[edit]

Hosts/Year  | Result  | GP  | W  | D*  | L  | GS  | GA

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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

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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

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* ^1 Prior to 2008, SAFA sent the senior national team to the COSAFA Cup.

## References[edit]

## External links[edit]

* South Africa FA official website

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Soccer in South Africa

South African Football Association

National teams|

| Men|

* National team (Bafana Bafana)
* Olympic (U-23) (Amaglug-glug)
* U-20 (Amajita)
* U-17 (Amajimbos)
* development (Amabinneplaas)

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Women|

* National team (Banyana Banyana)
* U-20 (Basetsana)
* U-17 (Bantwana)

League system|

| Men|

| Active|

* Premier Soccer League (DStv Premiership
* Motsepe Foundation Championship)
* SAFA
* SAFA Second Division
* Regional League
* U19 National League
* Varsity Sports
* Football

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Defunct|

* NFL (1959–77)
* SASL (1961–67)
* FPL (1969–90)
* NPSL Castle League for blacks (1971–77)
* NPSL Castle League (1978–84)
* NPSL (1985–95)
* NSL Castle League (1985–95)
* NSL Second Division (1985–95)

Women|

| Active|

* SAFA Women's League
* Sasol Women’s League (Provincial leagues)
* SAFA Regional Women’s League (Regional leagues)

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Domestic cups|

| Men|

| Active|

* Nedbank Cup
* Telkom Knockout
* MTN 8
* Carling Black Label Cup
* Mangaung Cup

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Defunct|

* NFL Cup (1959–77)
* SASF Cup (1961–85)
* United Bank International Soccer Festival (1993–94)
* Baymed Cup (2006)
* Telkom Charity Cup (1986–2010)
* Vodacom Challenge (1999-2011)

Awards|

* SAFA Awards
* PSL Awards

Lists|

* Clubs
* Club name changes
* Foreign players

* Men's clubs
* Men's players
* Women's players
* Expatriate players
* Managers
* Referees
* Venues
* Seasons
* Records

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National and regional football teams of Africa (CAF)

North Africa (UNAF)|

* Algeria
* Egypt
* Libya
* Morocco
* Tunisia

West Africa (WAFU)|

* Benin
* Burkina Faso
* Cape Verde
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Ivory Coast
* Liberia
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Senegal
* Sierra Leone
* Togo

East Africa (CECAFA)|

* Burundi
* Djibouti
* Eritrea
* Ethiopia
* Kenya
* Rwanda
* Somalia
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Tanzania
* Uganda
* Zanzibar1

Central Africa (UNIFFAC)|

* Cameroon
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Congo
* DR Congo
* Equatorial Guinea
* Gabon
* São Tomé and Príncipe

Southern Africa (COSAFA)|

* Angola
* Botswana
* Comoros
* Eswatini
* Lesotho
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mauritius
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Seychelles
* South Africa
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

Non-regional Members|

* Réunion1

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