South Africa team.

The South Africa national football team or Bafana Bafana is the national team ofSouth Africa and is controlled by the South African Football Association. They returned to the world stage in 1992, after years of being banned from FIFA. They are hosting the 19th FIFA World Cup in June 2010 after they hosted the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2009. South Africa is the first African nation to host the FIFA World Cup. Siphiwe Tshabalala was also the first person to score in this World Cup. The team's highest achievement was winning the African Cup of Nations at home in 1996. Although South Africa has made two appearances in the World Cup, they have not made it past the first round. Their first appearance was in France 1998, six years after they had been readmitted to the global football family. Despite a 3-0 drubbing to France in their opening game, they went on to draw against Denmark and Saudi Arabia. Korea/Japan 2002 was expected to be an opportunity for Bafana Bafana to step up to the next level but unfortunately, they failed to succeed, crashing out after the group stage despite beating Slovenia 1-0 for their first-ever World Cup win.