The South Africa national football team represented South Africa at the FIFA Confederations Cup on two occasions, in 1997 as the champions of 1996 Africa Cup of Nations[1] and 2009 as host of both the tournament and the upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup.
| style=background:#e11; colspan=10 | FIFA Confederations Cup record | ||||||||||||||||||
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| style=background:#e11 | Year | style=background:#e11 | Round | style=background:#e11 | Position | style=background:#e11 | style=background:#e11 | style=background:#e11 | style=background:#e11 | style=background:#e11 | style=background:#e11 | style=background:#e11 | Squad | ||||||
 1992 | Banned | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Group Stage | 8th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | Squad | ||||||||||
 1999 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||||
 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||
 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||
 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||
 2009 | Fourth Place | 4th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | Squad | ||||||||||
 2013 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Third Place | 2/10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | - | ||||||||||
| South Africa's Confederations Cup record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=10% | First Match | width=23% | 2–2 | ||
| width=10% | Biggest Win | width=23% | 2–0 | ||
| width=10% | Biggest Defeat | width=23% | 2–0 | ||
| width=10% | Best Result | width=23% | Fourth Place at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup | ||
| width=10% | Worst Result | width=23% | 8th place at the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup | ||
See main article: 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 1 |
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See main article: 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.
| Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 9 | |
| (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 1 | |
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Semi-finals
----Third place play-off
Brendan Augustine was the first player to score for South Africa at the FIFA Confederations Cup in 1997.
| No. | Name | Goals | Confederations Cups |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helman Mkhalele | 2 | 1997 |
| Katlego Mphela | 2 | 2009 | |
| Bernard Parker | 2 | 2009 | |
| 4 | Brendan Augustine | 1 | 1997 |
| Pollen Ndlanya | 1 | 1997 | |
| Lucas Radebe | 1 | 1997 | |