| South Africa U-23 | |
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| Fifa Trigramme: | RSA |
| Nickname: | Amaglug-glug |
| Association: | South African Football Association |
| Sub-Confederation: | COSAFA |
| Confederation: | CAF (Africa) |
| Coach: | Morena Ramoreboli |
| Captain: | Repo Malepe |
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| First Game: | 0–0 [1] |
| Regional Name: | Olympic Games |
| Regional Cup Apps: | 3 |
| Regional Cup First: | 2000 |
| Regional Cup Best: | Group Stage (2000, 2016, 2020) |
| 2Ndregional Name: | Africa U-23 Cup of Nations |
| 2Ndregional Cup Apps: | 3 |
| 2Ndregional Cup First: | 2011 |
| 2Ndregional Cup Best: | Third place (2015, 2019) |
| 3Rdregional Name: | African Games |
| 3Rdregional Cup Apps: | 4 |
| 3Rdregional Cup First: | 1999 |
| 3Rdregional Cup Best: | Silver Medal (2011) |
The South Africa national under-23 football team is a youth football 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 objectives are to qualify and play at the All-Africa Games and Olympic Games. The team has played at three All-Africa Games and one Olympic tournament.Players who are selected, will be 23 or younger in the following Olympic year. With the next Olympics being held in London in 2012, players need to have been born on or after 1 January 1989. At the Olympic finals tournament, the team may be supplemented with 3 over-age players.[2]
The team was started in 1994, when SAFA decided to form a youth team. The team has been sponsored by SASOL since its inception, leading to the nickname, 'Amaglug-glug'. The team's greatest achievements to date include a third-place finish at the 1999 All-Africa Games, hosted in South Africa and qualifying for the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
The following players have previously been called up to the South Africa under-23 squad and remain eligible.
Players who have previously played for the under-23 team, and have since gone on to play for the senior team:
| Tournament | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | |
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| Brian Baloyi (GK) | Dumisa Ngobe (MF) | did not select | ||
| Itumeleng Khune (GK) | Eric Mathoho (DF) | did not select | ||
| Ronwen Williams (GK) | did not select | |||
| Summer Olympics record | ||||||||
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| Hosts/Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
 1992 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
 1996 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
 2000 | Group Stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |
 2004 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
 2008 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
 2012 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
 2016 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 2020 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
 2024 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 3/9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | |
| Africa U-23 Cup of Nations record | ||||||||
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| Hosts/Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
 2011 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
 2015 | Third place | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
 2019 | Third place | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2023 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 3/4 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 16 | |
| African Games record | ||||||||
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| Hosts/Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
 1999 | Third Place | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | |
 2003 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
 2007 | Group Stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
 2011 | Runners up | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |
 2015 | did not qualify | |||||||
| Total | 4/5 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 14 | |