South Africa at the CONCACAF Gold Cup

Stuart Baxter (here as head coach of Finland in 2009) was South Africa's coach at their appearance at the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2005.

The CONCACAF Gold Cup is North America's major tournament in senior men's football and determines the continental champion. Until 1989, the tournament was known as CONCACAF Championship.[1] It is currently held every two years.[2] From 1996 to 2005, nations from other confederations have regularly joined the tournament as invitees. In earlier editions, the continental championship was held in different countries, but since the inception of the Gold Cup in 1991, the United States are constant hosts or co-hosts.

From 1973 to 1989, the tournament doubled as the confederation's World Cup qualification. CONCACAF's representative team at the FIFA Confederations Cup was decided by a play-off between the winners of the last two tournament editions in 2015 via the CONCACAF Cup, but was then discontinued along with the Confederations Cup.[3]

Since the inaugural tournament in 1963, the Gold Cup was held 27 times and has been won by seven different nations, most often by Mexico (12 titles).

South Africa participated once, as invitees, in 2005. After defeating heavyweights Mexico in their first match, they followed up with a row of draws and were eliminated on penalties in the quarter-finals against Panama.

Record at the CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup

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CONCACAF Gold Cup
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
United States 2005 Quarter-finals 7th 4 1 3 0 7 6
Total 1/27 19/31 4 1 3 0 7 6

Match overview

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Tournament Round Opponent Score Venue
United States 2005 Group stage  Mexico 2–1 Carson
 Jamaica 3–3 Los Angeles
 Guatemala 1–1 Houston
Quarter-finals  Panama 1–1
(3–5 pen.)

2005 squad

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In May 2005, that year's eventual South African league champions, the Kaizer Chiefs, were banned from African club competitions for three years after refusing to play a CAF Cup match in favour of a league match against Bloemfontein.[4] Legally, the players would have been eligible for the CONCACAF Gold Cup but were notably not nominated.

Coach: England Stuart Baxter

Defender Lucky Lekgwathi has played through all four CONCACAF Gold Cup matches for South Africa in 2005.
No. Position Name Date of Birth (age) Club Matches Minutes Goals
1 GK Calvin Marlin 20 April 1976 (aged 29) South Africa SuperSport United 3 300 0
2 DF Lucky Lekgwathi 8 January 1976 (aged 29) South Africa Orlando Pirates 4 390 0
3 DF Lucas Thwala 19 October 1981 (aged 23) South Africa Orlando Pirates 3 300 0
4 DF Phil Evans 12 July 1980 (aged 24) South AfricaSuperSport United 4 390 1
5 DF Ricardo Katza 12 March 1978 (aged 27) South Africa SuperSport United 4 390 0
6 FW Siboniso Gaxa 6 April 1984 (aged 21) South Africa SuperSport United 3 300 0
7 MF Daine Klate 25 January 1985 (aged 20) South Africa SuperSport United 2 106 0
8 MF Siyabonga Siphika 24 April 1981 (aged 24) South Africa Manning Rangers 2 135 0
9 FW Lebohang Mokoena 29 September 1986 (aged 18) South Africa Orlando Pirates 1 65 0
10 DF Craig Bianchi 25 March 1978 (aged 27) South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 3 125 0
11 MF Elrio van Heerden 11 July 1983 (aged 21) Denmark FC Copenhagen 4 322 1
12 MF Stanley Kgatla 13 September 1982 (aged 22) South Africa Silver Stars 1 2 0
13 FW Siyabonga Nkosi 22 August 1981 (aged 23) South Africa Bloemfontein Celtic 3 255 1
14 FW Siyabonga Nomvethe 2 December 1977 (aged 27) Italy Empoli FC 4 358 1
15 MF Hleza Mofedi 18 January 1979 (aged 26) South Africa Orlando Pirates 0 0 0
16 GK Thabang Radebe 18 August 1979 (aged 25) South Africa Orlando Pirates 1 90 0
17 MF Reagan Noble 22 July 1983 (aged 21) South Africa Wits FC 4 74 0
18 FW Abram Raselemane 23 March 1978 (aged 27) South Africa SuperSport United 3 176 1
19 FW Lungisani Ndlela 8 September 1980 (aged 24) South Africa SuperSport United 4 390 2
20 DF Peter Petersen 27 February 1981 (aged 24) South Africa Moroka Swallows 1 90 0
21 MF Gift Leremi 13 October 1984 (aged 20) South Africa Orlando Pirates 2 28 0
22 GK Lee Langeveldt 8 June 1985 (aged 20) South Africa FC Fortune 0 0 0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Wiebe, Andrew. "Gold Cup 101: What it is, why it matters, and how to follow along this summer", MLSsoccer.com, 7 July 2015. Retrieved on 26 October 2018.
  2. ^ "About the CONCACAF Gold Cup", goldcup.org, 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  3. ^ CONCACAF (official) "Playoff Match between USA and Mexico [...]", concacaf.com, 7 August 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Kaizer Chiefs slapped with lengthy ban", Mail & Guardian, 29 May 2005. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
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