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South Africa vs Mexico was the opening match of the World Cup, held on 11 June 2010. [2] It was described as an "enthralling" and "pulsating" match. Mexico put the ball in the net first, but it was offside. South Africa opened the scoring in the 55th minute after Siphiwe Tshabalala scored off a pass through Mexico's defence by Kagiso Dikgacoi.
11 June 2010: FNB Stadium, Johannesburg (N) Mexico: 1–1 2010 FIFA World Cup: Tshabalala 55' 84,490 [11] 16 June 2010: Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria (N) Uruguay: 0–3 2010 FIFA World Cup — 42,658 [12] 22 June 2010: Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein (N) France: 2–1 2010 FIFA World Cup Khumalo 20', Mphela 37' 39,415 [13] 11 August 2010
Nicknamed Bafana Bafana (The Boys in Zulu), the team's home ground is FNB Stadium, which is located in Johannesburg. The team is a member of both FIFA and Confederation of African Football (CAF). The team is one of the most well-supported national sides in Africa, [7] and are recognized by their traditional yellow-green kits.
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was an international football tournament held in South Africa from 11 June until 11 July 2010. The 32 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.
This is a record of South Africa's results at the FIFA World Cup.The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup, usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (), the sport's global governing body.
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification Dikgacoi 9', 90', Moriri 33', Fanteni 62' 10,000 [40] 240: 14 June 2008: National Stadium, Freetown, Sierra Leone (A) Sierra Leone: 0–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 15,000 [41] 241: 21 June 2008: Atteridgeville Super Stadium, Tshwane, South Africa (H) Sierra Leone: 0–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification ...
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. The bidding process for hosting the tournament finals was open only to African nations.
The knockout stage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup was the second and final stage of the World Cup, following the group stage. It began on 26 June with the round of 16 matches, and ended on 11 July with the final match of the tournament held at Soccer City, Johannesburg, in which Spain beat the Netherlands 1–0 after extra time to claim their first World Cup.