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SA national soccer team, Bafana Bafana, win the SA's first ever FIFA sanctioned match.

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Date: 7 July, 1992

In South Africa's first ever FIFA sanctioned match, Bafana Bafana, South Africa's national soccer team, beat Cameroon 1-0 in an international friendly game at King's Park Stadium in Durban. This was the first international soccer game in more than three decades.

Further reading:

SAHO feature: A history of Soccer in SA

References:

  1. Author unknown (2004). 'Lucas Radebe: Footballer of the Decade,' in Kick Off 1994-2004, Special Edition, p. 11, 14. 
  2. A history of Soccer in South Africa [online] Available at: sahistory.org.za [Accessed on 1 July 2009]