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Coach of the South African Soccer staff, Hugo Broos, has chosen his ultimate 23-man squad for subsequent month’s World Cup qualifiers towards Nigeria and Zimbabwe, Soccernet.ng reviews.
The sport is poised to be an even bigger fixture for the Bafana Bafana who’re out for revenge after falling Nigeria emerged victorious when each side met on the AFCON 2023 semi-final in Ivory Coast. The Tremendous Falcons of Nigeria additionally edged Banyana Banyana by a slender purpose, to seal a spot on the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Nigeria had been drawn into Group C alongside Rwanda, Benin Republic, South Africa, Lesotho and Zimbabwe. The staff that tops the group on the finish of the summit will mechanically qualify for the primary 48-team World Cup in Canada, Mexico and America. The 4 finest runners-up go right into a playoff to resolve one aspect to contest a six-team intercontinental match.
South Africa are at present on three factors after their 2-1 win towards Benin at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, though they misplaced 2-0 away to Rwanda. Nigeria are but to lose, however they’re additionally but to win. Two attracts towards Lesotho and Zimbabwe leaves the group large open for anybody to stamp their foot on the ambition to qualify.
Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos has introduced his squad for the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers towards Nigeria and Zimbabwe!#SABCSportFootball pic.twitter.com/WRVG4LfBP5
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The Bafana Bafana Squad in full;
Goalkeepers:
- Ronwen Hayden Williams (Mamelodi Sundowns)
- Ricardo Goss (SuperSport United)
- Veli Mothwa (AmaZulu)
Defenders:
- Nyiko Mobbie (Sekhukhune United)
- Thapelo Morena (Mamelodi Sundowns)
- Nkosinathi Sibisi (Orlando Pirates)
- Aubrey Modiba (Mamelodi Sundowns)
- Mothobi Mvala (Mamelodi Sundowns)
- Khuliso Mudau (Mamelodi Sundowns)
- Siyabonga Ngezana (FCSB, Romania)
- Grant Kekana (Mamelodi Sundowns)
Midfielders:
- Teboho Mokoena (Mamelodi Sundowns)
- Jayden Adams (Stellenbosch FC)
- Bathusi Aubaas (Mamelodi Sundowns)
- Sphephelo Sithole (Tondela, Portugal)
Forwards:
- Themba Zwane (Mamelodi Sundowns)
- Oswin Appollis (Polokwane Metropolis)
- Patrick Maswanganyi (Orlando Pirates)
- Iqraam Rayners (Stellenbosch FC)
- Elias Mokwana (Sekhukhune United)
- Lyle Foster (Burnley, England)
- Percy Tau (Al Ahly, Egypt)
- Relebohile Mofokeng (Orlando Pirates)
Nigeria will play towards South Africa subsequent week Friday on the Godswill Akpabio Worldwide Stadium in Uyo, with kick-off time set for 8 pm.
Adefolahan Guerreiro
Adefolahan is a multilingual journalist and author at Soccernet Nigeria.
With a Bachelor’s diploma in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and a observe file of involvement in School sports activities, Adefolahan is targeted on crafting partaking soccer content material and utilising his language expertise and in depth sports activities information to reinforce content material accessibility for a world viewers.
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