Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has named a 32-member preliminary squad for subsequent month’s 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers in opposition to Congo.

Hugo Broos’s costs face the Congolese in Gqeberha on Friday, 11 October (19:00), after which journey to Congo to play the return match on the Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat on Tuesday, 15 October (18:00 SA time).

The ultimate 23-member squad might be introduced within the subsequent few days.

SAFA will talk ticket info this week. 

Rankings

Bafana Bafana have been drawn in opposition to Uganda, Congo and South Sudan in Group Okay in qualifying for AFCON 2025.

The 2 high finishers will qualify for the event to be hosted in Morocco from 21 December 2025 to 18 January 2026.

South Africa are ranked 59th within the newest FIFA rankings with Uganda in ninetieth place and Congo in 117th.

South Sudan are 172nd.

In Bafana Bafana’s opening two matches they drew 2-2 in opposition to Uganda at dwelling and adopted that up with a 3-2 away win over South Sudan.

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