South Africa at the CONCACAF Gold Cup

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.

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.

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 25 times and has been won by seven different nations, most often by Mexico (11 titles).

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

Record at the CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Year Result Position Pld W T L GF GA
2005Quarter-Final7th413076
Total1/2418/27413076

Match Overview
Tournament Round Opponent Score Venue
2005Group Stage Mexico2–1Carson
 Jamaica3–3Los Angeles
 Guatemala1–1Houston
Quarter-Final Panama1–1
(3–5 pen.)

2005 Squad

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: 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
1GKCalvin Marlin20 April 1976 (aged 29)SuperSport United33000
2DFLucky Lekgwathi8 January 1976 (aged 29)Orlando Pirates43900
3DFLucas Thwala19 October 1981 (aged 23)Orlando Pirates33000
4DFPhil Evans12 July 1980 (aged 24)SuperSport United43901
5DFRicardo Katza12 March 1978 (aged 27)SuperSport United43900
6FWSiboniso Gaxa6 April 1984 (aged 21)SuperSport United33000
7MFDaine Klate25 January 1985 (aged 20)SuperSport United21060
8MFSiyabonga Siphika24 April 1981 (aged 24)Manning Rangers21350
9FWLebohang Mokoena29 September 1986 (aged 18)Orlando Pirates1650
10DFCraig Bianchi25 March 1978 (aged 27)Mamelodi Sundowns31250
11MFElrio van Heerden11 July 1983 (aged 21)FC Copenhagen43221
12MFStanley Kgatla13 September 1982 (aged 22)Silver Stars120
13FWSiyabonga Nkosi22 August 1981 (aged 23)Bloemfontein Celtic32551
14FWSiyabonga Nomvethe2 December 1977 (aged 27) Empoli FC43581
15MFHleza Mofedi18 January 1979 (aged 26)Orlando Pirates000
16GKThabang Radebe18 August 1979 (aged 25)Orlando Pirates1900
17MFReagan Noble22 July 1983 (aged 21)Wits FC4740
18FWAbram Raselemane23 March 1978 (aged 27)SuperSport United31761
19FWLungisani Ndlela8 September 1980 (aged 24)SuperSport United43902
20DFPeter Petersen27 February 1981 (aged 24)Moroka Swallows1900
21MFGift Leremi13 October 1984 (aged 20)Orlando Pirates2280
22GKLee Langeveldt8 June 1985 (aged 20)FC Fortune000

References
  1. Wiebe, Andrew. "Gold Cup 101: What it is, why it matters, and how to follow along this summer", MLSsoccer.com, 07 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, 07 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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