Soccer in South Africa

Football is one of the most popular sports in South Africa. While the white population rugby and cricket come first, football is the number one sport in the black population. South Africa hosted the football World Cup in 2010.

  • 4.1 Premier Soccer League
  • 4.2 International Association Football
  • 4.3 The stampede at Ellis Park Stadium 11 April 2001

History

British settlers brought the 1860 football to South Africa, first in the provinces of the Cape Colony to Port Elizabeth and Cape Town. The development of the sport was favored by the British soldiers stationed in South Africa. The first club, Pietermaritzburg County FC, was founded in 1879. On June 17, 1882 four clubs founded the Football Association of Natal (Natal Football Association ), this is, with the also founded this year Football Association of New South Wales (Australia ), the first Football Association was formed outside of the UK. In the same year, the first football competition was held on the African continent, the Natal Challenge Cup (winner: Natal Wasps FC Durban ). 1891 by the Football Association of Westkapprovinz ( Western Province FA ) is the first football league, the Senior League ( Winner: Royal Artillery Cape Town), furnished. A year later, 1892, the first national competition was launched. In Kimberley, in the Griqualand West Province, (Sir Donald Currie Cup named after the founder ) is played for the first time to the Currie Cup. It involved the national teams of the various South African provinces ( Winner: Western Province ).

Throughout the history of South African football can be said that football has always been the sport of the black population group, while the white upper class zuwendete the rugby.

Association

1892, the South African Football Association ( South African Football Association / SAFA) was founded. In 1896 all South African provinces were with their associations in the South African federation. The association, in which only whites were allowed to be represented, became a member of the English Football Association. As 1910, the Union of South Africa was founded, the SAFA is an independent member of FIFA. This membership lasted until 1926 triggered the exit was the British protest against FIFA 's policy, leaked on the basis of which all British associations of FIFA.; 1952 South Africa returned to the FIFA. As soon entered the open for all population groups South African Soccer Federation a competing association for SAFA arose in early 1956 spoke for the apartheid supporting SAFA and against the SASF from a star-studded FIFA delegation headed by Karel LotSys to the principle of "one country, " enforce an association and with the strange grounds that the SASF not covering the South African football because no white clubs represent seien.Am July 16, 1976 the SAFA but he was expelled again after South Africa had been suspended in 1964 because of its racial policies. 1970 was established as a rival organization, the Football Association of South Africa ( FASA ), which represented the interests of the black majority. 1992 South Africa was again included in the FIFA 1994 and the merger of the two "white" and "black" organizations officially made ​​..

National

See main article: South African national soccer team.

Early as in 1906 toured the selection of South Africa through South America and played games in Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. The encounters were indeed partially matches against selected teams (eg selection of leagues, regional selection), but were never done by these countries as official internationals. The first official international match took place on November 2, 1924 in Amsterdam against the Netherlands instead. With 2:1 won the hosts. After the end of apartheid and the renewed membership in the FIFA occurred on 7 July 1992 to restart the South African national team. In Durban, Cameroon was defeated 1-0.

The nickname of the team and at the same battle cry is Bafana Bafana. This is the Zulu word for " Green Boy". The term was the occasion of the international match against Cameroon in 1992 by journalists from the Sowetan Newspaper, S'bu Mseleku, embossed and played on the inexperience of the former teams.

Since the early 1990s, there is also a women's team.

Achievements

The South African national team is among the strongest play on the continent. Soon after rebuilding the team was able to achieve great success in international football:

1996 reached South Africa with space 16, the highest ever position of the FIFA World Ranking. Since 2002, however, the national team has stagnated, in part, the development is even declining. For the World Cup 2006 South Africa did not qualify.

Host of the 2010 World Cup

See main article FIFA World Cup 2010.

The 19th FIFA World Cup was held in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. South Africa promised them both a sporting and economic development thrust. With regard to the World Cup, the Brazilian Carlos Alberto Parreira has been committed as a coach.

Club football

Premier Soccer League

See main article: Premier Soccer League.

In South Africa there was always a variety of regional cup competitions, which has survived to this day. A championship in 1959 ( and later NPFL NFL) introduced the National Professional Football League. At this professional league only "white" teams were allowed to participate. As a counterpoint in 1971, the National Professional Soccer League ( NPSL ), as " non-white " league founded. After isolation of South Africa from international football in 1976 began considering how "white" and was able to bring together "black" players. In September 1976, the South African Sports Council three players in the " other race" to integrate into the teams decided, this concept of the so-called multinational Sports permitted thus playing these teams against each other. The NFL has been carried out until 1977, partly parallel to the NPSL Castle League, founded in 1971. This existed until 1984 and was continued from 1985 as a National Soccer League, or NSL Castle League. Since 1996, the teams playing in the NSL Castle Premiership.

Currently, sixteen teams playing in the top division, the ABSA Premiership. The underlying National First Division also consists of sixteen clubs. The third class, the Second Division (SAFA Vodacom Promotional League) is divided into nine regional leagues. The Third Devision (SAFA Regional Castle League) is played in 25 regional leagues. Among the Fourth Division acts as a league system in the districts.

Master:

  • 2012 Orlando Pirates
  • 2011 Orlando Pirates
  • 2010 SuperSport United
  • 2009 SuperSport United
  • 2008 SuperSport United
  • 2007 Mamelodi Sundowns
  • 2006 Mamelodi Sundowns
  • 2005 Kaizer Chiefs
  • 2004 Kaizer Chiefs
  • 2003 Orlando Pirates
  • 2002 Santos Cape Town
  • 2001 Orlando Pirates
  • 2000 Mamelodi Sundowns
  • 1999 Mamelodi Sundowns
  • 1998 Mamelodi Sundowns
  • 1997 Manning Rangers
  • 1996 change Calendar season Autumn / Summer rhythm
  • 1995 Cape Town Spurs
  • 1994 Orlando Pirates
  • 1993 Mamelodi United
  • 1992 Kaizer Chiefs
  • 1991 Kaizer Chiefs
  • 1990 Mamelodi United
  • 1989 Kaizer Chiefs
  • 1988 Mamelodi United
  • 1987 Jomo Cosmos
  • 1986 Manning Rangers
  • 1985 Durban Bush Bucks
  • 1984 Kaizer Chiefs
  • 1983 Durban City
  • 1982 Durban City
  • 1981 Kaizer Chiefs
  • 1980 Highlands Park
  • 1979 Kaizer Chiefs
  • 1978 Lusitano Club
  • 1977 NPSL: Kaizer Chiefs; NFL: Highlands Park
  • 1976 NPSL: Orlando Pirates; NFL: Cape Town City
  • 1975 NPSL: Orlando Pirates; NFL: Highlands Park
  • 1974 NPSL: Kaizer Chiefs; NFL: Arcadia Shepherds
  • 1973 NPSL: Orlando Pirates; NFL: Cape Town City
  • 1972 NPSL: Amazulu Durban; NFL: Durban City
  • 1971 NPSL: Orlando Pirates; NFL: Hellenic

2001, a woman play class was introduced. There are nine regional leagues. The champion is determined in a tournament in the regional winner.

International club football

Since 1993, the club teams of South Africa participated in the international club competitions the African Football Association. In 1995, the Orlando Pirates the CAF Champions League and the CAF Super Cup could win. In 2001, the Kaizer Chiefs winner at the African Cup Winners' Cup.

The stampede at Ellis Park Stadium 11 April 2001

On 11 April 2001 it was the play of the two most popular teams Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates at Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg to a stampede, as in overcrowded stadium collapsed a grandstand and 43 people lost their lives. Reason for this was that there was no advance ticket sales and so much to many people had come to the stadium. Without further ado, some folders have been deducted from the stadium to act as referrers in the parking lot. Consequently, the crowds were able to penetrate uncontrollably into the stadium until it finally came to this tragedy.

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