Here is a look at South Africa’s 25 member squad (plus 3 reserve/standby players) and their official jersey numbers for the upcoming 2025 AFCON tournament (officially the 2025 edition of the Africa Cup of Nations held in December 2025 & January 2026)
Bafana are in Group B for CAN 2025 alongside Egypt, Angola and Zimbabwe.
Here is a look at the South Africa Bafana vs Nigeria national football team starting lineups and timeline of key moments from their African World Cup 2026 qualifier on 9 September, 2025. This Bafana vs Super Eagles WC Qualifier in Bloemfontein ended in a 1:1 draw.
South Africa national soccer team vs Nigeria 1-1 Timeline 2025
25′- Troost Ekong own goal for Nigeria (RSA 1-0 NGA)
44′ Calvin Bassey goal (RSA 1-1 NGA)
Bafana vs Nigeria starting lineups and substitutes 2025
Ronwen Williams (GK); Mdunyelwa (Monyane 63′), Ngezana, Mbokazi (Mbatha 84′), Kabini; Mokoena, Aubaas; Nkota, Mbule, Appollis (Sebelebele 84′); Foster (Rayners 90+4′)
This Victor Osimhen disallowed goal vs South Africa (VIDEO BELOW) saw VAR chalk off a fine counter attacking goal from the Super Eagles towards the end of their AFCON semifinal against Bafana. VAR ruled that Alhassan Yusuff had fouled Percy Tau in the Nigerian area just before the beginning of the move, and cancelled Osimhen’s goal and awarded a penalty to South Africa, which Teboho Mokoena converted.