
These are the glory days for SA football – Hugo Broos
Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos has lauded the success that has been enjoyed by South Africa’s national teams in recent months.
The schools’ under-15 Girls team are COSAFA champions and they competed in the CAF African Schools Football Championship in Ghana, where they won the bronze medal, while the under-15 Boys team are also the current holders of the COSAFA title.
The SA under-17 men’s side qualified for the FIFA U17 World Cup to be held in Qatar in November. The SA under-20 men’s team are the African champions, and they have also qualified for the Under-20 FIFA World Cup to be played in Chile in September 2025.
“These are glory days for South African football. The U17s are going to the U17 FIFA World Cup, the U20s are going to the U20 FIFA World Cup,” Broos said.
“We have qualified for the African Nations Championship, Bafana Bafana have qualified for AFCON and Banyana Banyana have good results. So from the bottom to the highest level, everything is good for the moment.”
Bafana qualified for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) to be held in Morocco in December. Broos’ side are also top of the log in the qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
“But I think we are at a crossroads at the moment because now we have to react as a Football Federation. If we are happy now and just happy, I can assure you in 2-3 years you will not find what we have now,” Broos continued.
“So we have to work very hard now and have a follow-up up not like in the past when there was qualification for AFCON and then after the U20 AFCON or U17 AFCON, the players disappeared and you didn’t see them anymore.”
South Africa has also qualified for the 2025 African Nations Championship (CHAN) to be held in three East African countries – Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda – in August 2025.
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