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Bafana Bafana are searching for a new coach ahead of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers where they find themselves in Group G with AFCON 2021 qualifiers Ghana, Zimbabwe and Ethiopia.
Failure to qualify for the AFCON tournament directly contributed to previous South Africa head coach Molefi Ntseki being relieved of his duties, following the 2-0 loss away to Sudan.
So far, names like former Bafana coach Carlos Quieroz, former Bafana midfielder Eric Tinkler and Mzansi's all-time record goalscorer, Benni McCarthy, who has led Amazulu to 3rd on the DStv Premiership this season, have all been linked with the vacant position.
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Interestingly, the World Cup has always been won by a coach who is born in the country that eventually wins it, whilst also most of the Afcon titles have also been won by African coaches, with Herve Renard being the most successful foreign coach in the tournament with two titles.
Bafana Bafana themselves, last qualified for any tournament under the tutelage of two-time coach Stuart Baxter (2019 Afcon). The most successful tournament showing were also under Clive Barker (96 Afcon) and Jomo Sono (98 Afcon).
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These facts fuel the "local vs foreign" coach debate and it will be interesting to see which approach SAFA eventually takes up ahead of the upcoming FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
BAFANA COACHES WHO QUALIFIED FOR AFCON AND WORLD CUP FINALS:
1996 - Clive Barker (South Africa)
1998 - Clive Barker (South Africa) incl WC qualification
2000 - Trott Molotto (South Africa)
2002 - Carlos Quieroz (Portugal) incl WC qualification
2004 - Ephraim Mashaba (South Africa)
2006 - Ted Dimitru (Romania)
2008 - Carlos Alberto Perreira (Brazil)
2013 - Hosts
2015 - Ephraim Mashaba (South Africa)
2019 - Stuart Baxter (Scotland)
AFCON WINNING COACHES:
1957 - Egypt (Mourad Fahmy, Egypt)
1959 - Egypt (Pal Titkos, Hungary)
1962 - Ethiopia (Slavko Milosevic, Yugoslavia)
1963 - Ghana (Charles Gyamfi, Ghana)
1965 - Ghana (Charles Gyamfi, Ghana)
1968 - DR Congo (Ferenc Csanad, Hungary)
1970 - Sudan (Jiri Starost, Czech Republic)
1972 - Congo (Amoyen Bibanzulu, Congo)
1974 - DR Congo (Blagoje Vidinic, Yugoslavia)
1976 - Morocco (Gheorge Mardarescu, Romania)
1978 - Ghana (Fred Osam Duodo, Ghana)
1980 - Nigeria (Otto Gloria, Brazil)
1982 - Ghana (Charles Gyamfi, Ghana)
1984 - Cameroon (Rade Ognanovic, Yugoslavia)
1986 - Egypt (Mike Smith, Wales)
1988 - Cameroon (Claude le Roy, France)
1990 - Algeria (Abdelhamid Kermali, Algeria)
1992 - Ivory Coast (Yeo Martial, Ivory Coast)
1994 - Nigeria (Clemens Westerhof, Netherlands)
1996 - South Africa (Clive Barker, South Africa)
1998 - Egypt (Mahmoud El-Gohary. Egypt)
2000 - Cameroon (Pierre Lechanter, France)
2002 - Cameroon (Winfried Schäfer, Germany)
2004 - Tunisia (Roger Lemerre, France)
2006 - Egypt (Hassan Shehata, Egypt)
2008 - Egypt (Hassan Shehata, Egypt)
2010 - Egypt (Hassan Shehata, Egypt)
2012 – Zambia (Hervé Renard, France)
2013 – Nigeria (Stephen Keshi, Nigeria)
2015 – Ivory Coast (Hervé Renard, France)
2017 – Cameroon (Hugo Broos, Belgium)
2019 – Algeria (Djamel Belmadi, Algeria)
WORLD CUP WINNING COACHES
1930: Uruguay (Alberto Suppici, Uruguay)
1934: Italy (Vittorio Pozzo, Italy)
1938: Italy (Vittorio Pozzo, Italy)
1950: Uruguay (Juan Lopez Fontana, Uruguay)
1954: West Germany (Sepp Herberger, West Germany)
1958: Brazil (Vicente Feola, Brazil)
1962: Brazil (Aymore Moreira, Brazil)
1966: England (Alf Ramsey, England)
1970: Brazil (Mario Zagallo, Brazil)
1974: West Germany (Helmut Schon, West Germany)
1978: Argentina (Cesar Luis Menotti, Argentina)
1982: Italy (Enzo Bearzot, Italy)
1986: Argentina (Carlos Bilardo, Argentina)
1990: West Germany (Franz Beckenbauer,West Germany)
1994: Brazil (Carlos Alberto Parreira, Brazil)
1998: France (Aime Jacquet, France)
2002: Brazil (Luiz Felipe Scolari, Brazil)
2006: Italy (Marcello Lippi, Italy)
2010: Spain (Vicente del Bosque, Spain)
2014: Germany (Joachim Low, Germany)
2018: France (Didier Deschamps, France)
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BAFANA BAFANA 2022 WORLD CUP QUALIFIER FIXTURES:
MATCHDAY 1
5-8 June 2021
Zimbabwe vs South Africa
Ghana vs Ethiopia
MATCHDAY 2
11-14 June 2021
South Africa vs Ghana
Ethiopia vs Zimbabwe
MATCHDAY 3
1-4 September 2021
Ethiopia vs South Africa
Ghana vs Zimbabwe
MATCHDAY 4
5-8 September 2021
South Africa vs Ethiopia
Zimbabwe vs Ghana
MATCHDAY 5
6-9 October 2021
South Africa vs Zimbabwe
Ethiopia vs Ghana
MATCHDAY 6
10 -12 October 2021
Ghana vs South Africa
Zimbabwe vs Ethiopia
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