FNB Stadium Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===International football=== FNB stadium has been used by the [[South Africa national football team|South African national football team]] for both friendlies and qualification matches. It was seen as the de facto national stadium for Bafana Bafana after re-admission in 1992, who played their third ever international match there on 11 July 1992 where they drew 2β2 with Cameroon courtesy of goals from Phil and Bennett Masinga for South Africa in front of 65,000 supporters. The "old" FNB Stadium also housed the then South African Football Association (SAFA) headquarters as well as the offices of the semi-professional National Soccer League (which later traded as the professional Premier Soccer League). [[File:FIFA World Cup 2010 Uruguay Ghana.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]] vs. [[Ghana national football team|Ghana]] at the FNB Stadium, 2 July 2010]] The stadium has also hosted large continental club fixtures. It is largely remembered as the venue where Bafana Bafana lifted the 1996 Africa Cup of Nations when they beat Tunisia 2β0 in front of a full capacity in a match witnessed by then South African president, Nelson Mandela, his then deputy president and former South African State President, FW de Klerk, as well as Zulu monarch, King Zwelithini. The South African national football team also won their first ever trophy here when they lifted the Simba Four Nations Cup in 1995, in a competition featuring Egypt, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The venue for the first leg of the [[1995 African Cup of Champions Clubs]] final, between [[Orlando Pirates F.C.|Orlando Pirates]] and [[ASEC Abidjan]]. The stadium has also hosted the [[CAF Super Cup]] twice. It hosted the [[1994 CAF Super Cup]], between [[Zamalek SC|Zamalek]] and [[Al Ahly SC|Al-Ahly]], as well as the [[1996 CAF Super Cup]] between Orlando Pirates and [[JS Kabylie]]. In 2004, the stadium hosted final of the [[Vodacom Challenge]], between [[AS Vita Club]] and [[Kaizer Chiefs F.C.|Kaizer Chiefs]]. Some of the most memorable Bafana Bafana matches at the venue include the narrow 3β2 defeat to Brazil in 1996 as well as the country's memorable triumph when they secured passage through to a first ever World Cup appearance for the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France when they beat Republic of Congo 1β0 through a Phil Masinga strike in 1997. During the 2010 FIFA World Cup, one of the most entertaining matches was played here in the quarterfinal stages when Uruguay beat Ghana in a penalty shootout made more memorable by a blatant handball in the last minute of the extra time by Uruguay striker [[Luis SuΓ‘rez]], which denied a Ghana and Africa a first ever semifinal appearance at the world football showpiece. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page