FNB Stadium

==Football==

===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 2–2 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 2–0 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 3–2 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 1–0 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 Suárez]], which denied a Ghana and Africa a first ever semifinal appearance at the world football showpiece.

===Local football===
The FNB Stadium is home to Kaizer Chiefs Football Club. It is also the preferred venue for the Soweto derby soccer matches – the country's biggest sporting showpiece – involving Soweto based [[Premier Soccer League]] clubs, Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates. It was also the traditional home of the Iwisa Maize Meal Spectacular and later, the Telkom Charity Cup, which were charity soccer season openers in South African football from 1990 to 2006, before it was closed for renovations. The stadium was re-opened when it hosted the 2010 [[Nedbank Cup]] final between [[Bidvest Wits]] and [[AmaZulu F.C. (South Africa)|Amazulu]]. The game ending 3–0 to Bidvest Wits. [[Fabricio Rodrigues]] was the first player to score at the rebuilt Soccer City. The Charity Cup then returned in [[2010 Telkom Charity Cup|2010]]. The first league match at the stadium since being rebuilt, was a [[2010–11 Premier Soccer League]] match between [[Orlando Pirates F.C.|Orlando Pirates]] and [[Free State Stars]]. The first [[MTN 8]] match at the stadium was the first leg of the [[2010 MTN 8]] semifinal, between [[Orlando Pirates F.C.|Orlando Pirates]] and [[Kaizer Chiefs F.C.|Kaizer Chiefs]]. The venue has also hosted high-profile Bafana Bafana matches, including their 1–0 win over Spain in 2013 as well as the side's worst ever defeat when they lost, 5–0, to Brazil in another international friendly in 2014.

In May 2018, [[Mamelodi Sundowns]] hosted [[FC Barcelona]] in an exhibition match, dedicated to the late Former [[President of South Africa]] in his centenary. The match ended 3{{ndash}}1 in the favour of Barcelona.