Broos names Bafana squad for AFCON qualifiers

Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has named a 38-member preliminary squad for next month’s 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers against Uganda and South Sudan.

Broos’s charges open their AFCON account when they face Uganda at home at Orlando Stadium on Friday, 6 September (6pm), and then they travel to South Sudan to play their second match in the group on Tuesday, 10 September.

Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos names the preliminary squad to face Uganda and South Sudan in two 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in September 2024. pic.twitter.com/7brilXGsxY

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The final 23-member squad will be announced in the next few days.

Tickets to the opening qualifier against Uganda have gone on sale at all TicketPro outlets and South African Football Association (SAFA) President Dr Danny Jordaan and CEO Lydia Monyepao have urged fans to come out in numbers and support the team.

Gates will open at 3pm on Friday, 6 September and tickets are priced at R30 (Children, Scholars and Student), R60 for Adults, and R140 for Family (2 adults + 2 children).

The tickets are available at TicketPro, all Spar supermarkets (QuickSpar and SuperSpar), SASOL, ENGEN, SHELL, PowerFashion and JAM Clothing.

The two top finishers will qualify for the tournament to be hosted in Morocco from 21 December 2025 to 18 January 2026.