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Broos announces preliminary Bafana squad for the decisive Zimbabwe, Rwanda FIFA World Cup clashes – South African Football Association

23 September 2025 – Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has named a 45-member preliminary team to face Zimbabwe and Rwanda in the two final 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers to be played next month. Broos’ charges will be away to Zimbabwe at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban in the first FIFA World Cup qualifier

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23 September 2025 – Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has named a 45-member preliminary team to face Zimbabwe and Rwanda in the two final 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers to be played next month.

Broos’ charges will be away to Zimbabwe at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban in the first FIFA World Cup qualifier on Friday, 10 October 2025 (Kick off is at 15h00). The South African senior men’s national team will then host Rwanda in the last qualifier at the Mbombela Stadium, in Mpumalanga, on Tuesday, 14 October 2025. The final match of the qualifying journey will be played at 18h00.

Tickets to the high stakes Bafana Bafana vs Rwanda showdown are available at all Ticketpro Outlets. This includes Pick n Pay, Spar, SuperSpar, Postnet and the Shell, BP and SASOL garages, among others.

Broos will announce the final 23-member squad in the coming days.

Bafana Bafana are top of Group C in the 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers with 17 points after eight matches and they are followed by second-placed Benin and Nigeria, who are on 14 and 11 points respectively. The Rwandans are on 11 points followed by Lesotho on six points and finally Zimbabwe (four points).

Tickets to the crunch match against Rwanda in Mpumalanga are available here:

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