CAF African Schools Football Championship: Team Profile - South Africa (Boys)

SOUTH AFRICA
Zonal Union: COSAFA

Past appearances (2): 2023, 2024

South Africa return to the CAF African Schools Football Championship continental finals for the third year in a row having been ever-presents at this stage of the competition.

They competed as Clapham High School in the inaugural event staged in Durban and finished runners-up, before a group stage exit in last year’s competition in Dar es Salaam.

They return to the continental stage having made it a hat-trick of wins in their zonal COSAFA championships which were staged in Namibia last October.

The side edged Zambia 4-2 on penalties following a 1-1 draw in the final in Walvis Bay, having gone through the group stages with a full haul of nine points and zero goals conceded.

They play a structured style of football with good, technical players, but perhaps lack the physicality of teams from other parts of the continent.

They will hope to make it third time lucky in Accra and take their regional dominance to the continental stage. 
    

Record at the CAF African Schools Football Championship continental finals:
2022-23: Runners-Up
2023-24: Group Stage 

Record at the CAF African Schools Football Championship COSAFA zonal finals:

2022-23: Winners
2023-24: Winners 

2024-25: Winners