Soccer

Bafana to play at Orlando

2009-03-19 13:42
SAFA CEO Raymond Hack

Johannesburg - Bafana Bafana will make a historic debut appearance at the new revamped Orlando Stadium in Soweto when they host Poland in their last international friendly match.

The match is set to take place a week before the kick off of the Fifa Confederations Cup.
 
The Joel Santana-coached team will battle it out with Poland on June 6 at the traditional home of South African football that has been re-built and is nearing completion, although three PSL games have already been played there.
 
Revealing details of this historic occasion, SAFA CEO Raymond Hack, said: “We have made special requisition from FIFA because Orlando is a World Cup stadium. The friendly match against Poland is being held at Orlando Stadium as we have done all the required processes in consultation with Fifa.”
 
Bafana have never played an official match at Orlando Stadium. The last time the national team went onto the pitch there was for practice match against a Select XI during the NSL era when Clive Barker was still in charge of the national team. 
 
The FIFA Confederations Cup will run from June 14-28 as a prelude to the World Cup with the opening match to be played at Coca-Cola Park.
 
Meanwhile, Bafana Bafana will play another four international friendly games after the Confederations Cup in the months of September and October.
 
On September 5 Bafana will be up against Germany before squaring up with Ireland three days later in Dublin.
 
The national team will again come up against their Scandinavian opponents Norway again on October 10 and then do battle with Iceland later the same month.
 
Hack says the fixture dates and venues for matches to be further matches to be played in November will be announced at a later date.

NEXT ON SPORT24X

Khune humbled by nominations

2013-05-22 17:44

 

24.com publishes all comments posted on articles provided that they adhere to our Comments Policy. Should you wish to report a comment for editorial review, please do so by clicking the 'Report Comment' button to the right of each comment.

Comment on this story
3 comments
Add your comment
Comment 0 characters remaining
Live Video Streaming
Video Highlights
Sport Talk

Live Scoring by SuperSport

 
 
Sport24 on Twitter

Follow Sport24 news on Twitter

Featured Blog

ProvinceFan gives his opinion on the Heyneke Meyer's most recent Springbok squad announced by SA Rugby.

Latest blogs
Vote

The nominees for PSL Player of the Season have been named. Who would you vote for?

Twitter Follow Sport24 on Twitter

Newsletters Sign up for Sport24's Morning Glory newsletter

Blogs Yes your opinion counts. Get it out there

WIN Enter and win with Sport24!

Mobile Sport24 on your mobile phone - WAP, alerts, downloads, services

BlackBerry Stay in the loop on your BlackBerry

iPhone Latest Sport24 news on your iPhone

Facebook "Like" Sport24's Facebook page

TV schedule Plan your couch time with our searchable sport TV guide

RSS Feeds Sport news delivered really simply.

 
There are new stories on the homepage. Click here to see them.