South Africa
AFRICA CUP 2015
Nations Cup appearances: 8
Best result: Winners (1996)
Coach: Ephraim 'Shakes' Mashaba (South Africa)
Key players: Dean Furman/Tokelo Rantie
Fifa ranking: 52
Won the Nations Cup on their debut appearance in 1996.
Current team is hoping to win the title to honour late captain and goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa, who was shot dead in November.
Bafana Bafana have won just one of their last 12 matches at the Nations Cup.
Ivory Coast beats South Africa
Holders Esperance to meet Wydad Casablanca in final
Esperance beat Mazembe 1:0 in semi-final first leg
Tanzania beat Uganda to qualify
Egypt will host this year's Africa Cup of Nations
Mauretania qualify for Afrca Cup finals for the first time
all results
Third matches - results so far
Kenya secure shock win over Ghana in qualifiers.
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