The South Africa women's national football team, nicknamed Banyana Banyana, is the national team of South Africa and is controlled by the South African Football Association.
Portia Modise is a South African footballer who was named Player of the Championship at the 2006 Women's African Football Championship. She represented the South Africa national team at the 2012 London Olympics. She became the first African player to score 100 international goals.
Women's soccer began in South Africa during the 1960s and gained popularity in the 1990s, when the first national women's team was formed.
Janine van Wyk is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a defender for her own club in South Africa JVW and captains the South Africa women's national team. She is the highest capped player in South Africa with 185 appearances, and highest capped player in CAF.
Amanda Sinegugu Dlamini is a former South African soccer player who is currently a soccer analyst and football administrator. She represented the South Africa women's national team at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.
Noko Alice Matlou is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Spanish Primera Federación side SD Eibar. She has played for the South Africa women's national team both as a striker and a defender. In 2008, Matlou became the first South African to be named African Women's Footballer of the Year.
Nothando "Vivo" Vilakazi is a South African soccer player who plays as a defender for Spanish Primera División club EdF Logroño and the South Africa women's national team.
Amanda Sister is a South African women's footballer, who plays as a defender. She has made over 40 appearances for the South Africa women's national football team, and competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. At club level, she most recently played for Italian club San Zaccaria.
Refiloe Jane is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Italian Serie A club US Sassuolo and the South African women's national team which she captains.
Roxanne Kimberly Barker is a South African soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Dutch club SC Heerenveen and the South Africa women's national team.
Nompumelelo "Mpumi" Nyandeni is a South African women's footballer and plays as a midfielder. She played for WFC Rossiyanka in Russia at a club level before returning to South Africa, where she now plays for JVW FC. Mpumi has represented the South Africa women's national football team 149 times, including at both the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.
Desiree Ellis is a South African soccer manager and former player. She currently coaches the South Africa women's national team. She is a founding member of the Banyana Banyana and the second captain of the national team. She was awarded Confederation of African Football Women's Coach of the Year in 2018 after her team finished second place in the African Women Cup of Nations and qualifying for the Women's World Cup for the first time. During her club career she played as a midfielder for Spurs Ladies among other teams.She is honored to have won the African Women Cup of Nations in 2022 after South Africa's long run for a win in the finals.
Andile ‘Sticks’ Dlamini is a South African soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for SAFA Women's League club Mamelodi Sundowns and the South Africa women's national team.
Simphiwe Mendy Dludlu is South African professional football manager and former player. Dludlu has been the Head Coach of the South African women's national U/17 team since 2017. She led the team to their second FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup qualification in 2018 which was hosted in Uruguay.
Mamello Makhabane is a South African soccer player who plays as a midfielder for TS Galaxy Queens and the South Africa women's national team.
Lebogang Mabatle is a South African football defender. She plays for Phoenix Marrakech and the South Africa women's national football team.
Lebogang Ester Ramalepe is a South African soccer player who plays as a defender for SAFA Women's League club Mamelodi Sundowns and the South Africa women's national team.
Linda Maserame Motlhalo is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a winger for Scottish Women's Premier League club Glasgow City FC and the South Africa women's national team. She is also known as the 'Randfontein Ronaldinho'.
Jermaine "Jay" Seoposenwe is a South African soccer player who plays as a forward for Mexican Liga MX Femenil club Monterrey and the South Africa women's national team.
Ana Cristina da Silva, commonly known as Cris, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Série A1 club Ceará.
