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South Africa's overall record against each of their FIFA World Cup opponents.
| Opposition | P | W | D | L | F | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Benin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Botswana | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Burkina Faso | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 |
| Cape Verde Islands | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| Central African Republic | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Congo | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Congo DR | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Denmark | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| France | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Guinea | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lesotho | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Malawi | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Mexico | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Rwanda | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Sierra Leone | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Uganda | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Zaire | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 |