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South Africa football strength history

Follow national-team strength over time with a reproducible MapifyStats Elo model calculated from archived international results.

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Archived data snapshot: 2026-10-02. The saved map and downloads work without JavaScript.

National-team strength map for the saved selection; exact records and selected-place details follow.

227 locations drawn; 255 records in this saved view. Current boundaries; unknown values are distinct from zero. Exact source records remain in the table.

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South Africa

Rating 1633.9, rank 72; change since 2025: 0.

484 source matches. Last match: 2026-06-28. This is the MapifyStats model described below.

190020261500–1700 Elo
56 annual ratings for South Africa
YearRatingRank
1947158218
1948158216
1949158217
19501569.222
19511569.221
19521569.221
19531558.425
19541561.823
19551621.512
19561621.511
19571621.515
19581611.718
19591611.719
19601611.719
19611611.718
19621611.721
19771613.837
19781613.839
19791613.841
19801613.838
19811613.841
19921583.754
19931593.454
19941589.556
19951624.841
19961692.128
19971643.643
19981656.737
1999165339
20001671.638
20011662.544
2002167439
2003166340
20041648.943
20051613.864
20061597.771
20071582.575
20081611.460
20091578.681
2010163855
20111635.660
20121619.167
20131629.363
20141671.852
2015163659
2016164560
2017158784
20181586.784
20191587.684
20201574.888
20211613.371
20221611.475
20231589.782
20241640.363
20251633.974
20261633.972

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25 of 255 source records shown. The complete CSV contains every matching record.

NameMapifyStats Elo ratingCoverage note
Spain2,107.9
Argentina2,079.3
France1,999.7
England1,990.8
Brazil1,947.7
Colombia1,946.2
Portugal1,936.5
Netherlands1,910
Morocco1,898.5
Germany1,887.3
Belgium1,886.4
Mexico1,879.1
Italy1,869.7
Ecuador1,865.5
Japan1,865.3
Croatia1,861.7
Switzerland1,861.4
Norway1,854.6
Uruguay1,838.5
Turkey1,824.4
Denmark1,822.4
Iran1,811.1
Paraguay1,807.2
Australia1,806.3
Algeria1,797.5

What this map measures

MapifyStats Elo is a calculated model, not the official FIFA ranking or eloratings.net series. Start at 1500, use a logistic expectation with divisor 400, add a 100-point home advantage at non-neutral venues, and use K=40 for World Cup finals, 20 for friendlies, 30 for other games. Draws score 0.5; shootouts remain draws.

Annual snapshots start in 1900 after training on results from 1872. Teams need five career source matches and a match in the preceding five calendar years to receive a rank. The 2026 snapshot ends August 26, not December 31. Identities follow Mart Jürisoo’s successor-team naming; historic borders are not reconstructed.

Sources and downloads

These are frozen snapshots, retrieved 2026-10-02. Source versions and checksums; Wikidata enrichment archive; complete football dataset.

Historical data attribution: © 2023 Joshua C. Fjelstul, Ph.D.. Roster facts: 2022 Wikipedia contributors and 2026 Wikipedia contributors. Derived data is published under CC BY-SA 4.0; fields have been selected, joined, normalized and aggregated. International match results, Wikidata structured facts, and Natural Earth geography retain their source licenses.

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