Président bu South Africa Football Association (SAFA), Danny Jordaan, dafay way liggéeyu FIFA ci sookar bi ci dëkk bi, koy waxe ko moo tax Bafana Bafana jëm fa laal etape bu knockout ci FIFA World Cup 2026 — ci yoon bu njëkk rekk ndax koy dëkk bi fëkk ci tour bu ñaari ci kompetision bii.

Gannaaw bi ñu jaaxleyal ko ci njaboot bu ñeenti jàngori ko Président bu SAFA, Jordaan fàtte Président bu FIFA Gianni Infantino ak Vice Président Patrice Motsepe. «Afrig dafa jeex ngir mujj ak bokkeel ci ci diggante ñoom,» lay wax.

Kontinaan bi moo ñëwël xam-xam mi mu nekk ci

Jordaan xooñ na ci yeneen ndaw, ab ndaw bu mag ci waxtaan ji ci FIFA World Cup. Ci 1994 — yoon bu mujj bi Amérique bu Kanam sànni na kompetision bii — Afrig dafa tàkk soxor ñett rekk mpo qualification. Jëm moo ñëw ci soxor juróom ñent, ak yokk ab barind play-off, fekkee nu 10 yu dëkk yi Afrig bokk ci FIFA World Cup 2026. Juróom ñent ci ñoom jëm ci etape bu knockout.

«Afrig moo wone loolu tax bu ñuy ëmb représentation bu bëgg, ak Egypt, Côte d'Ivoire… Cabo Verde bi ñaani xol yi aduna bi, te loolu lu dul wax bu baax Bafana Bafana yi,» Jordaan wax na.

Mu xooñ na ci yokkaam bi ci nzela yi bopam ab «résoudre ak déséquilibre bu dëkk bi ci kanam ci football», waxkat ci talent yi kontinaan bi kanam ñoom bu ay monde rekk. «Afrig dafa set-sétal leer jëfëndikoo yoo ñu indi ci aduna bi bi ñu lacc ko bëgg. Programm wi ñoo teg ak yomb ñattu ne ko, ñu kawe na fëkki ak say sàñ-sàñ yi.»

Programme ya FIFA Forward soppi jëf ji

Ci diggante bi moo tax jëfëndiku bi, FIFA Forward Programme joxe na li dëk ci dollar miliyaar 5.1 ci fédérations yu dëkk ak yu régiyon bi, gannaaw bi Infantino dem na ci moom ci ci kanam fukk at. Fédération yëpp ñu Member askan wi jot naa dollar miliyoon 8 ci phase 3.0 — fukk ak juróom ñaar yëpp li la tollu ci kanam 2016.

Jordaan wax na ci polele ne li Bafana Bafana dekk na ci FIFA World Cup dafa dëkku hasard. «Léegi moo nekk pipeline bu développement bi séy,» lay wax — ab pipeline bi jubël na ngir at yu bari ay investment yu am xam-xam ci formation, infrastructure, ak développement yi jeunes yi.

Yokkaam ci taxaawal bu nekk

Liggéey ji Afirka di Sudi jaggoo na ci kanam bu ndaw ci sélection bi boppam. Banyana Banyana, gannaaw bi ñu nekk diiroo ci jëm ci FIFA Women's World Cup ci yënge yi soxor juróom ak benn bi ñu ndiggël, ñu dem ci 2019 ak 2023 — jëm fa laal round of 16 ci yi mujj bi — te ñu des ci course ngir yomb ab esika ci FIFA Women's World Cup 2027 ci nzela ya play-offs yi inter-confédération. Ci ndax yoon bii ñoom topp ci esika yu ñaari ci Afrig ci FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking.

Ci taxaawal yi jeunes yi, sélection bi boppam yi U-20 kawe na titre bi ñu nekk bi ñu nekk bi kontinaan bi gannaaw bi ñu jëm fa laal round of 16 ci FIFA U-20 World Cup 2025 ci Chile. Yi U-17 qualification na ci FIFA U-17 World Cup ci yoon bu ñaari at bi ëlëk, te sélection bi U-15 dina melook Afirka di Sudi ci FIFA U-15 World Cup & Festival yi mujj bi ci Azerbaijan ci weer bii.

Ci taxaawal clubs yi, Mamelodi Sundowns FC bokk na ci FIFA Club World Cup 2025, dafa gëm ak match benn, bopp bi waaye ba kaawe ci CAF Champions League ci yoon bu ñaari te dëkku Al Ahli yu Arabie saoudite ci FIFA African–Asian–Pacific Cup weer bi ëlëk. Club bi dees na match benn rekk ci jëm ci finale ya FIFA Intercontinental Cup. Sélection bi jiqqé yi Mamelodi, ci bopam, dina jeex ci championship yi misato yi Afrig ya bi mëne bi ci at bii — ak esika ci FIFA Women's Champions Cup 2027 ci tàng.

Téeré écosystème ya football bi

SAFA dem na ci sélections yu dëkk 12 te ñu fondeel na baay coach 3,000 ci at yu ñeent yi ëlëk. Accent bi ci football ya jiqqé yi ànd na ak fondation SAFA Girls Academy ci University of Pretoria High Performance Centre ak Clapham High School, financement ya dollar miliyoon 1.4 bi ci programme FIFA Forward 3.0, foofa bëgg yi 25 yi japaré na formation bi niveau bi kanam léegi.

Initiatives ya grassroots yi dimbaleel na indi événements ya FIFA Women's Football Campaign ngir jigéen yi fukk ak juróom ñaar at tii fukk ak ñaar at ci provinces yi bari. SAFA moo fale cours ya CAF B Licence bu jiqqé yi rekk, ci yëkëndaay ak FIFA Coaching Education Scholarship Programme, te ñu sànni na FIFA Women Coach Educators Pathway Programme ya mujj bi Afrig ci Septembre.

«Ci kanam sélections yi dëkk yi, ñu nekk na ak liggéey bu metti ci écosystème ya football bi bu gëna bari,» Jordaan wax na.