South Africa at the CONCACAF Gold Cup

The CONCACAF Gold Cup is North America's major tournament in senior men's football and determines the continental champion.

In earlier editions, the continental championship was held in different countries, but since the inception of the Gold Cup in 1991, the United States are constant hosts or co-hosts.

[3] Since the inaugural tournament in 1963, the Gold Cup was held 27 times and has been won by seven different nations, most often by Mexico (12 titles).

After defeating heavyweights Mexico in their first match, they followed up with a row of draws and were eliminated on penalties in the quarter-finals against Panama.

In May 2005, that year's eventual South African league champions, the Kaizer Chiefs, were banned from African club competitions for three years after refusing to play a CAF Cup match in favour of a league match against Bloemfontein.

Stuart Baxter (here as head coach of Finland in 2009) was South Africa's coach at their appearance at the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2005.
Defender Lucky Lekgwathi has played through all four CONCACAF Gold Cup matches for South Africa in 2005.