{"id":33151,"date":"2024-05-30T14:23:40","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T14:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=33151"},"modified":"2024-05-30T14:23:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T14:23:40","slug":"2026-wcq-south-africa-coach-unveils-23-man-squad-for-super-eagles-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/05\/30\/2026-wcq-south-africa-coach-unveils-23-man-squad-for-super-eagles-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 WCQ: South Africa Coach Unveils 23-Man Squad For Super Eagles Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bafana Bafana of South Africa head coach Hugo Broos has named a 23-man squad for his side\u2019s upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Nigeria and Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p>Broos initially named a 36-man preliminary squad for the two games.<\/p>\n<p>Siyabonga Ngezana, Relebohile Mofokeng and returnee Lyle Foster are the standout new faces.<\/p>\n<p>The Belgian dropped notable faces like Evidence Makgopa, Mihlali Mayambela and Tapelo Xoki and Thabiso Monyane.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa will face the Super Eagles at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo on Friday, June 7 .<\/p>\n<p>Bafana Bafana will host the Warriors at Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein on Tuesday , June 11.<\/p>\n<p>They currently sit in second place in Group C with three points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bafana Bafana of South Africa head coach Hugo Broos has named a 23-man squad for his side\u2019s upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Nigeria and Zimbabwe. Broos initially named a 36-man preliminary squad for the two games. Siyabonga Ngezana, Relebohile Mofokeng and returnee Lyle Foster are the standout new faces. The Belgian dropped notable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":18346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[376],"class_list":["post-33151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-2026-wcq"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33151"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33155,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33151\/revisions\/33155"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}