Referee Jorge LARRIONDA (URU)
First stage
South Africa - Iraq
0:0
Match | Date | Time | Venue / Stadium | Attendance |
| 1 | 14 June 2009 | 16:00 | Johannesburg / Ellis Park Stadium | 48837 |
Match Officials
Referee Jorge LARRIONDA (URU) | Assistant Referee 1 Pablo FANDINO (URU) | |
Fourth Official Martin HANSSON (SWE) | Assistant Referee 2 Mauricio ESPINOSA (URU) | |
Match Commissioner Tai NICHOLAS (NZL) | Fifth Official Henrik ANDREN (SWE) |
Goals scored
South Africa
- Itumeleng KHUNE (GK)
- Siboniso GAXA
- Tsepo MASILELA
- Aaron MOKOENA (C)
- Benson MHLONGO
- MacBeth SIBAYA
- Teko MODISE
- Kagisho DIKGACOI
- Matthew BOOTH
- Bernard PARKER (-85')
- Thembinkosi FANTENI (-78')
Line-up
- Rowen FERNANDEZ (GK)
- Brian BALOYI (GK)
- Lance DAVIDS
- Siphiwe TSHABALALA
- Katlego MPHELA
- Steven PIENAAR (+85')
- Elrio VAN HEERDEN
- Innocent MDLEDLE
- Bryce MOON
- Bongani KHUMALO
- Katlego MASHEGO (+78')
- Morgan GOULD
Substitute(s)
Coach
Joel SANTANA (BRA)Iraq
- MOHAMMED KASSID (GK)
- MOHAMMED ALI KAREEM
- BASEM ABBAS
- FAREED MAJEED
- NASHAT AKRAM
- EMAD MOHAMMED (-76')
- YOUNIS MAHMOUD (C)
- KARRAR JASIM (-74')
- SALAM SHAKER
- ALI HUSSEIN REHEMA
- MAHDI KAREEM (-88')
Line-up
- NOOR SABRI (GK)
- ODAY TALIB (GK)
- SALIH SADIR (+88')
- LUAY SALAH
- ABDUL WAHHAB ABU AL HAIL
- HAWAR MULLA MOHAMMED (+74')
- DARA MOHAMMED
- ALAA ABDUL ZAHRA (+76')
- ISAM YASEEN
- SAMER SAEED
- MUAYAD KHALID
- HALKARD MULLA MOHAMMED
Substitute(s)
Coach
Bora MILUTINOVIC (SRB)- Thembinkosi FANTENI (RSA) 2'
- , NASHAT AKRAM (IRQ) 74'
- , MacBeth SIBAYA (RSA) 81'
Cautions
Expulsions
- First Half: 2'
- Second Half: 3'
Additional time
| South Africa (RSA) | Statistics | Iraq (IRQ) |
| 11 | Shots | 2 |
| 6 | Shots on goal | 1 |
| 15 | Fouls Committed | 15 |
| 4 | Corner kicks | 4 |
| 1 | Direct Free Kicks to Goal | 1 |
| 0 | Indirect Free Kicks to Goal | 0 |
| 0 / 0 | Penalty Kicks | 0 / 0 |
| 3 | Offsides | 0 |
| 0 | Own Goals | 0 |
| 2 | Cautions | 1 |
| 0 | Expulsions due to Second Caution | 0 |
| 0 | Direct Expulsions | 0 |
| 51% | Possession (%) | 49% |
| 33 | Actual playing time | 32 |
Budweiser Man of the Match: 12, Teko MODISE (South Africa)
| a.e.t.: | After extra time | (C): | Captain | PSO: | Penalty Shoot-out |
| GK: | Goalkeeper | N: | Not eligible to play | I: | Injured |
| Y: | Yellow cards | Pos: | Positions | A: | Absent |