Until Tuesday, it had been over two decades since SA qualified for a Fifa World Cup, and, unsurprisingly, most of the heroes who carried the nation do not have memories of the country qualifying for the event.
Five of the 23-man squad members that inspired Bafanas victory over Rwanda at Mbombela Stadium werent even born when SA last qualified for the global showpiece.
We look at the age of each squad member when SA last qualified to play in a Fifa World Cup in 2001 for the 2002 event in Korea/Japan.