Hugo Broos likely to stay beyond 2026 World Cup – SAFA boss Danny Jordan confirms

South African Football Association (SAFA) president Danny Jordaan has suggested that Belgian coach Hugo Broos could continue leading Bafana Bafana even after the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Broos, who will mark five years in charge this May, had previously hinted that he planned to retire following the tournament, which will be co-hosted by the United States, Mexico, and Canada.

Yet Jordaan revealed that discussions about his future have not been closed.

“One of the things that’s delivered success for our national teams – because many people ask, ‘Why are you achieving success now?’ The reason is simple,” said Jordaan.

“We have not changed coaches over the last four years, and before the expiry of their contracts, Hugo Broos has been serving his contract. We have to discuss with him.

“He’s indicated that at the end of his contract, he’ll have reached his retirement age, but we still have a conversation to have.”

Historically, SAFA has experienced frequent coaching changes at the senior national team level. Jordaan believes that the stability under Broos and women’s coach Desiree Ellis has been instrumental in recent successes.

“Desiree Ellis has been with us for 10 years – never in the history of South African football have you had a coach appointed and staying the course, and it’s been difficult, very often people suggest why this or that coach must go,” he added.

“And if you look at club football, you will see the first thing to do is to change the coach as if the change in coach is going to change the fortune of the team – just the opposite is true.

“Coaches must be given the opportunity to settle the team, scan the landscape of availabe talent and then decide which players are best suited for my team and can deliver.

“We have seen, in the last 11 years I think we have had 21 coaches, so before the coach makes his second choice, his changes, you see the spectators, if a players misses a goal, they ask for a change of the coach, and this is one problem we realised cannot continue.”

Bafana Bafana are set to face Panama in a pre-World Cup friendly later this month. The team has been drawn into Group A alongside Mexico, South Korea, and a team yet to be confirmed.