On this day

5 August

Birthdays, results, debuts and hat-tricks from this day in football history.

Results on this day

2023	Supersport United	2–0	Richards Bay
	PSL Premiership
2023	Golden Arrows	1–1	Moroka Swallows
	PSL Premiership
2022	Cape Town City	0–2	Mamelodi Sundowns
	PSL Premiership
2018	Maritzburg Utd	0–2	Golden Arrows
	PSL Premiership
2018	Bloem Celtic	2–0	Chippa United
	PSL Premiership
2023	Stellenbosch FC	1–0	Orlando Pirates
	PSL Premiership
2023	Royal AM	0–0	AmaZulu
	PSL Premiership
2025	Senegal	1–0	Nigeria
	African Nations Championship · Group stage
2025	Congo	1–1	Sudan
	African Nations Championship · Group stage

2018 · Divine Lunga made his first appearance for Golden Arrows v Maritzburg Utd · went on to 181 appearances
2018 · Tebogo Tlolane made his first appearance for Chippa United v Bloem Celtic · went on to 105 appearances
2018 · Tlou Tholang Masegela made his first appearance for Maritzburg Utd v Golden Arrows · went on to 86 appearances
2023 · Siyanda Ndlovu made his first appearance for Golden Arrows v Moroka Swallows · went on to 68 appearances
2023 · Ime Okon made his first appearance for Supersport United v Richards Bay · went on to 57 appearances
2022 · L. Daniels made his first appearance for Cape Town City v Mamelodi Sundowns · went on to 47 appearances
2018 · S. Sabelo made his first appearance for Golden Arrows v Maritzburg Utd · went on to 44 appearances
2023 · D. Van Rhyn made his first appearance for Moroka Swallows v Golden Arrows · went on to 43 appearances
2023 · Shandre Campbell made his first appearance for Supersport United v Richards Bay · went on to 30 appearances
2022 · K. Drammeh made his first appearance for Cape Town City v Mamelodi Sundowns · went on to 25 appearances
2025 · Musa Ali won his first cap for Sudan v Congo · went on to 6 caps
2025 · Mohamed Tia Asad won his first cap for Sudan v Congo · went on to 6 caps