The SA Football Association could face a monetary fine and Bafana Bafana be stripped of the result should Kamohelo Mokotjo be fielded in the upcoming friendlies and the player is proved to be ineligible.
By recent Fifa decisions regarding countries who have fielded ineligible players in friendly internationals, the worst-case scenario for Bafana would appear that they could be stripped of a victory or a draw, costing them world rankings points.
Mokotjo has honoured a call-up from caretaker coach Owen da Gama for the friendlies against Guinea-Bissau at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban tomorrow and Angola in East London on Tuesday.
Safa and the Department of Home Affairs have been scrambling to ensure that Mokotjo, who has Dutch citizenship and plays for FC Twente in that country, is eligible to play.
Fifa said it could not comment on the potential ramifications to SA should Bafana field Mokotjo and he be adjudged ineligible. But in the case of international friendlies, Fifa could overturn a win or a draw and award a defeat.
Greece were found to have fielded an ineligible player in their 0-0 draw against Turkey in Istanbul in November 2015.
The friendly was awarded as 3-0 to Turkey, and the Hellenic Football Federation was fined 4000 Swiss Francs (then R60000) in August 2016. - TMG Digital
Mokotjo may cost Safa if he plays under a cloud
The SA Football Association could face a monetary fine and Bafana Bafana be stripped of the result should Kamohelo Mokotjo be fielded in the upcoming friendlies and the player is proved to be ineligible.
By recent Fifa decisions regarding countries who have fielded ineligible players in friendly internationals, the worst-case scenario for Bafana would appear that they could be stripped of a victory or a draw, costing them world rankings points.
Mokotjo has honoured a call-up from caretaker coach Owen da Gama for the friendlies against Guinea-Bissau at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban tomorrow and Angola in East London on Tuesday.
Safa and the Department of Home Affairs have been scrambling to ensure that Mokotjo, who has Dutch citizenship and plays for FC Twente in that country, is eligible to play.
Fifa said it could not comment on the potential ramifications to SA should Bafana field Mokotjo and he be adjudged ineligible. But in the case of international friendlies, Fifa could overturn a win or a draw and award a defeat.
Greece were found to have fielded an ineligible player in their 0-0 draw against Turkey in Istanbul in November 2015.
The friendly was awarded as 3-0 to Turkey, and the Hellenic Football Federation was fined 4000 Swiss Francs (then R60000) in August 2016. - TMG Digital
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