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Bernard Parker's clinical second half finish handed Bafana Bafana a shock 1-0 victory over World and European Champions Spain,
in an international friendly at FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on Tuesday night.
Parker coolly finished off a flowing move by the home side, and Spain had no reply in front of a boisterous home crowd, which willed Bafana to an historic victory.
In other international friendlies: Japan beat heavily favoured Belgium 3-2 in Brussels and the United States lost 1-0 to Austria in Vienna.
Germany procured a smash-and-grab 1-0 victory over England at Wembley, consigning their old rivals to successive home defeats for the first time since 1977.
The Netherlands held Colombia to a 0-0 draw in Amsterdam.
And in Zagreb: Croatia qualified for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil with a 2-0 win that quashed Iceland's hopes of reaching football's showpiece
tournament for the first time.
In Paris: France overturned a two-goal first-leg deficit and qualified for the World Cup finals by beating Ukraine 3-0..
Portugal qualified for the World Cup after Cristiano Ronaldo scored a superb hat trick for a 3-2 win over Sweden,
securing a 4-2 victory on aggregate in their playoff.
Greece sealed its place at next year's World Cup after a 1-1 draw against Romania in the second leg of their playoff advancing 4-2 on aggregate.
Ghana qualified for a third successive World Cup, securing their ticket to Brazil with a 7-3 aggregate win over Egypt.
Algeria claimed Africa's final place in Brazil on away goals after beating Burkina Faso 1-0 in the second leg of their playoff and progressing with a 3-3 aggregate draw.
