This was the fourth time since 2010 that SA have failed to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations finals, following 2010, 2012 and 2017
Bafana Bafana coach Molefi Ntseki says the national team coaches and players are very much aware of the disappointment they have caused South Africans.
Ntseki was commenting after Bafana Bafana's 2-0 loss away in Sudan on Sunday night saw them missing out on playing in next year's Afcon finals - instead it will be Sudan and Ghana who go to Cameroon.
Having needed just a point from the Sudan game to qualify, meant that South Africa's elimination was all the more painful.