Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: SAFA yaitarisirwa kutamba muConfederation of African Football's 1957 Africa Cup of Nations, zvisinei ivo havana. Maminiti emisangano pakati peSAFA nevamwe vavo vanobva kuEthiopia, Egypt neSudan akarasikirwa nemoto uye saka chikonzero chepamutemo chekusaoneka kwavo hachizivikanwe. Fred Fell, mumiriri weSAFA kuFIFA akati SAFA yakabvisa pamusana pemakakatanwa pa
Suez Canal. Paivawo nerunyerekupe rwekuti vakadzingwa mumakwikwi ekutanga nekuda kwekutsigira kwavo rusaruraganda.