Uthongathi FC is a South African professional

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club based in

oThongathi oThongathi, previously and still commonly known as Tongaat, is a town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, about north of Durban and south of KwaDukuza. It now forms part of eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, or the Greater Durban area. The area ...

KwaZulu-Natal KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN) is a Provinces of South Africa, province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the government merged the Zulu people, Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu language, Zulu) and ...

. Their current home stadium is the

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History

The team was founded in 2014 by Nicholas Mkhize. They won the 2016–17 ABC Motsepe League and gained promotion to the

National First Division The South African Championship, officially known as the Motsepe Foundation Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest league of South African football after the South African Premiership. Both the South African Championship and ...

via a 1-0 play-off victory in the final against Super Eagles FC. In 2018 the chairman, Nicholas Mkhize, was shot dead after the club's weekly technical meeting. The club was sold prior to the start of the

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. Mkhize's children stated that they were devastated because they loved the team, saying it was the only thing that brought them close to their father.

League record

National First Division The South African Championship, officially known as the Motsepe Foundation Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest league of South African football after the South African Premiership. Both the South African Championship and ...

* 2017–18 – 11th * 2018–19 – 5th * 2019–20 – 6th *

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– 11th * 2021–22 – 8th *

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– 7th (licence sold)

References

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* Soccer clubs in South Africa National First Division clubs Association football clubs established in 2014 2014 establishments in South Africa {{SouthAfrica-footyclub-stub