This is a list of
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
or
soccer clubs in
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...
''For a complete list see
:Soccer clubs in South Africa''
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Addington F.C.
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African Wanderers
African Wanderers is a South African professional football club, based in the Chatsworth township, which is a suburb of Durban in South Africa. The club currently play in the KwaZulu-Natal province of Vodacom League
The ABC Motsepe League, p ...
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African Warriors F.C.
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African Winners F.C.
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Ajax Cape Town F.C.
Cape Town Spurs F.C. (formerly known as Ajax Cape Town) is a South African professional Association football, football club based in Parow, South Africa, Parow in the city of Cape Town that plays in the National First Division. Dutch Eredivisie ...
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Als Puk Tawana
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AmaZulu F.C.
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Arcadia Shepherds F.C.
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Atlie FC
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Avendale Athletico
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Baroka F.C.
Baroka F.C. is a South African football club from Ga-Mphahlele near Polokwane, Limpopo that plays in the National First Division also known as the Motsepe Foundation Championship for sponsorship reasons, following their relegation from the top ...
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Batau F.C.
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Battswood F.C.
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Bay Academy
A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a gulf, sea, sound, or bight. A cove is a small, circular bay with a nar ...
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Bay Stars F.C.
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Bay United F.C.
Bay United was a South African professional association football, football (soccer) club based first in the city of Port Elizabeth and later Polokwane. It played in the South African Premier Division and National First Division.
The club came in ...
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Bid Boys F.C.
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Bidvest Wits F.C.
Bidvest Wits Football Club,
(simply often known as Wits University F.C. or Wits) was a South African professional association football, football club from Johannesburg which played in the Premier Soccer League the first-tier of South African l ...
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Black Leopards F.C.
Black Leopards FC is a South African association football, football club based in Thohoyandou, Vhembe, Vhembe Region, Limpopo that plays in the National First Division.
History
The club was founded in 1983 by business people in the Vhembe Regi ...
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Blackburn Rovers FC (South Africa)
Blackburn Rovers was a professional football club from East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The club played their home games at the Buffalo City Stadium.
The team last competed in the 2013-14 season of the National First Division, the se ...
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Blackpool F.C. (South Africa)
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Bloemfontein Celtic F.C.
Bloemfontein Celtic Football Club (simply known as Celtic) is a South African amateur football club based in Bloemfontein that competes in the ABC Motsepe League, the third tier of the South African football league system. Bloemfontein Celtic h ...
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Bloemfontein Young Tigers
Bloemfontein Young Tigers are a South African football (soccer) club based in Bloemfontein that participates in the Vodacom League
The ABC Motsepe League, previously known as the Vodacom League between 1998 and 2012, was founded in 1998 as th ...
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Bush Bucks F.C. (2007)
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Carara Kicks F.C.
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Celtic Colts
Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to:
Language and ethnicity
*pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia
**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
*Celtic music
*Celtic nations
Sports Foo ...
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Chippa United F.C.
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Durban City F.C. (2009)
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Durban Stars F.C.
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Durban United F.C.
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Dynamos F.C. (South Africa)
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East London United F.C.
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F.C. Cape Town
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FC AK
FC AK is a South African football club from the West Rand, Johannesburg
Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity ...
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FC Buffalo (South Africa)
FC Buffalo is an association football club based in the Southernwood suburb of East London, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The club was founded in June 2006, and during their first four years, they played in the SAB Regional Lea ...
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Free State Stars F.C.
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Garankuwa United F.C.
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Germiston Callies F.C.
Heroes Futbol Association S.A.
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Hanover Park F.C.
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Highlands Park F.C.
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Hellenic FC
Hellenic FC is a South African association football club based in Cape Town. They were nicknamed ''The Greek Gods''.
Established in 1958 by Greek South Africans, Hellenic campaigned in the lower amateur leagues of Cape Town. But by the 1970s the ...
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Ikapa Sporting F.C.
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Jomo Cosmos F.C.
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Kaizer Chiefs F.C.
Kaizer Chiefs Football Club (often known as Chiefs) are a South African professional football club based in Naturena, Johannesburg South, that plays in the Premier Soccer League. The team is nicknamed ''AmaKhosi'', which means "Lords" or "Ch ...
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Lamontville Golden Arrows F.C.
Lamontville Golden Arrows F.C. are a South African soccer club based in Durban that plays in the Premier Soccer League.
History
It was founded in 1943 in the streets of Lamontville, a township in Durban. The club played in the defunct Nationa ...
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Louisvale Pirates
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Lusitano F.C.
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M Tigers F.C.
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Maluti FET College F.C.
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Mamelodi Sundowns F.C.
Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club (simply known as Sundowns) is a South African professional Association football, football club based in Mamelodi, Pretoria in the Gauteng province that plays in the Premier Soccer League, the first tier of So ...
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Magesi F.C.
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Maritzburg F.C.
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Maritzburg United F.C.
Maritzburg United is a South African association football, football club based in the city of Pietermaritzburg that currently plays in the Premier Soccer League.
Honours
*First Division Coastal Stream champions: 2007–08
*First Division Champ ...
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Michau Warriors
Michau Warriors were a South African football club who played in the Premier Soccer League.
They were relegated in the competition's inaugural season finishing in 17th place.
The following season they finished second in the National First Divisi ...
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Mighty Birds
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Milano United F.C.
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Mitchells Plain United F.C.
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Moroka Swallows F.C.
Moroka Swallows Football Club (often known as simply Swallows or The Birds) is a South African professional football club based in Soweto in the city of Johannesburg in the Gauteng province.
Founded in 1947, Swallows are one of the original two ...
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Mother City F.C.
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Mpumalanga Black Aces F.C.
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Nathi Lions F.C.
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NMMU F.C.
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University F.C. is as an association football club representing the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The club was brought to its current form in 2005, through mergers of three fo ...
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Orlando Pirates F.C.
Orlando Pirates Football Club (often known as "The Buccaneers") is a South African professional football club based in the Houghton suburb of the city of Johannesburg and plays in the top-tier system of Football in South Africa known as DSt ...
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OR Tambo Cosmos
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Parkhurst Academy
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Platinum Stars F.C.
Platinum Stars was a South African football club based in Phokeng near Rustenburg, North West Province that played in the Premier Soccer League. The club was nicknamed ''Dikwena'', the Tswana name for ''Crocodiles''.
The team's best finish in ...
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Polokwane City F.C.
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Polokwane United FC
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Port Elizabeth Blackpool
Port Elizabeth Blackpool (often abbreviated as PE Blackpool) were a South African football club from Port Elizabeth, who played their last season in 1991.
The club originally played in the Federation Professional League
The Federation Profess ...
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Pretoria
Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa.
Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends eastward into the foot ...
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Pretoria Callies F.C.
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Rabali Blackpool
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Rangers F.C. (Johannesburg)
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Real Madrid (South Africa)
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Roses United F.C.
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Royal AM
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Santos F.C. (South Africa)
Santos Football Club or simply Santos, also officially known under their sponsored title as Engen Santos, is a South African professional soccer club based in the Lansdowne, a suburb of the city of Cape Town. It plays in the SAFA Second Divisi ...
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Saxon Rovers F.C.
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Sivutsa Stars F.C.
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Sobantu Shooting Stars
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SuperSport Tottenham Hotspur Academy
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SuperSport United F.C.
SuperSport United Football Club (often known as SuperSport) is a South African professional football club based in Atteridgeville in Pretoria in the Gauteng province. The team currently plays in the Dstv Premiership. United is known as ''Matsats ...
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Tembu Royals FC
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Thanda Royal Zulu F.C.
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United FC (South Africa)
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Vasco da Gama (South Africa)
Vasco da Gama was a South African football club based in the Parow suburb of the city of Cape Town that played in the National First Division. Coming from the lower ranks, the club had its roots entrenched in the local Portuguese South African co ...
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Western Province United F.C.
References
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clubs
Club may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Club'' (magazine)
* Club, a '' Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character
* Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards
* Club music
* "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea''
Brands and enterprises ...
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...
Football clubs
A football team is a group of players selected to play together in the various team sports known as football. Such teams could be selected to play in a match against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an all- ...