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2007–08 National First Division
The 2007–08 National First Division was the 12th season of the National First Division, the second tier of South African soccer. Due to a lack of sponsorship, the previously national league was split into two streams, a coastal stream and an inland stream, with the winners of each meeting in a final. The champions were Maritzburg United, who were promoted to the South African Premier Division in their first season in the second tier following relegation from the 2006–07 Premier Soccer League, alongside play-off victors Bay United. Ga-Rankuwa United and Western Province United were relegated to the SAFA Second Division. Inland Stream champions FC AK were initially found guilty of bribery and docked 15 points, but after a protracted appeals process, the sanction was reversed, and FC AK took their place in the championship final. After winning the league, Maritzburg coach Ian Palmer parted ways with the club. Inland stream League table Coastal stream League table Champi ...
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Pietermaritzburg (; Zulu: umGungundlovu) is the capital and second-largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1838 and is currently governed by the Msunduzi Local Municipality. Its Zulu name umGungundlovu is the name used for the district municipality. Pietermaritzburg is popularly called Maritzburg in Afrikaans, English and Zulu alike, and often informally abbreviated to PMB. It is a regionally important industrial hub, producing aluminium, timber and dairy products, as well as the main economic hub of Umgungundlovu District Municipality. The public sector is a major employer in the city due to local, district and provincial governments located here. The city has many schools and tertiary education institutions, including a campus of the University of KwaZulu-Natal. It had a population of 228,549 in 1991; the current population is estimated at over 600,000 residents (including neighbouring townships) and has one of the largest populatio ...
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Black Leopards F
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Maritzburg
Pietermaritzburg (; Zulu: umGungundlovu) is the capital and second-largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1838 and is currently governed by the Msunduzi Local Municipality. Its Zulu name umGungundlovu is the name used for the district municipality. Pietermaritzburg is popularly called Maritzburg in Afrikaans, English and Zulu alike, and often informally abbreviated to PMB. It is a regionally important industrial hub, producing aluminium, timber and dairy products, as well as the main economic hub of Umgungundlovu District Municipality. The public sector is a major employer in the city due to local, district and provincial governments located here. The city has many schools and tertiary education institutions, including a campus of the University of KwaZulu-Natal. It had a population of 228,549 in 1991; the current population is estimated at over 600,000 residents (including neighbouring townships) and has one of the largest populati ...
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Harry Gwala Stadium
Harry Gwala Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Premier Soccer League club Maritzburg United. In 2008 the stadium had a capacity of 10,000, but around September 2009 it was upgraded to 12,000 seats. The reason for this, was an urgent need for more high capacity stadiums in the region, particular being requested as part of the upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup. The stadium, was initially planned to be able to seat 20,000 supporters, but the municipality revealed, that with the funds at their disposal, the stadium will have a capacity of just 12,000. The stadium is named after ANC politician Harry Gwala Themba Harry Gwala (30 July 1920 – 20 June 1995) was a revolutionary leader in the African National Congress (ANC) and South African Communist Party (SACP) in South Africa. Biography Early career and activism Harry Gwala trained as a teac .... References External link ...
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Johannesburg
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Eldorado Park
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Fadlu Davids
Fadluraghman "Fadlu" Davids (born 21 May 1981 in Cape Town, Western Cape) is a retired South African football (soccer) striker who last played for Premier Soccer League club Maritzburg United. He was twice the highest goalscorer in the South African National First Division. Since his retirement in 2012 Davids has served as assistant coach to Ernst Middendorp at Maritzburg United. When Middendorp left Martizburg United in 2016, Davids was named interim coach of Maritzburg for a third time in his career. His brother, Maahier Davids, was named as his assistant. Upon the arrival of Roger Da Sa, Davids resumed his position as Maritzburg's assistant coach. However, only seven games later he reclaimed his position as interim coach after Da Sa's resignation.Davids was caretaker for the rest of the 2016-17 South African Premier Division.July the 1st Maritzburg United announces that Fadlu Davids well be the permanent coach after a very good performance as caretaker played 9 last game ...
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Costa Khaiseb
Costa Khaiseb (born November 23, 1980 in Windhoek) is a Namibian football striker and part of the Namibia national football team. He played for Namibian club Ramblers from 2002–2006, for Black Leopards in 06-07 season and came back to Ramblers The Ramblers is the trading name of the Ramblers Association, Great Britain's leading walking charity. The Ramblers is also a membership organisation with around 100,000 members and a network of volunteers who maintain and protect the path ... where he played until the end of a season 2009-2010. He was a part of the Namibian squad in qualifiers for World cup 2010. References * * Namibia men's international footballers Namibian expatriate men's footballers Living people 1980 births Footballers from Windhoek Expatriate men's footballers in Angola Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa Namibian expatriate sportspeople in Angola Namibian expatriate sportspeople in South Africa F.C. Civics Windhoek players ...
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FC AK
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Hanover Park F
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Durban Stars F
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