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2015 MTN 8
The 2015 MTN 8 was the 41st edition of South Africa's annual soccer cup competition, the MTN 8. It featured the top eight teams of the Premier Soccer League at the end of the 2014–15 South African Premier Division, 2014-15 season. Teams The eight teams that competed in the MTN 8 knockout competition are (listed according to their finishing position in the 2014–15 South African Premier Division, 2014/2015 Premier Soccer League Season): * 1. Kaizer Chiefs * 2. Mamelodi Sundowns * 3. Bidvest Wits * 4. Orlando Pirates * 5. Ajax Cape Town * 6. SuperSport United * 7. Bloemfontein Celtic * 8. Maritzburg United Results Quarter-finals Semi-finals 1st leg 2nd leg Final References {{South African soccer seasons MTN 8 2015–16 in South African soccer 2015 domestic association football cups ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Ocean; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini; and it encloses Lesotho. Covering an area of , the country has Demographics of South Africa, a population of over 64 million people. Pretoria is the administrative capital, while Cape Town, as the seat of Parliament of South Africa, Parliament, is the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein is regarded as the judicial capital. The largest, most populous city is Johannesburg, followed by Cape Town and Durban. Cradle of Humankind, Archaeological findings suggest that various hominid species existed in South Africa about 2.5 million years ago, and modern humans inhabited the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orlando Stadium
Orlando Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Soweto, a township in Johannesburg, in Gauteng province in South Africa. It is the home venue for Orlando Pirates Football Club, a professional soccer team that plays in the Premier Soccer League and owned by the City of Johannesburg. Orlando Stadium has hosted an MTN 8 Cup Final and a Nedbank Cup Final. Today It is currently used mostly for football matches, as the home stadium of Orlando Pirates FC of the Premier Soccer League, and was intended to be utilized as a training field for teams participating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup after it was completely rebuilt to FIFA specifications and reopened on 22 November 2008. In addition to the stadium capacity of 36,761 people, there is an auditorium for 200 people, 120 hospitality suites, a gymnasium and a conference centre.Soweto's field o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Lebese
George Lebese (born 3 February 1989) is a South African international footballer who plays as a left winger. Club career Born in Mamelodi, Lebese spent his early career with Jusben, Khona Lapho and Arcadia Shepherds. Lebese joined Kaizer Chiefs ahead of the 2008–09 season. He signed for Mamelodi Sundowns in August 2017. He spent time on loan at Supersport United before being released in September 2019. He moved to American side Colorado Springs Switchbacks for the 2020 season. In March 2021 it was announced that Lebese had left Colorado by mutual consent following the implementation of a COVID-19 related travel ban in the United States, which prevented him from travelling from South Africa. International career He received his first call-up to the South African national team in November 2011, making his international debut against Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pretoria
Pretoria ( ; ) is the Capital of South Africa, administrative capital of South Africa, serving as the seat of the Executive (government), executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to the country. Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends eastward into the foothills of the Magaliesberg mountains. It has a reputation as an academic city and centre of research, being home to the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), the University of Pretoria (UP), the University of South Africa (UNISA), the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), and the Human Sciences Research Council. It also hosts the National Research Foundation (South Africa), National Research Foundation and the South African Bureau of Standards. Pretoria was one of the host cities of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Pretoria is the central part of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality which was formed by the amalgamation of several former local authorities, including B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucas Moripe Stadium
Lucas "Masterpieces" Moripe Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Atteridgeville, a township (South Africa), township of Pretoria, South Africa. With a capacity to host 28,900 spectators, it is currently used mostly for Association football, soccer matches and serves as part-time home stadium of South African Premiership, Premiership clubs Mamelodi Sundowns F.C., Mamelodi Sundowns and SuperSport United F.C., SuperSport United.https://supersport.com/football/match/94f2640c-2f65-4ace-8145-4825500bc9f0 The stadium was named after former local soccer player Lucas Moripe. Until 2010 the stadium was known as Super Stadium. The Germany national football team used it as a training venue during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. References External linksStadium picture [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musa Bilankulu
Musa Bilankulu (born 22 February 1985) is a South African professional footballer who last played for Bizana Pondo Chiefs, as a defender. Club career Born in Vosloorus, Bilankulu began his career with Golden Arrows in 2005. He later played for Bidvest Wits, Bloemfontein Celtic Bloemfontein Celtic Football Club (simply known as Celtic) is a South African soccer club based in Bloemfontein. Bloemfontein Celtic had a large fan base in the Free State and competed in the Premiership before selling their status to Royal ..., Golden Arrows for a second spell, and Bizana Pondo Chiefs. He signed for Bizana Pondo Chiefs in December 2020, in a deal until the end of the season. International career He received his first call-up to the South African national team in November 2011. Personal life Bilankulu married his long-term girlfriend in March 2020. References 1985 births Living people South African men's soccer players Lamontville Golden Arrows F.C. players Bidvest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiston Abdul Razak
Fiston Abdul Razak (born 5 September 1993) is a Burundian professional footballer who plays for Al-Rustaq and the Burundi national team as a striker. Club career Before joining JS Kabylie, Abdul Razak played successively for LLB Académic FC, Rayon Sports F.C., CSMD Diables Noirs, Sofapaka, Mamelodi Sundowns, Bloemfontein Celtic , 1º de Agosto and Al-Zawraa. International career Abdul Razak was named in the Burundi national team squad to represent the nation at the 2014 African Nations Championship held in South Africa. International goals :''Scores and results list Burundi's goal tally first.'' Honours Mamelodi Sundowns *Telkom Knockout: 2015 Al-Zawraa *Iraqi Premier League The Iraq Stars League (), is the highest level of the Iraqi football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Iraqi Premier Division League. It is governed by the Iraqi Pro League Asso ...: 2017–18 References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bidvest Stadium
Bidvest Stadium, is a multipurpose sports stadium in the Braampark, Gauteng, Braampark, suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. The stadium has a dedicated field to host football (soccer), football matches with a capacity of 5,000 seats, and other fields to host other sports disciplines. The exact location of the stadium, is at the University of the Witwatersrand, Wits University campus, and it was used as a home ground of Bidvest Wits F.C., Bidvest Wits in the Premier Soccer League. During the 2010 FIFA World Cup, it was also used as a training venue by the Netherlands national football team. References External linksStadium images at StadiumDB.com Soccer venues in South Africa Sports venues in Johannesburg University of the Witwatersrand Bidvest companies {{SouthAfrica-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Brockie
Jeremy Russell Brockie (born 7 October 1987) is a New Zealand former professional association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. He has represented New Zealand national football team, New Zealand at senior international level, including the 2010 FIFA World Cup and at the Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 Olympic Games, and was part of the squad that won the 2016 OFC Nations Cup. Club career Early years Brockie started his youth football for Richmond Athletic F.C., Richmond Athletic and his senior career at Mainland Premier League, Matson's Premier Football League side Nelson Suburbs before going on to play for Canterbury United in the 2004–05 season of the New Zealand Football Championship. NZ Knights and the A-League He was one of the few shining lights for the New Zealand Knights FC, New Zealand Knights in their debut A-League season, scoring four competition goals from nine starts. His first goals in the A-League wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrico Botes
Henrico Botes (born 24 December 1979) is a former Namibian football striker. He played for Platinum Stars, Bidvest Wits and University of Pretoria F.C. in the South African Premier Soccer League and Namibia national team. He is a striker that his coaches have always believed in due to his functionality. He has also captained the national team. He missed most of the 07–08 season and the 2008 African Nations Cup due to injury. On 31 November 2016, Botes scored penalty in Platinum Stars’ 3-1 defeat to Free State Stars Free State Stars Football club was a South African professional soccer club based in Bethlehem, Free State that played in the National First Division. Formerly known as Makwane Computer Stars, Fairway Stars and Qwa Qwa Stars, their most signi ... in a league match, which was his 50th goal in 195 starts since he started playing in the PSL in 2005. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Botes, Henrico 1979 births Living people Namibian men's foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daine Klate
Daine Klate (born 25 January 1985) is a retired South African football midfielder born in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape. Early life Klate was raised in Gelvandale, a former coloured township in Port Elizabeth. He started playing football for his primary school in Gelvandale at the age of eight and continued with the sport in high school. Playing career Club Like fellow South African international Elrio Van Heerden, Klate played for the Port Elizabeth-based amateur football club Glenville Celtic as a kid. At age 15, he moved to Gauteng to play for the Transnet School of Excellence. In 2002, he joined the Supersport United Feyenoord youth academy. After being promoted to the club's first team as a 19-year-old in 2004, Klate owned the left-wing position at Supersport and made over 100 league appearances for the club. He was one of the key players of United's back-to-back Premiership wins in 2008, 2009 and 2010. In 2010, he signed with the Orlando Pirates. 2010-11 season Since K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sibusiso Vilakazi
Sibusiso Vilakazi (born 29 December 1989) is a South African soccer player who played as an attacking midfielder in the Premier Soccer League. In the 2013–14 Premier Soccer League season, he won the player of the season and players' player of the season awards. He also won the Nedbank Cup player of the tournament during that season. He was released by Sekhukhune United in the summer of 2024. International career Vilakazi made his international debut for South Africa on 12 October 2013 in a 1–1 draw against Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ... at the Adrar Stadium. Honours ;Mamelodi Sundowns Premier Soccer League: 2017–18; 2018–19; 2019–20; 2020–21; 2021–22 International goals :''Scores and results list South Africa's goal tally first.' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
