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2023 MTN 8
The 2023 MTN 8 was the 49th edition of the South African soccer competition featuring the top 8-placed teams at the conclusion of the 2022–23 South African Premier Division, previous DStv Premiership season and the 16th under its current sponsored name. The competition started on 12 August 2023 and the final match was played on 7 October 2023. It was won by Orlando Pirates F.C., who defended their title. The 2023 season saw the unveiling of a new trophy. Teams The following 8 teams are listed according to their final position on the league table in the previous season of the 2022-23 South African Premier Division, 2022-23 DStv Premiership. #Mamelodi Sundowns F.C., Mamelodi Sundowns #Orlando Pirates F.C., Orlando Pirates #SuperSport United F.C., SuperSport United #Kaizer Chiefs F.C., Kaizer Chiefs #Cape Town City F.C. (2016), Cape Town City #Stellenbosch F.C., Stellenbosch #Sekhukhune United F.C., Sekhukhune United #Moroka Swallows F.C., Swallows F.C. Quarter-finals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MTN 8
MTN 8 is the current branding for a South African soccer cup competition launched in 1972 for teams who finished in the top 8 positions of the league table of the country's preceding top-flight league (currently the DStv Premiership) season. The winners receive R 8 million and the competition's trophy, which is one of the three domestic trophies attainable by its competitors each soccer season, with the other two being the top-flight league title and the country's premier knock-out competition, the Nedbank Cup. Like the EFL Cup in England, the competition name bears its title title sponsor; from its launch until 2002, it was known as the '' BP Top 8'' and as the ''SAA Supa 8'' until 2008. Format Since the competition features 8 teams, the first round, also known as the quarter finals, has the following format: The second round, or the semi-finals, are played over two legs. Prize money As of 2020, the prize money is as follows: Winners The previous winners of the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tebogo Mokwena
Tebogo Mokwena (born 25 May 1988) is a South African first class cricketer. He was included in the Griqualand West cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup The 2015 Africa T20 Cup was a Twenty20 cricket tournament held in South Africa from 4 September to 4 October 2015, as a curtain-raiser to the 2015–16 South African domestic season. Organized by Cricket South Africa, it featured thirteen South A .... – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015. References External links * 1988 births Living people[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soweto
Soweto () is a township of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city's mining belt in the south. Its name is an English syllabic abbreviation for ''South Western Townships''. Formerly a separate municipality, it is now incorporated in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, and one of the suburbs of Johannesburg. History George Harrison and George Walker are today credited as the men who discovered an outcrop of the Main Reef of gold on the farm Langlaagte in February 1886. The fledgling town of Johannesburg was laid out on a triangular wedge of "uitvalgrond" (area excluded when the farms were surveyed) named Randjeslaagte, situated between the farms Doornfontein to the east, Braamfontein to the west and Turffontein to the south. Within a decade of the discovery of gold in Johannesburg, 100,000 people flocked to this part of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek in search of riches. They were of many races and na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orlando Stadium
Orlando Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Soweto, a suburb of 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. Orlando Stadium has hosted 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 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 of dreams South Africa.info, 25 June 2009
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Nyiko Mobbie
Nyiko Sydney Mobbie (born 11 September 1994) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a right back for Sekhukhune United and the South African national team. Club career Free State Stars Born in Xikundu, Malamulele, South Africa, After playing amateur football for local side FC Basel, he joined Free State Stars in 2014. He made his debut on 11 May 2016 in a 2–2 draw at home to Kaizer Chiefs. He scored once in 58 appearances before the club were relegated to the National First Division in 2019. Mamelodi Sundowns Following Free State Stars' relegation, Mobbie signed for Mamelodi Sundowns in summer 2019. However, Mobbie was left out of the club's pre-season training camp and signed for Stellenbosch on a season-long loan in August. He scored once in 27 league appearances for Stellenbosch. In December 2020, Mobbie joined Chippa United on loan until the end of the season. He made 20 league appearances for Chippa United. On 9 September 2021, it was announced th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chibuike Ohizu
Chibuike Ohizu (born 18 September 1996) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for South African Premier Division club Sekhukhune United. Career Born in Onitsha, Ohizu played for Nigeria National League club Inter FC Enugu before moving to Kempton Park, South Africa and was recruited to the Future of Africa Academy by Abayomi Adebayo in 2015. In 2016, he signed for Gauteng-based SAFA Second Division side Leruma United. He joined Jomo Cosmos in 2018 after playing in a friendly match against them. Ohizu joined Sekhukhune United on loan during the 2020–21 season and joined the club permanently after they won the National First Division and were promoted to the South African Premier Division at the end of the season. Honours Sekhukhune United *National First Division: 2020–21 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thabang Monare
Thabang Amod Monare (born 16 September 1989) is a South African professional soccer player who played as a central midfielder for South African Premier Division club Sekhukhune United. Honours South Africa * Africa Cup of Nations third place: 2023 Events Predicted and scheduled events * January 1 ** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1927 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law. ** Croatia will adopt the eu ... References External links * Living people 1989 births South African men's soccer players South Africa men's international soccer players People from Govan Mbeki Local Municipality Men's association football midfielders Jomo Cosmos F.C. players Bidvest Wits F.C. players Orlando Pirates F.C. players South African Premier Division players National First Division players Soccer players from Mpumalanga 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players {{SouthAfrica-footy-midfi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monnapule Saleng
Monnapule Kenneth Saleng (born 13 March 1998) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a winger for Orlando Pirates and the South Africa national team. Club career Having started his career at Orbit College in the SAFA Second Division, Saleng joined Free State Stars in 2019. He was the top scorer in the 2020–21 National First Division, scoring 13 goals in 29 matches. Saleng signed for South African Premier Division club Orlando Pirates in July 2021, but spent the 2021–22 season on loan at Moroka Swallows, where he scored twice in 22 league appearances. He returned to Pirates for the 2022–23 season, where he became a first-team regular, scoring five goals in eight matches in the opening half of the season. International career Saleng was part of the South Africa squad at the 2021 COSAFA Cup, starting in the opening 1–0 victory against Botswana. In total, he made 6 appearances as South Africa won the tournament. In November 2022, Saleng was included i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ndabayithethwa Ndlondlo
Ndabayithethwa Ndlondlo (born 28 May 1995) is a South African soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Orlando Pirates in the Premier Soccer League. Ndlondlo played for Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila and then for Marumo Gallants, the team which bought TTM's license. He made his first-tier debut in the 2020-21 South African Premier Division. Ndlondlo was on the winning team in the 2020-21 (where he scored the winning goal) and 2022-23 Nedbank Cup, and was on the losing team in the 2021-22 Nedbank Cup final. He did so alongside teammate Miguel Timm, with the duo first playing for TTM, then for Marumo Gallants and the third time for Orlando Pirates. With three consecutive cup finals for three different clubs, Ndlondo and Timm equalled a record held by Kermit Erasmus, who achieved the same feat in 2012, 2013 and 2014. After the 2021-22 season concluded, there were several rumours about a transfer for Ndlondlo to one of South Africa's biggest clubs or to AmaZulu. While Ndlond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 foothills of the Magaliesberg mountains. It has a reputation as an academic city and center 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 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 Bronkhorstspruit, Centurion, Cullinan, Hammanskraal and Soshanguve. Some have proposed ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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