Avendale Athletico is a South African football club from

Cape Town Cape Town is the legislature, legislative capital city, capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. Cape Town is the country's List of municipalities in South Africa, second-largest ...

History

Owner Keith Bougaard spent millions on a push for promotion to the top tier, but the club failed each time, finishing runners up in 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 ...

four times. They came close to promotion from the

2001–02 National First Division The 2001–02 National First Division was the 6th season of the second tier of South African soccer since the reorganisation in 1996. It consisted of two streams, an Inland stream of 16 teams, and a Coastal stream of 14 teams. The Coastal s ...

but lost a controversial game to

African Wanderers African Wanderers is a South African professional football club, based in the Chatsworth township, a suburb of Durban Durban ( ; , from meaning "bay, lagoon") is the third-most populous city in South Africa, after Johannesburg and Cape To ...

amidst accusations of bribery and corruption, eventually finishing second behind Wanderers. They also claimed to have been approached for a bribe during the season. They were relegated from the

in 2004/2005.

Achievements

* National First Division – Coastal Stream **Runners-up (4): 1998/99, 1999/00, 2001/02, 2003/04

References

{{reflist Soccer clubs in Cape Town