Batau FC was a South African

football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

club based in Ermelo,

Mpumalanga Mpumalanga () is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. The name means "East", or literally "The Place Where the Sun Rises" in the Nguni languages. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, bordering Eswatini and Mozambique. It shares bor ...

. They were relegated from the

2010–11 National First Division 2010–11 National First Division, was the season from September 2010 until May 2011, of South Africa's second tier of professional football. The overall NFD champion was promoted to the first level, known as Premier Soccer League (PSL). While th ...

(NFD). In August 2011, they failed in an attempt to purchase the shares of NFD team United FC. Subsequently, they won the

2011–12 SAFA Second Division The 2011–12 SAFA Second Division, known as the Vodacom League for sponsorship reasons, was the 2011–12 season of the third tier South African Association football, football league, the SAFA Second Division. It was divided into two streams, ...

Mpumalanga, but failed to make it out of the playoffs.

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External links

Batau FC Official WebsiteNFD Club Info
Association football clubs established in 2006 Former SAFA Second Division clubs Soccer clubs in Mpumalanga 2006 establishments in South Africa Batau F.C. Defunct soccer clubs in South Africa {{SouthAfrica-sport-stub