Lucas "Masterpieces" Moripe Stadium is a

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located in

Atteridgeville Atteridgeville also recently known as “Pheli” is a township located to the west of Pretoria, South Africa. It is located to the east of Saulsville, to the west of West Park; to the north of Laudium and to the south of Lotus Gardens. The ...

, a

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. With a capacity to host 28,900 spectators, it is currently used mostly for

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matches and serves as part-time home stadium of Premiership clubs

Mamelodi Sundowns Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club (simply known as Sundowns) is a South African professional football club based in Mamelodi, Pretoria in the Gauteng province that plays in the Premiership, the first tier of South African football league syste ...

and

SuperSport United SuperSport United Football Club (often known as SuperSport) is a South African professional association football, football club based in Atteridgeville in Pretoria in the Gauteng province. The team currently plays in the South African Premier Di ...

.https://supersport.com/football/match/94f2640c-2f65-4ace-8145-4825500bc9f0 The stadium was named after former local soccer player

Lucas Moripe Lucas "Masterpieces" Moripe (5 February 1950 – 19 November 2024) was a South African soccer player who played as a midfielder. Career Moripe was born on 5 February 1950. He began his career in 1971 playing with Pretoria Callies in the NPSL ...

. Until 2010 the stadium was known as Super Stadium. The

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used it as a training venue during the

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