Platinum City Rovers F.C. (formerly Polokwane City Rovers) is a
South African football
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club based in the small
North West town of
Mogwase.
They earned promotion to the
2021–22 National First Division
The 2021–22 National First Division (called the GladAfrica Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the season from 21 August 2021 to 15 May 2022 of South Africa's second tier of professional soccer, the National First Division.
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after finishing second in the
2020–21 SAFA Second Division
The 2020–21 SAFA Second Division (known as the ABC Motsepe League for sponsorship reasons) was the 23rd season of the SAFA Second Division, the third tier for South African association football clubs, since its establishment in 1998. Due to the ...
playoffs. The North West province then got its first soccer team in the two highest divisions for men, after
Platinum Stars
Platinum Stars was a South African football club based in Phokeng near Rustenburg, North West Province that played in the Premier Soccer League. The club was nicknamed ''Dikwena'', the Tswana name for ''Crocodiles''.
The team's best finish in ...
had bowed out in 2018.
They were relegated at the end of the
2023–24 National First Division
The 2023–24 National First Division (called the Motsepe Foundation Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the season from September 2023 to June 2024 of South Africa's second tier of professional soccer, the National First Division. Magesi ...
season.
League record
SAFA Second Division
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North West Division
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2015–16 – 2nd
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2016–17 – 2nd
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2017–18 – 2nd
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2018–19 – 4th
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2019–20 – 1st
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2020–21
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– 1st (Stream B)
National First Division
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2021–22 – 10th
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2022–23
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– 14th
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2023–24 – 16th (relegated)
References
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Soccer clubs in South Africa