SuperSport United Football Club (often known as SuperSport) is a South African professional

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club based 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 ...

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in the

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province. The team currently plays in the Betway Premiership. United is known as ''Matsatsantsa a Pitori'' amongst its supporters. They usually play their home games at

Lucas Moripe Stadium Lucas "Masterpieces" Moripe Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Atteridgeville, a township (South Africa), township of Pretoria, South Africa. With a capacity to host 28,900 spectators, it is currently used mostly for Association footb ...

History

Supersport F.C. is an association football club wholly owned by SuperSport, the South African group of television channels. The club was originally known as Pretoria City. City was purchased by

M-Net M-Net (an abbreviation of Electronic Media Network) is a South African pay television channel established by Naspers in 1986. The channel broadcasts both local and international programming, including general entertainment, children's series, ...

in 1994. M-Net received approval from the National Soccer League and the club was renamed. The club comprises a professional football team affiliated to the

Premier Soccer League The Premier Soccer League (PSL) is the administrative body for professional soccer leagues and cups in South Africa. It is based in Johannesburg, and was founded in 1996 following an agreement between the National Soccer League and the remnant ...

as well as various youth academy teams in the SuperSport United Youth Academy playing within their respective SAFA structures. Home matches are usually played at

, however in recent times the club has elected to take many matches to the

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. The club's youth academy is one of the best in the country. Some of the graduates are

Daine Klate Daine Klate (born 25 January 1985) is a retired South African football midfielder born in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape. Early life Klate was raised in Gelvandale, a former coloured township in Port Elizabeth. He started playing football for hi ...

, Kermit Erasmus,

Ronwen Williams Ronwen Hayden Williams (born 21 January 1992) is a South African professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Premier Soccer League club Mamelodi Sundowns F.C., Mamelodi Sundowns ...

all three from

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and Kamohelo Mokotjo. They have previously been linked with English Premier League side

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and Dutch side

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Honours

Domestic competitions

* Premiership ** Winners (3): 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10 *

Nedbank Cup The Nedbank Cup is the current name of South Africa's Premier Soccer League, premier club association football, soccer knockout tournament. While many formats have been used over the years, the tournament has always been based on the idea of gi ...

** Winners (5): 1999,

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

, 2011–12, 2015–16, 2016–17 *

Telkom Knockout The Carling Knockout Cup is a South African professional soccer knockout competition which comprises the 16 teams in the South African Premiership. The Carling Knockout Cup is the third of the three main cups administered by the PSL along with ...

** Winners (1):

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

MTN 8 The MTN 8 is a South African soccer single-elimination tournament, cup competition launched in 1972 for teams who finished in the top 8 positions of the league table of the country's preceding season of the top-flight league (currently the Sout ...

** Winners (3):

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

* Sparletta Cup ** Winners (1): 1995 * Second Division ** Winners (1): 1995

Notable former coaches

Shane McGregor Shane McGregor (born 5 December 1963) is a retired South African football player who played professionally for Grinaker Rangers, Kaizer Chiefs Kaizer Chiefs Football Club (often known as Chiefs) is a South African professional football clu ...

(1998–99) *

Bruce Grobbelaar Bruce David Grobbelaar (born 6 October 1957) is a Zimbabwean former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, most prominently for English club Liverpool between 1981 and 1994, and for the Zimbabwean national team. Regarded as one of ...

(1999–01) *

Pitso Mosimane Pitso John Hamilton Mosimane (born 26 July 1964) is a South African former professional football player and current coach. Club career Mosimane started his senior career at Jomo Cosmos, then he played for Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pira ...

(1 July 2001 – 30 June 2007) *

Gavin Hunt Gavin John Hunt (born 11 July 1964) is a South African former football (soccer) player and coach who currently manages Supersport United. He previously managed Premier Soccer League club Kaizer Chiefs. On 28 May 2021 Kaizer Chiefs released him ...

(1 July 2007 – 28 May 2013) * Cavin Johnson (19 June 2013 – 29 August 2014) * Kaitano Tembo (29 August 2014 – 3 September 2014) *

Gordon Igesund Gordon Igesund (born 22 July 1956) is a former South African football player and coach who was most recently the manager of Highlands Park in the Premier Soccer League. Early life Igesund was born in Durban to George Norman Igesund (born 193 ...

(3 September 2014– 27 January 2016) * Stuart Baxter (27 January 2016– 30 June 2017) *

Eric Tinkler Eric Tinkler (born 30 July 1970) is a South African football coach and former player. Early and personal life Tinkler was born in Roodepoort. Club career Tinkler played club football for Wits University, União de Tomar, Vitória, Cagliari ...

(1 July 2017 – 2018) * Kaitano Tembo (2018 - 12 April 2022) *

Andre Arendse Andre Leander Arendse (born 27 June 1967) is a South African former soccer player who played as a goalkeeper. He now works as an assistant and goalkeeper coach for Supersport United and has also been a co-presenter with SuperSport. Playing c ...

(interim, 12 April 2022 - July 6, 2022) *

(7 July 2022 - present)

Club records

*Most starts: Ronald Lawrence 224 (including Pretoria City matches) *Most goals:

Bradley Grobler Bradley Allan Grobler (born 25 January 1988) is a South African soccer player who plays as a striker for Premier Soccer League club SuperSport United. Club career Grobler attended Benoni High School and plied his trade as a junior at both Bok ...

:58 *Most capped player: Dennis Masina *Most starts in a season:

Siboniso Gaxa Siboniso "Pa" Gaxa (born 6 April 1984 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal) is a former South African Defender (association football), football defender who played for Ajax Cape Town F.C., Ajax Cape Town, Kaizer Chiefs F.C., Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. and the ...

47 (2004–05) *Most goals in a season:

Glen Salmon Glen George Salmon (born 24 December 1977) is a retired South African football forward and current manager of Orlando Pirates' B-team. Career Salmon was born in the Rhodesian capital of Salisbury (now Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe) and grew u ...

16 (1998–99) (previous record:

George Koumantarakis Georgios "George" Koumantarakis (born 27 March 1974) is a South African former soccer player of Greek descent. He was born in Athens, Greece but grew up in Durban, South Africa. He studied to be a lawyer and has BCom,LLB degrees from the unive ...

14; 1997–98) *Most tackles in a season: Shandukani Mabudu evelopment player(2017 GDL) *Record victory: 9–0 v Red Star Anse-aux-Pins (19 March 2005, CAF Confederation Cup) *Record defeat: 0–5 v Arcadia 7 April 1990, NSL

Premiership record

Coaching staff

Current squad

References

External links

Official Website of Supersport United Football ClubPremier Soccer LeaguePSL Club InfoSouth African Football AssociationConfederation of African FootballSupersport United results
{{Premier Soccer League teamlist Association football clubs established in 1994 Premier Soccer League clubs 1994 establishments in South Africa Soccer clubs in Pretoria