Richards Bay Football Club is a South African football club based in
Richards Bay,
KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province were merged. It is locate ...
,
South Africa.
The club was formed when
Thanda Royal Zulu F.C.
Thanda Royal Zulu was a South African football club based in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal.
History
The club started after a Swedish consortium that included Sven-Goran Eriksson bought the franchise from Benoni Premier United at the end of the 20 ...
owner Pierre Delvaux sold the club's league status to
AmaZulu F.C.
AmaZulu Football Club (Simply often known as AmaZulu) is a South African professional soccer club based in the city of Durban in the KwaZulu Natal province, that plays in the Premier Soccer League the first-tier of South African football l ...
AmaZulu had finished in fifth place during the
2016–17 National First Division
The 2016–17 National First Division was the season from August 2016 to May 2017 of South Africa's second tier of professional soccer, the National First Division.
League table
Play-offs
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References
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, Thanda Royal Zulu had finished in first place, achieving automatic promotion. AmaZulu bought the placing from Thanda Royal Zulu, taking the position in the
2017–18 South African Premier Division
The 2017–18 South African Premier Division season (known as the ABSA Premiership for sponsorship reasons) is the 22nd season of the Premier Soccer League since its conception in 1996.
Bidvest Wits were the defending champions, having won the pr ...
.
On 7 February 2021, the club achieved the biggest win in their history when they defeated top
Premier Soccer League side
Kaizer Chiefs F.C. 2-1, in a
Nedbank Cup last 32 match.
Current squad
References
{{National First Division
Soccer clubs in KwaZulu-Natal
Association football clubs established in 2017
2017 establishments in South Africa
National First Division clubs
Richards Bay