TS Galaxy F.C. is a South African football club based in Kameelrivier (

Nkangala District Municipality Nkangala is one of the 3 districts of Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The seat of Nkangala is Middelburg. The Nkangala District Municipality consists of 160 towns and villages. The most spoken language of its 1,308,129 people is IsiNdebele ...

) near

Siyabuswa Siyabuswa is a township in South Africa in the province of Mpumalanga (a region formerly called Eastern Transvaal). During the Apartheid era, Siyabuswa was the Capital (political), capital of the KwaNdebele Bantustan. It served as a capital from ...

(

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 ...

) that plays in the Premiership. The club is named after its owner, Tim Sukazi.

History

The Rockets, as TS Galaxy are known, were formed in 2015. The club campaigned in the

SAFA Second Division The SAFA Second Division (known as the ABC Motsepe League for sponsorship reasons, and previously the Vodacom League between 1998 and 2012, was founded in 1998 as the overall third tier of South African association football, football. The compet ...

for three seasons before purchasing the

National First Division The South African Championship, officially known as the Motsepe Foundation Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest league of South African football after the South African Premiership. Both the South African Championship and ...

status of Cape Town All Stars in 2018 On Saturday 18 May 2019, TS Galaxy won their first inaugural trophy, the

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 ...

, after beating

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1-0 through a Zakhele Lepasa penalty scored in the second minute of second-half injury time. They became the first team from the lower division to win the Nedbank Cup. By doing so, they became the first team in South African football to win the

while campaigning in

. They competed in the

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where they were eliminated by

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of Nigeria in the play-off round. In September 2020, the club purchased the Premiership status of Highlands Park, and appeared in the

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season, finishing ninth. In June 2024, after finishing a record sixth in the 2023–24 Premiership, the club were handed a three window ban on registering new players by FIFA for unpaid fees to their ex-striker, Bernard Yao Kouassi.

African competitions

TS Galaxy played in the

after winning the

the previous season. They defeated Saint Louis Suns United and

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before being defeated by Nigeria's

in the play-off round.

Honours

** Winners (1): 2018–19

Current squad

Out on loan

The following players have previously made a league or cup appearance for TS Galaxy and are currently on loan at other teams:

League record

SAFA Second Division The SAFA Second Division (known as the ABC Motsepe League for sponsorship reasons, and previously the Vodacom League between 1998 and 2012, was founded in 1998 as the overall third tier of South African association football, football. The compet ...

* 2015–16 – 7th * 2016–17 – 2nd * 2017–18 – 5th (purchased their NFD status)

National First Division The South African Championship, officially known as the Motsepe Foundation Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest league of South African football after the South African Premiership. Both the South African Championship and ...

* 2018–19 – 8th * 2019–20 – 10th (purchased their Premiership status)

Premiership

2020–21 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen ...

– 9th * 2021–22 – 13th *

2022–23 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen ...

– 10th * 2023–24 – 6th * 2024–25 – 5th

References

{{Premier Soccer League teamlist Association football clubs established in 2015 National First Division clubs Soccer clubs in Mpumalanga Nkangala District Municipality TS Galaxy F.C.