Durban City are a South African

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club based in the city of

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. Prior to the start of the

2024–25 National First Division The 2024–25 National First Division (called the Motsepe Foundation Championship for sponsorship reasons) ws the season from 23 August 2024 to May 2025 of South Africa's second tier of professional soccer, the National First Division, Motsepe Fou ...

, they were called Maritzburg United, and were based in the city of

Pietermaritzburg Pietermaritzburg (; ) is the capital and second-largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa after Durban. It was named in 1838 and is currently governed by the Msunduzi Local Municipality. The town was named in Zulu after King ...

. They were promoted to the Premiership at the end of the 2024–25 National First Division season

History

The club was formed in 1981 and initially played in the

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Move to Durban

In August 2024, the club announced that it was changing its name to Durban City, and moving from

to Chatsworth in

. After their relegation from the 2022–23 Premiership, they were barred by the

Msunduzi Local Municipality Msunduzi Municipality () is a local municipality within the Umgungundlovu District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. It encompasses the city of Pietermaritzburg, which is the capital of KwaZulu-Natal and the main economi ...

from using the Harry Gwala Stadium, which was reserved for Royal AM, and were forced to play their home games at the

Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Clermont, a township of Durban, South Africa. It is used mostly for Association football, football matches and was selected as one of the 3 training venues of the 2010 FIFA World Cup after bein ...

in Durban, far from their fan base. With the club incurring an extra R60 000 in expenses for each home game as a result, the club decided to rebase themselves in Durban.

Honours

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 ...

*Champions: 2007–08, 2024–25

Club records

*Most starts:

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& Peter Petersen 107 *Most goals:

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20 *Most starts in a season:

& Mario Booysen 35 (2012/13) *Most goals in a season: Cuthbert Malajila 13 (2012/13) *Record victory: 4–0 vs

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(12/01/18, PSL) *Record defeat: 0–7 vs

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(14/10/11, PSL) Source:

Record

Federation Professional League The Federation Professional League (FPL) was a South African soccer league founded in 1969. At the time, under the country's apartheid policies, integrated sport was prohibited, and the National Football League The National Football Lea ...

1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

– 10th *

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

– 7th

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 ...

* 2004–05 – 5th

Premiership

* 2005–06 – 14th * 2006–07 – 16th (relegated)

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 ...

* 2007–08 – 1st Coastal Stream, Champions (promoted)

Premiership

* 2008–09 – 12th * 2009–10 – 11th *

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– 12th * 2011–12 – 11th *

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– 11th * 2013–14 – 10th * 2014–15 – 8th * 2015–16 – 14th * 2016–17 – 7th * 2017–18 – 4th * 2018–19 – 15th * 2019–20 – 7th * 2020–21 – 13th * 2021–22 – 12th * 2022–23 – 15th (relegated)

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 ...

* 2023–24 – 4th * 2024–25 – 1st (promoted)

Club officials/Technical team

Technical team

*Coach: Zipho Dlangalala

First-team squad

Shirt sponsor and kit manufacturer

*Shirt sponsor: Gift of the Givers *Kit manufacturer:

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Notable former coaches

Trott Moloto Trott Nchilo Moloto (born 19 July 1956 in Pietersburg) is a South African Association football coach. Coaching career Among others, he previously coached South Africa, Mamelodi Sundowns, Maritzburg United and also had a stint at Tanzania ...

(2004) * Boebie Solomons (1 July 2004 – 30 June 2005) * Kosta Papić (1 July 2006 – 20 Dec 2006) *

Steve Komphela Steve Komphela (born 1 July 1967) is a South African football coach and a former player who is the manager of South African Premier Soccer League club Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. Early life Steve was born in Golden Valley farm, 20 km outside K ...

(1 Jan 2007 – 9 Jan 2007) * Vladislav Herić (10 Jan 2007 – 6 March 2007) * Mlungisi Ngubane (8 March 2007 – 30 June 2007) * Ian Palmer (1 July 2007 – 10 July 2008) *

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 ...

(15 July 2008 – 15 Nov 2009) * Ernst Middendorp (16 Nov 2009 – 12 March 2011) * Ian Palmer (14 March 2011 – 13 Jan 2012) * Ernst Middendorp (19 Jan 2012 – 10 Oct 2013) * Clinton Larsen (15 Oct 2013 – 6 Jan 2014) *

(6 Jan 2014 – 17 June 2015) *

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(25 Sep 2015 – 1 Dec 2015) * Ernst Middendorp (28 Dec 2015 – 28 Nov 2016) * Roger De Sa (10 Jan 2017 – 23 Mar 2017)

References

External links

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Premier Soccer LeaguePSL Club Info
(archived 7 June 2016)
South African Football AssociationConfederation of African Football
{{National First Division Association football clubs established in 1979 Pietermaritzburg Premier Soccer League clubs Soccer clubs in Durban 1979 establishments in South Africa