Vaal Professionals were a South African

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

club. Based in

Vereeniging Vereeniging ( ; ) is a city located in the south of Gauteng province, South Africa, situated where the Klip River empties into the northern loop of the Vaal River. It is also one of the constituent parts of the Vaal Triangle region and was forme ...

, they were a founder member of 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 ...

in 1996. They were nicknamed ''Setla'' or ''Vaal Monsters''. They were relegated from the 1998–99 Premiership. A team with the same name played in the Gauteng Stream of 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 ...

, from 2016–17 to 2019–20, as well as 2021–22.

Honours

* NPSL Champions: 3 ::1986, 1987, 1988 *

Bob Save Super Bowl The Nedbank Cup is the current name of South Africa's premier club soccer knockout tournament. While many formats have been used over the years, the tournament has always been based on the idea of giving lower league and amateur teams a chance ...

: 1 ::

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

References

Association football clubs established in 1970 Defunct soccer clubs in South Africa Vereeniging Former Premier Soccer League clubs Soccer clubs in Gauteng 1970 establishments in South Africa {{SouthAfrica-footyclub-stub