Mpumalanga Black Aces F.C.
Black Aces is a South African football club that played in the Premier Soccer League. Aces usually played their home games in the Mpumalanga province but were based and trained in Johannesburg.
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| Full name | Black Aces Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Amazayoni | ||
| Founded | 1937 | ||
| Stadium | Lynnville stadium (SOE) | ||
| Manager | Percy Ramaru | ||
| League | Nkangala Men's Regional League | ||
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History
The original club was founded in 1937 by dairy workers. The club folded after finishing 14th in the National First Division inland stream in 2002.[1] The club had also been known as Ukhumba Black Aces, Witbank Black Aces and Super Kurl Aces during its existence.
The then club was in the second incarnation and they entered the South African football league in 2007 when the Polokwane-based City Pillars league license was bought and the team was transferred to Witbank from Limpopo.[2] The licensed was acquired in December 2006 and the team was playing under the name of Mpumalanga Black Aces in time for the 2007–08 season.[3]
In 2004, two South African businessmen George Morfou and his brother Mario bought the club side Dangerous Darkies, a Vodacom League but the team failed to win promotion to the Mvela Golden League. The Vodacom League team was renamed to Aces Academy in 2007 following the brothers' acquisition and in 2011 was renamed to AmaZayoni FC.
On 30 July 2014, it was announced that Aces had signed a new sponsorship deal with ISPS.[4]
In 2016, John Comitis purchased the franchise rights, closing the club and creating Cape Town City F.C..[5]
Percy Ramaru re-registered the club, enrolling it in the tier of South African football. The club recently purchased the status of third-tier Witbank Sheppard and will be competing in the third division of the South African Football Association men's regional league with Lynnville stadium situated in Witbank (eMalahleni) as their home ground.
Honours
- Bob Save Super Bowl
- winners: 1993
- BP Top Eight Cup
- winners: 1980
- PSL promotion/relegation play-off
- winners: 2008–09, 2012–13
Club records
- Most starts: Percy Nxumalo 286
- Most goals: Percy Nxumalo 64
- Most starts in a season: Joseph Sibiya 41 (1992)
- Most goals in a season: Johannes Shili 19 (1992)
- Record Victory: 6–0 vs Royal Tigers (20/9/94, League)
- Record Defeat: 1–7 vs Hellenic (28/5/97, League)
Managers
Johnny Ferreira (1993–95)- Steve Haupt (1997–99)
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Sammy Troughton (20 November 2008 – 10 November 2009)
Aiki Agiomamitis (11 November 2009 – 21 September 2010)- Neil Tovey (30 September 2010 – 23 December 2010)
Paul Dolezar (December, 2010 – February, 2011)
Mark Harrison (23 February 2011 – 27 June 2011)- Craig Rosslee (July, 2011 – November, 2012)
Rodolfo Zapata (November 2012 – May, 2012)
Jacob Sakala (1 June 2012 – 30 June 2013)- Clive Barker (4 March 2013 – 2015)
- Jacob Sakala (March, 2014 – 31 May 2015)
Muhsin Ertuğrul (June, 2015 – 2016)
References
- "South Africa 2001/02".
- Peters, Carl (16 April 2008). "Cup of dreams may be overflowing". iol.co.za. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
- "South Africa 2007/08".
- "B l a c k a c e S". www.mpblackaces.co.za. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- "Mpumalanga Black Aces renamed Cape Town City Football Club". Goal.com. 29 June 2016. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- FlashScore.com