Soweto derby
The Soweto Derby is a football rivalry between Premier Soccer League's Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates in South Africa. It was first contested on 24 January 1970.[1] Matches between the two rivals attract a large fanbase. The rivalry is recognised as one of the biggest derbies in Africa.
 An Orlando Pirates fan and a Kaizer Chiefs fan before the Soweto derby. | |
| Other names | "El Kasico" |
|---|---|
| Location | Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Teams | |
| First meeting | 24 January 1970 |
| Latest meeting | 6 May 2023
Pirates 2-1 Chiefs Nedbank Cup |
| Next meeting | TBA |
| Stadiums | FNB Stadium (Chiefs) Orlando Stadium (Pirates) |
| Statistics | |
| Most wins | Kazier Chiefs & Orlando Pirates (21) |
| Most player appearances | Happy Jele (236) (Orlando Pirates F.C.) |
| Top scorer | Patrick Ntsoelengoe (19) (Kaizer Chiefs F.C.) |
| All-time series | Chiefs: 21 Draw: 19 Pirates: 21 |
| Largest victory | Pirates 5–1 Chiefs (1998) |
| Current win streak | 1 Win (Orlando Pirates) |
The Soweto Derby is different to the Original Soweto Derby, which is contested between Pirates and Moroka Swallows.[2]
Based in Soweto, Johannesburg, the rivalry stems from the fact that Kaizer Chiefs was formed by a former Orlando Pirates star Kaizer Motaung. Motaung had left Orlando Pirates to go play professional soccer in the now defunct North American Soccer League for a team called the Atlanta Chiefs. Upon returning home, he found a lot of infighting among the hierarchy at Pirates. He decided to form a Kaizer XI, which initially played friendly matches with various clubs in South Africa and then this entity evolved to the Kaizer Chiefs.[3]
Overall record
| Team | League | Nedbank Cup | Telkom bvbCup | MTN 8 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixtures | 53 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 85 |
| Kaizer Chiefs | 20 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 28 |
| Orlando Pirates | 12 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 25 |
| Draw | 24 | 3 | 3 | 32 |
Win percentage(%)
| Teams | League | Cup | Total percentage(%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaizer Chiefs | 52.08% | 34.34% | 32.94% |
| Orlando Pirates | 22.64% | 40.62% | 29.41% |
All-time results
League
| Kaizer Chiefs vs Orlando Pirates | Orlando Pirates vs Kaizer Chiefs | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Division | Date | Venue | Score | Attendance | Date | Venue | Score | Attendance | |
| 1996–97 | Premier Soccer League | 18 January 1997 | FNB Stadium | 0–1 | 10 May 1997 | Orlando Stadium | 1–1 | |||
| 1997–98 | Premier Soccer League | 22 November 1997 | FNB Stadium | 1–1 | 7 March 1998 | Orlando Stadium | 5–1 | |||
| 1998–99 | Premier Soccer League | 9 October 1998 | FNB Stadium | 2–2 | 13 February 1999 | Orlando Stadium | 1–2 | |||
| 1999–2000 | Premier Soccer League | 20 November 1999 | Orlando Stadium | 1-0 | 13 June 2000 | FNB Stadium | 2–2 | |||
| 2000–01 | Premier Soccer League | 29 November 2000 | Orlando Stadium | 1–1 | 9 June 2001 | FNB Stadium | 1–0 | |||
| 2001–02 | Premier Soccer League | 15 December 2001 | FNB Stadium | 0–3 | 4 May 2002 | Orlando Stadium | 1–1 | |||
| 2002–03 | Premier Soccer League | 7 December 2002 | Orlando Stadium | 1–1 | 14 March 2003 | FNB Stadium | 2–0 | |||
| 2003–04 | Premier Soccer League | 13 December 2003 | FNB Stadium | 1–0 | 1 May 2004 | Orlando Stadium | 1–0 | |||
| 2004–05 | Premier Soccer League | 29 October 2004 | Orlando Stadium | 2–1 | 29 April 2005 | FNB Stadium | 1–1 | |||
| 2005–06 | Premier Soccer League | 28 October 2005 | FNB Stadium | 2–0 | 9 May 2006 | Orlando Stadium | 0–1 | |||
| 2006–07 | Premier Soccer League | 9 December 2006 | FNB Stadium | 1–1 | 80,000 | 28 April 2007 | Orlando Stadium | 1–1 | 6,000 | |
| 2007–08 | Premier Soccer League | 24 November 2007 | Kings Park Stadium | 2–2 | 50,000 | 10 May 2008 | FNB Stadium | 1–0 | 50,000 | |
| 2008–09 | Premier Soccer League | 15 November 2008 | 0–2 | 60,000 | 2 May 2009 | Orlando Stadium | 2–1 | 62,000 | ||
| 2009–10 | Premier Soccer League | 31 October 2009 | Loftus Versfeld Stadium | 0–0 | 40,000 | 20 February 2010 | Orlando Stadium | 0–0 | 14,000 | |
| 2010–11 | Premier Soccer League | 13 November 2010 | FNB Stadium | 1–3 | 74,875 | 26 February 2011 | FNB Stadium | 1–1 | 92,515 | |
| 2011–12 | Premier Soccer League | 17 September 2011 | 2–0 | 25,000 | 17 March 2012 | 3–2 | 87,171 | |||
| 2012–13 | Premier Soccer League | 8 December 2012 | 0–0 | 84,000 | 9 March 2013 | 0–0 | 80,000 | |||
| 2013–14 | Premier Soccer League | 26 October 2013 | 1–1 | 80,000 | 15 March 2014 | 0–1 | 90,000 | |||
| 2014–15 | Premier Soccer League | 6 December 2014 | 0–2 | 71,282 | 7 March 2015 | 0–0 | 88,000 | |||
| 2015–16 | Premier Soccer League | 31 October 2015 | 1–3 | 90,000 | 30 January 2016 | 1–1 | 60,000 | |||
| 2016–17 | Premier Soccer League | 29 October 2016 | 0–0 | 60,000 | 4 March 2017 | 1–1 | 55,000 | |||
| 2017–18 | Premier Soccer League | 21 October 2017 | 0–0 | 75,000 | 3 March 2018 | 3–1 | 86,314 | |||
| 2018–19 | Premier Soccer League | 27 October 2018 | 2–1 | 82,000 | 9 February 2019 | 1–1 | 86,000 | |||
| 2019–20 | Premier Soccer League | 09 November 2019 | 3–2 | 88,000 | 29 February 2020 | 0–1 | 80,808 | |||
| 2020–21 | Premier Soccer League | 21 March 2021 | 1–0 | 0 | 30 January 2021 | Orlando Stadium | 2–1 | 0 | ||
| 2021-22 | Premier Soccer League | 06 November 2022 | 2-1 | 0 | 05 March 2022 | 1-2 | 0 | |||
| 2022-23 | Premier Soccer League | 23 January 2023 | Orlando Stadium | 0-1 | 29 October 2022 | FNB Stadium | 0-1 | 90,000 | ||
Cup results
| Season | Competition | Round | Date | Stadium | Home team | Result | Away team | Attendance | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970–71 | Life Challenge Cup | Final | ? | FNB Stadium | Orlando Pirates | 2 – 2 (aet) | Kaizer Chiefs | Kaizer Chiefs won 2 – 1 after replay | |
| Final replay | ? | FNB Stadium | Kaizer Chiefs | 2–1 | Orlando Pirates | ||||
| 1971–72 | MTN 8 | Final | ? | FNB Stadium | Orlando Pirates | 10–1 (aet) | Kaizer Chiefs | ||
| 1974–75 | Life Challenge Cup | Final | ? | FNB Stadium | Orlando Pirates | 3–2 | Kaizer Chiefs | ||
| Life Challenge Cup | Final 1st leg | ? | FNB Stadium | Kaizer Chiefs | 4–1 | Orlando Pirates | Kaizer Chiefs won 6–2 on aggregate | ||
| Final 2 ng leg | ? | FNB Stadium | Orlando Pirates | 1–2 | Kaizer Chiefs | ||||
| 1975–76 | Benson & Hedges Cup | Final | ? | FNB Stadium | Kaizer Chiefs | 1–0 | Orlando Pirates | ||
| 1976–77 | Benson & Hedges Cup | Final | ? | FNB Stadium | Kaizer Chiefs | 1–0 | Orlando Pirates | ||
| 1980–81 | Nedbank Cup | Final | ? | FNB Stadium | Orlando Pirates | 1 – 1 (aet) | Kaizer Chiefs | Kaizer Chiefs won 3 – 1 after replay | |
| Final replay | ? | FNB Stadium | Kaizer Chiefs | 3 – 1 | Orlando Pirates | ||||
| 1983–84 | Nedbank Cup | Final | ? | FNB Stadium | Kaizer Chiefs | 1 – 0 | Orlando Pirates | ||
| 1987–88 | Bob Save Super Bowl | Final | ? | FNB Stadium | Orlando Pirates | 1 – 0 | Kaizer Chiefs | ||
| 1996 | Bob Save Super Bowl | Semi-final | ? | ? | Orlando Pirates | 5 – 1 | Kaizer Chiefs | ||
| 1997–98 | Bob Save Super Bowl | 2nd round | 27 March 1998 | ? | Kaizer Chiefs | 0 – 1 | Orlando Pirates | ||
| 1998–99 | Bob Save Super Bowl | Semi-final 1st leg | 31 October 1998 | ? | Kaizer Chiefs | 3 – 1 | Orlando Pirates | Kaizer Chiefs won 3 – 2 on aggregate | |
| Semi-final 2nd leg | 14 November 1998 | ? | Orlando Pirates | 1 – 0 | Kaizer Chiefs | ||||
| 2001–02 | MTN 8 | Semi-final | 25 August 2001 | FNB Stadium | Kaizer Chiefs | 1 – 0 | Orlando Pirates | ||
| 2005–06 | ABSA Cup | Final | 19 May 2006 | FNB Stadium | Kaizer Chiefs * | 0 – 0 | Orlando Pirates | Kaizer Chiefs won 5-3 on penalties | |
| 2009–10 | Telkom Knockout | Semi-final | 5 April 2010 | FNB Stadium | Orlando Pirates * | 0 – 0 | Kaizer Chiefs | Kaizer Chiefs won 3-0 on penalties | |
| 2010–11 | MTN 8 | Semi-final 1st leg | 11 September 2010 | FNB Stadium | Orlando Pirates | 1 – 1 | Kaizer Chiefs | 75,000 | Orlando Pirates won 2 – 1 on aggregate |
| Semi-final 2nd leg | 26 September 2010 | FNB Stadium | Kaizer Chiefs | 0 – 1 | Orlando Pirates | 69,760 | |||
| Telkom Knockout | Final | 4 December 2010 | FNB Stadium | Orlando Pirates * | 0 – 3 | Kaizer Chiefs | 90,000 | ||
| 2012-12 | MTN 8 | Final | 10 September 2011 | FNB Stadium | Orlando Pirates * | 1 – 0 (aet) | Kaizer Chiefs | 84,000 | |
| 2012–13 | MTN 8 | Semi-final 1st leg | 24 August 2013 | FNB Stadium | Kaizer Chiefs | 0 – 1 | Orlando Pirates | 83,000 | Orlando Pirates won 2 – 1 on aggregate |
| Semi-final 2nd leg | 24 September 2013 | Orlando Stadium | Orlando Pirates | 1 – 1 | Kaizer Chiefs | 40,000 | |||
| 2014–15 | MTN 8 | Final | 20 September 2014 | Moses Mabhida Stadium | Orlando Pirates * | 0 – 1 | Kaizer Chiefs | 50,000 | |
| 2015–16 | Telkom Knockout | Semi-final | 7 November 2015 | FNB Stadium | Kaizer Chiefs | 0 – 0 | Orlando Pirates | Kaizer Chiefs won 6 – 5 on penalties | |
| 2015–16 | Nedbank Cup | Round 32 | 5 March 2016 | FNB Stadium | Kaizer Chiefs | 0 – 2 | Orlando Pirates | ||
| 2018–19 | Telkom Knockout | Semi-final | 24 November 2018 | Moses Mabhida Stadium | Kaizer Chiefs | 1 – 2 | Orlando Pirates | ||
| 2019–20 | Telkom Knockout | Semi-final | 24 November 2018 | Moses Mabhida Stadium | Kaizer Chiefs | 2 – 2 | Orlando Pirates | Kaizer Chiefs won 4 – 2 on penalties | |
| 2020-21 | 2020 MTN 8 | Semi-final 1st leg | 31 October 2020 | Orlando Stadium | Orlando Pirates | 3–0 | Kaizer Chiefs | 0 | Orlando Pirates won 5-0 on aggregate |
| Semi-final 2nd leg | 08 November 2020 | FNB Stadium | Kaizer Chiefs | 0–2 | Orlando Pirates | 0 | |||
| 2022-23 | Nedbank Cup | Semi-final | 6 May 2023 | FNB Stadium | Kaizer Chiefs | 1 – 2 | Orlando Pirates |
* Played as a neutral game with one side designated as the 'home team'.
Honours
| Orlando Pirates | Competition | Kaizer Chiefs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic | |||
| 4 | South African Premier Division (1996 - present) | 4 | |
| 8 | Nedbank Cup | 13 | |
| 11 | MTN 8 | 15 | |
| 1 | Telkom Knockout | 13 | |
| 1 | National Soccer League (South Africa) (1985 to 1996) | 3 | |
| 4 | National Professional Soccer League (South Africa) (1971 to 1984) | 5 | |
| 29 | Aggregate | 53 | |
| Continental | |||
| 1 | CAF Champions League | 0 | |
| 0 | African Cup Winners' Cup (defunct) | 1 | |
| 1 | CAF Super Cup | 0 | |
| 2 | Aggregate | 1 | |
| 31 | Total aggregate | 54 | |
Head-to-head ranking in the South African Premier Division (1996–2021)
| P. | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
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| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
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- Total: Kaizer Chiefs with 13 higher finishes, Orlando Pirates with 12 higher finishes (as of the end of the 2020–21 season).
- The biggest difference in positions for Kaizer Chiefs from Orlando Pirates is 7 places (2016–17season), The biggest difference in positions for Orlando Pirates from Kaizer Chiefs is 7 places (2018–19 season).
References
- "South Africa's derby goes global". FIFA. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
- "Bucs, Birds clash to revive original Soweto derby spark". SowetanLIVE. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- "From Violence to Vuvuzelas: How The Soweto Derby Unified Fans". Goal.com. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
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