Kaizer Chiefs Development
| Nickname(s) | Amakhosi (Chiefs), Glamour Boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 7 January 1970 | ||
| Ground | FNB Stadium, Soweto, Johannesburg | ||
| Capacity | 94,736 | ||
| Chairman | Kaizer Motaung | ||
| Coach | Vela Khumalo | ||
| League | DStv Diski Challenge | ||
| 2021/22 | 7th | ||
|
| |||
Kaizer Chiefs Development is a South African football (soccer) club based in Johannesburg that plays in the DStv Diski Challenge.[1]
The team is nicknamed Amakhosi which means "lords" or "chiefs" in Zulu and Phefeni Glamour Boys. They currently play most of their home games at Soccer City in Nasrec, Soweto, which is commonly also referred to as the FNB Stadium. The club is unarguably the biggest football club in the country in terms of success. It is also the most supported club in South Africa and the neighbouring countries of Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia etc. It has been estimated that the club has over 100 million supporters.[2]
They have a local rivalry with Orlando Pirates, a fellow Soweto team which Chiefs founder Kaizer Motaung played for in his early playing career.[3]
Kaizer Chiefs are known as Amakhosi by its fans. Their headquarters is Kaizer Chiefs Village, in Naturena, six kilometres south of Johannesburg.[4]
The Club also has developmentals in Cape Town & Durban as YouthTeams.[citation needed]
During the end of 2021-22 season of DStv Diski Challenge, Arthur Zwane was appointed as a senior team head coach. Kaizer Motaung Junior appointed Vela Khumalo has a new head coach for Kaizer Chiefs Reserve team[5]
Notable players[edit]
Michael Buxleigh Teteh- Wandile Duba
-
Antonio Manuel Santos Henriques - Samuel Tavares-Johnson
- Francis Kwigllingkok
- Kwethluke Kwigllingkok
- Lungelo Nkosi
- James McFarlane
- Siyabonga Ngezana
- Njabulo Blom
- Neo Bohloko
Achievements[edit]
- Gauteng Reserve League 2013
- Gauteng Reserve League 2017
- Gauteng Reserve League 2021
- Gauteng Reserve League 2022
- Engen Knockout Cup 2017
- Engen Knockout Cup 2021
- Engen Knockout Cup 2022
- Nedbank Ke Yona Cup 2010
- Nedbank Ke Yona Cup 2016
- Nedbank Ke Yona Cup 2021
- SAFA Regionals Gauteng 2011
- SAFA Regionals Gauteng 2012
- SAFA Regionals Gauteng 2019
- SAFA Regional Western Cape 2014
- SAFA Regionals Western Cape 2020
- SAFA Regionals KwaZulu Natal 2020
- SAFA Regionals KwaZulu Natal 2021
- SAFA Regionals KwaZulu Natal 2022
- Telkom Charity Cup 2013
- Telkom Charity Cup 2015
- Telkom Charity Cup 2019
- DSTV Youth League 2020
- DSTV Youth Super Cup 2022
- Multichoice Diski Challenge 2017
- DSTV DIski Shield:2018, 2022
- Vision View U/17 Easter Cup of Champions: 2023, 2024
References[edit]
- ^ Kaizer Chiefs F.C
- ^ Kaizer Chiefs F.C
- ^ Kaizer Chiefs F.C
- ^ Kaizer Chiefs F.C
- ^ "Safa 'has to raise money' to hire full-time junior team coaches: Motlanthe". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
| National teams |
| ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League system |
| ||||||||||
| Domestic cups |
| ||||||||||
| Awards | |||||||||||
| Lists | |||||||||||