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| Full name | Kaizer Chiefs Football Club | ||
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| Short name | Chiefs | ||
| Founded | 7 January 1970 | ||
| Stadium | FNB Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 94,797 | ||
| Owner | Kaizer Motaung | ||
| Chairman | Kaizer Motaung | ||
| Manager | Nasreddine Nabi | ||
| League | DStv Premiership | ||
| 2023–24 | 10th | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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| Football (Men's) | Football (Youth Mixed) |
Kaizer Chiefs Football Club (often known as Chiefs) are a South African professional football club based in Naturena, Johannesburg South, that plays in the DStv Premiership. The team is nicknamed AmaKhosi, which means "Kings" or "Chiefs" in Zulu, and the Phefeni Glamour Boys. Chiefs have won 13 league titles (four in the PSL era) and over 42 cup trophies.[1] The club's most recent trophy was the Shell Helix Ultra Cup trophy it won on 12 October 2019.[2] As a result, they hold the most trophies amongst all clubs in South Africa and are the most successful team in South African football history since the start of the top flight in 1970. They are the most supported club in the country, drawing an average home attendance of 16,144 in the 2019–20 season, the highest in the league. It led to them being dubbed "The Biggest Club" in Southern Africa. The team plays its home matches at the 94,797-capacity FNB Stadium.[3]
The team has a strong local rivalry with Orlando Pirates, a fellow Soweto team that Chiefs founder Kaizer Motaung played for in his early playing career.[1] Famous players who donned the black-and-gold jersey in the past include former national team captains Neil Tovey and Lucas Radebe as well as Patrick Ntsoelengoe, Gary Bailey, John "Shoes" Moshoeu, Shaun Bartlett, Steve Komphela, Siyabonga Nomvete, and Doctor Khumalo.
Kaizer Chiefs were banned by the African Football (CAF) from competing in African club competitions until 2009 after their abrupt withdrawal from the 2005 CAF Confederation Cup. This was the second time in four years that Chiefs had been penalized by CAF for refusal to participate in a competition.
It is the most supported team in South Africa. Kaizer Chiefs had a support base of over 16 million at the turn of the century. In January 2023, Kaizer Chiefs celebrated their 53rd anniversary.[4]
Kaiser Chiefs, the British indie rock/britpop band, was named after the club because Lucas Radebe, a former player of Kaizer Chiefs, captained Leeds United, the team that the band members all supported.[5]
- ^ a b "Kaizer Motaung | The Presidency". www.thepresidency.gov.za. Archived from the original on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ "Billat, Castro help Chiefs demolish Sundowns in Shell Cup". www.kaizerchiefs.com. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "worldfootball.net". worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Kaizer Chiefs Reacts To 'Identical' Black / Gold Barcelona Kit". Footy Headlines. 14 August 2020. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ "Interview: Kaiser Chiefs". Music OMH. April 2005. Archived from the original on 21 September 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2012.