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| Full name | Bidvest Wits Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Clever Boys, The Students | ||
| Founded | 1921 | ||
| Dissolved | 2020 | ||
| Ground | Bidvest Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 5,000 | ||
| Coach | Gavin Hunt (last coach) | ||
| League | ABSA Premiership | ||
| 2019–20 | 4th | ||
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Bidvest Wits Football Club, (simply often known as Wits University F.C. or Wits) was a South African professional football club from Johannesburg which played in the Premier Soccer League the first-tier of South African league football system. It was nicknamed "The Clever Boys" or "The Students" because of the close affiliation with the University of the Witwatersrand.
The club was sold at the conclusion of the 2019–20 Premier Soccer League season.[1] This after Bidvest confirmed that it had reached an agreement for the sale of the club's top-flight status to Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila (TTM).[2][3]
- ^ "Media Statement". Bidvest Wits. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- ^ Ngcatshe, Phumzile (13 September 2020). "Ex-Bidvest Wits CEO Ferreira on why he club was sold to Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "Wits confirm sale to TTM as Bidvest Group ends 15-year relationship with club". news 24 Sport. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.