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For the British band, see Kaiser Chiefs.
Kaizer Chiefs are a South African football club, founded 7 January 1970 in Soweto, Johannesburg. The team is nicknamed Amakhosi which means "lords" or "chiefs" in Zulu. They normally play their home games at either FNB Stadium or Ellis Park 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 16 million supporters. They have a local rivalry with Orlando Pirates, a fellow Soweto team which Chiefs founder Kaizer Motaung played for in his early playing career. The Chiefs have been banned by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) from competing in African club competitions until 2009 after their abrupt withdrawal from the 2005 CAF Confederation Cup. This is the second time in four years that Chiefs have been penalized by CAF for refusal to participate in a scheduled CAF competition. Kaiser Chiefs, a British indie/britpop band, was named after the club because Lucas Radebe, a former player of Kaizer Chiefs, captained Leeds United, the team they all supported.
[edit] HistoryKaizer Chiefs were founded in 1970 shortly after the return of Kaizer "Chincha Guluva" Motaung from the USA where he played as a striker for the Atlanta Chiefs of the North American Soccer League (NASL). Several other people have played key roles in the formation and growth of the Chiefs, including the late Gilbert Sekgabi, Clarence Mlokoti, China Ngema, and Ewert "The Lip" Nene.[citation needed] Kaizer Chiefs—known as Amakhosi by its fans—was one of the first local clubs to turn fully professional.[citation needed] Their headquarters is Kaizer Chiefs Village, in Naturena, six kilometres south of Johannesburg.[citation needed] In addition to its impressive record of 80 titles in 36 years, the Chiefs have also set benchmarks in local soccer sponsorship.[citation needed] The 2001/2002 season was one of the Club’s best, winning four major trophies in four months. These included the Vodacom Challenge, BP Top Eight, Coca-Cola Cup, and the CAF Cup Winners Cup, also known as the "Mandela Cup."[citation needed] By virtue of winning the Mandela Cup, the Chiefs went on to play the CAF Champions League winners Al-Ahly of Egypt in the Super Cup. In April 2002, the Kaizer Chiefs achievements were recognized by being chosen as “CAF Club of the Year.”[citation needed] In the 2003/2004 season the Chiefs were given the Fair Play Award at the Peace Cup in South Korea. The Chiefs ended the season as league champions winning the PSL for the first time in their history.[citation needed] During the championship race of the 2004/2005 soccer season, the Chiefs overtook the season-long leaders (Orlando Pirates) in the last game of the season to defend its PSL championship. Under the leadership of Romanian coach Ted Dumitru, Zambian striker Collins Mbesuma had a record-breaking season scoring 35 goals in all competitions.[citation needed] Kaizer Chiefs' forays into Africa have been temporarily scuttled by a Confederation of African Football (CAF) ban. However, it will still make its presence felt through the annual Vodacom Challenge that pits Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates with an invited European club. The Chiefs have won the Vodacom Challenge Cup 4 times since its inception. They beat a young Manchester United side in the 2006 Challenge to win the trophy.[citation needed] In March 2007, coach Ernst Middendorp and the club parted company. The club instantly appointed their rival team Orlando Pirates former coach Kostadin Papic for the remainder of the 2006/7 season.[citation needed] Muhsin Ertugral returned for the 2007/2008 season to begin his second stint with Chiefs having already coached The Soweto Glamour Boys from 1999 until 2003.[citation needed] [edit] The Soweto derbyThe Soweto derby between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates is one of the most fiercely contested matches in world football, and in contrast to most of the other games played in the South Africa Premier Soccer League, matches between the two rivals attract a large fanbase. [edit] Overall record
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[edit] ForeignersIn the South African PSL, only five non-South African nationals can be registered. Players with foreign and South African citizenship do not count as foreigners. [edit] Stadium(s)[edit] Amakhosi StadiumMain article: Amakhosi Stadium Is the future home venue of South African football (soccer) club Kaizer Chiefs. Kaizer Chiefs will become the first football team in South Africa to own their own stadium when the 55,000 All-Seater Amakhosi Stadium is completed in April 2010. The Amakhosi have used no less than 9 stadiums in Johannesburg as their home-ground. The new stadium which is being developed at a cost of R1.2 billion will be part of a greater sports precinct being developed which lies 40 km West of Johannesburg. The Amakhosi Stadium will be ready in April 2010, while the rest of the complex, which will include cricket and rugby stadiums, a sports hotel and a retail shopping centre — specializing in sports equipment — will be developed at a later stage. The Gauteng Provincial Government will develop other infrastructures around the stadium such as road, rail and general public access to the stadium. The Amakhosi Stadium Precinct will also become the home of the Kaizer Chiefs Youth Development Programme with the young Chiefs players taking up residency in June 2010. The Amakhosi Stadium will have state of the art media facilities with a press room accommodating more than a hundred members of the media. It will also have more than 195 private executive suites and special access and viewing areas for Amakhosi fans with disabilities. The stadium plans include a parking area housing 3000 cars and will be built with special parking facilities for buses and taxis to ensure that the traffic flow in and out of the area is smooth. The stadium developers have set time lines for the Amakhosi stadium that should open its doors to the public in June 2010. [edit] Soccer CityMain article: FNB Stadium First National Bank Stadium (FNB Stadium or Soccer City) is a stadium located in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located next to the South African Football Association headquarters (SAFA House) where both the FIFA offices and the Local Organising Committee for the 2010 FIFA World Cup is housed. [1] [edit] References
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