| Full name | Durban Stars Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Isivunguvungu Segagasi (stormy waves), Friends | ||
| Founded | July 2003 | ||
| Ground | SJ Smith Stadium, Chatsworth, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (Capacity: N/A) |
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| Owner | Phindani Nene | ||
| Coach | Ramadhan Nsanzurwimo | ||
| League | Vodacom League, KwaZulu-Natal province |
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| 2010-11 season | 1 | ||
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Durban Stars is a semi-professional association football club based in the Chatsworth suburb of Durban, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The club was founded in July 2003, where the business man Phindani Nene acquired the Castle League franchise of the National First Division club Moja United from Pietermaritzburg,[1] and hereby established his new club Durban Stars FC, directly into the second level of South African football. The club played at this level from 2003-09, before being relegated to Vodacom League.
At the subsequent 2009-10 season, the club even got relegated to the fourth level, known as the SAB Regional League, after having received no less than 14 "dicsiplinary 0-2 defeats" from SAFA. Presumeably the disciplinary irregularity arose from the fact, that the team had fielded ineligible players, during almost half of the matches in the season. To avoid the relegation for the fourth level, the club decided to buy the Castle League franchise of Globe City in Vodacom League. At the next 2010-11 season, the newly reinforced Durban Stars, managed to win the KwaZulu-Natal division of Vodacom League. In June 2011, they will participate in the Vodacom League playoffs, competing for a promotion back to the almighty National First Division.
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The company Durban Stars is based in the La-Lucia suburb of Durban, and handles events and marketing across South Africa. Durban Stars Sports and Marketing is a subdivision of Durban Stars, that specialises in Sports Development, Sports Events, Branding, Digital Advertising and Sports Sponsorship and Sales. Among the customers of the services provided by Durban Stars are: MTN Group, Nedbank, SuperSport, SABC, Ethekwini Municipality and KwaZulu-Natal provincial government. As of 2008, the annual events organised by Durban Stars include: Varsity Cup, Mini Soccer World Cup, MTN Top 32 Schools Soccer Tournament, and Durban Summer Splash.
The company also opted to establish the Durban Stars Sporting Club as a subdivision, to develop sporting clubs within several sports disciplines. As of 2008, they have created professional teams within Beach soccer, BMX, Skateboarding, Touch rugby, Beach cricket, Basketball, Volleyball and Indigenous Games.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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As of December 2008.
The list below highlight the teams most valuable players as of May 2011, according to the South African soccer site KickOff.[2]
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Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Head Coach: Ramadhan Nsanzurwimo
1st Assistant: Alex Zondi
According to available match statistics from 2007-09, the preferred home venue for the team while playing in the National First Division, was Chatsworth Stadium with a capacity of 22,000. After the relegation to Vodacom League in June 2009, the team moved their home venue for the next season to Kings Park Stadium with a capacity of 55,000. In the 2010-11 season, the team could however only afford to play at much smaller venues in Durban. The preferred home venue in this season, was the SJ Smith Stadium, being situated in the Lamontville district, at the Chatsworth suburb in Durban.
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