NMMU F.C.

NMMU FC
Full name Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Football Club
Nickname(s) Madibaz
Founded 2000 (as school of excellence)
2005 (as NMMU)
Ground NMMU Stadium
Ground Capacity 15,000
Owner Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Chairman Kagiso Tsiane
Manager Mark Tommy
League Port Elizabeth Football Association Premier Division
2012 5th
Website [<span%20class="url">.nmmu.ac.za Club website]

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University F.C. is as an association football club representing the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The club was brought to its current form in 2005, through mergers of three football clubs. NMMU's previous institutions had football clubs at the University of Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth Technikon and Vista University's Port Elizabeth.

The school of excellence was founded in 2000 at UPE for FC Copenhagen. In 2003–04 the club won the Eastern Cape provincial league. PE Tech had previously run a professional club, which played in the National First Division in 2000–01 season. In 2006, the UPE franchise was sold to Bay United and became known as Bay Academy.[1]

In 2011, the men's team won the University Sport South Africa championship, with a 3–0 win over Cape Peninsula University of Technology at the University of Limpopo.[2]

During the 2013 season, the club has 3 senior men's teams and 1 senior women's team. The men's teams play in the Port Elizabeth Football Association's (PEFA) premier league, premier reserve league, and 2nd division. The women's team plays in the PEFA women's league.

Honours

Results

Season finishing places for the premier men's team

Club officials

Technical team

First team squad

As of 20 July 2015, Varsity Football squad Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 South Africa GK Matthew Booysen
2 South Africa Onela Beqezi
3 South Africa Lonwabo Balfour
4 South Africa Lundi Balfour
5 South Africa Athini Bisha
6 South Africa Litha Fingo
7 South Africa Zusakhe Sali
8 South Africa Karabo Mothlabi
9 South Africa Sachin Jackson
No. Position Player
10 South Africa Cloudius Sagandira
11 South Africa Kieran Koert
12 South Africa Xola Fipaza
13 South Africa Onke Matomela
14 South Africa Diego van Rooyen
15 South Africa Achuma Klaas
16 South Africa Fuzo Zantsi
17 South Africa Simamkele Thobi
18 South Africa Lusapho Mlangane

Notable players

The following former NMMU players have represented South Africa:

In addition the following former NMMU players have played professional football:

Former coaches

Previous names

Sponsors

References

  1. ↑ "Bay United History". Supersport. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "NMMU Madibaz players provide hunting ground for new talent". The Herald. 18 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "South Africa 2001/02". rsssf.com. 8 September 2002.
  4. ↑ "South Africa 2002/03". rsssf.com. 25 August 2003.
  5. ↑ "South Africa 2005/06". rsssf.com. 7 February 2007.
  6. ↑ "South Africa 2005/06". rsssf.com. 7 February 2007.
  7. ↑ "South Africa 2008/09". rsssf.com. 4 September 2008.
  8. ↑ "South Africa 2008/09". rsssf.com. 22 October 2009.
  9. ↑ "About the Club". NMMU.
  10. ↑ "ABSA NMMU Madibaz Soccer Team". NMMU. 2 December 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  11. ↑ "USSA FOOTBALL NATIONAL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS RHODES UNIVERSITY 2010" (PDF). University Sport South Africa. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  12. ↑ "USSA Football National Club Championships 2011" (PDF). University Sport South Africa. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  13. ↑ "USSA Football National Club Championships 2012" (PDF). University Sport South Africa. 7 December 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  14. ↑ "Tuks win Varsity Football cup". KickOff. 17 September 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  15. ↑ "USSA FOOTBALL" (PDF). USSA. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  16. ↑ "Dominant Madibaz named double Pefa champs". NMMU. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  17. ↑ "USSA FOOTBALL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS 2014 TOURNAMENT RESULTS" (PDF). USSA. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  18. ↑ "Administration". NMMU.
  19. ↑ "NMMU News". Garden Route Electronic Mail Local Information and News.
  20. ↑ "Cape United Soccer School of Excellence, officially opened today". Cape United Soccer School of Excellence.
  21. ↑ "Sponsors". NMMU. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  22. ↑ "South Campus". NMMU. Retrieved 23 April 2013.


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