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Full name | SuperSport United Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | Matsatsantsa (The Swanky Boys, The Trendsetters) Spartans | ||
Founded | 1994; 30 years ago (1994), purchased Pretoria City franchise | ||
Ground | Lucas Moripe Stadium, Atteridgeville, Pretoria | ||
Capacity | 28,900 | ||
Chairman | Khulu Sibiya | ||
Coach | Gavin Hunt | ||
League | DStv Premiership | ||
2023–24 | 7th | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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SuperSport United Football Club (often known as SuperSport) is a South African professional football club based in AtteridgevilleinPretoria in the Gauteng province. The team currently plays in the DStv Premiership. United is known as Matsatsantsa a Pitori amongst its supporters. They usually play their home games at Lucas Moripe StadiuminAtteridgeville.
Supersport F.C. is an association football club wholly owned by SuperSport, the South African group of television channels.
The club was originally known as Pretoria City. City was purchased by M-Net in 1994. M-Net received approval from the National Soccer League and the club was renamed.
The club comprises a professional football team affiliated to the Premier Soccer League as well as various youth academy teams in the SuperSport United Youth Academy playing within their respective SAFA structures.
Home matches are usually played at Lucas Moripe StadiuminAtteridgeville, Pretoria, however in recent times the club has elected to take many matches to the Peter Mokaba StadiuminPolokwane.
The club's youth academy is one of the best in the country. Some of the graduates are Daine Klate, Kermit Erasmus, Ronwen Williams all three from Port Elizabeth and Kamohelo Mokotjo. They have previously been linked with English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur and Dutch side Feyenoord.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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