Bidvest Wits F.C.
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This article is about the professional football team formed as Wits University F.C.. For the student team formerly representing University of the Witwatersrand, see Wits University F.C.
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.
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Full name | Bidvest Wits Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Clever Boys, The Students | ||
Founded | 1921; 103 years ago (1921) | ||
Dissolved | 2020; 4 years ago (2020) | ||
Ground | Bidvest Stadium | ||
Capacity | 5,000 | ||
Coach | Gavin Hunt (last coach) | ||
League | ABSA Premiership | ||
2019–20 | 4th | ||
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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]