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South African football club From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kaizer Chiefs Development is a South African football (soccer) club based in Johannesburg that plays in the DStv Diski Challenge.[1]
Nickname(s) | Amakhosi (Chiefs), Glamour Boys | ||
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Founded | 7 January 1970 | ||
Ground | FNB Stadium, Johannesburg | ||
Capacity | 94,736 | ||
Chairman | Kaizer Motaung | ||
Coach | Vela Khumalo | ||
League | DStv Diski Challenge | ||
2021/22 | 7th | ||
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The team is nicknamed Amakhosi which means "lords" or "chiefs" in Zulu and Phefeni Glamour Boys. They currently play most of their home games at Soccer City in Nasrec, Johannesburg South, which is commonly also referred to as the FNB 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 100 million supporters.[2]
They have a local rivalry with Orlando Pirates, a fellow Soweto team which Chiefs founder Kaizer Motaung played for in his early playing career.[3]
Kaizer Chiefs are known as Amakhosi by its fans. Their headquarters is Kaizer Chiefs Village, in Naturena, six kilometres south of Johannesburg.[4]
The club also has developmentals in Cape Town & Durban as YouthTeams.[citation needed]
During the end of 2021–22 season of DStv Diski Challenge, Arthur Zwane was appointed as a senior team head coach. Kaizer Motaung Junior appointed Vela Khumalo has a new head coach for Kaizer Chiefs Reserve team[5]
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