Stellenbosch F.C.

Stellenbosch Football Club is a South African football club established in 2016 following the relocation of Vasco da Gama to Stellenbosch, Western Cape. It is the first Absa Premiership team to be based in Stellenbosch, and the club plays home games at Coetzenburg Stadium and Idas Valley Stadium.

Stellenbosch F.C.
Full nameStellenbosch Football Club
Nickname(s)Stellies
Founded3 August 2016
GroundCoetzenburg Stadium, Stellenbosch
Capacity8,000[1]
CoachSteve Barker
LeagueAbsa Premiership
2018-19National First Division, 1st (promoted)
WebsiteClub website

History

The club was formed on August 2016 when the Premier Soccer League Executive Committee approved the application from National First Division side, Vasco Da Gama for a name change following the relocation from the Parow to the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport (SAS) in Stellenbosch. Stellenbosch FC's first National First Division game was played on August 28, 2016. Stanley Muishond scored the first goal in team history in a 3–1 loss to Mthatha Bucks. On December 1, 2016, Stellenbosch confirmed that Steve Barker had joined Sammy Troughton in a joint-coach position. The Cape Winelands side finished their inaugural season in 3rd, clinching the final promotion/relegation playoff spot by one point. However, Stellies finished last in the mini-league. Following an unsuccessful attempt to gain promotion to the Absa Premiership Stellenbosch parted ways with head coach Sammy Troughton.

In 2017, Stellenbosch's second season, the team recorded ten wins and ten losses in the thirty matches of the season. The team failed to qualify for the playoffs, finishing eighth. In August 2018, the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport purchased Stellenbosch Football Club.[2] The final round of the 2018/19 National First Division season saw Steve Barker’s Stellenbosch FC confirm their title victory – and promotion to the Absa Premiership – with a 0-0 draw at home to Maccabi FC.

The Chief Operating Officer at the club, Rob Benadie stated "The name 'Stellenbosch FC' shows our intention of creating a club that symbolises the Cape Winelands community. We are on a pathway of building something special‚ and we want to take this community with us.".[3]

The crest of the club features a bunch of grapes, as Stellenbosch is based within the Cape Winelands District Municipality.

Current squad
As of 10 March 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  RSA Keegan Pool
2 DF  RSA Bongane Mathabela
3 DF  RSA Zwelethu Ndlovu
4 DF  RSA Mogamad De Goede
5 DF  RSA Sibusiso Mthethwa
6 MF  RSA Jarrod Moroole (captain)
7 FW  RSA Dean David Van Rooyen
8 MF  RSA Mpho Matsi
9 FW  RSA Ashley Du Preez
10 FW  RSA Iqraam Rayners
11 FW  MEX Diego Franco
12 MF  RSA Granwald Scott
13 DF  RSA Marc van Heerden
15 DF  RSA Kristopher Bergman
16 DF  RSA Robyn Johannes
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW  ZIM Ovidy Karuru
18 FW  RSA Leletu Skelem
20 DF  RSA Alan Robertson
21 FW  RSA Waseem Isaacs
22 FW  RSA Dillon Solomons
23 MF  ZAM Nathan Sinkala
25 DF  RSA Anzio Georgia
26 MF  RSA Tshireletso Motsogi
29 FW  RSA Ryan Moon
31 GK  NED Boy de Jong
32 MF  RSA Asavela Mbekile
35 GK  RSA Lee Langeveldt
42 DF  RSA Nyiko Mobbie
45 DF  RSA Inga Nyeleka
47 DF  RSA Morgan Gould
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References
  1. https://int.soccerway.com/venues/south-africa/coetzenburg-stadium/v1334/
  2. "SAS buys local football club SFC". netwerk24. 20 August 2018.
  3. "Vasco renamed Stellenbosch FC". Supersport. 3 August 2016.

Official website

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