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Soweto Derby
An Orlando Pirates fan and a Kaizer Chiefs fan before the Soweto derby.
Other names
"El Kasico"
Location
Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa
Teams
Kaizer Chiefs
Orlando Pirates
First meeting
24 January 1970
Latest meeting
March 9 2024
Orlando Pirates 3 - 2 Kaizer Chiefs
DStv Premiership
Stadiums
FNB Stadium (Chiefs) Orlando Stadium (Pirates)
Statistics
Most wins
Orlando Pirates (22)
Most player appearances
Happy Jele (236) (Orlando Pirates F.C.)
Top scorer
Patrick Ntsoelengoe (19) (Kaizer Chiefs F.C.)
All-time series
Chiefs: 21 Draw: 19 Pirates: 21
Largest victory
Pirates 5–1 Chiefs (1998)
Current win streak
3
wins (Orlando Pirates)
The Soweto Derby is a football rivalry between Premier Soccer League's Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates in South Africa. It was first contested on 24 January 1970.[1] Matches between the two rivals attract a large fanbase. The rivalry is recognised as one of the biggest derbies in Africa.
The Soweto Derby is different to the Original Soweto Derby, which is contested between Pirates and Moroka Swallows.[2]
Based in Soweto, Johannesburg, the rivalry stems from the fact that Kaizer Chiefs was formed by a former Orlando Pirates star Kaizer Motaung. Motaung had left Orlando Pirates to go play professional soccer in the now defunct North American Soccer League for a team called the Atlanta Chiefs. Upon returning home, he found a lot of infighting among the hierarchy at Pirates. He decided to form a Kaizer XI, which initially played friendly matches with various clubs in South Africa and then this entity evolved to the Kaizer Chiefs.[3]
^"South Africa's derby goes global". FIFA. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
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^"From Violence to Vuvuzelas: How The Soweto Derby Unified Fans". Goal.com. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
The SowetoDerby is a football rivalry between Premier Soccer League's Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates in South Africa. It was first contested on 24...
Soweto (/səˈwɛtoʊ, -ˈweɪt-, -ˈwiːt-/) is a township of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city's...
the country's high crime and murder rates. As a mark of respect, the Sowetoderby between Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs, due to be played on 1 November...
in a 1–0 loss to Bidvest Wits on 31 August 2007. Tshabalala made his Sowetoderby debut on 24 November 2007 in a 2–2 draw. Tshabalala played his first...
striker' was larger than life". The Citizen (Gauteng). "Marc Batchelor - SowetoDerby legend | Goal.com". www.goal.com. "Tributes pour in for slain ex-footballer...
fierce rival Kaizer Chiefs fan, and also performed for his team at the Sowetoderbies. He was nicknamed "Legs of Thunder" after a champion racehorse that...
football (soccer) and Rugby union stadium located in Nasrec, bordering the Soweto area of Johannesburg, South Africa. The site is managed by Stadium Management...
Stadium in the city of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, for the local Sowetoderby association football match between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates...
as communications giant Vodacom sought to leverage their sponsorship of Soweto giants Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs. The first year of the competition...
as communications giant Vodacom sought to leverage their sponsorship of Soweto giants Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs. The first year of the competition...
February 2023). "'Mdu is a special talent': Zwane applauds 19-year-old for Sowetoderby 'arrogance'". News 24. Retrieved 24 May 2024. Abrahams, Celine (25 April...
debut. Katsande scored his first official goal on 15 March 2014 in the Sowetoderby against Orlando Pirates, the same team he made his debut against, being...
12 November 2022 – via PressReader. "Orlando Pirates' Timm to snatch Sowetoderby bragging rights back from Kaizer Chiefs? | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved...
February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022. "Where does SowetoDerby rank among Africa's biggest derbies? | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Archived from the original...
on penalties after a goalless draw in normal time. This was the first Sowetoderby final since 1988. 29 April 2006 30 April 2006 The choice of venue for...
Pirates Windhoek Walvis Bay derby: Blue Waters vs. Eleven Arrows F.C. Sowetoderby: Kaizer Chiefs vs. Orlando Pirates. Cape Town Derby: Cape Town Spurs vs. Cape...
Archived from the original on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2023. "SowetoDerby Attendance Record For The Last Five Years". soccerladuma.co.za. 3 March...
2020. "Siphelele Mthembu". Football.com. Retrieved 28 February 2020. "SowetoDerby". Kickoff.com. Retrieved 28 February 2020. "Kaizer chiefs vs Edu sport —...
2005 in a 2–0 win over Dynamos. He scored his first Chiefs goal in the Sowetoderby on 29 October 2005. Obua impressed during his time in South Africa, winning...
opportunity to elect the starting 11 of their desired players from the two Sowetoderby arch rivals, Orlando Pirates, and Kaizer Chiefs, which are two of the...
team". He scored his first goal of the 2013–14 as an equaliser in the Sowetoderby to silence critics. He also started off the 2014 CAF Champions League...
de Maputo of Mozambique 3-0 in the 2nd leg. Bukenya tasted his first Sowetoderby on 15 March 2014 as the Amakhosi won 1-0 in a League clash at Soccer...
just yet, but he can be that Porsche. Lets see if they step up." In his Sowetoderby debut on 20 September 2014, despite being written off as the "weakest...
extended. The club planned to send a representative for the then upcoming Sowetoderby but was postponed as it was on the day of the funeral of the late South...
opportunity to elect the starting 11 of their desired players from the two Sowetoderby arch rivals, Orlando Pirates, and Kaizer Chiefs, which are two of the...
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