Stellenbosch F.C.

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.

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. Position Player 1 GK Keegan Pool 2 DF Bongane Mathabela 3 DF Zwelethu Ndlovu 4 DF Mogamad De Goede 5 DF Sibusiso Mthethwa 6 MF Jarrod Moroole (captain) 7 FW Dean David Van Rooyen 8 MF Mpho Matsi 9 FW Ashley Du Preez 10 FW Iqraam Rayners 11 FW Diego Franco 12 MF Granwald Scott 13 DF Marc van Heerden 15 DF Kristopher Bergman 16 DF Robyn Johannes

No. Position Player 17 FW Ovidy Karuru 18 FW Leletu Skelem 20 DF Alan Robertson 21 FW Waseem Isaacs 22 FW Dillon Solomons 23 MF Nathan Sinkala 25 DF Anzio Georgia 26 MF Tshireletso Motsogi 29 FW Ryan Moon 31 GK Boy de Jong 32 MF Asavela Mbekile 35 GK Lee Langeveldt 42 DF Nyiko Mobbie 45 DF Inga Nyeleka 47 DF Morgan Gould

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