10 Facts About Kaizer Chiefs

1.

Kaizer Chiefs Football Club is a South African professional football club based in Naturena, Johannesburg South, that plays in the Premier Soccer League.

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2.

Kaizer Chiefs have won 13 league titles and over 50 club trophies.

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3.

Kaizer Chiefs were banned by the African Football from competing in African club competitions until 2009 after their abrupt withdrawal from the 2005 CAF Confederation Cup.

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4.

Kaizer Chiefs were founded in January 1970 shortly after the return of Kaizer "Chincha Guluva" Motaung from the United States where he played as a striker for the Atlanta Chiefs of the North American Soccer League .

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5.

Kaizer Chiefs combined his own first name with the Atlanta Chiefs to create the name of Kaizer Chiefs.

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6.

Kaizer Chiefs ended the season as league champions, winning the PSL for the first time in their history.

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7.

Kaizer Chiefs have won the Vodacom Challenge Cup 5 times since its inception.

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8.

On 9 July 2021, Kaizer Chiefs confirmed through Twitter that they signed six players for next season after their transfer ban ended.

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9.

Kaizer Chiefs announced in August 2010, that construction of Amakhosi Stadium was now expected only to start in autumn 2010, and finalised by August 2012.

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10.

On 29 October 2012, Kaizer Chiefs announced that they had registered a rugby sevens team to participate in the inaugural 7s Premier League.

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