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Chippa United F.C.

Chippa United Football Club (often known as Chilli boys or Chippa) is a South African professional football club based in East London in the Eastern Cape province, having previously been based in Nyanga suburb of the city of Cape Town. The club's first team currently plays in the Premier Soccer League's Premier Division, with the reserve team playing in the PSL's reserve league.[1] The team plays most of its home games at the Buffalo City Stadium, while hosting night matches at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.

Chippa United
Full nameChippa United Football Club
Nickname(s)Chilli Boys
FoundedJanuary 2010; 14 years ago (2010-01)
GroundBuffalo City Stadium (night games)
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
Capacity16,000
ChairmanSiviwe Mpengesi
LeagueBetway Premiership
2022–2314th
Websitehttp://www.chippautdfc.co.za
Former club crest

History

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The club was founded in January 2010 when Chippa Mpengesi purchased the Vodacom League franchise of Paarl based club, Mbekweni Cosmos, for R400,000.[2] Cosmos had won promotion from the Castle League at the end of the 2008–09 season, and started campaigning in the Vodacom League in the 2009–10 season. In 2010–11 season, the club began playing under the name, Chippa United.

Chippa United's first season was very successful with the club winning the Western Cape Vodacom League before winning the Vodacom League National Coastal Stream to achieve promotion to the National First Division.[3] Chippa were also crowned the overall 2010–11 Vodacom League National champions after beating Inland Stream winners Sivutsa Stars.[3]

The club finished their debut season in the National First Division in 2nd place behind University of Pretoria and won promotion to the Premier Soccer League via the play-offs in June 2012.[4] Chippa used five managers during the course of the 2012–13 PSL season[5] and finished 15th, eventually getting relegated after failing to win the playoffs.[6]

A feeder team, called Peace Makers, was once owned by Chippa United, and ran teams under the club's umbrella. It ran a team in the SAFA Second Division and also junior teams in Cape Town's junior leagues.[7] The Peace Makers franchise was sold to Milano United before the beginning of the 2013–14 season.[8] In Port Elizabeth the club runs its youth teams under the Chippa United name, and play in the Port Elizabeth Football Association leagues.[9]

Ownership

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Chippa United is wholly owned by Chippa Investment Holdings, which is a Cape Town-based construction, security and cleaning company founded by Siviwe "Chippa" Mpengesi.

During 2015, the club was effectively under the administration of Access Facilities and Leisure Management, the operating company of Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.[10]

Stadium

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During the club's early seasons in Cape Town, it used Philippi Stadium as its home ground. The stadium was used from 2009–10 to 2011–12 and again in 2013–14.

Following the 2011–12 the club was promoted from the Premier Soccer League's National First Division to the Premier Division. Philippi Stadium was deemed not to be up to standard to host matches in the Premier Division. Due to this, the club hosted its matches at Athlone Stadium and Cape Town Stadium.[11] However, the ground had previously been used by Vasco da Gama during the 2010–11 season. From March 2013, the club was allowed to host matches at Philippi Stadium.[12]

Following the 2013–14 season the club was promoted to the Premier Division once more. During the off season, the club announced that it would move to Port Elizabeth.[13] The club and municipality announced a three-year deal to use Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.[14] The municipality also announced that certain matches would be played at the city's Wolfson Stadium and Gelvandale Stadium.[15] During the 2014–15 season, the club was forced to host matches at the Wolfson Stadium.

According to a report tabled by the Nelson Mandela Bay mayor's office, Chippa United's contract to play in the city is for 18 years, beginning with the 2014–15 season, and thus running to 2031–32.[16]

During the 2015–16 season, the club announced plans to host some of its matches at East London's Buffalo City Stadium.[17] The club cited the high cost of hosting matches at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, and lack of paying spectators as reasons for the decision.[18]

Training ground

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On the club's movement to Port Elizabeth, it announced that it intended to use Wolfson Stadium as its training ground, and intended pursuing a long-term lease from the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality. As the ground was not yet up to standard, the club announced that it would use Gelvandale Stadium for training, until the necessary upgrades were completed at Wolfson Stadium. During the 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons, the club split its training at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University's Second Avenue Campus and Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium's outdoor fields. Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium's outer fields are shared with the Eastern Province Elephants rugby team.[citation needed]

Achievements

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  • NFD Champions:
2013–14
  • PSL promotion/relegation play-offs:
2011–12
  • Second Division National play-offs:
2010–11
  • Second Division Western Cape Stream:
2010–11
  • Metropolitan Under-19 Premier Cup
2012 (As Philippi United)[19]
  • U-17 Engen Knockout Challenge
2015[20]
2016[21]

Club records

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Premiership

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Season Division Result Pld Won Draw Lose GF GA GD Pts Nedbank Cup Telkom KO MTN 8
2009-10 3rd 13th 30 10 5 15 48 48 0 35
2010-11 3rd Winner 32 26 5 1 96 18 78 83
2011-12 NFD 2nd/Promoted 30 14 9 7 46 29 17 51 1st round — —
2012-13 PSL 15th/Relegated 30 6 10 14 28 41 -13 28 R32
2013-14 NFD 1st/Winner 30 17 7 6 54 36 18 58 1st Round — —
2014-15 PSL 14th 30 7 9 14 30 47 -17 30 R32 R16 –

National First Division

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SAFA Second Division

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Nedbank Cup

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Telkom Knockout

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  • 2012 – Round of 16
  • 2014 – Round of 16
  • 2015 – Round of 16

MTN 8

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  • 2016 – Semi-finals*

PSL Reserve League

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Shirt sponsor & kit manufacturer

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Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2010–11 Rada Sport Vacant
2011–12 Adidas Vacant
2012–13 Kappa Vodacom
2013–14 Umbro Chippa Holdings
2014 Nike[22]
2015 Umbro
2015–16 Puma[23]
2016-17 Canterbury[24]
2017-20 Umbro[25] Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality
2020- Monflair[26]

Internationals

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Players who have made an appearance for national football team, while playing for Chippa United. Caps and period refer to the number of caps earned, and the period in which they are earned, while at Chippa United.

Player National team Caps Period
David Zulu South Africa 0 2013
James Okwuosa Nigeria 2 2013–
Thamsanqa Sangweni South Africa 1 2014–
Chrisopher Komane South Africa ? 2014–
Siyabonga Zulu South Africa ? 2014–
William Twala South Africa 2 2015–
Aristide Bancé Burkina Faso 3 2015–
Zitha Macheke South Africa U-23 1 2015–
Zaid Patel South Africa U-23 ? 2015
Diamond Thopola South Africa 0 2016–
Daniel Akpeyi Nigeria Olympic Team 1 2016
Stanley Nwabali Nigeria National Team 7 2024

Current squad

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As of 1 August 2024[27]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF   RSA Gadiel Kamagi
3 DF   RSA Azola Ntsabo
4 DF   LES Thabo Makhele
5 DF   RSA Seun Ndlovu
6 MF   RSA Siphelo Baloni
8 FW   NAM Elmo Kambindu
9 FW   CMR Bienvenu Eva Nga
10 MF   RSA Azola Matrose
11 MF   RSA Ronaldo Maarman
12 MF   RSA Aviwe Mqokozo
14 MF   RSA Sinoxolo Kwayiba
15 MF   RSA Andile Jali
16 GK   RSA Lukhanyo July
17 FW   RSA Giovanni Philander
18 DF   RSA Thabang Molaoa
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF   TAN Baraka Majogoro
23 GK   NGA Stanley Nwabali
24 MF   RSA Ayabulela Konqobe Magqwaka
25 DF   RSA Sirgio Kammies
26 FW   RSA Aphelele Teto (on loan from Livingston)
27 DF   RSA Gadinkame Modise
29 MF   RSA Athenkosi Dlala
30 MF   RSA Craig Martin
31 DF   RSA Kerwin Peters
32 GK   RSA Darren Johnson
33 DF   RSA Justice Chabalala
36 MF   RSA Asanele Bonani
39 DF   RSA Boy Madingwana
47 MF   RSA Xolani Sithole

Former coaches

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Former technical directors

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References

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  2. ^ "Chippa United: The amazing rags to riches story". KickOff. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Chippa United crowned Vodacom League Playoffs Champs". Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  4. ^ "Chippa Promoted To PSL". Archived from the original on 5 March 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  5. ^ "The PSL play-off breakdown". Archived from the original on 11 August 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Chippa relegated, Aces promoted". 22 March 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  7. ^ "Mighty Chippa about results". City Press. 21 April 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  8. ^ "Safa 2nd Division kicks off". Milano United. 1 November 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
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  10. ^ "Stadium operator to manage Chippa". The Herald. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  11. ^ "Chippa United can't use Philippi Stadium for the next three months". 2 August 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  12. ^ "Chippa back at Philippi". 22 March 2013. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
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  16. ^ "Chippa to get R5m advance?". The Herald. 17 September 2015. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
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