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. 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 14 MF  TAN Ally Msengi 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 30 MF  RSA Roy-Keane Avontuur 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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