Benoni 1932 Benoni Callies
Bloemfontein 1898 Hamilton Crescents
1969 Bloemfontein Celtic
Boksburg 1926 Boksburg FC
Cape Town 5 Jun 1883 Wanderers [first club in Cape Town]
1884 AA Club
1884 Cape Town Press
1884 Thistles
1889 Pioneers
1898 Clyde Pinelands [founded as Clyde]
1902 De Beers AFC
1903 Green Point
1903 Liesbeek Park [founded as Railway]
1903 Spenston
1920 Sea Point Swifts
1923 Tramway
1927 Everton
1927 Garden Village
1929 Battswood
1929 Devonshire Rovers
1930 Fish Hoek
1958 Hellenic (Goodwood)
1969 Cape Town Spurs
Durban 1902 Stella
1928 Manning Rangers
1932 Amazulu
1952 Durban Ramblers
1959 Durban City
1982 Crytal Brains
East London 1898 Caledonians FC
Germiston 1906 Germiston Callies [amalgamated 1979 with Katlehong City]
Johannesburg 1888 Alpha Club [dissolved 1889; members then formed Wanderers and Wasps]
1889 Rangers FC
1889 Wanderers
1889 Wasps
1899 Wynberg St Johns
1903 Arcadia Shepherds
1905 Marist Brothers
1922 Wits University FC (Witwatersrand)
1932 Southern Suburbs
1950 Olympia (Bedfordview)
1953 Southern Park [temporary merger of Southern Suburbs and Regents Park]
1954 Dynamos (Ferreirastown)
1959 Johannesburg City [founded as Northern United]
1959 Leicester City [founded as Manchester United] (Noordgesig)
1970 Sundowns
1970 Kaizer Chiefs
1979 Mamelodi United
1983 Jomo Cosmos [founded as Dion Cosmos following acquisition of
Dion Highlands Park franchise]
Kwa-Mhlanga 1937 Witbank Aces
Kwa-Thema 1958 PUBS (Pilkington United Brothers) [founded as Hong Kong Stars]
Lamontville 1943 Golden Arrows FC
Marshalltown 1937 Orlando Pirates [founded as Orlando Boys FC]
1947 Moroka Swallows
Nelspruit 1937 Dangerous Darkies
Orkney 1973 Vaal Reef Stars
Phuthaditjhaba 1979 Free State Stars
Pietermaritzburg 1879 Pietermaritzburg County [first ever civilian club in South Africa]
1882 Savages FC [founded as Savage; oldest surviving club in South Africa in 2002]
1959 Maritzburg Celtic
Polokwane 1989 Ria Stars [dissolved 2002]
Potgietersrus 1975 Real Rovers
Pretoria 1903 Arcadia Shepherds
1985 Pretoria City
Sharpeville 1933 Transvaal Jumpers FC
Stellenbosch 1905 Newtons
Tembisa 1994 Tembisa Classic [merger of Tembisa Santos and Mathole Pirates]
Umtata 1957 Umtata Bucks
Vereeniging 1930 Vaal Professionals
Welkom 1965 Welkom Real Hearts
Witsieshoek 1979 Qwa Qwa Stars
Sources included: [Raa 02]
Thanks to Hans Schöggl for additions
Prepared and maintained by Lars Kubusch for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Lars Kubusch
Last updated: 31 Aug 2012
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