Benoni 1932 Benoni Callies
Bethlehem 1977 Free State Stars FC [founded as Makwane Computer Stars]
Bloemfontein 1898 Hamilton Crescents
1969 Bloemfontein Celtic
Boksburg 1920 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 [merged 1999 with Seven Stars FC to Ajax FC]
1980 Vasco da Gama
1982 Santos FC
1995 Seven Stars FC [merged 1999 with Cape Town Spurs to Ajax FC]
1999 Ajax FC [merger of Seven Stars FC and Cape Town Spurs]
1999 Mother City FC
29 Jun 2016 Cape Town City FC
Durban 1902 Durban Bush Bucks FC
1902 Stella
1906 African Wanderers FC
1928 Manning Rangers
1932 Amazulu
1952 Durban Ramblers
1959 Durban City
1959 Durban United FC [dissolved 1978]
1970 Durban Spurs FC
1982 Crytal Brains
East London 1898 Caledonians FC
Ga-Mphahlele 30 Dec 2007 Baroka 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)
1927 African Morning Stars FC (Sophiatown)
1932 Southern Suburbs
10 Oct 1947 Moroka Swallows FC
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)
1966 Lusitano FC
1970 Sundowns
1970 Kaizer Chiefs
1979 Mamelodi United
1983 Jomo Cosmos [founded as Dion Cosmos following acquisition of
Dion Highlands Park franchise]
Kameelrivier 2015 TS Galaxy FC
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
Phokeng 1998 Platinum Stars FC [founded as Silver Stars FC]
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
1981 Maritzburg United FC
Polokwane 1989 Ria Stars [dissolved 2002]
Port Elizabeth 2010 Chippa United FC
Potgietersrus 1975 Real Rovers
Pretoria 1903 Arcadia Shepherds [merged 1963 with ISCOR Pretoria to Arcadia United]
1918 Berea Park FC [founded as Pretoria South African Railway]
1946 Delfos FC
1963 Arcadia United FC [merger of Arcadia Shepherds and ISCOR Pretoria]
1930 Pretoria Callies FC [founded as Bantu Callies FC; dissolved 1986]
1970 Mamelodi Sundowns FC [founded as Pretoria Sundowns]
1985 Pretoria City
Sharpeville 1933 Transvaal Jumpers FC
Stanger 1990 Tongaat Crusaders United
Stellenbosch 1905 Newtons
3 Aug 2016 Stellenbosch FC
Tembisa 1994 Tembisa Classic [merger of Tembisa Santos and Mathole Pirates]
Thohoyandou 1983 Black Leopards FC [founded as Sibasa Black Leopards FC]
1994 Rabali Blackpool FC [dissolved 1997]
Umtata 1957 Umtata Bucks
Vereeniging 1930 Vaal Professionals
Verulam 1966 Verulam Suburbs FC [dissolved 1977]
Welkom 1965 Welkom Real Hearts
Witsieshoek 1979 Qwa Qwa Stars
Women Clubs
1970 Mamelodi Sundowns FC (Pretoria)
1986 Spurs WFC (Wynberg)
1990 Durban Ladies FC (Durban) [founded as Umlazi Fast Eagles]
1996 Croesus Ladies (Johannesburg) [founded as Hillbrow Ladies]
1997 Sunflower WFC (Mpumalanga)
1998 Cape Town Roses
Coal City Wizards (eMalahleni)
2002 Lindelani Ladies FC (Durban)
2004 Thunderbirds Ladies FC (Butterworth)
2011 Diepkloof Ladies FC (Soweto, Johannesburg)
2012 Janine Van Wyk FC (Bedfordview)
2013 Richmond United Ladies (De Aar)
2014 Mito Ladies (Johannesburg)
2015 TS Galaxy FC (Sandton)
Heideveld Female Football Academy (Heideveld)
2017 NC Consciousness Ladies FC (Kuruman)
2018 First Touch Ladies FC (Polokwane)
2019 Copperbelt Ladies FC (Polokwane)
FC Raycon Ladies (Johannesburg)
2020 Ramatlaohle Ladies FC (Mokopane)
2023 Ezemvelo Women's FC (Pietermaritzburg)
2024 Stellenbosch Women's FC
Sources included: [Raa 02]
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Authors: Lars Kubusch and Hans Schöggl
Last updated: 29 Oct 2025
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