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In midfield there was the steel of the likes of Willard Katsande and the flair from players like Reneilwe Letsholonyane...
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In midfield there was the steel of the likes of Willard Katsande and the flair from players like Reneilwe Letsholonyane, P**e Ekstein, Josta Dladla and Siphiwe Tshabalala, with Lebese getting some crucial goals upfront, alongside attackers like Bernard Parker, Katlego Mphela and Mandla Masango.

In the 2015/2016 season former Kaizer Chiefs defender and captain, Steve Komphela, led Amakhosi to two cup finals in his first season as Head Coach, the MTN 8 and the Telkom Knockout.

Unfortunately, the club lost both finals, losing to Ajax Cape Town 1-0 in the MTN 8 final in Nelson Mandela Bay and 3-1 in the Telkom Knockout final to Mamelodi Sundowns at Durban’s Moses Mabhida Stadium – a game in which Chiefs missed two penalties in regulation time.

In a barren period, Chiefs in the next four years went trophyless, being pipped 1-0 in the Nedbank Cup final in 2019 against then National First Division side TS Galaxy at Durban’s Moses Mabhida, with Ernst Middendorp.

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Chiefs clinched the 2014/2014 league title on 9 May 2015, when ABSA Premiership Player of the Season, Tefu Mashamaite, had just featured in his 40th game of all competitions for the season.

The player had played in what was his 30th league game for Kaizer Chiefs that season in a season that on a personal level turned out to be a wonderful one for Mashamaite, as he ended up being the Absa Premiership Players’ Player of the season, Defender of the Season and Player of the Season in a campaign that amazingly saw him stay on the field for all 2700 minutes that Chiefs were on the field that campaign.

For Mashamaite, the impetus came from captaining Chiefs to winning the 2014 MTN 8 tournament and him scoring the only goal in the final in a 1-0 win for Chiefs over Orlando Pirates.

“We had great players in our squad. We put the previous season behind us and to have someone like Stuart Baxter, who was a great man manager, helped us. He pushed us and constantly reminded us how good we were as players. This helped put us back to the confidence level that we needed to be at, which ultimately led to us reclaiming the glory,” Mashamaite says.

Chiefs were absolutely miserly in defence in 2014/2015, conceding just 14 goals in their 30 leagues games, to comfortably win the league title well ahead by 12 points of nearest rivals Mamelodi Sundowns.

George Lebese, Bernard Parker and Mandla Masango all top scored in the league season with seven goals in what was a supreme team performance.

Itumeleng Khune was outstanding in goal and alongside Mashamaite, there were quality defenders such as Erick Mathoho, Siboniso Gaxa and Morgan Gould, who formed a strong and almost impregnable defensive line.

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The Englishman led Chiefs to a double in his first season in charge, landing Chiefs their first league title in seven years as well as the club’s first South African Cup title in six years as Chiefs did the double for the first time since the 2004-05 season.

Chiefs were rock solid defensively in winning the league in 2012/2013 league title, with players like Tefo Mashamaite, Erick Mathoho and Siboniso Gaxa excelling, while they had a midfield containing the likes of Siphiwe Tshabalala, Reneilwe Letsholonyane, Willard Katsande, Gerald Sibeko and the irrepressible Tinashe Nengomasha, with Bernard Parker top scorer in all competitions with 14 goals, league top scorer of the season Lehlohonolo Majoro with 11 goals, Kingston Nkatha, Kaizer Motaung Jr and Josta Dladla upfront in what was a strong combination.

It was Chiefs goalkeeper, Itumeleng Khune, who took all the plaudits as he was named Premier Soccer League Player of the Season, as he kept 12 clean sheets in 29 league appearances for Amakhosi and was instrumental in Chiefs’ winning the Nedbank Cup for the first time since 2006.

Khune was also named Goalkeeper of the Season, handing his award to Chiefs’ goalkeeper coach Rainer Dinkelacker as a symbol of appreciation for the popular German goalkeeper coach’s contribution to the remarkable that he has had both as Chiefs and Bafana keeper.

Khune was also named the Nedbank Cup Player of the Tournament, having helped AmaKhosi complete a season double with a win in the final over SuperSport United at Durban’s Moses Mabhida Stadium.

Amakhosi, despite narrowly missing out on the 2013-14 league title, went on to win another double under Baxter in 2014-15, collecting the league title and the MTN 8 crown.

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The year 2010 was of course the year South Africa made history by becoming the first African country to host the FIFA World Cup™ and Kaizer Chiefs players were prominent in leaving their mark on the tournament’s annals.

Chiefs midfielder, Siphiwe Tshabalala, started the tournament in the most sensational fashion when in front of over 90 000 fans in the stadium and millions watching around the world he lashed in an thunderbolt piece of art of a goal from over 30 yards out, which nestled in the top corner of the Mexican goal for a stunning opening goal of the tournament.

Chiefs keeper Itumeleng Khune was also in the Bafana Bafana starting line up for that historic opening game on 11 June 2010.

Also in that starting line up were players who wore the Chiefs jersey with distinction at some point in their careers, such as Siboniso Gaxa, Reneilwe Letsholonyane and Katlego Mphelo.

With the league season rearranged to accommodate the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Chiefs went on to defend their Telkom Knockout crown in the first half of the 2010/2011 season on 5 December 2010, defeating arch rivals Orlando Pirates in the final 3-0.

A brace from Sthembiso Ngcobo and another long range stunner from man of the match Siphiwe Tshabalala, who played the game despite his mother being in hospital, landed Chiefs their 13th League Cup title to halt what had been a dominant season for the Buccaneers.

Amakhosi went on a good run, winning four titles in three seasons under the tutelage of Stuart Baxter, who assumed the helm at the start of the 2012/13 season.

Baxter’s first spell at the Amakhosi between 2012 and 2015 was a successful, trophy laden period in which he led Chiefs to league titles in the 2012/2013 and 2014/2015 seasons, and to a runners-up spot in 2013/2014.

The club also won the Nedbank Cup title in his first season in 2012/2013 and the MTN8 in 2014/15 under his tenure.

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The ‘Noughties’ again produced numerous cups and two league titles. Winning the African Cup Winners’ Cup – or Mandela Cup – was something to be treasured though.

“It was indeed special,” reflects Arthur ‘10111’ Zwane, the exciting winger who was one of the star players in the 2000s.

“The culture of a club like Kaizer Chiefs is to win at all time. Winning the Mandela Cup was particularly special, because of the difficulties of playing away on the continent and the treatment you are given. It makes you believe that nothing is impossible. Also, because we were representing our country and the trophy was named in honour of the great Nelson Mandela, we felt an extra motivation to win the cup,” Zwane added.

The 2010's (2010-2019)

Rock-solid defence leads Chiefs to memorable league victories

Kaizer Chiefs started the decade becoming the first team to win the South African league Cup twice in the same calendar year.

At the end of the 2009/2010 season, Chiefs beat Ajax Cape Town 2-1 in the final of the Telkom Knockout in Durban on 10 April 2010.

Goals in each half from Mandla Masango and Knowledge Musona handed Kaizer Chiefs a 2-1 victory in the Telkom Knockout final played in front of a packed Absa Stadium on an electric Saturday night.

It was a sweet victory for the Glamour Boys, led by Serbian Head Coach, Vladimir Vermezovic.

It was a tournament in which goalkeeper Arthur Bartman shone, keeping three clean sheets in succession in Chiefs’ road to the final.

Kaizer Chiefs opened the scoring when Mandla Masango pounced for his second of the competition in the 20th minute, after Bafana goalkeeper Hans Vonk could only parry Punch Masenamela’s well struck cross.

The ‘Smiling Assassin’ Knowledge Musona doubled Chiefs’ lead in the 46th minute when he pounced on an Ajax defensive error to make it 2-0, a lead Chiefs would not relinquish despite Diyo Sibisi’s late second half goal for Ajax.

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Shaun Bartlett.

“Unlike any other player, the surname on the back of my jersey has meant that I have had to work twice as hard for half the chance. I hope this personal achievement has earned a small line in the great book that tells the story of the Mighty Amakhosi,” remarked Motaung Jnr post-season.

In 2007, a 20-year-old Itumeleng Khune made his debut as a goalkeeper for Kaizer Chiefs. A passionate fan of the club first and foremost, Khune cried uncontrollably as a youngster, when watching on television as the Amakhosi’s bitter rivals Orlando Pirates hammered his Chiefs idols 4-1 in a Soweto Derby.

“I know how hard it is for Chiefs fans to see their team lose a game, because I have experienced it myself,” says Khune.

The goalkeeper had come for trials at the club – as a striker – in late 1999. When not making the grade, he returned for further trials in 2000 – this time as a defender. It didn’t help and Khune still wasn’t selected.

But he didn’t give up, often pitching up at training sessions of Chiefs’ youth sides and acting as a ball boy and, later, even as a water boy. When at one training session the goalkeeper for the Under-13s was not available, Khune, who had never been in goal before, put himself forward and the rest is history as ‘Itu’ became one of not only Kaizer Chiefs’, but Bafana Bafana’s most treasured goalkeepers and captains.

Khune’s first season turned to be one of those dreams come true. He kept a clean-sheet in almost half of the league matches played – 13 in 27 starts – which helped Chiefs to the best defensive record in 2007/2008. His heroics in the Telkom Knockout final – saving three penalties in the shoot-out – helped Amakhosi to beat Mamelodi Sundowns and himself to win the Player of the Tournament award. He was also named as the PSL Players’ Player of the Season and won the Goalkeeper of the Season award.

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Bafana star John ‘Shoes’ Moshoeu to shine.

In again winning the league in the 2004/2005 season, Chiefs went on a five-month unbeaten run of 19 games.

Zambian striking phenomenon, Collins Mbesuma, literally burst onto the South African footballing scene in this season, netting an amazing 35 goals in total, including 24 in the league with his combination of power, guile and speed as he cleaned up at the league’s awards as by far the season’s standout player.

Nzama was instrumental in helping young recruits understand the culture of the club and often took foreign recruits such as Mbesuma and Nengomasha to the Motaung family home in Phefeni.

“I wanted to show them where the club was founded and where the club comes from,” Nzama explains, adding that he also took them to braais in Soweto to bring them closer to the club’s fans.

“It’s important for new players and youngsters to understand the culture of the club,” says the man affectionately known as ‘Skhokho’.

Nzama singles out the back-to-back league titles as his high point at Kaizer Chiefs.

“Winning the league title for the first time after 12 years was massive,” Nzama reflects.

“And to then to win it again the following season was something very special. Of course, winning the Mandela Cup comes close. In those days, there wasn’t even much money in African cup competitions. We purely played for pride. We wanted to be the first Chiefs team to win a trophy on the African continent and become part of the history of the club.”

One of the young players who benefited from the guidance of Nzama was Kaizer Motaung Jnr, the Chairman’s youngest son, who scored 12 goals in the 2006/2007 season and netted in a 4-3 penalty shootout win against the legendary Manchester United in that season’s Vodacom Challenge.

Motaung Jnr had a nose for the goal and for being in the right place at the right time, and he could also lay on some defence-splitting passes. He formed a brilliant partnership upfront with Bafana...

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my football overseas,” says Nomvethe.

A massive moment for the club was when South Africa’s iconic President, Nelson Mandela, officially opened the Kaizer Chiefs Village on 5 April 2002.

Chairman Kaizer Motaung explains that the relationship the club held with the beloved statesman went back many years and that Madiba had a special love for the Glamour Boys.

“He supported all the football clubs but had a special love for Chiefs. He would call me to wish us good luck on the eve of the Derbies against Orlando Pirates and major cup finals,” says Motaung.

And that famous ‘Madiba Magic’ certainly rubbed off on the Amakhosi, who under the guidance of coach Ted Dumitru finally broke Kaizer Chiefs’ 12-year league title drought in 2003/2004 and then won the league again back-to-back in 2004/2005 for good measure.

“We had a great defensive record for the 2003/2004 season, only conceding 11 goals in 30 matches,” reacts Nzama, part of that miserly defence that also included the likes of Mabedi, Fabian McCarthy, Derek Spencer and David Kannemeyer, who jealously guarded the goal of Chiefs keepers Brian Baloyi and Rowen Fernandez in that championship winning season.

“As they say, ‘strikers will win you games, but defenders will win you the league’. There was a great understanding about us, and we often won games 1-0. We had a great team spirit, with players willing to fight for each other,” adds Nzama.

The 2003/2004 season started off with the club going to the Peace Cup in South Korea, playing against France’s Olympique Lyon, Korea’s Seongman Ilhwa and Turkey’s Besiktas, as Kaizer Chiefs’ prestige continued to grow on the international stage.

While the defenders were the unsung heroes, the evergreen and hardworking defensive midfielder, Tinashe Nengomasha, picked up the PSL Player of the Season and Players’ Player of the Season awards. He was called ‘Mr Reliable’ because he seldom had a bad game, working tirelessly for the likes of seasoned Bafana star John ...

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It is a heart-breaking part of our football history,” says Kaizer Chiefs Chairman, Kaizer Motaung.

“This is a constant reminder to ensure that proper security measures are put in place at stadiums. May the souls of the departed continue to rest in eternal peace,” adds Motaung.

One player in this era who will always hold a special place in the hearts of Amakhosi fans was Daveyton’s Jabu ‘Shuffle’ P**e, who was full of ‘kasi flavour’ with his abundance of confidence, character and phenomenal skill with the ball at his feet.

P**e was a big figure in Chiefs’ African cup run and domestic cup successes, winning the 2001/2002 Players’ Player of the Season.

“I was very focused that season. God gave me the power and strength to play well,” comments P**e.

Another player who along with ‘Shuffle’ made his breakthrough in Amakhosi colours at the turn of the millennium was Siyabonga ‘Bhele’ Nomvethe, who was P**e’s polar opposite in terms of temperament, but with whom he shared a special on-field bond.

The blisteringly fast Nomvethe had a dream start to his Amakhosi career, scoring on debut after seven minutes, after having joined from African Wanderers. But the striker broke his arm soon after netting the goal and had to be substituted before half-time, ending up spending months on the sidelines.

He was devastating on his return, though, scoring 22 goals in all competitions en route to winning the 1999/2000 Player of the Season prize, a season in which Nomvethe netted the winner against Mamelodi Sundowns in the Bob Save Super Bowl final.

Nomvethe stayed at Chiefs for three seasons, scoring 42 goals in 79 games, before going on to play in Italy at Udinese, Salernitana and Empoli during a top-flight career that spanned over 20 years.

“I never imagined that a guy from KwaMashu would be able to play for a big club like Kaizer Chiefs. Playing for Chiefs also made my name bigger, which led to me being selected for Bafana Bafana and going on to play my footba....

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An unlikely hero stepped up to take the spot kick, Chiefs’ captain on the day Patrick Mabedi, who coolly slotted home his kick to start the Chiefs celebrations.

For all Kaizer Chiefs’ charismatic and skillful playmakers, it was fitting that the decisive spot kick in the final fell to seasoned Malawian international Mabedi, the most level-headed, calm, assured presence any team would want under pressure.

“It was a very special moment,” recalls Amakhosi’s Turkish coach at the time, Muhsin Ertugral.

“We were practically on an unbeatable streak, playing to 4-3-3 and 3-5-2 tactical systems. We were strong defensively, with Brian Baloyi in goal and Mabedi, Cyril Nzama as well as Gary Goldstone as defenders, while there was a very creative midfield with Thabo Mooki, Fredericks and Doctor Khumalo. Our wingers were great, Zwane and Marco Mthembu, with Jabu P**e creating havoc upfront,” says Ertugral.

On the pitch, 2001 brought more success, with Chiefs winning the international club competition, the Vodacom Challenge, after beating Ghana’s Asante Kotoko 3-2 on penalties on 9 July 2001.

This was followed by success in the BP Top Eight and the Coca-Cola Cup, which was won a week before the second leg of the African Cup Winners’ Cup final.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) named Kaizer Chiefs as the 2001 African ‘Club of the Year’ following their continental success, which prompted an emotional Kaizer Motaung to say upon receiving the CAF accolade that “we have proven we are the best club in the country, and now in Africa too”.

As much as 2001 brought one of the club’s biggest achievements, it was a year which also brought one of the club’s most painful moments.

Devastatingly, on 11 April 2001, 43 football fans died at Ellis Park Stadium due to a stampede at a packed midweek Soweto Derby league game.

“This day, 11 April, is significant and will forever be in our memories. I get flashbacks when I remember the 43 people that died on this day.

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Ndlanya was crowned as the 1998/1999 PSL Player of the Season after scoring 29 goals in all competitions, but Chiefs were pipped to the title on difference by Mamelodi Sundowns.

Charismatic Frenchman, Paul Dolezar, had taken over the Amakhosi’s coaching reigns at the start of the 1997/1998 season, winning the Rothmans Cup titles with Chiefs in 1997 and 1998.

Overall, the 1990s were another good era for the Glamour Boys, seeing them win three league titles and 12 cup trophies.

The 2000's (2000-2009)

Africa’s best club

Having been firmly entrenched as South Africa’s most successful club in the three decades since its formation in 1970, continental glory finally arrived for Kaizer Chiefs at the turn of the new millennium, when the club won the African Cup Winners’ Cup in 2001.

The Amakhosi started their campaign against opponents from the idyllic isles of Reunion and Seychelles in US Stade Tamponnaise and Sunshine FC respectively.

Their African sojourn then got decidedly bumpier in the quarterfinals against Egypt’s Ismaily. After a goalless home leg, an Arthur Zwane goal in a tumultuous game in Ismailia, which finished in a 1-1 draw, ensured Chiefs’ progression.

Tunisia’s Club Africain were defeated 3-0 on aggregate in the semi-final before Chiefs faced Angolan neighbours Interclube in the tournament finale.

The first leg finished 1-1 in Luanda, with striker Luke Jukulile Petros getting the Chiefs goal. The second leg was played at a vibrant, buzzing Ellis Park as Amakhosi sought to finish the job of winning the prized competition, which had been named that season as the ‘Mandela Cup’.

As the tense match approached the 89th minute and Chiefs edged towards victory on the away goals rule, Stanton ‘Stiga’ Fredericks was brought down in the box and Chiefs were awarded a penalty to seal the game.

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The Glamour Boys had reached the second round after easily beating Botswana’s Extension Gunners and Rwanda’s Kivoyu Sport in the preliminary and first rounds.

The fantastic Egyptian side, Zamalek, followed at Soccer City on 16 May 1993. The first leg was a tense affair. Chiefs played well, but there was a set-back when MacGregor badly injured his knee, an injury which effectively ended his Chiefs career. The Amakhosi lost the home fixture 2-1 and while they fought hard in the football cauldron of Egypt, they lost the away leg 1-0 to be eliminated by Zamalek, who went on to win the trophy that season.

In the 1994 season Tovey, the club’s captain, was the senior leadership figure in a team with many young and upcoming talents, such as Thabo Mooki, Jacob Tshisevhe, Tsepo Molatedi and Thabang Lebese.

Chiefs faced another famous English side, Liverpool, on 29 May 1994, with the match finishing in a goalless draw. The game, which took place at Ellis Park, was attended by South Africa’s brand-new President, Nelson Mandela.

In 1995, the three points (rather than the two previously) for a win rule was introduced and in 1996 the Premier Soccer League (PSL) came into existence in South Africa, when first a short season was held, ahead of the 1996/1997 season, as South Africa now mirrored the European football calendar.

Amakhosi won the short 1996 league season and finished second behind surprise package Manning Rangers in 1996/1997, the first season of the PSL Premiership.

Chiefs would also be the league’s bridesmaids for the following two seasons and while the Amakhosi side of 1998/1999 is often regarded as one of the great sides in the history of the club, with players such as Baloyi, the evergreen Tovey, Namibians Mohammed Ouseb and Robert Nauseb, Malawi’s Patrick Mabedi, Khumalo, Mooki, Lebese, Siyabonga Nomvethe and Pollen Ndlanya, they failed to win the silverware expected.

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