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The tournament was started in 1971 as the Life Challenge Cup, this name stayed in place until 1975. In 1976 and 1977, the tournament was known as the Benson and Hedges Trophy. From 1978 until 1987 the tournament was known as the Mainstay Cup. In 1988 the sponsorship was taken over by First National Bank, and was renamed the Bob Save Super Bowl.
The club's biggest achievement, came when they knocked Platinum Stars out of the Nedbank Cup in 2010 Nedbank Cup. [ 1 ] The club was purchased by the North-West University in 2003, [ 2 ] and serves as a reserve team to Premier Soccer League club Mamelodi Sundowns .
MTN 8 is the current branding for a South African soccer cup competition launched in 1972 for teams who finished in the top 8 positions of the league table of the country's preceding top-flight league (currently the Betway Premiership) season.
The 2009–10 Nedbank Cup was the 2009–10 edition of South Africa's premier knockout club football (soccer) competition, the Nedbank Cup. Bidvest Wits defeated AmaZulu 3–0 in the final, winning the cup for the first time since 1978. [1] [2] [3] The final was played at the FNB Stadium, which had been revamped for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. [2]
However the competition resumed in the 2023/24 season following a new sponsorship deal with alcoholic beverage company Carling Black Label, being renamed the Carling Knockout Cup. [3] [4] The Carling Knockout Cup is the second League cup of the PSL and cup number three of the DStv Premiership following the MTN 8 and the Nedbank Cup.
The South African Premiership, officially referred to as the Betway Premiership for sponsorship purposes, and commonly referred to as the PSL after the governing body, [1] is the premier men's professional soccer league and the highest division in the league system of South Africa, organised since 1996.
The 1977 National Football League was the final season of the South African National Football League before it folded [1] into the non-racial National Professional Soccer League. It was won by Highlands Park .
The Nedbank Cup is a South African club football (soccer) tournament. The knockout tournament, based on the English FA Cup format, was one of a weak opponent facing a stronger one. The competition was sponsored by ABSA until 2007, after which Nedbank took over sponsorship.