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Kaizer Chiefs B
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Full nameKaizer Chiefs Football Club
Nickname(s)Amakhosi (Chiefs), Glamour Boys
Founded7 January 1970
GroundFNB Stadium, Soweto, Johannesburg
Capacity94,736
ChairmanKaizer Motaung
CoachScotland Stuart Baxter
LeaguePSL Reserve League
2012–13ABSA Premiership, 1st

Kaizer Chiefs B is a South African football (soccer) club based in Johannesburg that plays in the PSL Reserve League.[1]

The team is nicknamed Amakhosi which means "lords" or "chiefs" in Zulu and Phefeni Glamour Boys. They currently play most of their home games at Soccer City in Nasrec, Soweto, which is commonly also referred to as the FNB Stadium. The club is unarguably the biggest football club in the country in terms of success. It is also the most supported club in South Africa and the neighbouring countries of Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia etc. It has been estimated that the club has over 16 million supporters.[2]

They have a local rivalry with Orlando Pirates, a fellow Soweto team which Chiefs founder Kaizer Motaung played for in his early playing career.[3]

Kaizer Chiefs are known as Amakhosi by its fans. Their headquarters is Kaizer Chiefs Village, in Naturena, six kilometres south of Johannesburg.[4]

Notable former players

Achievements

  • Gauteng Reserve League 2013

References