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Moroka Swallows Football Club (often known as simply Swallows or The Birds) is a South African professional football club based in Soweto in the city of Johannesburg in the Gauteng province.

Swallows FC
Full nameSwallows Football Club
Nickname(s)The Dube Birds
Amaswaiswai
The Beautiful Birds
Founded1947; 75 years ago (1947)
GroundVolkswagen Dobsonville Stadium, Soweto,
Johannesburg
Capacity24,000
ChairmanDavid Mogashoa
CoachDylan Kerr
LeagueDStv Premiership
2021–2215th
WebsiteClub website
Home colours
Away colours

Founded in 1947, Swallows are one of the original two Soweto clubs, together with Orlando Pirates, thus contest what is known as the Original Soweto Derby.

Until relegation in the 2014–15 season, the club had played every season of the Premier Soccer League.[1]

They won the 2019–20 National First Division and competed in the 2020–21 South African Premier Division, they finished 6th in what was their first season back in top-flight football league system and qualified for 2021 MTN 8 Cup competition. They play their home matches at Dobsonville Stadium.


History


The club was founded in the 1940s by a trio of soccer lovers, Ishmael Lesolang, Strike Makgatha, and Johnny Kubheka.[2]

They originally named the side Congregated Rovers after the firm in which most of the players and officials worked, later changing it to Moroka Rovers.[3]

But then, on 10 October 1947, the trio decided to change the name again to Moroka Swallows, basing themselves in the township formally known as Masakeng.[4]

The name has lasted for the best part of 55 years, a period which has seen consistent success both on the field and off it.[5]

The name 'moroka' means 'rain maker' in Setswana and the township was probably named after Chief Moroka of Barolong boo-Seleka who became the president of the African National Congress in 1940s. It is hardly surprising therefore that the club was renamed the 'rain bird'.

The 1950s and 1960s were a successful time for the club, culminating in their greatest ever achievement, winning the South African League title in 1965.[6]

Off the field, the club was becoming a business and in 1971 they became the first ever football team to register as a public company.

That same year they were also the first to receive an official sponsorship when Teljoy began their association with the club. [7] The decade between 1982 and 1992 was a successful one for the team, culminating in four pieces of silverware.[8]

In 2007, the club celebrated its 60th anniversary. Two years later Swallows won the Nedbank Cup, the club's first piece of silverware for five years.[9]

The club narrowly avoided relegation in the 2013–14 season, finishing thirteenth. The 2014–15 season saw them relegated for the first time in their history, finishing 15th, and failing to retain their position after being defeated in the promotion-relegation playoffs.[10]

Following their first relegation from the top level, the club finished bottom of the log in the National First Division, and were relegated again to the SAFA Second Division.

Prior to the start of the 2018–19 season, Swallows purchased the franchise of National First Division team Maccabi for R8 million, and competed in the 2019–20 National First Division.

At the end 2019–20 National First Division season, the club gained promotion to the Premier Soccer League following a 3–0 win against third-placed Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila F.C., and will compete in the 2020–21 South African Premier Division.


Honours



Club records


Source:[11]


Premier Soccer League record



Club officials/Technical team



First team squad


Updated 13 August, 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  RSA Sipho Sibiya
3 FW  RSA Waseem Isaacs
4 DF  RSA Keegan Allan
5 DF  RSA Wandisile Letlabika
6 MF  RSA Tlakusani Mthethwa
7 MF  RSA Lindokuhle Mtshali
9 FW  RSA Siboniso Mtshali
10 MF  RSA Mokeri Senwamadi
14 MF  RSA Given Thibedi
15 MF  RSA Musa Nyatama
16 FW  RSA Moeketsi Makhanya
17 GK  RSA Thela Ngobeni
18 DF  RSA Gregory Damons
20 FW  ZAM Mwape Musonda
24 FW  RSA Naeem Amoojee
25 FW  RSA Tshediso Patjie
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 FW  RSA Kagiso Malinga
28 DF  RSA Yagan Sasman
30 GK  NAM Virgil Vries
31 GK  RSA Thakasani Mbanjwa
32 DF  RSA Nicholus Lukhubeni
33 DF  RSA Givemore Khupe
34 DF  RSA Junaid Sait
35 MF  RSA Keletso Makgalwa
41 FW  LES Tumelo Khutlang
43 DF  RSA Pentjie Zulu
44 DF  RSA Kwanda Mngonyama
45 MF  RSA Mphakamiseni Nene
47 MF  RSA Mbulelo Wambi
50 GK  RSA Sanele Tshabalala
— FW  RSA Lebohang Lesako (on loan from Kaizer Chiefs)
— MF  RSA Darrel Matsheke (on loan from Kaizer Chiefs)

Notable players



Notable former coaches



References


  1. PSL Club Info Archived 16 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Moroka Swallows Football Club – Succession". Moroka Swallows Football Club. 23 March 2010. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  3. "The history of Moroka Swallows Football Club". Moroka Swallows Football Club. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  4. "PART 2: THE FIRST DECADE (1947-1957)". Moroka Swallows Online. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  5. "THE SECOND DECADE (1957-1967)". Moroka Swallows Online. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  6. "MOROKA SWALLOWS BIG XV 1968-1978". Moroka Swallows Online. Archived from the original on 6 June 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  7. "PART 5: THE FOURTH DECADE (1979-1988)". Moroka Swallows Online. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  8. "PART 6: THE FIFTH DECADE (1989-1998)". Moroka Swallows Online. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  9. "PART 7: THE SIXTH DECADE (1999-2008)". Moroka Swallows Online. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  10. "Moroka Swallows' relegation a historic one in South Africa". ESPN FC. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  11. "Moroka Swallows". Kickoff.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  12. "Moroka Swallows Have Appointed Craig Rosslee As Head Coach". soccerladuma.co.za. Retrieved 12 April 2018.



На других языках

[de] Moroka Swallows

Die Moroka Swallows (deutsch: „Moroka-Schwalben“) sind ein Fußballverein aus Johannesburg in Südafrika, der bis zum Ende der Saison 2014/15 in der höchsten Spielklasse, der Premier Soccer League, spielte. Nach der Saison 2015/16 stieg der Verein auch aus der zweiten Spielklasse First Division ab. Moroka ist ein Stadtteil von Soweto.
- [en] Moroka Swallows F.C.

[es] Moroka Swallows Football Club

El Moroka Swallows es un club de fútbol de Sudáfrica, de la ciudad de Johannesburgo. Fue fundado en 1947 y juega en la Liga Premier de Sudáfrica.

[ru] Морока Свэллоуз

«Морока Суоллоуз» (англ. Moroka Swallows Football Club) — южноафриканский футбольный клуб из Джермистона, основанный в 1947 году. На заре своего становления клуб носил такие названия, как: «Кангригейтид Роверс» и «Морока Роверс». Однако 10 октября 1947 года команда получила название, под которым известна и по сегодняшний день. Выступает в Премьер-лиге ЮАР. Домашние матчи проводит на стадионе «Джермистон Стэйдиум», вмещающем 18 000 зрителей.


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