# 2024–25 Orlando Pirates F.C. season

This current 2024–25 season of the league is Orlando Pirate's 29th consecutive season in the Premiership.
Orlando Pirates have been the champions of the MTN 8 and Nedbank Cup from the year 2022. The team finished 2nd in the previous season and qualified for the 2024–25 CAF Champions League. They won the 2024 MTN 8 winning it for the third consecutive season, the first team to do so.

## Season summary

The team had a pre-season camp in Spain whereby the played a couple of friendly matches including a game against Sevilla FC.
They progressed through to the group stages of the Champions League after winning it fixtures in the qualifying rounds. They have made it to the 3rd MTN 8 Finals in 3 consecutive years.

## Squad

| Squad no. | Player | Position(s) | Date of birth (age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 24 | Sipho Chaine | GK | (1996-12-14) 14 December 1996 (age 28) |
| 35 | Melusi Buthelezi | GK | (1998-03-07) 7 March 1998 (age 27) |
| 40 | Siyabonga Dladla | GK | — |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Thabiso Monyane | RB | (2000-04-30) 30 April 2000 (age 24) |
| 3 | Deano Van Rooyen | LB | (1996-11-04) 4 November 1996 (age 28) |
| 5 | Nkosinathi Sibisi | CB | (1995-09-22) 22 September 1995 (age 29) |
| 6 | Olisa Ndah | CB | (1998-01-21) 21 January 1998 (age 27) |
| 23 | Innocent Maela (C) | CB | (1992-08-14) 14 August 1992 (age 32) |
| 26 | Bandile Shandu | LB | (1995-01-19) 19 January 1995 (age 30) |
| 27 | Tapelo Xoki (VC) | CB | (1995-04-10) 10 April 1995 (age 29) |
| 29 | Paseka Mako | CB/RB | (1994-04-01) 1 April 1994 (age 30) |
| 36 | Thabiso Sesane | CB | 30 May 2000 ( age 24) |
| 39 | Sandile Mthethwa | CB | (1997-04-14) 14 April 1997 (age 27) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 4 | Miguel Timm | CM | (1992-01-31) 31 January 1992 (age 33) |
| 7 | Deon Hotto | CM/LB/LW | (1990-10-29) 29 October 1990 (age 34) |
| 8 | Makhehlene Makhaula | DM | (1989-11-17) 17 November 1989 (age 35) |
| 12 | Katlego Otladisa | AM | (1996-09-22) 22 September 1996 (age 28) |
| 15 | Ndabayithethwa Ndlondlo | CM | (1995-05-28) 28 May 1995 (age 29) |
| 16 | Thalente Mbatha | DM | (2000-03-06) 6 March 2000 (age 25) |
| 18 | Kabelo Dlamini | AM/WF | (1996-05-16) 16 May 1996 (age 28) |
| 20 | Goodman Mosele ★ | CM | (1999-11-18) 18 November 1999 (age 25) |
| 21 | Lesedi Kapinga | CM | (1995-05-25) 25 May 1995 (age 29) |
| 25 | Karim Kimvuidi | AM | (2002-03-13) 13 March 2002 (age 22) |
| 28 | Patrick Maswanganyi | AM | (1998-04-04) 4 April 1998 (age 26) |
| 30 | Siphelo Baloni | CM | 22 October 1999 (age 25) |
| 31 | Selaelo Rasebotja | CM | (2001-04-26) 26 April 2001 (age 23) |
| 32 | Thuso Moleleki | CM | 16 March 2000 (age 24) |
| 37 | Thabiso Lebitso | CM/CB | (1992-03-04) 4 March 1992 (age 33) |
| Forwards |||||
| 9 | Zakhele Lepasa | CF | (1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 28) |
| 11 | Gilberto | WF | (2001-03-10) 10 March 2001 (age 23) |
| 14 | Monnapule Saleng | WF | (1999-03-13) 13 March 1999 (age 25) |
| 17 | Evidence Makgopa | CF | (2000-06-05) 5 June 2000 (age 24) |
| 19 | Tshegofatso Mabasa | CF | (1996-10-01) 1 October 1996 (age 28) |
| 33 | Mohau Nkota | CF | (2004-11-09) 9 November 2004 (age 20) |
| 38 | Relebohile Mofokeng | WF/CM/AM | (2004-10-23) 23 October 2004 (age 20) |
| 42 | Boitumelo Radiopane | CF | (2002-10-11) 11 October 2002 (age 22) |
| ★ | Loan Out |

## Competitions
### Overall Record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| 2024–25 South African Premier Division | 18 September 2024 | 24 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | TBD | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 11 | +17 | 080.00 |
| 2024–25 Nedbank Cup | TBD | TBD | Round of 32 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| 2024 Carling Knockout Cup | 19 October 2024 | 19 October 2024 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| 2024 MTN 8 | 3 August 2024 | 5 October 2024 | Quarter Finals | Winners | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 075.00 |
| 2023–24 CAF Champions League | 18 August 2024 | TBD | Preliminary Round 1 | TBD | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 070.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 56 | 21 | +35 | 073.33 |
Source: Competitions

### Betway Premiership
#### League Position

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 21 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 12 | +36 | 55 | Qualification for 2025–26 CAF Champions League |
| 2 | Orlando Pirates | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 13 | +16 | 39 | Qualification for 2025–26 CAF Champions League |
| 3 | Stellenbosch | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 15 | +10 | 31 | Qualification for 2025–26 CAF Confederation Cup |
| 4 | Sekhukhune United | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 23 | +3 | 31 | |
| 5 | Polokwane City | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 31 | |

#### Results Summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### Results by Round

| matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| ground | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Results | W | W | W | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 2 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Points | 3 | 6 | 9 | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches
### CAF Champions League
#### Preliminary Rounds
#### Group Stage

The group stage draw was held on 7 October 2024.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | OPFC | AHL | CRB | SAB |
| 1 | Orlando Pirates | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 14 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Al Ahly | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–2 | — | 6–1 | 4–2 |
| 3 | CR Belouizdad | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 9 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 6–0 |
| 4 | Stade d'Abidjan | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 18 | −14 | 1 | | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | — |

#### Knockout Stage
## Statistics
### Goal Scorers

| Rank | Name | Competition | Competition | Competition | Competition | Competition | Total |
| Rank | Name | Betway Premiership | MTN 8 | CAF Champions League | Carling Knockout | Nedbank Cup | Total |
| 1 | Tshegofatso Mabasa | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 2 | Relebohile Mofokeng | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | Evidence Makgopa | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | Deon Hotto | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Monnapule Saleng | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |

### Assists

| Rank | Name | Competition | Competition | Competition | Competition | Competition | Total |
| Rank | Name | Betway Premiership | MTN 8 | CAF Champions League | Carling Knockout | Nedbank Cup | Total |
| 1 | Relebohile Mofokeng | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Deon Hotto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Kabelo Dlamini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Thabiso Sesane | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Monnapule Saleng | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Tshegofatso Mabasa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |