Mpumalanga Black Aces F.C.

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**Black Aces** were a South African football club that played in the Premier Soccer League.

Aces usually played their home games in the Mpumalanga province but were based and trained in Johannesburg.

## History

The original club was founded in 1937 by dairy workers. The club folded after finishing 14th in the National First Division inland stream in 2002. The club had also been known as Ukhumba Black Aces, Witbank Black Aces and Super Kurl Aces during its existence.

The current club is the second incarnation and they entered the South African football league in 2007 when the Polokwane-based City Pillars league license was bought and the team was transferred to Witbank from Limpopo. The licensed was acquired in December 2006 and the team was playing under the name of Mpumalanga Black Aces in time for the 2007–08 season.

In 2004, two South African businessmen George Morfou and his brother Mario bought the club side *Dangerous Darkies*, a Vodacom League but the team failed to win promotion to the Mvela Golden League.
The Vodacom League team was renamed to *Aces Academy* in 2007 following the brothers' acquisition and in 2011 was renamed to *AmaZayoni FC*.

On July 30, 2014, it was announced that Aces had signed a new sponsorship deal with ISPS.

In 2016, John Comitis purchased the franchise rights, closing the club and creating Cape Town City F.C., over 950 miles away.

## Honours

* Bob Save Super Bowl winners: 1993
* BP Top Eight Cup winners: 1980
* PSL Promotion/Relegation Play-off winners: 2008–09, 2012–13

## Club records

* Most starts: Percy Nxumalo 286
* Most goals: Percy Nxumalo 64
* Most starts in a season: Joseph Sibiya 41 (1992)
* Most goals in a season: Johannes Shili 19 (1992)
* Record Victory: 6–0 vs Royal Tigers (20/9/94, League)
* Record Defeat: 1–7 vs Hellenic (28/5/97, League)

### Premier Soccer League record

* 1996–97 – 18th (relegated)
* 2009–10 – 15th
* 2010–11 – 16th (relegated)
* 2013–14 – 7th

## Shirt sponsor & kit manufacturer

* Shirt sponsor: ISPS Handa
* Kit manufacturer: Canterbury
* Official Supplier: Chesanyama
* Official Car: Ermelo Toyota
* Official Accommodation Partner: Tsogo Sun
* Luxory Coach Partner: Putco

## Managers

* File:Flag of South Africa.svg Johnny Ferreira (1993–95)
* File:Flag of South Africa.svg Steve Haupt (1997–99)
* Template:Country data Northern Ireland Sammy Troughton (Nov 20, 2008 – Nov 10, 2009)
* File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Aiki Agiomamitis (Nov 11, 2009 – Sept 21, 2010)
* File:Flag of South Africa.svg Neil Tovey (Sept 30, 2010 – Dec 23, 2010)
* File:Flag of France.svg Paul Dolezar (Dec, 2010 – Feb, 2011)
* File:Flag of England.svg Mark Harrison (Feb 23, 2011 – June 27, 2011)
* File:Flag of South Africa.svg Craig Rosslee (July, 2011 – Nov, 2012)
* File:Flag of Argentina.svg Rodolfo Zapata (Nov 2012 – May, 2012)
* File:Flag of Zambia.svg Jacob Sakala (June 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013)
* File:Flag of South Africa.svg Clive Barker (March 4, 2013 – 2015)
* File:Flag of Zambia.svg Jacob Sakala (March, 2014 – May 31, 2015)
* File:Flag of Turkey.svg Muhsin Ertuğrul (June, 2015 – 2016)

## References

1. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesz/zaf02.html
2. ↑ Peters, Carl (16 April 2008). Cup of dreams may be overflowing. iol.co.za. Retrieved on 18 November 2012.
3. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesz/zaf08.html
4. ↑ http://www.mpblackaces.co.za/index.cfm?fuse=1&action=1&story=3550
5. ↑ FlashScore.com