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University Of Johannesburg Women's Football
The University of Johannesburg Women's F.C., also knowns as UJ Ladies F.C., is the football club representing the University of Johannesburg based in Johannesburg, Gauteng. The senior team competes in the SAFA Women's League, the top tier women's football league in South Africa. History In 2018, they won their first University Sport South Africa (USSA) title and defended the title in 2019. In 2022, they won the 2022 FNB Women's Varsity Football Cup edition 5-3 on penalties following a goalless draw against defending champions UWC Ladies on Sunday, 16 October 2022. The team won their third University Sport South Africa (USSA) title in 2022 winning 1-0 against the Tuks Ladies. They were runners up for the 2023 FNB Women's Varsity Football edition following a 2-0 loss against the University of Western Cape. In the 2024 season, they made their best start to the league and were tied on points with log leader Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies after 11 matches. U/20 squad The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SAFA Women's League
The SAFA Women's League, known as Hollywoodbets Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the top flight of women's association football in South Africa. The competition is run by the South African Football Association. History Inter-Provincial Women’s Championship (1976–1987) Women's football started in 1976 by founding an Inter-Provincial Championship until 1987. Natal United FC have a record of 9 championships. Sasol Women’s National League (2009–2019) The Sasol Women's League is a provincial women's football league which was formed in 2009 when Sasol and the South African Football Association (SAFA) went into partnership for women's football in South Africa. The league comprises the champions of the nine provinces to play the National Championship and now the Hollywoodbets Super League. SAFA Women's League (2019–present) The Hollywoodbets Super League was formed in 2019. The league comprises 12 teams that won promotion from their respective Sasol Women's Provincial L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies B
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies Academy is a women's soccer academy based in Pretoria, South Africa. The U/20 team competes in the SAFA Women's Regional League, Tshwane Women's Regional League, the third tier women's league in South Africa while the U/14 and U/16 teams compete in the Gauteng Women's Development League, the Gauteng regional women's football league for U/14 and U/16 teams in the province. It is the academy team of Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies. U/20 In March 2024, they were runners up of the Pirates Cup (Women). They lost 4-3 via penalties to JVW B after the match ended in a 1–1 draw. In July 2024 they won their maiden Engen Knockout Challenge defeating defending champions University of Johannesburg 4-3 via penalties after the match ended in a goalless draw. U/16 In 2022 they won the 2022 Volkswagen Vaya Cup. In 2023, the U/15 team won the inaugural Gauteng Women's Development League undefeated. They also won the inaugural GWDL Top 8 title by defeating JVW ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soccer Clubs In Johannesburg
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thubelihle Shamase
Thubelihle Shamase (born 16 January 2002) is a South African soccer player who plays as a midfielder for A Lyga side FC Gintra and the South Africa women's national team. Personal life She has an identical twin sister, Sphumelele Shamase, who is also a soccer player. Club career UJ Ladies F.C. Shamase played for SAFA Women's League side the University of Johannesburg. In 2022, she won the Gauteng ENGEN Knockout Challenge whilst playing for the U/20 team. She won the player of the tournament, top goal scorer and striker of the tournament awards for her efforts. In 2023, she was nominated for the CAF Young Player of the Year (Women) award. FC Gintra In March 2024, she joined A Lyga side FC Gintra. She made her debut on 24 March 2024. She scored her first goal for the club on 21 April 2024 in a 4-0 win against FC Hegelmann. She scored her second goal on 27 April 2024 in a 5-0 win over FK Banga. International career In 2017, she was selected in the Ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sphumelele Shamase
Sphumelele Shamase (also Siphumelele; born 16 January 2002) is a South African soccer player who plays as a midfielder for SAFA Women's League club University of Johannesburg and the South Africa women's national team. Personal life She has an identical twin sister, Thubelihle Shamase, who also plays soccer. Club career University of Johannesburg Shamase currently plays for the University of Johannesburg. In 2023, she was the top scorer in the 2023 Hollywoodbets Super League finishing with 22 goals. International career In 2017, she was selected in the Bantwana squad for the FIFA U/17 Women's World Cup Qualifiers.Shamase competed for Bantwana at the 2018 FIFA U/17 Women's World Cup. In 2022, she competed for the South African women's national team at the 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship were they finished as runners-up to Zambia. Shamase scored 2 goals in the tournament. In 2023, she was part of the team that were selected for the 2023 COSAFA Women's Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disebo Mametja
Disebo Mametja is a South African professional soccer player who played as a forward for the South African women's national team. Club career University of Johannesburg Mametja was part of the UJ Ladies team that won the inaugural Women's Varsity Football cup in 2013. She scored a brace in the 6-0 win over TUT Ladies in the final. She was named the player of the match for her efforts. Gyori ETO Women In September 2015, she signed a two-year contract with Női NB I side Gyori ETO Women. International career In July 2006, she competed for the South Africa women's national soccer team in the 2006 African Women's Championship qualifiers against Tanzania and scored a goal in the 7-0 win which saw the team qualify for the tournament. She also scored in a friendly match won 2-1 against Namibia. Honours University of Johannesburg * Women's Varsity Football Women's Varsity Football, also known as Women's Varsity Diski, is a South African university football c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banyana Banyana
The South Africa women's national soccer team, nicknamed ''Banyana Banyana'' (The Girls), is the national team of South Africa and is controlled by the South African Football Association. Their first official match was held on 30 May 1993 against Swaziland. They qualified for Olympic football for the first time in 2012, and for a FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time in 2019, in Group B with Germany, Spain and China. However, they lost all matches, and their only goal was against Spain when they went to a 1–0 lead only to lose 3–1. South Africa won their first Women's Africa Cup of Nations in 2022, beating Morocco 2–1 in the final. History Beginnings The South Africa women's national team played its first international match... Historically, South Africa has never had a professional women's football league until 2020. This coincided perfectly with the country's annual celebration of Women's Month — a celebration of women in society.While South Africa may not have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noko Matlou
Noko Alice Matlou (born 30 September 1985) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Spanish Primera Federación side SD Eibar. She has represented the South Africa women's national team both as a striker and a defender. In 2008, Matlou became the first South African to be named African Women's Footballer of the Year. Club career At a club level, she plays for MaIndies. She has previously played for Development Ladies, Brazilian Ladies and the University of Johannesburg. Within footballing circles, she is nicknamed "Beep-Beep". Matlou trains with male footballers to enhance her game: "I train regularly with local male clubs and when I get on to the field with the women they simply cannot touch me." In 2008, she became the first South African to be named African Women's Footballer of the Year by the Confederation of African Football. International career Matlou made her debut for South Africa women's national football team ("Banyana Ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thokozile Mndaweni
Thokozile Mndaweni (born 8 August 1981) is a South African women's footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. She plays for Croesus Ladies. She represented the South Africa women's national football team at the 2012 London Olympics She is well known for a saving a penalty and later converting her own spot kick during South Africa's win on penalties in the Olympic qualifier return leg match in Tunis ''Tounsi'' french: Tunisois , population_note = , population_urban = , population_metro = 2658816 , population_density_km2 = , timezone1 = CET , utc_offset1 ... in April 2011. References Living people 1981 births Sportspeople from Boksburg Soccer players from Gauteng Women's association football goalkeepers South African women's soccer players South Africa women's international soccer players Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic soccer players for South Africa {{Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's Tournament
The women's football tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held in London and five other cities in the United Kingdom from 25 July to 9 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to enter their women's teams in regional qualifying competitions, from which 11 teams, plus the hosts Great Britain reached the final tournament. There are no age restrictions for the players participating in the tournament. It is the first major FIFA affiliated women's tournament to be staged within the United Kingdom, and marked the first time a team representing Great Britain took part in the women's tournament. Qualifying Each National Olympic Committee may enter one women's team in the football tournament. *Locations are those of final tournaments, various qualification stages may precede matches at these specific venues. Venues The tournament was held in six venues across six cities: *Millennium Stadium, Cardiff * City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry *Hampden Park, Glasgow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Dlamini
Amanda Sinegugu Dlamini (born 22 July 1988) is a former South African soccer player who is currently a soccer analyst and football administrator. She represented the South Africa women's national team at the 2012 (as the captain) and 2016 Summer Olympics. Early career Dlamini was born in Harding in KwaZulu Natal. She started playing soccer in 1999 for a boys' team, Young Callies. Club career At a club level, Dlamini has played for Durban Ladies and the University of Johannesburg. Dlamini played for JVW FC and was part of the team that won the 2019 Sasol League Championship. International career She made her debut for the senior national team in 2007 in a 5–0 loss to Nigeria in an Olympic qualifier. She scored her first international goal against Netherlands. She was the top goalscorer of the 2008 Sasol Women's League. She was part of the squads that won bronze and silver medals at the 2010 African Women's Championship and 2012 African Women's Championship; at the 2010 ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summer Olympic Games
The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inaugural Games took place in 1896 Summer Olympics, 1896 in Athens, Kingdom of Greece, Greece, and the most recent edition was held in 2020 Summer Olympics, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is responsible for organising the Games and for overseeing the host city's preparations. The tradition of awarding medals began in 1904 Summer Olympics, 1904; in each Olympic Games, Olympic event, gold medals are awarded for first place, silver medals for second place, and bronze medals for third place. The Winter Olympic Games were created out of the success of the Summer Olympic Games, which are regarded as the largest and most prestigious multi-sport international event in the world. The Summer Olympics have increased in sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
