Moruleng Stadium is a

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in the village of

Moruleng Saulspoort (also known as Moruleng) is a village at the northern foot of the Pilanesberg, about 65 km north of Rustenburg. It was named after a former baKgatla chief, Tsheole, called Saul by the early settlers. It was established when Henr ...

, a small mining community located approximately from

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in the

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. It is currently used mostly for

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matches and serves as the home stadium of Platinum Stars. The stadium was part of Rustenburg's World Cup 2010 host city proposals and was also used as a training venue for the

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. The stadium was constructed by South African companies ''Stefanutti Stocks'' and ''Omnistruct Nkosi'' with help from structural engineers Arup of Durban. The stadium was designed by the Durban-based architectural firm Paton Taylor Architects, to comply with FIFA stadium regulations, in order for it to be utilised for the

as a training venue. The quantity surveyors on this project were BTKM - Bham Tayob Khan Matunda. The stadium was built by the Bakgatla-Ba-Kgafela tribe which is scattered across 32 villages in the North West province. The tribe's main source of wealth comes from mining platinum. The stadium was opened in September 2009 and the first match that took place at the stadium was contested between

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and

Platinum Stars F.C. Platinum Stars was a South African football club based in Phokeng near Rustenburg, North West Province that played in the Premier Soccer League. The club was nicknamed ''Dikwena'', the Tswana name for ''Crocodiles''. The team's best finish in ...

of South Africa. The first

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game that took place at the stadium was between Platinum Stars, who use the stadium as a home venue, and

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. It was used by the

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as a training venue during the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup. The

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played Platinum Stars as a warm-up game before the

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on 7 June, with England running out 3–0 victors.

References

{{Reflist Soccer venues in South Africa Rustenburg Sports venues completed in 2009 Sports venues in North West (South African province) 21st-century architecture in South Africa