The Soweto Derby is a football rivalry between Premier Soccer League's

Kaizer Chiefs Kaizer Chiefs Football Club (often known as Chiefs) are a South African professional football club based in Naturena, Johannesburg South, that plays in the Premier Soccer League. The team is nicknamed ''AmaKhosi'', which means "Lords" or "Ch ...

and

Orlando Pirates Orlando Pirates Football Club (often known as "The Buccaneers") is a South African professional football club based in the Houghton suburb of the city of Johannesburg and plays in the top-tier system of Football in South Africa known as DStv ...

in South Africa. It was first contested on 24 January 1970. Matches between the two rivals attract a large fanbase. The rivalry is recognised as one of the biggest derbies in Africa. In Terms of numbers, Kaizer Chiefs are ahead of their rivals,but in terms of flair, Orlando Pirates are ahead of the chief rivals. Based in

Soweto Soweto () is a township of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city's mining belt in the south. Its name is an English syllabic abbreviation for ''South Western Townships''. Formerly a ...

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, the rivalry stems from the fact that Kaizer Chiefs was formed by a former Orlando Pirates star

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. Motaung had left Orlando Pirates to go play professional soccer in the now defunct

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for a team called the

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. Upon returning home, he found a lot of infighting among the hierarchy at Pirates. He decided to form a Kaizer XI, which initially played friendly matches with various clubs in South Africa and then this entity evolved to the Kaizer Chiefs.

Overall record

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All-time results

League

Cup results

''*'' Played as a neutral game with one side designated as the 'home team'.

Honours

Head-to-head ranking in the
South African Premier Division The South African Premier Division, officially referred to as the DStv Premiership for sponsorship purposes, is the premier men's professional football/soccer league and the highest division in the league system of South Africa, organized since ...
(1996–2021)

* Total: Kaizer Chiefs with 13 higher finishes, Orlando Pirates with 12 higher finishes (as of the end of the 2020–21 season). * The biggest difference in positions for Kaizer Chiefs from Orlando Pirates is 7 places ( 2016–17season), The biggest difference in positions for Orlando Pirates from Kaizer Chiefs is 7 places ( 2018–19 season).

References

{{Reflist Association football rivalries Kaizer Chiefs F.C. Orlando Pirates F.C. 1970 establishments in South Africa Recurring sporting events established in 1970