TS Sporting F.C. is a South African football club. The club are from Zwelisha, near Mbombela, Mpumalanga, South Africa. The club was created when Mbombela-based lawyers purchased a SAFA Regional League license from Barberton City Stars in 2016 following City Stars' relegation from the

SAFA Second Division The ABC Motsepe League, previously known as the Vodacom League between 1998 and 2012, was founded in 1998 as the current Second Division and the overall third tier of South African football. The competition is regulated by SAFA, and until 2012 ...

. In turn, the City Stars purchased a license from Justicia Celtic to stay in the SAFA Second Division. TS Sporting were promoted from the SAFA Regional League in 2017 after the second-placed team were sanctioned 33 points, and TS Sporting qualified were promoted via the playoffs. The club were promoted from the SAFA Second Division in

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having reached the Championship final, losing 5–4 on penalties to

Maccabi F.C. Moroka Swallows Football Club (often known as simply Swallows or The Birds) is a South African professional association football, football club based in Soweto in the city of Johannesburg in the Gauteng province. Founded in 1947, Swallows are on ...

They were relegated from the

2021–22 National First Division The 2021–22 National First Division (called the GladAfrica Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the season from 21 August 2021 to 15 May 2022 of South Africa's second tier of professional soccer, the National First Division The National ...

after finishing 16th.

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{{reflist Association football clubs established in 2016 Soccer clubs in South Africa National First Division clubs