Uthongathi FC are a South African club based in

oThongathi oThongathi (previously and popularly known as Tongaat) is a town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, about north of Durban and south of KwaDukuza. It now forms part of eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, or the Greater Durban area. The area is ho ...

KwaZulu-Natal KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province were merged. It is locate ...

. Their current home stadium is the

Princess Magogo Stadium Princess Magogo Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in KwaMashu, a township near Durban, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was utilized as a training field for teams that participated in the 2010 FIFA World Cup aft ...

KwaMashu KwaMashu is a township (South Africa), township north of Durban, South Africa. The name is in honour of Sir Marshall Campbell and means ''Place of Marshall''. KwaMashu is bordered by Newlands East to the south, Newlands West to the west, Ntuzuma t ...

. They currently play in the South African

National First Division The National First Division (NFD), officially known as the Motsepe Foundation Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest league of South African club association football, football after the South African Premier Division. Both t ...

History

The team was founded in 2014. In the 2016–17 season Uthongathi won the KZN ABC Motsepe League and gained promotion to the

via a 1-0 play-off victory in the final against Super Eagles FC. In 2018 the chairman, Nicholas Mkhize, was shot dead after the club's weekly technical meeting.

Current squad

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* Soccer clubs in South Africa National First Division clubs Association football clubs established in 2014 2014 establishments in South Africa {{SouthAfrica-footyclub-stub