African Wanderers F.C.

African Wanderers

Full name	African Wanderers Football Club
Nickname(s)	Abaqulusi
Founded	1906
Ground	SJ Smith Stadium, Chatsworth, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Capacity	N/A
League	Vodacom League, Mpumalanga Province
2010-11 season	13

African Wanderers is a South African professional football club, based in the Chatsworth township, which is a suburb of Durban in South Africa. The club currently play in the KwaZulu-Natal province of Vodacom League, and prefer to use the SJ Smith Stadium as home venue.

History

After winning the second tier, they played in the top tier NSL in 1995, being relegated in their first season. They bounced back to play in the 1997–98 Premier Soccer League, where they were again relegated immediately. Returning straight away after winning the 1998–99 Coastal Stream,^[1] they finished one position above the relegation zone in the 1999–2000 Premier Soccer League season before again being relegated, finishing bottom of the 2000–01 Premier Soccer League. They made a final appearance in the top tier in the 2002–03 Premier Soccer League before suffering a second consecutive relegation from the 2003–04 National First Division. They have since played in the amateur ranks.^[2]

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v t e SAFA Second Division seasons
1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23

v t e South African Premier Division seasons
2023–24 teams	AmaZulu Cape Town City Cape Town Spurs Chippa United Golden Arrows Kaizer Chiefs Mamelodi Sundowns Polokwane City Moroka Swallows Pirates Richards Bay F.C. Royal AM Sekhukhune United Stellenbosch SuperSport United TS Galaxy
Former teams (defunct teams)	African Wanderers Ajax Cape Town F.C. Baroka Bay United Benoni Premier United Black Leopards Bloemfontein Celtic Bush Bucks Dynamos Free State Stars Hellenic Highlands Park Jomo Cosmos Manning Rangers Marumo Gallants Maritzburg United Michau Warriors Moroka Swallows Mother City Mpumalanga Black Aces Platinum Stars Polokwane City Real Rovers Ria Stars Santos Seven Stars Thanda Royal Zulu Tembisa Classic Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila University of Pretoria Vaal Professionals Vasco da Gama Wits University F.C.
Associated competitions	Nedbank Cup Telkom Knockout MTN 8 National First Division
Seasons	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

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