Lamontville Golden Arrows F.C.

Golden Arrows

Full name	Lamontville Golden Arrows Football Club
Nickname(s)	Abafana Bes'thende (The Backheel Boys)
Founded	1943; 81 years ago (1943), bought Ntokozo FC franchise in 1996
Ground	Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban
Capacity	6,500
Chairman	Mato Madlala
Coach	Mabhuti Khanyeza
League	DStv Premiership
2022–23	9th
Home colours Away colours

Lamontville Golden Arrows F.C. are a South African soccer club based in Durban that plays in the Premier Soccer League.

History

It was founded in 1943 in the streets of Lamontville, a township in Durban. The club played in the defunct National Professional Soccer League in the 1970s until they were relegated in 1976. They played in the Second Division thereafter until 1980 when they were embroiled in a soccer scandal and thrown out of the National Professional Soccer League.

The team was formed again in 1996 when the Madlala family bought the Second Division franchise of Ntokozo FC and changed its name to Lamontville Golden Arrows.

In 2000 they won promotion to the PSL by winning the National First Division Coastal Stream.

Arrows claimed their first piece of major silverware when they won the 2009 MTN 8, routing Ajax Cape Town 6–0 in the final played at Orlando Stadium.

Honours

League

• 1999–2000 – National First Division Coastal Stream Champions (2nd tier)
• 2014–15 – National First Division (2nd tier)

Cups

• MTN 8: 2009

Pre-season tournaments

• 2011 – KZN Premier's Cup

Club records

• Most starts: Thanduyise Khuboni 212 (2006–2014) (previous record, Ntsako Neverdie Makhubela 173 (2005–2011)
• Most goals: Knox Mtizwa (2018-present) 55
• Most capped player: Joseph Musonda, 108
• Most starts in a season: Thanduyise Khuboni, 35 (2011/12)
• Most goals in a season: Richard Henyekane 22 (2008/09)
• Record victory: 6–0 vs Platinum Stars (18/3/09, PSL)
• Record defeat: 1-7 vs Orlando Pirates FC (06/04/2024, PSL)

League positions

National First Division (Coastal)

• 1997–98 – 5th
• 1998–99 – 3rd
• 1999–2000 – 1st (promoted)

South African Premier Division

National First Division

• 2014–15 – 1st (promoted)

South African Premier Division

• 2015–16 – 9th
• 2016–17 – 8th
• 2017–18 – 8th
• 2018–19 – 10th
• 2019–20 – 12th
• 2020–21 – 4th
• 2021–22 – 9th
• 2022–23 – 9th

First team squad

As of 26 January

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 DF  UGA Ismail Watenga (on loan from Mamelodi Sundowns) 2 DF  RSA Sazi Gumbi 3 MF  RSA Olwethu Ncube 5 DF  RSA Gladwin Shitolo 6 FW  RSA Tebogo Tlolane 9 FW  RSA Ryan Moon 11 FW  RSA Nduduzo Sibiya 12 MF  RSA Velemseni Ndwandwe 14 MF  RSA Angelo Van Rooi 15 DF  RSA Thabani Zuke (Captain) 18 FW  ZIM Knox Mutizwa 19 FW  RSA Sibusiso Sibeko 22 DF  RSA Bradley Cross 23 MF  RSA Lungelo Dube

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 MF  RSA Nqobeko Dlamini 25 MF  RSA Teboho Motloung 26 MF  RSA Thubelihle Magubane 27 DF  RSA Ntsikelelo Nxadi 28 GK  NGA Olufemi Kayode 30 DF  RSA Sbonelo Cele 31 DF  RSA Nduduzo Mhlongo 32 GK  RSA Nkosingiphile Gumede 35 MF  RSA Themba Mantshiyane 36 GK  RSA Sifiso Mlungwana 37 DF  RSA Siyavuya Ndlovu 40 FW  RSA Lungelo Nguse 42 DF  RSA Brandon Theron 43 FW  CIV Gbagbo Junior Magbi

Foreigners

In the South African PSL, only five non-South African nationals can be registered. Foreign players who have acquired permanent residency can be registered as locals. Namibians born before 1990 can be registered as South Africans.

• Limbikani Mzava
• Danny Phiri

permanent residency

• Chris Katjiukua
• Maximilian Mbaeva

Notable former coaches

• Jan Simulambo (2001)
• Khabo Zondo (8 Feb 2005 – 9 January 2007)
• Manqoba Mngqithi (10 Jan 2007 – 30 June 2010)
• Zoran Filipović (12 July 2010 – 21 March 2011)
• Ernst Middendorp (22 March 2011 – 30 September 2011)
• Muhsin Ertuğral (3 Oct 2011 – 22 October 2012)
• Manqoba Mngqithi (23 Oct 2012 – 5 October 2013)
• Mark Harrison (7 Oct 2013 – 10 February 2014)
• Shaun Bartlett (interim) (10 Feb 2014 – 30 June 2014)
• Shaun Bartlett (1 July 2014 – 15 June 2015)
• Serame Letsoaka (15 June 2015 – 1 December 2015)
• Clinton Larsen (6 Dec 2015 –27 Dec 2018)
• Steve Komphela (27 Dec 2018 –)
• Mabhuti Khenyeza (? – March 2024)
• Steve Komphela (March 2024 –)^[1]

Shirt sponsor and kit manufacturer

• Shirt sponsor: None
• Kit manufacturer: None

References

External links

• Official website
• Premier Soccer League
• PSL Club Info (archived 13 September 2008)
• South African Football Association
• Confederation of African Football
• Golden Arrows results

This page was last edited on 6 April 2024, at 18:40