Wits University Football Club, known under their sponsored title as Bidvest Wits, is a South African football team based in the Parktown suburb of Johannesburg. The team is nicknamed "The Clever Boys" or "The Students", because of the club's close affiliation with the University of the Witwatersrand.
Bidvest Wits currently compete in Premier Soccer League, and selected Bidvest Stadium as their home venue. They also fields a reserve team at the same stadium. The reserve team is named Bid Boys, and currently compete in Vodacom League.
The club has its roots at Wits University in Johannesburg, where it was formed in 1921 by the university's Students Representatives Council. The club competed in a variety of tournaments and leagues before eventually winning promotion to the National Football League in 1975 - then South Africa's top domestic league.
Achievements
- Nedbank Cup Champions 2010
- Mvela Golden League Champions 2005/06
- Coca-Cola Winners 1995
- JPS Cup Winners 1985
- BP Top 8 Cup Winners 1984, 95
- Mainstay Cup Winners 1978
