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Bloemfontein Celtic FC

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Bloemfontein Celtic is a South African football (soccer) club based in Bloemfontein, founded in 1969 as Mangaung United, and renamed in 1984 to its current name. The club currently compete in Premier Soccer League, and selected Seisa Ramabodu Stadium as their home venue. Starting from 2010, they have also fielded an U19 team, named the Bloemfontein Celtic Colts -or just Celtic Colts. The U19 side, currently compete in Vodacom League, and selected Westdene Stadium as home venue.

Bloemfontein Celtic has a large and fan base in the Free State. Siwelele, as Celtic's supporters are known, are arguably the most passionate in South Africa.

In 2009 they formed a partnership with Portuguese club Sporting CP, that includes the creation of a Youth Academy, based in the capital of the Free State. The most prominent part of the Youth Academy, being the U19 team, was established by August 2010 with the name Celtic Colts. They started out directly to compete at the third level of South African football in Vodacom League, after having bougth the franchise status of Hellas. Celtic Colts are managed by Marco Augousti, and coached by David Modise and George Nechironga. Home venue of the team is Westdene Stadium in Bloemfontein. Main role for the U19 team, is of course to scout the best talents within the Free State province, and then train them to become established professional players, acting as a feeding team for the Bloemfontein Celtic PSL squad.

Club Honours

Mainstay Cup Winners: 1985
First Division Inland Stream Champions: 2003/04
SAA Supa 8 Champions: 2005
Telkom Charity Cup: 2007

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Ajax Cape Town FC

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Ajax CT was formed in 1999 by Rob Moore, and John Comitis via the amalgamation of two Cape Town-based teams, Seven Stars and Cape Town Spurs, as AFC Ajax expanded their worldwide talent-feeder network to South Africa.

Ajax Cape Town played their first official game against Kaizer Chiefs in the Iwisa Charity Spectacular on July 17, 1999. Ajax caused an upset when they beat Chiefs 1–0 with Sam Pam, the Ajax Cape Town captain, scoring the winning goal.

As of 2010 Ajax Amsterdam own 51% of Ajax Cape Town with the remaining 49% owned by the Comitis and Efstathiou families.

The Ajax CT project had limited success in the seasons leading up to 2006–07, the club winning a solitary title – the Rothmans Cup in 2000 – with Steven Pienaar being one of the few talents to make the grade for a move to Amsterdam, back in 2002. However, in 2006–07, under the guidance of new coach Muhsin Ertuğral, Ajax CT claimed fourth place in the PSL and won the ABSA Cup – beating league champions Mamelodi Sundowns 2–0 in the final.

Gordon Igesund, South Africa's most successful club coach, who won league titles with Manning Rangers, Orlando Pirates, Santos and Sundowns, coached the club from 2002 until 2006.

In January 2007 Ajax CT managed to beat their mother club AFC Ajax 3–1 in a friendly game held in Cape Town. The next friendly, played in Amsterdam, ended in a 3–2 win for AFC Ajax in July 2009.