African Warriors F.C.

African Warriors

Full name	African Warriors Football Club
Founded	2006, renamed Happy Kings FC [1]
Ground	Charles Mopeli Stadium, Phuthaditjhaba
Capacity	50,000
Manager	Temiloluwa Lawson
League	ABC Motsepe League
2024-25	1st (Group 1A) [2]
Home colours Away colours

African Warriors is a South African football club based in Phuthaditjhaba, Free State.

Managers

• Vladislav Heric (Dec 7, 2010—25 Oct, 2011)
• David Vilakazi (March 2014— Dec 2014)
• Johnny Mafereka (Feb 2016–

Honours

SAFA Second Division (Free State)

Champions - 2024–25 ^[3]

League record

National First Division

• 2007–08  – 4th (Inland Stream)
• 2008–09  – 3rd (Coastal Stream)
• 2009–10  – 2nd (Inland Stream)
• 2010–11  – 4th (Coastal Stream)
• 2011–12  – 6th
• 2012–13  – 7th
• 2013–14  – 8th
• 2014–15  – 12th
• 2015–16  – 11th
• 2016–17  – 15th (relegated)

SAFA Second Division (Free State Stream)

• 2016–17  – 12th
• 2017–18  – 14th
• 2020–21  – 5th (Stream B)
• 2021–22  – 7th (Stream B)
• 2022–23  – 4th (Stream A)
• 2023–24  – 5th (Stream B)
• 2024–25  – 1st

References

1. "African Warriors FC - The NFD". thenfd.co.za. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
2. Inqaku. "League - ABC Motsepe League - FS Group 1A - Inqaku". inqaku.com. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
3. Raophala, Mauwane (28 April 2025). "Two teams book Motsepe League national playoffs spots". FARPost. Retrieved 10 June 2025.

External links

• Premier Soccer League