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| Full name | Bizana Pondo Chiefs Football Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Lions of Skoomplas |
| Founded | 2015 |
| League | SAFA Second Division |
| Website | Club website |
Bizana Pondo Chiefs is a South African professional football club based in Mhlanga Location in Bizana, Eastern Cape, founded in 2015. [1]
They earned promotion to the National First Division after winning the 2019–20 SAFA Second Division, [2] but finished bottom in the 2020–21 National First Division, and were relegated to the 2020–21 SAFA Second Division. [3]
They are known as the lions of Skoomplas.[ citation needed ]
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