Carling Knockout Cup

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Carling Knockout Cup
Founded1982
RegionFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Number of teams16
Current champions Magesi (1st title)
Most successful club(s) Kaizer Chiefs (13 titles)
Television broadcasters•SuperSport •SABC Sport
MottoFak'ugesi
Website Carlingblacklabelcup.co.za
Soccerball current event.svg 2024 Carling Knockout Cup

The Carling Knockout Cup is a South African professional football knockout competition which comprises the 16 teams in the South African Premier Division.

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The competition was established in 1982 and was first known as the Datsun Challenge. Under the new NSL regime in 1984, it became known as the JPS Knockout Cup. It used this name until 1992 when it became known as the Coca-Cola Cup. It was sponsored by the drinks manufacturer until 1996, when it was replaced by the Rothmans Cup which was changed back to the Coca-Cola Cup in 2001 due to the new rules regarding tobacco sponsorship in sport. Telkom became the new sponsors in 2006 until 2020. The 2020/21 edition was cancelled after the loss of the main sponsor [1] and in August 2021 it was confirmed that the tournament would no longer be held, citing fixture congestion. [2] However the competition resumed in the 2023/24 season following a new sponsorship deal with alcoholic beverage company Carling Black Label, being renamed the Carling Knockout Cup. [3] [4]

The Carling Knockout Cup is the second League cup of the PSL and cup number three of the DStv Premiership following the MTN 8 and the Nedbank Cup.

The Carling Knockout Cup was officially launched on 10 October 2023. [5]

Format

The format that will be used in this Competition is the Knockout Stage phase. [6] The competition will be played by 16 teams in a single knockout match.

A winner will be decided after Full-time(90 minutes).If the two teams playing against each other are still tied after Full-time, then the match will go through to Extra time.If the points are still tied then the match will go through to Penalty Shoot-outs.The winner of the match must be decided on at the end of the match/day.

After the conclusion of the season of this competition, the winner will play against a best-Xl voted by the fans.The all-stars team must consist of 6 players from the First tier league and 6 players from second tier and the coach must also be voted on by the fans.

Competition history

YearWinnerScoreRunner-up
Datsun Challenge
1982 Arcadia Shepherds 1–1
(2–0)		 Highlands Park
1983 Kaizer Chiefs 2–1 Wits University
John Player Special (JPS) Knockout Cup
1984 Kaizer Chiefs (2) Durban Bush Bucks
1985 Wits University Kaizer Chiefs
1986 Kaizer Chiefs (3) Moroka Swallows
1987 Durban Bush Bucks Orlando Pirates
1988 Kaizer Chiefs (4) Jomo Cosmos
1989 Kaizer Chiefs (5) Moroka Swallows
1990 Sundowns Orlando Pirates
1991 Dynamos Giant Blackpool
Coca-Cola Cup
1992 AmaZulu Kaizer Chiefs
1993 Umtata Bucks Santos
1994 Qwa Qwa Stars Hellenic
1995 Wits University (2) Orlando Pirates
1996 Umtata Bush Bucks (2)Qwa Qwa Stars
Rothmans Cup
1997 Kaizer Chiefs (6) Mamelodi Sundowns
1998 Kaizer Chiefs (7) Mamelodi Sundowns
1999 Sundowns(2)2–0 Free State Stars
2000 Ajax Cape Town 4–0 Orlando Pirates
Coca-Cola Cup
2001 Kaizer Chiefs (8)5–0 Jomo Cosmos
2002 Jomo Cosmos 1–0 Kaizer Chiefs
2003 Kaizer Chiefs (9)2-0 Silver Stars
2004 Kaizer Chiefs (10)1–0 SuperSport United F.C.
2005 Jomo Cosmos (2) SuperSport United F.C.
Telkom Knockout Cup
2006 Silver Stars 3–1 Ajax Cape Town
2007 Kaizer Chiefs (11)0(3)–(2)0 Mamelodi Sundowns
2008 Ajax Cape Town (2)2–1 Orlando Pirates
2009 Kaizer Chiefs (12)2–1 Ajax Cape Town
2010 Kaizer Chiefs (13)3–0 Orlando Pirates
2011 Orlando Pirates 3–1 Bidvest Wits
2012 Bloemfontein Celtic 1–0 Mamelodi Sundowns
2013 Platinum Stars (2)2–1 Orlando Pirates
2014 SuperSport United F.C. 3–2 Platinum Stars
2015 Mamelodi Sundowns (3)3–1 Kaizer Chiefs [7]
2016 Cape Town City 2–1 SuperSport United F.C. [8]
2017 Bidvest Wits (3)1–0 Bloemfontein Celtic
2018 Baroka 2(3)–(2)2 Orlando Pirates
2019 Mamelodi Sundowns (4)2–1 Maritzburg United [9]
Carling Knockout Cup
2023 [10] Stellenbosch (1)1–1 (5–4) TS Galaxy
2024 [11] Magesi (1)2–1 Mamelodi Sundowns

Results by team

Results by team
ClubWinsFirst final wonMost recent final wonRunners-upMost recent final lostTotal final appearances
Kaizer Chiefs 13198320104201517
Mamelodi Sundowns 4199020195 2024 9¹
Bidvest Wits (previously Wits University)319852017220115
Ajax Cape Town 220002008220094
Jomo Cosmos 220022005220014
Platinum Stars (previously Silver Stars)220062013220144
Umtata Bush Bucks 2199319960–2
Orlando Pirates 120112011820189
Supersport United 120142014320164
Bloemfontein Celtic 120122012120172
Arcadia Shepherds 1198219820–1
Durban Bush Bucks 1198719871–2
AmaZulu 1199219920–1
Dynamos 1199119910–1
Cape Town City 1201620160–1
Baroka 1201820180–1
Stellenbosch 1 2023 2023 0–1
Magesi 1 2024 2024 0–1
Moroka Swallows 0––219892
Highlands Park 0––119821
Maritzburg United 0--120191
TS Galaxy 0--1 2023 1

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