City Lads Ladies

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City Lads Ladies F.C.
City Lads Ladies logo.png
Full nameCity Lads Ladies Football Club
Nickname(s)"Gunners"
"Sinakho"
Ground Isaac Wolfson Stadium
Capacity10000
Coordinates 33°53′04″S25°35′43″E / 33.884463°S 25.595285°E / -33.884463; 25.595285
CEONomalungelo Mooi
Co-CoachesChristo Tom and Unabantu Gcule
League SAFA Women's League
2024 14th
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

City Lads Ladies F.C. is a women's soccer club based in New Brighton, Eastern Cape. The team competes in the SAFA Women's League, the top tier women's football league in South Africa. [1]

Contents

Nomalungelo Mooi is the club's CEO. [2]

History

Sasol Women's League

They had previously won the 2021 Eastern Cape Sasol Women's League. [3] [4]

In 2021, they were granted promotion into the Hollywoodbets Super League after finishing as finalists in the 2021 Sasol League National Championship. [5] They lost 4-3 to Western Cape champions Vasco Da Gama in the final. [6]

SAFA Women's League

They made their debut in the 2022 season and finished in 12th place in their maiden season. [7]

Engen Knockout Challenge

They won the 2022 Eastern Cape Engen Knockout Challenge. [8]

Honours

Team statistics

SAFA Women's League record

SeasonPosRecord
PWDLFAGDPst
2022 12th place3085173675(39)23
2023 13th place3074192966(37)25
2024 14th place3058172853(25)23

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