Full name | Janine Van Wyk Gems Football Club |
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Nickname(s) | The Gems |
Short name | JVW |
Founded | 2012 |
Stadium | Wits Stadium |
Capacity | 5,000 |
Owner | Janine Van Wyk |
Manager | Kenneth Sithole (U16) Claudia Raposo (U/14) |
League | Gauteng Women's Development League |
2023 | 2nd |
Website | Club website |
Active departments of JVW | ||
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Football (1st team) | Football B (Reserve team) | Football C (development team) |
JVW Girls also known as JVW U/16 and U/14 or JVW Gems is a women's soccer club based in Bedfordview, Gauteng. The team competes in the Gauteng Women's Development League, the Gauteng regional women's football league for U/14 and U/16 teams in South Africa. It is the academy of JVW.
In 2018 they became the first team to represent South Africa at the Dana Cup in Denmark. [1] [2] [3]
In their first match of the 2019 tournament they won 2–0 against Stokke IL from Norway. [4]
The U/16 Gems played in the inaugural 2023 U-15 Gauteng Women's Development League where they finished runner's up with 44 points (14 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses). [5] [6] They were runners-up in the inaugural pre-season tournament GWDL Top 8 losing the final 4–2 to Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies U/16. [7]
Position | Name |
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U/16 Head Coach | Kenneth Sthole |
U/14 Head Coach | Claudia Raposo |
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