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| Full name | Lamontville Golden Arrows Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Abafana Bes'thende (The Backheel Boys) | ||
| Founded | 1943, bought Ntokozo FC franchise in 1996 | ||
| Ground | Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Durban | ||
| Capacity | 6,500 | ||
| Chairman | Mato Madlala | ||
| Coach |  Mabhuti Khanyeza | ||
| League | Betway Premiership | ||
| 2023–24 | 9th | ||
Lamontville Golden Arrows F.C. are a South African soccer club based in Durban that plays in the Premiership.
It was founded in 1943 in the streets of Lamontville, a township in Durban. The club played in the defunct National Professional Soccer League in the 1970s until they were relegated in 1976. They played in the Second Division thereafter until 1980 when they were embroiled in a soccer scandal and thrown out of the National Professional Soccer League.
The team was formed again in 1996 when the Madlala family bought the Second Division franchise of Ntokozo FC and changed its name to Lamontville Golden Arrows.
In 2000 they won promotion to the Premiership by winning the National First Division Coastal Stream.
Arrows claimed their first piece of major silverware when they won the 2009 MTN 8, routing Ajax Cape Town 6–0 in the final played at Orlando Stadium.
Thanduyise Khuboni 212 (2006–2014) (previous record, Siyabonga Sangweni 173 (2005–2011)
Knox Mtizwa (2018–present) 55
Joseph Musonda, 108 Thanduyise Khuboni, 35 (2011/12) Richard Henyekane 22 (2008/09)Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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In the South African Premiership, only five non-South African nationals can be registered. Foreign players who have acquired permanent residency can be registered as locals. Namibians born before 1990 can be registered as South Africans.
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