Full name | Maluti TVET College Football Club | ||
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Founded | 2008, renamed Mathata Take Me Cool | ||
Ground | Charles Mopeli Stadium, Phuthaditjhaba | ||
Capacity | 50,000 | ||
Chairman | Dr mang | ||
Coach | Morena Ramoreboli | ||
Maluti TVET College is a South African football club based in Phuthaditjhaba, Free State.
The team represents the Maluti TVET College which has a number of campuses around the Free State, including Bethlehem, Bonamelo, Harrismith, Itemoheleng, Kwetlisong and Sefikeng.
The team was founded in 2008 after the purchase of Vodacom League franchise Mathata Take Me Cool. [1] Maluti caused one of the biggest shocks in South African cup football when they defeated Premier Soccer League team Orlando Pirates 4–1 in the 2012–13 Nedbank Cup first round. [2] [3] Maluti won the 2012–13 SAFA Second Division Free State League [4] and their national play-off group to win promotion to the National First Division. [5]
They were relegated in the 2014–15 season. [6]
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