Pretoria Callies F.C.

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Pretoria Callies F.C.
Pretoria Callies logo.png
Full namePretoria Callies Football Club
Founded1898
Stadium Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium
Capacity28,900
Coordinates 25°46′33.31″S28°4′22.33″E / 25.7759194°S 28.0728694°E / -25.7759194; 28.0728694
ChairmanMoses Malada [1]
Manager Sammy Troughton [1]
League National First Division
2022–23 10th
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

Pretoria Callies Football Club, also known as Bantu Callies or Pretoria Bantu Callies, is a South African professional soccer club based in Pretoria, Gauteng, who currently play in the National First Division. [2]

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History

The club was founded in 1898, [3] [4] and were founder members of the National Professional Soccer League, later playing in the National Soccer League. [5]

In 2020, the club earned promotion to the National First Division as runners-up of the 2019–20 SAFA Second Division. [6] [4]

Stadium

Callies play at the Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium in Atteridgeville. [7] [1]

Honours

League record

NPSL First Division

NSL First Division

SAFA Second Division Gauteng Stream

National First Division

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