Vodacom Challenge

Vodacom Challenge
Founded	1999
Region	Africa (CAF) and International guest
Current champions	Tottenham Hotspur
Most championships	Kaizer Chiefs (5 times)
Website	www.vodacomchallenge.com

Last updated November 21, 2025

The Vodacom Challenge was an association football pre-season tournament that featured Vodacom-sponsored South African clubs Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs plus from 2006 onwards an invited European club. Prior to 2006, the competition consisted of the two Soweto giants and two invited African clubs.

Vodacom Challenge Final with African Teams

Year	Winners	Score	Runners up	Venue	3rd Place	Score	4th Place	Venue
1999	Orlando Pirates	4-1	Espérance ST	Kings Park Stadium, Durban	Kaizer Chiefs	2-1	ASEC	Kings Park Stadium, Durban
2000	Kaizer Chiefs	1-0	Orlando Pirates	Kings Park Stadium, Durban	Dynamos	2-1	Africa Sports	Kings Park Stadium, Durban
2001	Kaizer Chiefs	0-0 3-2 on pens	Asante Kotoko	Kings Park Stadium, Durban	Hearts of Oak	0-0 4-3 on Pens	Orlando Pirates	Kings Park Stadium, Durban
2002	St Eloi Lupopo	1-0	Kaizer Chiefs	Kings Park Stadium, Durban	Orlando Pirates	1-1 8-7 on Pens	Asante Kotoko	Kings Park Stadium, Durban
2003	Kaizer Chiefs	0-0 3-2 on pens	TP Mazembe	Kings Park Stadium, Durban	Orlando Pirates	1-0	St Eloi Lupopo	Kings Park Stadium, Durban
2004	AS Vita Club	0-0 5-4 on pens	Kaizer Chiefs	Soccer City, Soweto	Orlando Pirates	2-1	TP Mazembe	Soccer City, Soweto
2005	Orlando Pirates	2-1	Kaizer Chiefs	Kings Park Stadium, Durban	AS Vita Club	2-1	Green Buffaloes	Kings Park Stadium, Durban

Vodacom Challenge Results with European Teams

Year	Winners	Score	Runners up	Venue	3rd Place
2006 Details	Kaizer Chiefs	0-0 4-3 on Pens	Manchester United	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Orlando Pirates
2007 Details	Tottenham Hotspur	3-0	Orlando Pirates	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Kaizer Chiefs
2008 Details	Manchester United	4-0	Kaizer Chiefs	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Orlando Pirates
2009 Details	Kaizer Chiefs	1-0	Manchester City	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Orlando Pirates
2010	Cancelled due to 2010 FIFA World Cup
2011 Details	Tottenham Hotspur	3-0	Orlando Pirates	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	Kaizer Chiefs
2012	Cancelled due to "time constraints".^[1]

Invited African clubs

2004

2005

Invited European clubs

2006

Manchester United

2007

Tottenham Hotspur

2008

Manchester United

2009

Manchester City

2011

Tottenham Hotspur

References

1 2 "Vodacom Challenge cancelled". iol.co.za. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.

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South African Cup (Life Challenge Cup / Benson and Hedges Trophy / Mainstay Cup / Bob Save Superbowl / ABSA Cup / Nedbank Cup)	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
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Vodacom Challenge	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011