Full name | Witwatersrand University Ladies Football Club |
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Nickname(s) | Educated Footballers |
Ground | Wits Rugby Staidum |
Capacity | 5000 |
Coordinates | 26.1876° S, 28.0312° E |
Head coach | Jabulile Baloyi |
League | Sasol Women's League |
2023 | 4th (Gauteng Stream B) |
Website | Club website |
The Witwatersrand University women's football club, also knowns as Wits Ladies F.C. or Wits University Ladies, is the football club representing the University of the Witwatersrand based in Johannesburg, Gauteng. The senior team competes in the Sasol Women's League, the second tier women's football league in South Africa. [1]
In 2017, they won the Johannesburg Local Football Association Women's League. The win granted them entry into the 2017 SAFA Gauteng Regional Women's Championship. Only the top two sides at the championship advance to Gauteng stream of the second tier Sasol Women's League. Wits Ladies finished third missing out on second place on goal difference after being tied with Rosina Sedibane. [2]
In 2021, they recorded they biggest win against Lusaka Ladies when they won 13-0 in the Sasol Women's League. [3]
In 2024, they were fourth in the 2024 Pirates Cup (Women) tournament hosted by Orlando Pirates. [4]
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