Milano United F.C.

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Milano United
Milano United logo.png
Full nameMilano United Football Club
Founded1986;38 years ago (1986)
Ground Grassy Park Stadium, [1] Cape Town
Capacity1,000
ChairmanNasief Brenner
Coach Flag of South Africa.svg Rafiek Taylor
League National First Division
2014–15 National First Division, 6th

Milano United was a South African football club based in the Grassy Park suburb of the city of Cape Town that played in the National First Division.

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Milano won promotion to the National First Division (the second tier of South African football) in July 2012 after winning the 2011–12 Western Cape Vodacom League stream and winning three games at the playoffs stage. [2]

The club sold their National First Division club status to Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila FC in August 2017, prior to the start of the 2017–18 season. [3]

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