History and achievements
Bidvest Wits (or Wits University Football Club) is a football club in South Africa, based in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. Its nickname is ‘The Clever Boys’ or ‘The Students’.
The club was founded in 1921 at Wits University in Johannesburg and in 1975 they earned promotion to the National Football League. Among the team’s best footballers in 1970s were Gary Bailey and Richard Gough, the first one was a keeper in Manchester United and another one was a Scottish international and played for Rangers and Everton.
Among team’s achievements are the Mainstay Cup win in 1978, in 1984 and 1995 they won BP Top 8 Cup, in 1985 they became JPS Cup and Coca-Cola winners. Their best result in the Premier Soccer League was in 2002/03 when they finished third, at that period they were guided by South African retired player Roger De Sa. In 2005/06 they were Mvela Golden League Champions and in 2010 Bidvest Wits won the Nedbank Cup.
The team’s grounds are Bidvest Stadium, located at the Wits University campus, and Mbombela Stadium, which was one of the 2010 FIFA World Cup stadiums. The capacity of the first one is 5,000 and another one is for 40,929 spectators.
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Club top players
№ | Name and surname | Role | Ranking | Age | Weight | Height | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Asive Langwe | midfielder |
1 |
30 years | South Africa | ||
2 | Thomas Sweswe | defender |
1 |
42 years | 180 cm | Zimbabwe | |
3 | Aaron Mokoena | midfielder |
0 |
43 years | 78 kg | 185 cm | South Africa |
4 | Moneeb Josephs | goalkeeper |
0 |
43 years | 184 cm | South Africa | |
5 | Nazeer Allie | defender |
0 |
38 years | 175 cm | South Africa | |
6 | Matthew Booth | defender |
0 |
47 years | 198 cm | South Africa | |
7 | Musa Bilankulu | defender |
0 |
39 years | 83 kg | 182 cm | South Africa |
8 | Jackson Mabokgwane | goalkeeper |
0 |
36 years | South Africa | ||
9 | Mbulelo Mabizela | defender |
0 |
43 years | 178 cm | South Africa | |
10 | Siboniso Gumede | defender |
0 |
38 years | 173 cm | South Africa |
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