Siwelele F.C.
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| Full name | Siwelele Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 2025, purchased Supersport United | ||
| Ground | Dr. Petrus Molemela Stadium[1] | ||
| Capacity | 22,000 | ||
| Chairman | Calvin Le John | ||
| Coach | Lehlohonolo Seema | ||
| League | South African Premiership | ||
| Website | https://www.siwelele.com/ | ||
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Siwelele FC is a South African professional soccer club. The team was formed following the purchase of SuperSport United for R50 million at the end of the 2024–25 Premiership season.[2][3]
Siwelele is the nickname of Bloemfontein Celtic, and there has been speculation that the club would relocate to Bloemfontein and attempt to claim that club's name.[4][5]
Initially scheduled to play in Pretoria,[6] the club started the season based in Bloemfontein[7]
In September 2025, following a poor start to the season, chairperson Calvin Le John fired CEO Stan Matthews and assistant coach Andre Arendse, citing daily threats on their lives and their families lives.[8]
Under Lehlohonolo Seema the club stabilised in its first season in the Premiership.[9]