Club Details:
UPINGTON CITY
Name: TSHAKHUMA TSHA MADZIHANDILA FC
Club colours: Yellow and Black
Home Venue: Thohoyandou Stadium
Formed: 1986 – renamed in 2017 & 2021
Head Coach:
CLUB HISTORY:
2011/12 Won Group B of the Vodacom League Playoffs, winning 3 out of 3 matches and earning promotion to the NFD.
2012/13 7th in the NFD, their maiden season of professional football.
2013/14 3rd in the NFD. Beat Bloem Young Tigers 1 – 1 (5 – 4 Pen) in 1st round of Nedbank Cup, but lost 0 – 1 to African Warriors in the round of 16. Finished 3rd in the Promotional Playoffs and stay in the NFD.
2014/15 6th in the NFD.
2015/16 6th in the NFD. Lost 3 – 4 to Highlands Park in the preliminary round of the Nedbank Cup.
2016/17 14th in the NFD. Lost 2 – 3 to Royal Eagles in the preliminary round of the Nedbank Cup.
2017/18 6th in the NFD. Lost 0 – 2 to CT All Stars in the preliminary round of the Nedbank Cup. Milano United sold their NFD status to TTM FC with the franchise moving to the Limpopo Province.
2018/19 3rd in the NFD. Finished 2nd behind Maritzburg United in the Promotional Playoffs to stay in the NFD. Lost 0 – 2 to Chippa United in the Round of 1 of the Nedbank Cup.
2019/20 3rd in the NFD. Finished bottom of the mini log in the Promotional Playoffs behind Black Leopards and Ajax CT to remain in the NFD. Lost 3 – 4 to Uthongathi FC in the preliminary round of the Nedbank Cup. 2020/21 Bought the status of Bidvest Wits and took their place in the ABSA Premiership, finishing 12th.
Beat Supersport United 1 – 0 in Round one of the Nedbank Cup, beat Swallows FC on penalties in the Round of 16, beat Black Leopards 2 – 0 in the Quarterfinals, beat Mamelodi Sundowns on penalties in the Semi—finals and beat Chippa United 1 – 0 in the final.
2021/22 Sold their Premier League status to Marumo Gallants and participated in the GladAfrica Championship, finishing 13th. Beat CT All Stars 2 – 1 in the preliminary round of the Nedbank Cup, beat Golden Arrows on penalties in Round one, beat Sinekani FC 3 – 0 in the Round of 16, beat Supersport United 3 – 2 AET in the Quarterfinals, before losing 0 – 1 to Marumo Gallants in the Semi-finals.
2022/23 15th in the MFC and relegated to the ABC Motsepe League. Lost 1 – 7 to All Stars FC in the preliminary round of the Nedbank Cup.
UPINGTON CITY
| Date | Opponents | H/A | GF | GA | Goal Scorer/s | Log Position |
| 25 Aug 23 | NB LA MASIA | A | 0 | 1 | WK 1 -15 | |
| 02 Sep 23 | VENDA FC | H | 2 | 1 | LARK ; MOKWENA | WK 2 -7 |
| 16 Sep 23 | HUNGRY LIONS | A | 1 | 1 | MOKWENA | WK 3 -6 |
| 23 Sep 23 | ORBIT COLLEGE | H | 2 | 3 | NEL ; LARK | WK 4 -12 |
| 30 Sep 23 | BLACK LEOPARDS | A | 0 | 1 | WK 5 -12 | |
| 04 Oct 23 | BAROKA FC | A | 1 | 1 | NDEBELE | WK 6 -13 |
| 07 Oct 22 | PRETORIA CALLIES | H | 1 | 1 | MOKWENA | WK 7 -13 |
| 21 Oct 23 | MARUMO GALLANTS | A | 1 | 1 | TSHILO | WK 8 -12 |
| 28 Oct 23 | MAGESI FC | H | 2 | 0 | MOKWENA ; MAKGALWA | WK 9 -11 |
| 01 Nov 23 | AMATUKS | H | 2 | 1 | MAKUME ; NTOMBAYITHETHI | WK 10 -8 |
| 04 Nov 23 | CASRIC STARS | A | 1 | 1 | MARAVELA | WK 11 -8 |
| 12 Nov 23 | MILFORD FC | H | 1 | 0 | MOKWENA | WK 12 -7 |
| 25 Nov 23 | PLAT CITY ROVERS | A | 1 | 1 | LARK | WK 13 -8 |
| 03 Dec 23 | MARITZBURG UTD | H | WK 14 | |||
| 09 Dec 23 | JDR STARS | H | WK 15 | |||
| 16 Dec 23 | VENDA FC | A | WK 16 | |||
| 19 Dec 23 | MAGESI FC | A | WK 17 | |||
| 13 Feb 24 | HUNGRY LIONS | H | WK 18 | |||
| 16 Feb 24 | AMATUKS | A | WK 19 | |||
| 02 Mar 24 | JDR STARS | A | WK 20 | |||
| 09 Mar 24 | MARUMO GALLANTS | H | WK 21 | |||
| 03 Apr 24 | MARITZBURG UTD | A | WK 22 | |||
| 06 Apr 24 | MILFORD FC | A | WK 23 | |||
| 17 Apr 24 | PLAT CITY ROVERS | H | WK 24 | |||
| 20 Apr 24 | BLACK LEOPARDS | H | WK 25 | |||
| 27 Apr 24 | PRETORIA CALLIES | A | WK 26 | |||
| 30 Apr 24 | BAROKA FC | H | WK 27 | |||
| 05 May 24 | NB LA MASIA | H | WK 28 | |||
| 12 May 24 | ORBIT COLLEGE | A | WK 29 | |||
| 19 May 24 | CASRIC STARS | H | WK 30 | |||
| 15 | 13 |
| HOME | ||||||||
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| UPINGTON CITY | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| AWAY | ||||||||
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| UPINGTON CITY | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 5 |
| TOTAL | ||||||||
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| UPINGTON CITY | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 18 |
UPINGTON CITY
| PLAYER | No. | POSITION | BORN | INFO | |
| RHUWANO WYNNE | GOALKEEPER | U17.Swallows | |||
| IGNATIUS MOKOPI | GOALKEEPER | ||||
| KWAZI NXUMALO | GOALKEEPER | ||||
| BOYBOY THOMO | CEN. DEF. | 29-Aug-1989 | Magesi | ||
| AYABONGA GWANGQA | DEFENDER | ||||
| THATO SEFOLI | RIGHT BACK | 22-May-95 | FC CT,Kings,Lioli(Les) | ||
| SIPHESIHLE STUURMAN | LEFT BACK | 14-Feb-1993 | Chippa,All Stars,Vasco,BCM,Amavarara | ||
| VUYISILE NTOMBAYITHETHI | DEF MID | Lady Frere | 3-Aug-1986 | Chippa,Arrows,FC CT,Mbombela,Stellenbosch FC,Tornado,Steenberg | |
| JASON ARRIES | MIDFIELD | ||||
| TEBOGO QINISILE | ATT MID | 13-May-1998 | Roses,Manaung Unite,Chippa | ||
| THAPELO TSHILO | MIDFIELD | ||||
| ANDREAS SANTONIO | MIDFIELD | ||||
| CHRISTOPHER BALIE | RIGHT WING | Tornado FC | |||
| CLAYTON MARAVELA | MIDFIELD | ||||
| BOKANG MOKWENA | RIGHT WING | 7-Dec-2000 | Tuks,Uthongathi | ||
| THAPELO MOSIMANYANA | MIDFIELD | ||||
| KEABETSWE RAKOSA | MIDFIELD | ||||
| CARL LARK | STRIKER | Cape Town | 7-Aug-1993 | Santos,Ajax,Santos,Stellenbosch,Wits,Umoya,Steenberg | |
| WILLIE NEL | STRIKER | ||||
| DELLMICO MALGAS | STRIKER | ||||
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