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| Full name | Black Leopards Football Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname | Lidoda Duvha (The day will come) | ||
| Founded | 1983; 42 years ago (1983) (as Sibasa Black Leopards) | ||
| Ground | Thohoyandou Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 20,000[1] | ||
| Owner | Thidiela Family | ||
| Chairman | Tshifhiwa "Chief" Thidiela | ||
| Coach | Mabhuti Khanyeza | ||
| League | National First Division | ||
| 2024–25 | National First Division, 4th of 16 | ||
| Website | app | ||
 Current season | |||
Black Leopards FC is a South African professionalfootball club based inThohoyandou,Vhembe Region,Limpopo, that plays in theNational First Division.
The club was founded in 1983 by business people in the Vhembe Region. In 1998 the club was taken over by the Thidiela family.[2] After just two seasons of campaigning in theNational First Division, Black Leopards was promoted to the2001–02 South African Premiership.
In 2008, the club was relegated back to theNational First Division after playing for seven seasons in the Premiership, but made its return to the top tier three years later.
Following their 16th place finish in the2022–23 season, the club was due to be relegated. However, Leopards purchased the status fromAll Stars to remain in the division.[3]
Following a dispute with a former All Stars player, FIFA imposed a transfer ban on the club at the end of the2024–25 season. This resulted in the club having only ten players available for the first game of the2025–26 season, a 3–0 loss toCasric Stars.[4] The club was cleared to utilise its new players in October 2025, prior to the fifth game of the season.[5]
Christopher Netshidzivhe 163 Mulondo Sikhwivhilu 44
Robert Ng'ambiNkosiyabo Xakane 36 (2011–12) David Zulu 16 (2013–14)Milo Bjelica (1999)
Jacob SakalaJan Simulambo (2000)Gavin Hunt (July 2001 – 2 June)
Arnaldo Salvado (2002)
Walter Rautmann (2003)Ephraim Mashaba (Feb 2004 – 5 March)
Jean-Yves Kerjean (2005)Boebie Solomons (April 2006 – 8 March)
Bibey Mutombo (July 2006 – 6 Oct)Mlungisi Ngubane (Nov 2006 – 7 Jan)
Hans-Dieter Schmidt (Jan 2007 – 7 June)Joel Masutha(interim) (March 2008)
Augustine Eguavoen (March 2008)
Sheppard Murape (March 2008 – 8 June)Joel Masutha (June 2008 – 9 June)
Mario Marinica (June 2009 – 10 June)
Vladislav Heric (2009–10)Sunday Chidzambwa (Oct 2010 – 11 Oct)Vladislav Heric (Oct 2011 – 12 May)Sunday Chidzambwa (May 2012 – 12 Oct)Ian Palmer (Oct 2012 – 12 Dec)Abel Makhubela(interim) (Jan 2013–)Kostadin Papic ( August 2013 – May 2014)Zeca Marques (June 2014–20xx)
Jean-Francois Losciuto (−2017)Ivan Minnaert (2017)Cavin Johnson (2019–2020)Alan Clark
Maxwell Konadu (2024–2025)[6]Mabhuti Khanyeza (2025–)[7]
