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| Full name | Lamontville Golden Arrows Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Abafana Bes'thende (The Backheel Boys) | ||
| Founded | 1943; 82 years ago (1943),bought Ntokozo FC franchise in 1996 | ||
| Ground | Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium,Durban | ||
| Capacity | 6,500 | ||
| Chairman | Mato Madlala | ||
| Coach |  Manqoba Mngqithi | ||
| League | Betway Premiership | ||
| 2023–24 | 9th | ||
Lamontville Golden Arrows F.C. are a South African soccer club based inDurban that plays in thePremiership.
It was founded in 1943 in the streets ofLamontville, a township in Durban. The club played in the defunctNational Professional Soccer League in the 1970s until they were relegated in 1976. They played in the Second Division thereafter until 1980 when they were embroiled in a soccer scandal and thrown out of the National Professional Soccer League.
The team was formed again in 1996 when the Madlala family bought the Second Division franchise of Ntokozo FC and changed its name to Lamontville Golden Arrows.
In 2000 they won promotion to the Premiership by winning theNational First Division Coastal Stream.
Arrows claimed their first piece of major silverware when they won the2009 MTN 8, routingAjax Cape Town 6–0 in the final played atOrlando Stadium.
Thanduyise Khuboni 212 (2006–2014) (previous record,Siyabonga Sangweni 173 (2005–2011)
Knox Mtizwa (2018–present) 55
Joseph Musonda, 108Thanduyise Khuboni, 35 (2011/12)Richard Henyekane 22 (2008/09)Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
In the South African Premiership, only five non-South African nationals can be registered. Foreign players who have acquiredpermanent residency can be registered as locals. Namibians born before 1990 can be registered as South Africans.
Jan Simulambo (2001)Khabo Zondo (8 Feb 2005 – 9 January 2007)Manqoba Mngqithi (10 Jan 2007 – 30 June 2010)
Zoran Filipović (12 July 2010 – 21 March 2011)
Ernst Middendorp (22 March 2011 – 30 September 2011)
Muhsin Ertuğral (3 Oct 2011 – 22 October 2012)Manqoba Mngqithi (23 Oct 2012 – 5 October 2013)
Mark Harrison (7 Oct 2013 – 10 February 2014)Shaun Bartlett(interim) (10 Feb 2014 – 30 June 2014)Shaun Bartlett (1 July 2014 – 15 June 2015)Serame Letsoaka (15 June 2015 – 1 December 2015)Clinton Larsen (6 Dec 2015 –27 Dec 2018)Steve Komphela (27 Dec 2018 –)Mabhuti Khenyeza (? – March 2024)Steve Komphela (March 2024 –)[3]| International | |
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