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| Full name | Durban City Football Club |
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| Nickname | Citizens |
| Founded | 1981; 44 years ago (1981) as Maritzburg United 2024; 1 year ago (2024) as Durban City Football Club |
| Ground | Chatsworth Stadium[1] |
| Capacity | 22,000 |
| Chairman | Farook Kadodia |
| Manager | Gavin Hunt[2] |
| League | Betway Premiership |
| 2024–25 | 1st of 16, champions (promoted) |
| Website | durbancityfc |
Durban City is a South Africanfootball club based in the city ofDurban. They were previously called Maritzburg United, and were based in the city ofPietermaritzburg. They were promoted to thePremiership at the end of the2024–25 National First Division season.
The club was formed in 1981 and initially played in theFederation Professional League.[3]
In August 2024, the club announced that it was changing its name to Durban City, and moving fromPietermaritzburg toChatsworth inDurban. After their relegation from the2022–23 Premiership, they were barred by theMsunduzi Local Municipality from using theHarry Gwala Stadium, which was reserved forRoyal AM, and were forced to play their home games at theSugar Ray Xulu Stadium in Durban, far from their fan base. With the club incurring an extra R60 000 in expenses for each home game as a result, the club decided to rebase themselves in Durban.[4][5]
Shu-Aib Walters &Peter Petersen 107Fadlu Davids 20Shu-Aib Walters &Mario Booysen 35 (2012/13)
Cuthbert Malajila 13 (2012/13)Source:[6]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Trott Moloto (2004)Boebie Solomons (1 July 2004 – 30 June 2005)
Kosta Papić (1 July 2006 – 20 Dec 2006)Steve Komphela (1 Jan 2007 – 9 Jan 2007)Vladislav Herić (10 Jan 2007 – 6 March 2007)Mlungisi Ngubane (8 March 2007 – 30 June 2007)Ian Palmer (1 July 2007 – 10 July 2008)Gordon Igesund (15 July 2008 – 15 Nov 2009)
Ernst Middendorp (16 Nov 2009 – 12 March 2011)Ian Palmer (14 March 2011 – 13 Jan 2012)Ernst Middendorp (19 Jan 2012 – 10 Oct 2013)Clinton Larsen (15 Oct 2013 – 6 Jan 2014)Steve Komphela (6 Jan 2014 – 17 June 2015)Clive Barker (25 Sep 2015 – 1 Dec 2015)Ernst Middendorp (28 Dec 2015 – 28 Nov 2016)
Roger De Sa (10 Jan 2017 – 23 Mar 2017)
