Sundowns fans loving life. Photo: Samuel Shivambu/BackpagePix
Do you know the nicknames of all 16 PSL clubs?
Kaizer Chiefs, Orlando Pirates and the other 14 PSL clubs have some colourful nicknames. Can you name them all?
Sundowns fans loving life. Photo: Samuel Shivambu/BackpagePix
The PSL has 16 clubs jostling for position. We know you know the nicknames of Kaizer Chiefs, Orlando Pirates and Sundowns, but do you know the others too?
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ALL 16 PSL NICKNAMES BASED ON CURRENT LEAGUE POSITIONS
In instances where clubs have more than one nickname, we’ve included them if those multiple nicknames are popular and well-known enough around Mzansi. How many of these nicknames can you reel off without using Google?
- Mamelodi Sundowns – The Brazilians, Ka bo Yellow, Masandawana, Shoe Shine and Piano, Bafana ba Style
- SuperSport United – Matsatsantsa, The Swanky Boys
- Golden Arrows – Abafana Bes’thende
- Swallows – The Dube Birds
- Polokwane – Rise and Shine, Watsh’Umlilo
- Cape Town City – The Citizens, Blue and Gold Army
- Chippa – Chilli Boys
- Kaizer Chiefs – Amakhosi, The Glamour Boys
- Sekhukhune – Babina Noko
- AmaZulu – Usuthu
- Stellenbosch – Stellies
- TS Galaxy – The Rockets
- Orlando Pirates – The Buccaneers, The Sea Robbers, Happy People
- Royal AM – Thwihli Thwahla
- Richards Bay – The Natal Rich Boys
- Cape Town Spurs – Urban Warriors
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Orlando Pirates face off against Polokwane City on Friday 27 October with kickoff at 19:30. Key duo Zakhele Lepasa and Thabang Monare have accumulated three bookings this season. If either gets shown a yellow card against Polokwane, they’ll miss the team’s trip to Cape Town Spurs on the 1st of November. Perhaps that’s a good game for them to get a breather though?
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Meanwhile, a new era at Kaizer Chiefs is upon us with interim boss Cavin Johnson desperate for three points away at the in-form Golden Arrows. Pule Mmodi, Sibongiseni Mthethwa and Sifiso Hlanti are all on three bookings for the season. Their next local game is also against Cape Town Spurs, on the 8th of November. Johnson might prefer them to sit out a suspension in that contest, rather than the match that follows, against Orlando Pirates. Could we see some tactical yellow cards picked up against Abafana Bes’thende?
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