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Pique not a problem - Del Bosque

The national team boss insists that the Barcelona player is a good professional and is good to have around the dressing room, despite reports of bust…

Andriy Yarmolenko Ukraine

Was Mou watching Yarmolenko?

The Blues boss was spotted at the European Championship holders win over Ukraine, but the attacker insists he did not know the Portuguese coach was i…

David de Gea

De Gea: Spain lucky to beat Ukraine

The European Champions needed a goal from Mario Gaspar to scrape a 1-0 win in their final Euro 2016 qualifier and he goalkeeper admits they had fortu…

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Del Bosque on selection headache

Monday's win over Ukraine with a youthful team is set to present the coach with a welcome problem ahead of the competition in France next summer

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Mata revels in Ukraine return

The Olympic Stadium in Kiev was the site of Vicente del Bosque's charges' triumph three years ago, and the forward is looking forward to a reunion on…

Sergio Ramos Real Madrid La Liga

Ramos out for Spain

The centre-back hurt his shoulder in a Champions League clash and will be replaced by club team-mate Nacho Fernandez for the fixtures against Luxembo…

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Del Bosque calls up trio

Faced with threadbare defensive cover in his squad after Dani Carvajal and Inigo Martinez suffered injuries, the coach has called up two debutants fo…

Frequently asked questions

Kaizer Chiefs were founded in January 1970 when Kaizer Motaung returned to South Africa from the USA where he played as a striker for the Atlanta Chiefs of the North American Soccer League (NASL).

Club founder Kaizer Motaung combined his own first name with the second name of the club (Atlanta Chiefs) he played for while in the USA.

Kaizer Motaung is the owner and chairman of the club with various other undisclosed individuals and entities holding shares in the club.

The club’s official home ground is the FNB Stadium but the club regularly plays home matches at other grounds, most notably the Moses Mabhida Stadium and New Peter Mokaba Stadium.

The club is known as Amakhosi or The Glamour Boys by fans.

52 domestic trophies and one African Cup Winners Cup (2001).

Chiefs have won a total of 12 league titles under the auspices of the PSL (4), NSL (3) and NPSL (5).

Doctor Khumalo holds this record with 497 appearances.

Marks Maponyane with 85 goals.