From Amavarara to Sinenkani FC, There Have Been Some Strange Club Names in South African Football

• A list of strangely and humorously-named football teams has emerged to much laughter and bemusement
• South African clubs are not shy in naming themselves, as if there is an award for the most flamboyant name
• The lower one goes on the tiers of the country's football competitions, the more outrageous the names

South African football has seen its fair share of strange club names throughout the years.

Football lovers have either howled in laughter or been left speechless by the types of names of teams that have graced our pitches.

The one interesting aspect of the South African FA Cup (Nedbank Cup for sponsorship reasons) is how these uniquely named outfits get their time in the spotlight.

Sports Brief compiled a brief list of these strange and funny names ahead of the competition's Round of 32.

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Liver Brothers Football Club (Mpumalanga)

ABC Motsepe League team, Liver Brothers will take on Premier Soccer League team, Sekhukhune United and need to show gall in order to pull off a monumental upset.

Amavarara (Eastern Cape)

Another team from the ABC Motsepe League outfit, Amavarara will be targeting DStv Premiership side, TS Galaxy's scalp. Though disputed, amavarara is sometimes used as a pejorative term for the working class but this remains up for debate.

Mathaithai FC (Free State)

The Free State-based ABC Motsepe side ought to be tricky to play again if they can be judged by their name. Mathaithai is a colloquial term across many of South Africa's languages for 'tricky customers' or 'ones who are prone to cheating'.

Dangerous Darkies (Mpumalanga)

They were part of SA football in two parts in the early 1990s, before they joined up with Mpumalanga Black Aces.

Powerlines FC (Northern Cape)

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They were supposed to provide some electricity to the 2012 Nedbank Cup, but they badly short-circuited at the hands of Mamelodi Sundowns, losing 0-24 in what instead seemed like a one-sided rugby game.

Sinenkani FC (Eastern Cape)

Sinenkani means we are daring, but the term also lends itself to foolish or measured bravery. Incidentally, they proved to have the pure nerve of eliminating much-more fancied Free State Stars in the last 32 of the Nedbank Cup.

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