Other Famous Nedbank Cup Shocks After Dondol Stars Upset SuperSport United and AmaZulu

• The magic and romance of association cup football will never cease to amaze
• The 2023 Nedbank Cup has already seen monumental upsets, with SuperSport United and AmaZulu being eliminated by the unknown Dondol Stars FC
• This was the latest in a long line of shocks that have shaken up the South African football landscape

Madness! Absolute madness.

That is how one can describe the upsets unfolding in the Nedbank Cup. Dondol Stars FC, relatively unknown, defeated SuperSport United 2-1 in the Nedbank Round of 32, one of the greatest upsets in the history of the South African FA Cup.

It seemed like the fairytale would end there, but they did not read the script against AmaZulu too. Stars defeated Usuthu 5-4 on penalties after the Round of 16 match ended 1-1 at Soccer City on Wednesday night.

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Football

This was the latest in a long line of 'cupsets' since the renaming of the competition in 2008, and Sports Brief has compiled a list of lower league teams which turned over Premier Soccer League opposition.

2008

Ikapa Sporting 3-2 Bloemfontein Celtic

Mpumalanga Black Aces 2-0 Thanda Royal Zulu

2009

Black Leopards 1-0 AmaZulu

University of Pretoria 4-3 Kaizer Chiefs

2010

Als Puk Tawana 3-2 Platinum Stars

FC Cape Town 2-0 Kaizer Chiefs

2011

Baroka FC 2-1 Kaizer Chiefs

2013

Maluti FET College 4-1 Orlando Pirates

United FC 3-2 Chippa United

Tembu Royals 2-1 AmaZulu

2014

Witbank Spurs 1-0 Free State Stars

2015

Natal United 0-0 Chippa United (Natal United won 4-2 on penalties)

2016

Baroka FC 3-2 Chippa United

2017

Acornbush United 1-0 Cape Town City

KwaDukuza United 2-2 Ajax Cape Town (KwaDukuza United won 4-3 on penalties)

2019

Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila 2-1 Polokwane City

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Football

Richards Bay FC 2-1 Free State Stars

Witbank Spurs 2-2 Maritzburg United (Witbank Spurs won 5-4 on penalties)

Jomo Cosmos 1-0 Baroka FC

TS Galaxy 3-1 Golden Arrows

TS Galaxy 1-0 Kaizer Chiefs

2020

Vaal University of Technology 2-2 Lamontville Golden Arrows (Vaal University of Technology won 6-5 on penalties)

Mbombela United 1-0 Cape Town City

2021

TS Sporting 0-0 TS Galaxy (TS Sporting won 5-4 on penalties)

Richard Bay FC 2-1 Kaizer Chiefs

Cape Town FC 1-1 Baroka FC (Spurs won 5-4 on penalties)

2022

University of Pretoria 2-0 Chippa United

Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila 1-1 Lamontville Golden Arrows (TTM won 7-6 on penalties)

Funny and strange club 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.

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Rugby

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