Football club
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University F.C. is as an association football club representing the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth , South Africa. The club was brought to its current form in 2005, through mergers of three football clubs. NMMU's previous institutions had football clubs at the University of Port Elizabeth , Port Elizabeth Technikon and Vista University 's Port Elizabeth.
The school of excellence was founded in 2000 at UPE for FC Copenhagen . In 2003–04 the club won the Eastern Cape provincial league . PE Tech had previously run a professional club, which played in the National First Division in 2000–01 season . In 2006, the UPE franchise was sold to Bay United and became known as Bay Academy.[ 1]
In 2011, the men's team won the University Sport South Africa championship, with a 3–0 win over Cape Peninsula University of Technology at the University of Limpopo .[ 2]
During the 2013 season, the club has 3 senior men's teams and 1 senior women's team. The men's teams play in the Port Elizabeth Football Association's (PEFA) premier league, premier reserve league, and 2nd division. The women's team plays in the PEFA women's league.
Honours
2000–01 Vodacom League, Eastern Cape: 1st (as Port Elizabeth Technikon)
2000–01 Vodacom League Coastal Stream: Promoted to the National First Division (as Port Elizabeth Technikon)
2002–03 Vodacom League, Eastern cape: 1st (as University of Port Elizabeth)
2010 University Sport South Africa Eastern Cape: 1st
2011 University Sports South Africa men's football tournament: 1st
Results
Season finishing places for the premier men's team
2001–02 National First Division Coastal Stream: 9th (as Port Elizabeth Technikon)[ 3]
2002–03 National First Division Coastal Stream: 14th(relegated) (as Port Elizabeth Technikon)[ 4]
2005–06 Vodacom League Eastern Cape: 9th[ 5]
2005–06 Vodacom League Eastern Cape: 14th (as Port Elizabeth Technikon)[ 6]
2006–07 Vodacom League Eastern Cape: unknown
2007–08 Vodacom League Eastern Cape: unknown[ 7]
2008–09 Vodacom League Eastern Cape: 14th[ 8]
2009 Port Elizabeth Football Association Premier Division: 6th[ 9]
2009 Port Elizabeth Football Association Premier Division: 2nd (as NMMU Missionvale)
2010 Port Elizabeth Football Association Premier Division: 2nd
2010 Port Elizabeth Football Association Premier Division: 3rd (as NMMU Missionvale)
2010 University Sport South Africa Eastern Cape: 1st [ 10]
2010 University Sport South Africa National Tournament: 10th [ 11]
2011 Port Elizabeth Football Association Premier Division: 2nd
2011 Port Elizabeth Football Association Premier Division: 6th (as NMMU Missionvale)
2011 University Sport South Africa National Tournament: 1st [ 12]
2012 Port Elizabeth Football Association Premier Division: 5th
2012 University Sport South Africa National Tournament: 12th [ 13]
2013 Varsity Football : 2nd[ 14]
2013 Port Elizabeth Football Association Premier Division: 3rd
2013 University Sport South Africa National Tournament: 5th[ 15]
2014 Varsity Football : 5th
2014 Port Elizabeth Football Association Premier Division: 1st[ 16]
2014 University Sport South Africa National Tournament: 5th[ 17]
Club officials
Chairman: Kagiso Tsiane[ 18]
Vice-chairman: Nomzamo Maheneza
Secretary: Nasreen Astrie
Treasurer: Siseko Mazwi
Technical team
Manager: Mark Tommy[ 19]
Men's coach: Lukhanya Wasa
Women's coach: Douleen Whitebooi
Notable players
The following former NMMU players have represented South Africa :
In addition the following former NMMU players have played professional football:
Previous names
2000 University of Port Elizabeth (UPE-FCK)
2004 Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU-FCK)
References
People History Student Life
Varsity Football Challenge