Mamelodi Sundowns Full name Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club Nickname(s) The Brazilians, Bafana Bastyle, Downs Founded 1970 Ground Super Stadium, Atteridgeville (Capacity: 28,900) Chairman Patrice Motsepe Coach Hristo Stoichkov League ABSA Premiership 2008-09 ABSA Premiership, 9th... More

Mamelodi Sundowns Full name Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club Nickname(s) The Brazilians, Bafana Bastyle, Downs Founded 1970 Ground Super Stadium, Atteridgeville (Capacity: 28,900) Chairman Patrice Motsepe Coach Hristo Stoichkov League ABSA Premiership 2008-09 ABSA Premiership, 9th Sundowns are owned by rand billionaire Patrice Motsepe which is the reason why the club is often compared with English Premier League giants Chelsea. The club reached the final of the 2001 CAF Champions League, their best performance in continental competition, where they were defeated 4-1 on aggregate by Egyptian club Al-Ahly. In 2003, mining magnate Patrice Motsepe bought 51% shares in the club and in 2004 he took total control of the club by buying the remaining shares and thus became the sole owner and shareholder of the club. Sundowns picked up their first piece of silverware for six years in May 2006 when co-coaches Miguel Gamondi and Neil Tovey oversaw Sundowns triumph in the PSL, the seventh league title in their history. After a slow start to the 2006/07 season, Gamondi and Tovey were relieved of their positions and Gordon Igesund took over as head coach. Under Igesund, Sundowns defended their title in emphatic style, running away with the trophy. They failed to win the double losing to Ajax Cape Town in the 2007 ABSA Cup final. In June 2009 former FC Barcelona player and Bulgarian international Hristo Stoichkov became manager of the club. Notable former coaches Ángel Cappa Oscar Fullone Djalma Cavalcante Henri Michel Paul Dolezar Reinhard Fabisch Clemens Westerhof Ted Dumitru Viktor Bondarenko Gordon Igesund Stanely "Screamer" Tshabalala Honours Premier Soccer League: 5 1997/98, 1998/99, 1999/2000, 2005/06, 2006/07 National Soccer League: 3 1988, 1990, 1993 Premier Soccer League record 2008/2009 - 9th 2007/2008 - 4th 2006/2007 - 1st 2005/2006 - 1st 2004/2005 - 3rd 2003/2004 - 10th ======================== Hristo Stoichkov Stoichkov alternatively spelt Stoitchkov (Bulgarian: Христо Стоичков Стоичков), a.k.a. The Dagger (Камата) (born 8 February 1966 in Plovdiv) is a football manager and former striker who was a member of the Bulgaria national team that finished fourth at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Apart from his footballing talent, he was notable for his on-pitch temper. He was honoured as European Footballer of the Year in 1994. Honours Club CSKA Sofia Bulgarian League: 1987, 1989, 1990 Bulgarian Cup: 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989 Bulgarian Supercup: 1989 FC Barcelona Spanish League: 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998 Spanish Super Cup: 1992, 1994, 1996 European Cup (now called: UEFA Champions League): 1992 European Super Cup: 1992, 1997 Copa del Rey: 1997 UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 1997 Al-Nassr Asian Cup Winners Cup: 1998 Chicago Fire U.S. Open Cup: 2000 Individual Bulgarian League Top Scorer: 1989, 1990 European Golden Boot: 1989 UEFA Cup Winners Cup Top Scorer: 1989 European Footballer of the Year: 1994 FIFA World Cup 1994 Golden Shoe - Top scorer Don Balón Award for Best Foreign Player in La Liga: 1994 Golden Foot "All time" legends award: 2007 FIFA 100 Less

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