Orlando Pirates Football Club
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| Full name | Orlando Pirates Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | Buccaneers, Bucs, Ezikamagebhula, Sea Robbers, the Ghost, Happy People, Amabhakabhaka, Ezimnyama Ngenkani (The black ones) |
| Founded | 1937, as Orlando Boys Club |
| Ground | Orlando Stadium |
| Capacity | 40,000 |
| Chairman | Dr Irvin Khoza |
| Coach | Kjell Jonevret |
| League | ABSA Premiership |
| 2015–16 | ABSA Premiership, 7th |
Orlando Pirates Football Club are a professional football club in South Africa, based in the Parktown suburb of the city of Johannesburg and plays in the top tier system of South African football known as Premier Soccer League.
The club was founded in 1937 and was originally based in Orlando, Soweto. They are named 'Pirates' after the 1940 film The Sea Hawk starring Errol Flynn. Orlando Pirates are the first club since the inception of the Premier Soccer League in 1996 to have won three major trophies in a single season back to back, having won the domestic league ABSA Premiership, the FA Cup Nedbank Cup and the Top 8 Cup MTN 8 during the ABSA Premiership 2010–11 season and domestic league ABSA Premiership, the League Cup Telkom Knockout and the Top 8 Cup MTN 8 during the ABSA Premiership 2011–12 season. They are the one of the only two South African teams with Mamelodi Sundowns to win the CAF Champions League, which they won in 1995. They are the runners-up of 2015 CAF Confederation Cup. Orlando Pirates remains the only team since the inception of the PSL in 1996 to have been always in the top eight bracket.
Orlando Pirates is one of South Africa's oldest football clubs having been established in 1937 in Orlando East, Soweto. The club's performances over the years have served as an inspiration for young footballers to strive to play the Beautiful Game at the highest level in the black and white colours of the ‘Buccaneers’.
The founders of Orlando Pirates included offspring of migrant workers who moved from rural areas to work in the gold mines of Gauteng. Boys in Orlando came together at every available opportunity in open spaces and in informal groupings to play football. That original club was called the Orlando Boys Club.
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