Moroka Swallows F.C.

Moroka Swallows FC
Full nameMoroka Swallows Football Club
NicknamesThe Dube Birds, Amaswaiswai, The Beautiful Birds
Founded1947 (1947)
GroundVolkswagen Dobsonville Stadium, Soweto,
Johannesburg
Capacity24,000
ChairmanDavid Mogashoa
ManagerVacant
LeagueMotsepe Foundation Championship
2023–24Premiership, 14th
Websitemorokaswallowsfc.com
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Moroka Swallows Football Club (often referred to as Swallows or The Birds) was a South African professional football club based in Soweto, Johannesburg, in the Gauteng province.

Founded in 1947, Swallows were one of the original two Soweto clubs, together with Orlando Pirates, thus contesting what is known as the Original Soweto Derby.

Until relegation in the 2014–15 season, the club had played every season of the Premiership.

Swallows won the 2019–20 National First Division and competed in the 2020–21 South African Premiership, finishing 6th in what was the club's first season back in top-flight football league system and qualified for 2021 MTN 8 competition. Swallows played its home matches at the Dobsonville Stadium.

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