2024–25 Orlando Pirates F.C. season - Wikipedia
This current 2024–25 season of the league is Orlando Pirate's 29th consecutive season in the Premier Soccer League.
| 2024–25 season | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | Irvin Khoza |
| Manager | José Riveiro |
| Stadium | Orlando Stadium |
| South African Premiership | 2nd (In Progress) |
| MTN 8 | Champions |
| Nedbank Cup | Round of 32 |
| Carling Knockout Cup | Round of 16 |
| Champions League | Group Stages |
| Top goalscorer | League: Monnapule Saleng Evidence Makgopa (2 goals each) All: Monnapule Saleng (4 goals) |
← 2023–24 2025–26 → | |
Orlando Pirates have been the champions of the MTN 8 and Nedbank Cup from the year 2022. The team finished on 2nd position in the previous season and qualified for the 2024–25 CAF Champions League.[1] They won the 2024 MTN 8 winning it for the third consecutive season and creating a new record in the Premier Soccer League for the first team to win the cup for 3 consecutive seasons.[2][3]
The team had a pre-season camp in Spain whereby the played a couple of friendly matches including a game against Sevilla FC.[4][5][6]
They progressed through to the group stages of the Champions League after winning it fixtures in the qualifying rounds.[7] They have made it to the 3rd MTN 8 Finals in 3 consecutive years.[8]
| Squad no. | Player | Nationality | Position(s) | Date of birth (age) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||
| 24 | Sipho Chaine | GK | 14 December 1996 (age 27) | |
| 35 | Melusi Buthelezi | 7 March 1998 (age 26) | ||
| 40 | Siyabonga Dladla | — | ||
| Defenders | ||||
| 2 | Thabiso Monyane | RB | 30 April 2000 (age 24) | |
| 3 | Deano Van Rooyen | LB | — | |
| 5 | Nkosinathi Sibisi | CB | 22 September 1995 (age 29) | |
| 6 | Olisa Ndah | CB | 21 January 1998 (age 26) | |
| 23 | Innocent Maela
(C) |
CB | 14 August 1992 (age 32) | |
| 26 | Bandile Shandu | LB | 19 January 1995 (age 29) | |
| 27 | Tapelo Xoki
(VC) |
CB | 10 April 1995 (age 29) | |
| 29 | Paseka Mako | CB/RB | 1 April 1994 (age 30) | |
| 36 | Thabiso Sesane | CB | — | |
| 39 | Sandile Mthethwa | CB | 14 April 1997 (age 27) | |
| Midfielders | ||||
| 4 | Miguel Timm | CM | 31 January 1992 (age 32) | |
| 7 | Deon Hotto | CM/LB/LW | 29 October 1990 (age 33) | |
| 8 | Makhehlene Makhaula | DM | 17 November 1989 (age 34) | |
| 12 | Katlego Otladisa | AM | 22 September 1996 (age 28) | |
| 15 | Ndabayithethwa Ndlondlo | CM | 28 May 1995 (age 29) | |
| 16 | Thalente Mbatha | DM | 6 March 2000 (age 24) | |
| 18 | Kabelo Dlamini | AM/WF | 16 May 1996 (age 28) | |
| 20 | Goodman Mosele ★ | CM | 18 November 1999 (age 24) | |
| 21 | Lesedi Kapinga | 25 May 1995 (age 29) | ||
| 25 | Karim Kimvuidi | AM | 13 March 2002 (age 22) | |
| 28 | Patrick Maswanganyi | AM | 4 April 1998 (age 26) | |
| 30 | Siphelo Baloni | CM | — | |
| 31 | Selaelo Rasebotja | 26 April 2001 (age 23) | ||
| 32 | Thuso Moleleki | — | ||
| 37 | Thabiso Lebitso | CM/CB | 4 March 1992 (age 32) | |
| Forwards | ||||
| 9 | Zakhele Lepasa | CF | 3 January 1997 (age 27) | |
| 11 | Gilberto | WF | 10 March 2001 (age 23) | |
| 14 | Monnapule Saleng | WF | 13 March 1999 (age 25) | |
| 17 | Evidence Makgopa | CF | 5 June 2000 (age 24) | |
| 19 | Tshegofatso Mabasa | CF | 1 October 1996 (age 28) | |
| 33 | Mohau Nkota | 9 November 2004 (age 19) | ||
| 38 | Relebohile Mofokeng | WF/CM/AM | 23 October 2004 (age 19) | |
| 42 | Boitumelo Radiopane | CF | 11 October 2002 (age 21) | |
| ★ | Loan Out |
|---|
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CAF Champions League
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| 2024–25 South African Premier Division | 18 September 2024 | 24 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | TBD | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 100.00 |
| 2024–25 Nedbank Cup | TBD | TBD | Round of 32 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 2024 Carling Knockout Cup | TBD | TBD | Round of 16 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 2024 MTN 8 | 3 August 2024 | 5 October 2024 | Quarter Finals | Winners | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 075.00 |
| 2023-24 CAF Champions League | 18 August 2024 | TBD | Preliminary Round 1 | TBD | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 075.00 |
| Total | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 4 | +18 | 081.82 | ||||
Source: Competitions
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | Qualification for 2025–26 CAF Champions League |
| 2 | Orlando Pirates | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 | |
| 3 | Sekhukhune United | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Qualification for 2025–26 CAF Confederation Cup |
| 4 | Chippa United | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | |
| 5 | Polokwane City | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
Results Summary ===
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
| matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ground | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Results | W | W | W | ||||||||
| Position | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
| Points | 3 | 6 | 9 |
Source: psl
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
| Rank | Name | Competition | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Betway Premiership | MTN 8 | CAF Champions League | Carling Knockout | Nedbank Cup | |||
| 1 | Monnapule Saleng | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Tshegofatso Mabasa | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Evidence Makgopa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Deon Hotto | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Relebohile Mofokeng | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | Thabiso Monyane | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Patrick Maswanganyi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Karim Kimvuidi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Olisa Ndah | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kabelo Dlamini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rank | Name | Competition | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Betway Premiership | MTN 8 | CAF Champions League | Carling Knockout | Nedbank Cup | |||
| 1 | Relebohile Mofokeng | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Deon Hotto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Thabiso Sesane | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Monnapule Saleng | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kabelo Dlamini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tshegofatso Mabasa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
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