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Orlando Pirates – $13 million
Orlando Pirates Football Club is a South African professional football club based in the Houghton suburb of the city of Johannesburg and plays in the top-tier system of Football in South Africa known as Premier Soccer League. The team plays its home matches at Orlando Stadium in Soweto.
The team, Orlando Pirates, was founded in 1937. 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 Absa Premiership, Nedbank Cup and MTN8 during the 2010/11 season and Absa Premiership, Telkom Knockout and MTN8 during the 2011/12 season. The club has an estimated net worth of $13 million.
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Bidvest Wits Football Club – $15 million
Bidvest Wits Football Club is a South African professional football club which plays in the Premier Soccer League the first-tier of South African league football system. It is nicknamed “The Clever Boys” or “The Students” because of the close affiliation with the University of the Witwatersrand.
Bidvest Wits, which was previously well known as Wits University, was founded in the year 1921. The club has its roots at Wits University in Johannesburg, where it was formed by the university’s Students Representatives Council. The club recently won the 2016/17 Absa Premiership title. The club has an estimated net worth of $15 million.
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SuperSport United – $17.4 million
SuperSport United Football Club is a South African professional football club based in Atteridgeville in Pretoria in the Gauteng province, The team currently plays in the Premier Soccer League, United is known as Matsatsantsa a Pitori amongst its supporters.
The football club, SuperSport United, was founded in 1994 and its current chairman is Khulu Sibiya.
The club was originally well known as Pretoria City. The city was purchased by M-Net in 1994. M-Net got approval from the National Soccer League and the club was renamed. The club has an estimated net worth of $17.4 million.
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Kaizer Chiefs – $20 Million
Kaizer Chiefs Football Club is a South African professional football club based in Dingamanzi that plays in the Premier Soccer League. The team is nicknamed Amakhosi which means “Lords” or “Chiefs” in Zulu, and the Phefeni Glamour Boys. Chiefs have won 12 League titles and over 50 club trophies.
Kaizer Chiefs was founded in 1970 by Kaizer Motaung. They are also the most supported club in the country, with more than 20 million estimated supporters and it has supporters in neighbouring countries like Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, etc. The club has an estimated net worth of $20 million.
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Mamelodi Sundowns – $25.8 million
Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club is a South African professional football club based in Mamelodi in Tshwane in the Gauteng province that plays in the Premier Soccer League, the first tier of South African football league system. Founded in the 1960s, the team plays its home games in the Loftus Versfeld Stadium.
Mamelodi Sundowns was founded in 1970 and is owned by one of the richest businessmen in South Africa, Patrice Motsepe. Sundowns have won the league title a record seven times and they are the current CAF Champions League champions and 2016 CAF Club of the Year, and they are the only South African team to compete in the FIFA Club World Cup. The club has an estimated net worth of $25.2 million.
