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Maritzburg United

Full name	Maritzburg United Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Team of Choice
Founded	1979
Ground	Woodburn Stadium, PMB (Capacity: 10,000)
Chairman	Farook Kadodia
Coach	Ernst Middendorp
League	ABSA Premiership
2008-09	ABSA Premiership, 12th
Home colours Away colours

Maritzburg United is a South African football (soccer) club based in the city of Pietermaritzburg that currently competes in the Premier Soccer League.

Notable former coaches

• Gordon Igesund
• Trott Moloto
• Boebie Solomons

Honours

• First Division Coastal Stream champions: 2007/08
• First Division Championship play-offs winners: 2008

Club records

Premier Soccer League record

• 2008/2009 - 12th
• 2006/2007 - 16th
• 2005/2006 - 14th

Club officials/Technical team

• Chairman: Farook Kadodia
• CEO: Afzal Khan
• Team manager: Quintin Jettoo
• Coach: Ernst Middendorp
• Assistant coach: Salie Adams
• Head of youth development: Katz Naidoo

2009/2010 First team squad

As of December 6, 2009 Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Shu-Aib Walters (on loan from Bloemfontein Celtic) 2 DF Elias Ngwepe 3 DF Mario Booysen (on loan from Ajax Cape Town) 4 DF Mor Diouf 6 DF Musa Nyatama 7 MF Kurt Lentjies (on loan from Mamelodi Sundowns) 8 MF John Arwuah (Vice-captain) 10 FW Fadlu Davids 11 MF Jabulani Ncubeni 12 FW Collen Zimba 13 DF Dikilu Bageta (Captain) 14 MF Lindokuhle Zamisa 15 MF Noah Chivuta 16 MF Lynch Pule

No.   Position Player 17 FW Brice Aka 18 FW Richard Mahlangu 19 DF James Madidilani 20 MF Vito Badiane 22 MF Diego Brown 23 DF Byrone Hendricks 24 DF Peter Petersen 25 FW Rudolph Bester 26 MF Kulegani Madondo 28 MF Bheka Phakathi 31 GK Tashrique Goldman 32 GK Johnny Mathole 35 MF Felix Obada

On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player — FW Norman Smith (at Jomo Cosmos until 30 June 2010)

Foreigners

In the South African PSL, only five non-South African nationals can be registered. Players with foreign and South African citizenship do not count as foreigners. Namibians born before 1990 can be registered as South Africans.

• John Arwuah
• Brice Aka
• Vito Badiane
• Mor Diouf
• Felix Obada
• Rudolph Bester
• Dikilu Bageta
• Noah Chivuta

External links

• Maritzburg United Official Website
• Premier Soccer League
• PSL Club Info
• South African Football Association
• Confederation of African Football