| Full name | Bay Stars Football Club |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2011 |
| Dissolved | 2013 |
| Ground | Gelvandale Stadium, Port Elizabeth |
| Capacity | 3,000 |
| Chairman | Tony Lovegrove |
| Coach |  Urban de Kock |
| League | SAFA Second Division |
| 2012–13 SSD | 2nd (Eastern Cape Stream) |
Bay Stars was a semi-professional South African football (soccer) club based in the city of Port Elizabeth that played in the SAFA Second Division.
The club was set up in 2011, after purchasing the SAFA Second Division franchise of Bay Academy.[1] Bay Academy's parent club, Bay United, had been sold and moved to Polokwane, leaving Port Elizabeth without a professional football club. The club spent both years of its existence in the third tier of South African football. During the 2011–12 season, the league was known as the Vodacom League, during the 2012–13 season, it was known as the SAFA Second Division.[citation needed]
Following the 2012–13 season, the club's Second Division franchise was sold, and became Morning Stars.[2] The SAFA Regional League franchise was sold later in the off season, and became Motherwell Academy.[3]
- ^ "Launch of Bay Stars ignites soccer hopes". The Herald. 27 September 2011. Archived from the original on 6 January 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ^ "Bay Stars become Morning Stars FC". Algoa FM. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ^ "Pefa outfit score big with Bay Stars Academy". The Herald. 4 September 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2013.