| Full name | Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Football Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Madibaz |
| Founded | 2000 (as school of excellence) 2005 (as NMMU) |
| Ground | NMMU Stadium |
| Capacity | 15,000 |
| Owner | Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University |
| Chairman | Kagiso Tsiane |
| Manager | Mark Tommy |
| League | Port Elizabeth Football Association Premier Division |
| 2012 | 5th |
| Website | Club website |
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University F.C. is as an association football club representing the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The club was brought to its current form in 2005, through mergers of three football clubs. NMMU's previous institutions had football clubs at the University of Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth Technikon and Vista University's Port Elizabeth.
The school of excellence was founded in 2000 at UPE for FC Copenhagen. In 2003–04 the club won the Eastern Cape provincial league. PE Tech had previously run a professional club, which played in the National First Division in 2000–01 season. In 2006, the UPE franchise was sold to Bay United and became known as Bay Academy.[1]
In 2011, the men's team won the University Sport South Africa championship, with a 3–0 win over Cape Peninsula University of Technology at the University of Limpopo.[2]
During the 2013 season, the club has 3 senior men's teams and 1 senior women's team. The men's teams play in the Port Elizabeth Football Association's (PEFA) premier league, premier reserve league, and 2nd division. The women's team plays in the PEFA women's league.