Free State Stars F.C.

Free State Stars F.C.
Full nameFree State Stars Football Club
Nickname(s)Ea Lla Koto
Founded1977; 47 years ago (1977) (as Makwane Computer Stars)
GroundGoble Park, Bethlehem
Capacity20,000
ChairmanMike Mokoena
CoachInnocent Mayoyo[1]
LeagueNational First Division
2020–215th
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Former club crest
Former club crest

Free State Stars Football club is a South African professional football club based in Bethlehem, Free State that plays in the National First Division. Formerly known as Makwane Computer Stars, Fairway Stars[2] and Qwa Qwa Stars, their most significant honour is winning the 1994 Coca-Cola Cup and 2018 Nedbank Cup.

The club sold their National First Division status to Casric F.C. at the start of the 2022–23 season. Following the sale of Bloemfontein Celtic the previous year, this left the Free State without any representatives in professional football.[3]

  1. ^ "Mayoyo Lands Job With Title Challengers".
  2. ^ "South Africa 1990". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  3. ^ Makhaya, Ernest (4 August 2022). "Free State Stars sold for R12 million, set to relocate - report". The South African. Retrieved 20 August 2022.