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| Full name | Moroka Swallows Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Dube Birds, Amaswaiswai, The Beautiful Birds | ||
| Founded | 1947 | ||
| Ground | Volkswagen Dobsonville Stadium, Soweto, Johannesburg | ||
| Capacity | 24,000 | ||
| Chairman | David Mogashoa | ||
| Manager | Vacant[1] | ||
| League | Motsepe Foundation Championship | ||
| 2023–24 | DStv Premiership, 14th | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Moroka Swallows Football Club (often referred to as Swallows or The Birds) is a South African professional football club based in Soweto, Johannesburg, in the Gauteng province.
Founded in 1947, Swallows are one of the original two Soweto clubs, together with Orlando Pirates, thus contest what is known as the Original Soweto Derby.[2]
Until relegation in the 2014–15 season, the club had played every season of the Premier Soccer League.[3]
They won the 2019–20 National First Division and competed in the 2020–21 South African Premier Division, they finished 6th in what was their first season back in top-flight football league system and qualified for 2021 MTN 8 competition. They play their home matches at Dobsonville Stadium.
- ^ Mokhesi, Tokelo (19 February 2024). "Swallows and Komphela reach mutual agreement to part ways". FARPost. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "Bucs, Birds clash to revive original Soweto derby spark". SowetanLIVE. Archived from the original on 4 September 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ PSL Club Info Archived 16 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine