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| Full name | Platinum Stars Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | Dikwena (Crocodiles), Dinaledi (Stars) |
| Founded | 1998, purchased Khakhu Fast XI's Second Division franchise |
| Dissolved | 2018 |
| Ground | Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Phokeng, Rustenburg |
| Capacity | 44,530 |
Platinum Stars was a South African football club based in Phokeng near Rustenburg, North West Province that played in the Premier Soccer League. The club was nicknamed Dikwena, the Tswana name for Crocodiles.
The team's best finish in the Premiership came during the 2006–07 season, when the club finished as league runners-up, earning them their only appearance in the CAF Champions League. During the same season, the club also collected their first major trophy, when the club won the Telkom Knockout in December 2006.
The club was purchased by a consortium in 2018. After initially indicating that the club would remain in place under the same name,[1] it was dissolved in 2018 and a new club established in Cape Town, Cape Umoya United.[2]
- ^ "Platinum Stars sold for R22'5 million to Johannesburg-based Rawat Petroleum". SowetanLIVE. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ "Several staff members to lose jobs after Platinum Stars renamed Cape Umoya United". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 11 August 2023.