Lamontville Golden Arrows F.C.
Lamontville Golden Arrows F.C. is a South African soccer club based in Durban that plays in the Premiership.
History
It was founded in 1943 in the streets of Lamontville, a township in Durban. The club played in the defunct National Professional Soccer League in the 1970s until they were relegated in 1976. They played in the Second Division thereafter until 1980 when they were embroiled in a soccer scandal and thrown out of the National Professional Soccer League.The team was formed again in 1996 when the Madlala family bought the Second Division franchise of Ntokozo FC and changed its name to Lamontville Golden Arrows.
In 2000 they won promotion to the Premiership by winning the National First Division Coastal Stream.
Arrows claimed their first piece of major silverware when they won the 2009 MTN 8, routing Ajax Cape Town 6–0 in the final played at Orlando Stadium.
Honours
League
- 1999–2000 – National First Division Coastal Stream Champions
- 2014–15 – National First Division
Cups
- MTN 8: 2009
Pre-season tournaments
- 2011 – KZN Premier's Cup
Club records
- Most starts: Thanduyise Khuboni 212
- Most goals: Knox Mtizwa 55
- Most capped player: Joseph Musonda, 108
- Most starts in a season: Thanduyise Khuboni, 35
- Most goals in a season: Richard Henyekane 22
- Record victory: 6–0 vs Platinum Stars
- Record defeat: 1-7 vs Orlando Pirates FC
League positions
[National First Division] (Coastal)
- 1997–98 – 5th
- 1998–99 – 3rd
- '''1999–2000 – 1st '''
[South African Premiership]
[National First Division]
- '''2014–15 – 1st '''
[South African Premiership]
- 2015–16 – 9th
- 2016–17 – 8th
- 2017–18 – 8th
- 2018–19 – 10th
- 2019–20 – 12th
- 2020–21 – 4th
- 2021–22 – 9th
- 2022–23 – 9th
- 2023–24 – 9th
- 2024–25 – 12th
First team squad
Foreigners
In the South African Premiership, only five non-South African nationals can be registered. Foreign players who have acquired permanent residency can be registered as locals. Namibians born before 1990 can be registered as South Africans.----
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- Chris Katjiukua
- Maximilian Mbaeva
Notable former coaches
- Jan Simulambo
- Khabo Zondo
- Manqoba Mngqithi
- Zoran Filipović
- Ernst Middendorp
- Muhsin Ertuğral
- Manqoba Mngqithi
- Mark Harrison
- Shaun Bartlett
- Shaun Bartlett
- Serame Letsoaka
- Clinton Larsen
- Steve Komphela
- Mabhuti Khenyeza
- Steve Komphela