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The stadium was named after Robert Loftus Owen Versfeld, the founder of organised sports in Pretoria. Through the years the stadium has undergone various name changes as sponsors came and went, though locals have always referred to the stadium as Loftus.
Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, which was first used for sports in 1906, and rugby in 1908, when the site was known as the Eastern Sports Ground. The stadium was later renamed after Mr Robert Loftus Owen Versfeld , the founder of organised sports in Pretoria, and dedicated many years of his life to rugby union.
Loftus was also used twice during the finals stages – for the New Zealand v Scotland quarter-final and the England v France third place play-off. The ground has been used for rugby since 1908, and in 1932 the stadium was renamed to Loftus Versfeld in honor of Robert Owen Loftus Versfeld, the founder of organized rugby in Pretoria.
Owner: Patrice Motsepe: Chairman: Thlopie Motsepe: Manager: Manqoba Mngqithi Rulani Mokwena: Stadium: Lucas Moripe Stadium Loftus Versfeld Stadium: PSL: Winner: Nedbank Cup: Semi final : MTN 8: Quarter final: CAF Champions League: Quarter final : Top goalscorer: League: (15 goals) Peter Shalulile All: (22 goals) Peter Shalulile: Biggest win: 5 ...
Owner: Patrice Motsepe: Chairman: Tlhopie Motsepe: Head coach: Rhulani Mokoena: Stadium: Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium Loftus Versfeld Stadium: DStv Premiership: 1st: 2022 MTN 8: Semi-finals: Champions League (group stage) Top goalscorer: League: Peter Shalulile (9 goals) Overall: Cassius Mailula (16 goals) Highest home attendance: 37 500 0 ...
Founded in the 1920s, the team plays its home games in the Loftus Versfeld Stadium. It is currently [when?] the most successful football club in the South African PSL era. They won the 2016 CAF Champions League, 2017 CAF Super Cup and were voted the 2016 CAF Club of the Year.
Stadium Capacity City Province Home team(s) Images 1 FNB Stadium: 94,736 Johannesburg: Gauteng: South Africa national team Kaizer Chiefs: 2: Ellis Park Stadium
In provincial rugby union, they are the sponsors of the Pretoria-based Vodacom Blue Bulls and own the naming rights to the union's home stadium, Loftus Versfeld. As part of their rugby union sponsorship portfolio, Vodacom has been the title sponsor of the Super Rugby tournament in South Africa since 1996.