• About Mamelodi Sundown Club

• Mamelodi Sundown Club achievements

• Mamelodi Sundown club ranks as the best club in Africa.

Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club, simply known as Sundowns is a South African professional football club based in Mamelodi, Pretoria in the Gauteng province that plays in the Premier Soccer League, the first tier of the South African football league system. It was founded in the 1970s.

They have won the Premier League title 12 times since its inception in 1996. They also hold a joint record of three National Soccer League Championships and have won 15 league titles in total.

Sundowns won the 2016 CAF championships and the 2017 CAF Super Cup and were voted the 2016 CAF club of the year. Locally, they have won the Nedbank Cup six times, the MTN 8 four times and the Telkom knockout four times. They are also the first South African team to compete in the FIFA Club World Cup, where they finished 6th place. In 2021, Sundowns became Africa’s first club to win Caf Champions League and CAF Women’s Champions League titles.

This club is owned by a South African business magnate Patrice Motsepe and it is one of the most valuable clubs in Africa by club value.

Mamelodi Sundowns are currently ranked as the best football club in Africa by Football Database dot com. Following closely is the Al Ahly club of Egypt.