{"id":3841,"date":"2025-09-22T16:33:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T14:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swazidailynews.com\/?p=3841"},"modified":"2025-09-22T16:33:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T14:33:17","slug":"carling-knockout-sees-chiefs-face-stellenbosch-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/3841\/sports\/soccer\/carling-knockout-sees-chiefs-face-stellenbosch-fc\/","title":{"rendered":"Carling Knockout sees Chiefs face Stellenbosch FC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Benjamin Nyirenda <br \/><br \/>The second knockout competition of the season is set to kickoff with some interesting Carling Knockout fixtures revealed at the launch at FNB Stadium on Monday afternoon with Kaizer Chiefs traveling to the Western Cape to face Stellenbosch FC.<\/p>\n<p>Magesi FC made history by becoming the first club to win a major knokcout competition in their maiden campaign in the topflight, beating Tshwane giants Mamelodi Sundowns in last season&#8217;s final played in Bloemfontein.<\/p>\n<p>Magesi will take on AmaZulu in the last 16, travelling to KZN for the clash.Last season&#8217;s runners-up, Mamelodi Sundowns, will host Marumo Gallants, while Soweto giants will travel to the Western Cape to take on Stellenbosch FC, having already faced the club in the league this season.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3846\" src=\"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/inline.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"723\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Orlando Pirates, who were knocked out in the first round last season by Magesi, will take on Siwelele FC. <br \/><br \/>Fixtures<br \/><br \/>AmaZulu v Magesi FC<br \/><br \/>Mamelodi Sundowns v Marumo Gallants<br \/><br \/>Stellenbosch FC v Kaizer Chiefs<br \/><br \/>Orbit College v TS Galaxy<br \/><br \/>Durban City v Polokwane City<br \/><br \/>Richards Bay v Chippa United<br \/><br \/>Orlando Pirates v Siwelele FC<br \/><br \/>Golden Arrows v Sekhukhune United<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Benjamin Nyirenda The second knockout competition of the season is set to kickoff with some interesting Carling&hellip;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,42,43],"tags":[46,50,53,80,68],"class_list":["post-3841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","category-south-africa","category-sports","tag-africa","tag-international","tag-soccer","tag-south-africa","tag-sport","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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