TRIBUTE TO ORLANDO PIRATES

Orlando Pirates are a South African football club based in Parktown, Johannesburg that plays in the Premier Soccer League.
The club was founded in 1937 and was originally based in Orlando, Soweto.^[1] They are named 'Pirates' after the 1940 film The Sea Hawk starring Errol Flynn.^[2] Orlando Pirates are the first club since the inception of the Premier Soccer League in 1996 to have won three major trophies in a single season back to back, having won the domestic league, the Nedbank Cup and the MTN 8 during the 2010-11 season and domestic league, Telkom Cup and the MTN 8 during the 2011-12 season.^[3] They are the only South African team to have won the CAF Champions League, which they did in 1995.


                                                            HONOURS

• Premier Soccer League: 4

2000-01, 2002-03, 2010-11, 2011-12

• National Soccer League: 1

1994

• National Premier Soccer League: 4

1971, 1973, 1975, 1976

• Nedbank Cup: 3

1988, 1996, 2011

• Telkom Knockout: 1

2011

• Mainstay Cup: 1

1980

• Life Challenge Cup: 3

1973, 1974, 1975

• MTN 8: 9

1972, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2010, 2011

• Castle Challenge: 1

1992

• Sales House Cup: 4

1972, 1975, 1977, 1983

• Benson and Hedges Trophy: 2

1973, 1974

• CAF Champions League: 1

1995

• PSL Reserve League: 1

2007

• Carling Black Label Cup: 2

2011, 2012