Orlando East, Soweto, 1937. Inhloko-namathambo yayingeke ibe uphawu: kwakuyisikhalo. Lena indlela ama-Buccaneers aba yona ikilabhu lebhola elidumile kakhulu e-Afrika.
I-Orlando Pirates Football Club yasungulwa ngo-1937 e-Orlando East, Soweto, ivela ku-Orlando Boys Club. U-Andries “Pele Pele” Mkhwanazi, umqeqeshi wesibhakela, wakhuthaza ukwakhiwa kwethimba lebhola phakathi kwezinsizwa zendawo.
Ngonyaka owodwa lezozinsizwa zazinqanda e-Johannesburg Bantu Football Association: ukuqala kwekilabhu elazokukhula laba elilandela kakhulu ezweni loke i-Afrika.
Icrest yenhloko-namathambo yaqokwa njengesikhalo, hhayi ukuqoka koklamo. Igama lekilabhu, imibala yalo, okumnyama nokumhlophe, nophawu lwalo kwasho okuthile eGoli: sikhona lapha, futhi asihambi.
“Ezimnyama”, abamnyama. Amagama aqukethwa amashumi eminyaka: the Buccaneers, The Sea Robbers, The Ghosts, Happy People. Ngalinye lalingena ngokufaneleka.
I-Orlando Pirates yathola i-CAF Champions League ka-1995: inkanyezi yegolide kucrest. Ikilabhu lokuqala laseNingizimu Afrika ukufika esiqongweni sebhola lamakilabhu e-Afrika, lammemezela uSoweto ezweni loke i-Afrika.
Unyaka ongasalandelayo wokunqoba i-Afrika, ama-Buccaneers anqoba i-CAF Super Cup, aqinisekisa isimo sawo njengamakilabhu aqhuba i-Afrika.
Kusukela esiqu seliga ka-1971 kuya ekubuseni kwesikhathi se-PSL ekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-2000, ama-Buccaneers abuye njalo.
Isiqu sokuqala seliga sezinga eliphezulu se-Orlando Pirates. Isisekelo lapho irekhodi lasekhaya lekilabhu laliyakwakhiwa khona emashumi amahlanu eminyaka.
Isiqu ka-1994 safikela unyaka lapho iNingizimu Afrika yaqhuba ukhetho lwayo lokuqala lwedemokhrasi: ama-Buccaneers abambisana namazwe ngokuduma kwesikhathi somlando.
Esikhathini sabasebenzi, i-Pirates yengeza iziqu ezintathu ezengeziwe zeliga: 2000/01, 2002/03, 2010/11, nango-2011/12, kufaka phakathi ukunqoba okulandelanayo. Izizini zika-2010/11 naka-2011/12 zabuye neziqu ezintathu zasekhaya.
Ngaphaya kweliga, ama-Buccaneers akha irekhodi lenkomishi elingalinganiswani: iziqu ze-MTN8 eziyishumi nane namanqoba e-Nedbank Cup ayishumi, kufaka phakathi ukunqoba okune okulandelanayo e-MTN8 kusukela ngo-2022 kuya ngo-2025.
Isizini Ka-2025/26
Ngaphansi komqeqeshi omkhulu u-Abdeslam Ouaddou, i-Orlando Pirates yaqeda ukulinda iminyaka eyishumi nane isiqu se-Betway Premiership ngo-2025/26: isiqu sawo seseshumi sezinga eliphezulu. Azimanga lapho: i-MTN8 ne-Carling Knockout zagcwalisa i-treble yasekhaya yomlando. Irekhodi lekilabhu lokunqoba okungu-21, amaphuzu angu-69, amagoli angu-58 angenisiwe, angu-12 avunyiwe.
Isiqu savinjwa ngenqoba ka-2–0 phezu kwe-Orbit College ngomhlaka 23 Meyi 2026: amaphuzu angu-69, elinye phambili kwaMamelodi Sundowns, irekhodi lekilabhu lokunqoba okungu-21. Isiqu sokuqala se-Betway Premiership eminyakeni eyishumi nane.
I-Betway Premiership yangezwa ku-MTN8 ne-Carling Knockout eyanqolwa ngohlelo luka-2025/26. Yisikhathi sesithathu emlando wekilabhu ukuthi i-Pirates inqobe i-treble yasekhaya, futhi elakhaliphe kakhulu kubathathu.
Ama-treble adlulile: 2010/11 (ABSA Premiership, Nedbank Cup, MTN8) nango-2011/12 (ABSA Premiership, Telkom Knockout, MTN8). Ukwenza ka-2025/26 kuphela isikhala eside kakhulu phakathi kweziqu zeliga emlando wekilabhu.
Imithombo: orlandopiratesfc.com (okuqukethwe ku-Google), Wikipedia, Orlando Pirates F.C., soccerbullet.co.za, thesouthafrican.com. Zonke izinsuku namarekhodi zihlolwe ngokuqhathanisa no-docs/research/live-site-content.md no-docs/brand-extraction.md. Azikho izinsuku, amagama noma iziganeko eziqanjwe. Lapho imininingwane ingaqinisekiswanga, yashiywa.
