first majority black-owned stadium in South Africa. It was in the same year that Orlando Pirates achieved Superbrand status. Superbrands is an international company that identifies and rewards the leading brands around the world; Orlando Pirates are the only South African sports team next to the Springboks and Proteas to be given this status. The Soweto derby The Soweto derby between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates is one of the most fiercely contested derbies in world football. The first match between both clubs was on 24 January 1970. Honours Domestic competitions South African League titles (9): Premier Soccer League Champions (4): 2000–01, 2002–03, 2010–11, 2011–12 Runners up (6): 1999–2000, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2017–18, 2018–19 National Soccer League Champions (1): 1994 National Professional Soccer League Champions (4): 1971, 1973, 1975, 1976 Cup competitions Nedbank Cup Champions (8): 1973, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2011, 2014 Runners up : 2005 (absa cup by then), 2016, 2017 Telkom Knockout Champions (1): 2011 Runners up : 2000 (Rothmans Cup by then), 2010, 2018 MTN 8 Champions (11): 1972, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2010, 2011, 2020, 2022 Runners up : 2007 (SAA Super 8 by then), 2014 International competitions CAF Champions League Champions (1): 1995 Runners-up (1): 2013 CAF Confederation Cup Runners-up (2): 2015, 2021-22 CAF Super Cup Champions (1): 1996 Cup competitions (unofficial) Castle Challenge Champions (1): 1992 Sales House Cup Champions (4): 1972, 1975, 1977, 1983 Reserve and Friendly Carling Black Label Cup Champions (5): 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2019 PSL Reserve League Champions (1): 2007 Vodacom Challenge Champions (2): 1999, 2005 Performance in CAF Competitions NB: South African football clubs started participating in CAF Competition's in 1993, after 16 years of being banned from FIFA due to the apartheid system. The ban extended from 1976 to 1992. African Cup of Champions Clubs / CAF Champions League: 11 appearances The club appeared in the African Cup of Champions Clubs twice (1995, 1996) and have appeared in the CAF Champions League nine times from 1997 to date. CAF Confederation Cup: 4 appearances African Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance CAF Super Cup: 1 appearance Note Orlando Pirates did not make an appearance in the CAF Cup, they qualified for the 2001 CAF Cup but withdrew from the competition. As the cup was intended for league runners-up their place in the tournament was then extended to Kaizer Chiefs who had finished third, but they