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| - The squad was originally "owned" by the Staatsregeringministrie vir Sport en Atletiese van Transvaal and managed by Bartnel Botha, the then-Minister for Sport & Athletics in Transvaal. On February 11, 2011, after the collapse of Transvaal [in CNRP], Bartnel Botha acquired the club and it has since then been under private ownership.
* Nordreich Liga history The club was originally established as a founding member of the Nordreich Liga and played a total of 22 seasons in that league. When the Nordreich Liga was replaced on December 4, 2015 by the CN National Soccer League, the club became one of its founding members in the inaugural Season 23 campaign. During the club's first six seasons from Season I until Season VI, the official club name was Noordrykse Voetbalklub Kaapstad Hornets (Cape Town Hornets Nordreich Football Club) - or NVK Kaapstad Hornets for short. On June 26, 2011, management dropped the NVK prefix and the team name became simply Kaapstad Hornets heading into Season VII. The Hornets play all their home matches at Greenpoint Stadium (capacity 56,000) in Cape Town. During Season I and Season II, their kit colours were yellow and black with white trim - with sweaters which were yellow with a black diagonal stripe and white trim. On March 23, 2010, new long-sleeve sweaters with horizontal yellow and black stripes were adopted for Season III. Shorts are black with yellow trim. The club sponsor - like all Transvaler teams at the time - was Soundic Radio of Sweden. In June 2012 at the conclusion of Season X, Soundic Radio was dropped as the official sponser. The Hornets' expansion roster included former Transvaal Springboks forward great Ricardo van Deinsen along with midfielder Dakarai Baako and goalkeeper Tafadzwa Masamba from Transvaal's UCFA Champions League squads. While Masamba struggled to secure a spot on the roster and departed after less than two months, both Van Deinsen and Baako saw their careers as leading players rejuvinated in the new Nordreich Liga. In later seasons, the Hornets would see former Transvaal Springboks prospect players Dingiswayo Ngwane and Hendrik van Schou sign contracts and reach stardom with the Hornets. NVK Kaapstad Hornets played its first match, a 5-1 win, at Greenpoint Stadium in a friendly against The Scimitars on September 30, 2009; midfielder Regillio Sewnath scored the club's first-ever goal 15 minutes into the first-half. The club's first league match was on October 7, 2009 when they were shutout 2-0 at home by Nordenstorm United. Three days later the club defeated The Scimitars by the score of 3-0 in the opening round of the Nordreich Cup with midfielder Izmir Jejaz scoring the first official competitive goal in the 26th minute of the match. Four days later the two clubs squared off again in league play and forward Bernie Forbes scored the Hornets' first league goal in the 8th minute on a header cross from fullback Eugene Tchami. The squad's roster witnessed numerous changes made during the debut campaign and only 7 original players would last with the club throughout the entire season: goalkeeper Oskar Dietze, fullbacks Pius Tsheuma Songo’o, Anthony Davids, and Nbeko Sokoto, midfielders Dakarai Baako and Dean Hankers, and forward Ricardo van Deinsen. The club played its first three seasons in Liga 1 but were demoted to Liga 2 for Season IV. They returned to Liga 1 the following season when the two divisions were combined. By the start of Season V, only three players remained from the original expansion roster: goalkeeper Oskar Dietze, fullback Anthony Davids, and midfielder Dakarai Baako. Ricardo van Deinsen retired at the conclusion of Season IV while captain Dean Hankers was released prior to the start of Season V. Baako and Davids would depart the club due to retirement during the course of Season V - both playing in their final match on January 5, 2011 - leaving Dietze as the lone player from the original roster, continuing to be a part of the team until his retirement at the conclusion of Season XVIII after 18 seasons with the club and in the league. Dingiswayo Ngwane became the first Hornet to gain legendary status when late in Season VII on August 31, 2011 he played in his 100th match. Early the following season, Eugene Tchami became the second Hornet to earn legendary status when he played 100th match on September 21, 2011. Midfielder Ernest Ebede played 100th match during Season VIII in a 6-0 rout of Valley Hillbillies on November 9, 2011. Ralf Handke played his 100th legendary match on January 11, 2012 at Langston F.C. while Stanley Miesiedjan played in his 100th legendary match exactly a week later in the re-match at home versus Langston F.C. Bernie Forbes became the first forward to earn legendary status with the Hornets when he played in his 100th match on May 2, 2012 during Season X. On June 19, 2011 prior to the start of Season VII, a new logo was introduced by club management - replacing the original C-Bee emblem used since Season I. During Season VIII, the Kaapstad Hornets became the first-ever Transvaler club to win a cup championship when they defeated Zemo City Avengers by an aggregate result of 5-2 on October 22, 2011. Hendrik van Schou and Noukeu Keita earnt legendary status during the course of Season XI while Desmond Nghaamwa and Oskar Dietze would chalk up their 100th matches during the following season. With Dietze's induction to the Nordreich Liga Hall of Fame on October 17, 2012 as a legendary player, the Hornets became the first Nordreich Liga team to boast an all-legends starting line-up. Heinrich Heinz played in his 100th legendary match on December 1, 2012 when the Hornets defeated Zemo City Avengers 2-1 in the first leg of the Cup of Good Hope open tournament finals in Season XII. Kaapstad Hornets clinched their second Nordreich Liga title in Season XII on the heels of a 4-0 victory at FC Limburg on December 5, 2012. Three days later they capped off their campaign by winning the Cup of Good Hope open tournament hosted by the club at Greenpoint Stadium. Starting after a 4-2 loss to Zemo City Avengers on August 1, 2012, the Hornets launched into a golden age for the club - not losing a regular season game from that date until dropping a 3-1 decision against Moenchengladbach on January 23, 2013 which saw the club only losing 3 games (all cup meetings) and 2 draws (one during regular season and one cup). In Season XII they did not lose a single match during the regular season - their only losses coming during play for the Nordreich Cup. During Season XIII, on January 16, 2013, in 6-0 regular season romp over Keville Athletic, midfielder Noukeu Keita scored a goal off a cornerkick set-play in the 83rd minute to become the first Hornet to reach 100 career points scored. The club picked up its second Nordreich Cup championship in Season XIII. Also during this season, Dingiswayo Ngwane played in his 200th bicentennial match on February 20, 2013. Mid-way through Season XIV, Eugene Tchami played his 200th career match on April 27, 2013 in a 6-0 rout of Hells Cargo during the quarter-finals of the Nordreich Cup. The Hornets won their fourth cup later that season when they defeated Dorpat Lions 1-0 and 3-3 in the Kaiser Thor Open Cup. Within one week of each other, during Season XV, Benin Ndiako and Ernest Ebede both played in their 200th career matches - on August 21 and August 28, 2013 respectively. Baas Jansens played in his 100th career match on September 11, 2013. The club won its third Nordreich Cup championship that same season. Noukeu Keita played in his 200th career match during Season XVI on January 15, 2014, a 1-1 draw at Zellar Athletic. The following season, Keita then scored his 100th career goal - the first Hornet player to reach that mark - on May 17, 2014 when scored the game-tying goal off a freekick against the Dorpat Lions in the first-leg of their cup match in the Baron Zemo Open Cup quarter-finals. During Season XIX, Dingiswayo Ngwane became the first Hornet player to appear in 300 games. This occured on November 12, 2014 in a match against Dorpat Lions, the exact same day Desmond Nghaamwa played in his 200th bicentennial match himself. The conclusion of Season XIX, easily the worst campaign in the club's history, saw the passing of an era as three legendary greats left the club. Dingiswayo Ngwane and Stanley Miesiedjan both retired on January 16, 2015 while Ralf Handke was released the same day when his contract was not renewed by management. At the same time, Desmond Nghaamwa and Benin Ndiako both announced that Season XX would be their last as players. Hornets captain Noukeu Keita played in his 300th match on November 11, 2015 during Season XXII - in his 19th and final season, as Keita would retire less than a month later.
* CN National Soccer League history On December 4, 2015, the club became members of the newly-renamed CN National Soccer League - however later in the following month, on January 21, 2016, an agreement was made between the league commissioners of the CN National Soccer League and League Of Legends to merge the CN-NSL into the latter league at the conclusion of both leagues' seasons. The Hornets' one-season tenure in the CN-NSL would mirror the captaincy of Heinrich Heinz, who was named the new captain at the start of Season 23 but would retire at the conclusion of that same season. Theodor Normstedt was acquired from Zemo City Avengers on transfers for $1,800,000 on January 30, 2016. An outstanding superstar player for Zemo City, he made his debut at the age of 19 during Season VII when was promoted to the senior Avenegers squad on July 19, 2011 as a youth prospect. Normstedt would play 17 and a half seasons with Zemo City, appearing in 280 career matches. He scored 114 goals and 134 assists for 248 points - as well as making X11 team selections in 155 games. On January 21, 2016, an agreement was made between the league commissioners of the National Soccer League and League of Legends to merge the NSL into the latter league at the conclusion of both leagues' seasons. On March 16, 2016 the league played its last round of regular season matches. On March 9, 2016, in their penultimate league match in Season 23, Niklaas McCarthy's goal scored at the 80th minute was Kaapstad's 800th and final league goal before the merger into the League of Legends. A week later, on March 16, 2016 at Greenpoint Stadium, the Hornets were shutout 3-0 by Zharr Nagrund Ziggurats in their final match, closing the door on 23 seasons of combined Nordreich Liga / CN National Soccer League play. On that same day, Hendrik van Schou broke Dingiswayo Ngwane's record of 303 career matches played with the club. The CN National Soccer League submitted its official application to disband and join the League of Legends on May 20, 2016 with its eight teams accepted as new members of that league on May 21, 2016.
* League Of Legends Kaapstad Hornets were accepted as new members of the League of Legends on May 21, 2016. Previous to the league merger, Manager Bartnel Botha had managed Swakopmund SFC for six seasons in that league until he resigned from the team on March 17, 2016. In their first friendly match two and a half years (and nine seasons), the Hornets hosted League of Legends champions Monster München on March 24, 2016 in their first meeting against their new league opposition. Losing 3-1, Baas Jansens scored the Hornets' first goal playing in the League of Legends. Set up by fullback Francois Schumann, Jansens beat goalkeeper Sweeney Todd off a close shot in the goal box just 5 minutes after kick-off. Hendrik van Schou played in his final career match on May 19, 2016 when he was named the starting playmaker in the team's losing effort against Zharr Nagrund Ziggurats in the last match of League of Legends Season 44. He retired from professional soccer on May 21, 2016 as the club leader with 313 matches played over 22 seasons for Kaapstad Hornets. His 58 goals and 92 assists rank him 8th and 1st respectively in those categories and 3rd in career points with 150.
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