After twelve days of play following season the paths of association and Neeskens parted; the team was at this time on the penultimate place in the standings. Pitso Mosimane took over as coach on December 2, The Mamelodi Sundowns play their home games from, among others, in the Loftus Versfeld stadium.
Other home games found in H. Pitje stadium and the Super Stadium held in the districts of Mamelodi and Atteridgeville. The training grounds of the Mamelodi Sundowns are located near the office in Midrand. Mamelodi Sundowns F. History The club was founded in in the north -west of Pretoria. Stadium The Mamelodi Sundowns play their home games from, among others, in the Loftus Versfeld stadium.
The club stayed in the second division for five years only to bounce back in with the entry of Mr Cool Zola Mahobe. The flamboyant Zola Mahobe bought Sundowns in and immediately worked his charm to inspire the club to the second division league and earn a promotion to the first division. With Mr Cool in control and working his magic the club rose to glory. The latter success was attributed to Zola Mahobe who was dripping cash following the fraudulent escapades he mastered with his girlfriend, Snowy Moshoeshoe.
Zola Mahobe is said to have spent about R2m in boosting Sundowns in his first two years of owning the club. He paid top dollar to acquire talented players and rewarded them with expensive gifts including BMWs. The arrest of Zola Mahobe in spelled a mini disaster for the high flying Sundowns. Then came the Krok brothers who bought the club from Standard Bank. They were later joined by Angelo and Natasha Tsichlas. Sundowns bounced back in spectacular fashion in the post era to claim seven league titles.
The first league winning streak started in with the club coming on top for three years in a row. Patrice Motsepe bought into Sundowns in to partner the Tsichlas. The Marabastad Sundowns were then officially formed in by Itsweng and Sebotsane, who both hailed from one of the biggest townships in Pretoria, Mamelodi. The duo renamed the club Mamelodi Sundowns and it became affiliated with the Federation Professional Football League three years later, and it went on to campaign in the National Professional Football League.
In , Zola Mahobe, a businessman from South Africa's biggest township, Soweto, purchased Sundowns from Itsweng and Sebotsane and he transformed the Pretoria side into one of the country's clubs' glamour teams. Under Mahobe's leadership, Sundowns changed their kit to copy the yellow and blue of Brazil, who were already among the most famous national teams in the world having won three Fifa World Cups at the time.
The club was given the nickname the Brazilians in reference to their yellow and blue kit, and Bafana Ba Style, meaning 'Boys with Style' in one of South Africa's official languages, Setswana. Furthermore, the Chloorkop-based giants' other byname is Masandawana which is township slang for Sundowns.
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