Kaizer Chiefs will make an emotional return to a revamped Orlando Stadium on the 26 November 2008. The stadium has been put aside by FIFA as one of the stadiums to be used for training during FIFA 2010 World Cup.

The Glamour Boys will welcome log leaders, Golden Arrows. Kick off for the game is at 19h30.

Kaizer Chiefs played at the ground during the 70s, 80s and early 90s. The Phefeni Glamour Boys played their last game at Orlando more than five years ago.

Kaizer Chiefs Chairman, Kaizer Motaung who played in the stadium during the 60s for Orlando High and Orlando Pirates and early 70s for Kaizer Chiefs expressed his delight about the return of the Club to “Isigodi sikaMaminzela”.

“It is, of course, an emotional return not only for me but for multitudes of our fans who watched South Africa’s finest pitting their skills against each other in the 60s to the late 80s. Soweto is where the roots of the Club are and returning to there will, without a doubt ignite our ancestors. Our return to a new Orlando Stadium is part of the legacy that the 2010 World Cup has brought to South Africans”.

The last time Chiefs played in Orlando

It was on Wednesday, 23 April 2003 that was the last time that Kaizer Chiefs played at the “Mecca of South African Football”. On the night Cosmos were no match for the rampant Glamour Boys who won by 3-1 with skipper Brain Baloyi saving Tico Tico penalty, heroics that won him Ibhola Lethu Moment of the Match. Tinashe Nengomashas is the only player in the current team that started the game on the night.

Kaizer Chiefs line up on the night:

Kaizer Chiefs: Baloyi, Thobejane, Kubeka, Mabedi, Nzama, Fredericks, Moshoeu, Pule (now Mahlangu), Nengomasha, Radebe, Musasa

Kaizer Chiefs 3 (Radebe 2, Moshoeu) Cosmos 1