Kaizer Chiefs will open up the Nedbank Cup by hosting Ajax Cape Town in the round of 32 on Friday March the 14th at the Vodacom Loftus Stadium in Tshwane, Chiefs the 2005-2006 South African Cup Champions were drawn to face the defending Cup holders during Monday evenings draw.

In what was one of five all PSL clashes for the opening round Chiefs will be looking to depose of the holders and with R 6million prize money for the winning team, there is plenty of incentive for the teams to fight all the way to the final on May 24th.

Chiefs will be hoping that Loftus brings them the same kind of luck it did in the first half of the season when they played three of their four Telkom Knock Out matches at the venue, including the final against Mamelodi Sundowns. Which saw The Amakhosi defeat the Brazilians on a penalty shootout to collect their first piece of silverware for the season.

Chiefs will also be looking to over turn their current record against Ajax in this particular competition, the two teams met in consecutive seasons when the competition was still known as the ABSA Cup. In March 2003 the teams met in the round of 16 at the Newlands Stadium in Cape Town, after 120 minutes of with out any goals penalties were needed to separate the teams and it was Ajax who triumphed 5-4 in the shootout.

The following season in April 2004 it was in the round of 32 that the teams squared off once more, this time Chiefs were the host but Ajax managed to walk off the victors.

That match in Mmabatho four years ago was the last time Chiefs and Ajax met in a cup game, in total the teams have met five times in cup competitions since the 1999 – 2000 season. Of those games the Amakhosi have won two while Ajax have been the victors on three occasions.

NEDBANK CUP FIXTURES LAST 32
WEDNESDAY, 12 MARCH 2008
Home	Away	Time	Venue
Bidvest Wits	Winners Park	19H30	Bidvest Stadium
FRIDAY, 14 MARCH 2008
Home	Away	Time	Venue
Kaizer Chiefs	Ajax Cape Town	19H30	Loftus Stadium
FC Cape Town	Durban Stars	20H00	Blue Downs
SATURDAY, 15 MARCH 2008
Home	Away	Time	Venue
Ikapa Sporting	Bloemfontein Celtic	15H00	Erica Stadium
African Warriors	Moroka Swallows	15H00	Charles Mopeli
Golden Arrows	Jomo Cosmos	15H00	King Zwelithini
Peace Lovers/Classic	Vasco da Gama	15H00	Polokwane / Tembisa
Yebo Yes United	FC AK	15H00	Johannesburg Stadium
Inspection	Black Leopards	15H00	Embalenhle Stadium
Supersport United	Mamelodi Sundowns	19H30	Olympia Park
SUNDAY, 16 MARCH 2008
Home	Away	Time	Venue
Free State Stars	Platinum Stars	15H00	Goble Park
Mpumlanga Black Aces	Thanda Royal Zulu	15H00	Atlantic Stadium
Amazulu	Young Ones	15H00	Princess Magogo
Matatiel Professionals	Bloemfontein Young Tigers	15H00	Thandanani Stadium
Nathi Lions	NW Shining Stars	15H00	King Zwelithini
Santos	Orlando Pirates	15H00	Athlone Stadium