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Orlando Pirates are a South African football team, founded in 1937 in the Orlando section of Soweto, South Africa. The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. ... A football team is the collective name given to a number of players who play together in a football game, be it association football (soccer), rugby, Australian football, American football, Gaelic football, or other version of football. ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Soweto is an urban area in Johannesburg, in Gauteng province South Africa. ...


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Orlando Pirates FC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (712 words)
Orlando Pirates are a South African football (soccer) club, founded in 1937 in the Orlando section of Soweto, Johannesburg.
Orlando Pirates is South Africa’s oldest football club formed in 1937 in Orlando East, Soweto and their performances over the years have served as an inspiration for young soccer players to strive to play the Beautiful Game at the highest level in the fl and white colours of the ‘Buccaneers’.
The Soweto derby between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates is one of the most fiercely contested matches in world soccer, perhaps only upstaged in competitiveness by the Rangers vs Celtic derby in Glasgow.
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