Ntombifuthi Khumalo
 Coach Khumalo at the Lucas Moripe Stadium in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of birth | Pietermaritzburg, South Africa | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Edendale Technical High School (head coach) South Africa U/15 (head coach) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2018 | Durban Ladies | ||
| 2021- | Edendale Technical High School | ||
| 2022- | South Africa U/15 | ||
Medal record | |||
Ntombifuthi Khumalo is South African youth soccer manager and current head coach of Edenvale Technical High and the South Africa girls under-15.
In 2024 she became the first South African coach to win the CAF African Schools Football Championship.[1] She has won three consecutive COSAFA Schools Cup in 2022, 2023, and 2024.[2]
Managerial career
[edit]In 2018 she led Durban Ladies to the KZN Sasol Women's League title and a runners-up position at the 2018 Sasol League National Championships.[3][4]
Khumalo currently coaches Edenvale Technical High. In 2022, her team won the Pan-African National U/16 games and qualified to represent South Africa at the continental finals held in the Democratic Republic of Congo.[5] The finished second in the continental finals losing 1-0 to Morocco in the final.[6] They rounded out the year by winning the schools national winter championship and qualified to represent South African at the inaugural COSAFA Schools Cup held in Malawi. They won the inaugural COSAFA Schools Cup and qualified for the inaugural CAF African Schools Football Championship in 2023.[7]
In 2023 her team represented the COSAFA region at the CAF African Schools Football Championship but failed to make it out the group stages. Later in the year, her side defended their COSAFA Schools Cup.[8]
In May 2024 she won the national girls team's maiden CAF African Schools Football Championship.[1] In October 2024, her side defended the COSAFA Schools Cup for the third consecutive year and qualified for the 2025 CAF African Schools Football Championship.[9]
Honours
[edit]- CAF African Schools Football Championship: 2024
- COSAFA Schools Cup: 2022, 2023, 2024
- Sasol League National Championship: runners-up: 2018
- KZN Sasol Women's League: 2018
- Pan-African U/16 games: runners-up: 2022
- South African leg Pan-African U/16 games: 2022
References
[edit]- ^ a b Contributor, gsport (2024-05-26). "Coach Ntombifuthi Khumalo Ecstatic after SA U15 Girls Win the CAF African Schools Football Champs". gsport4girls. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Pongco, Siya (2024-10-14). "SuperSport Schools Plus | SA does the double, three-peats at CAF African Schools Football Champs". SuperSport Schools Plus. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
- ^ AltronDev (2018-12-10). "Debutants TUT Ladies crowned 2018 Sasol League National Champions". Sasol In Sport. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
- ^ "Ntombifuthi Khumalo: KZN's Top Woman Football Coach Loves Coaching Football By Cheryl Roberts". africanwomanwarriorcherylroberts. 2020-06-18. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
- ^ nnditshenim (2022-02-08). "Edendale Tech's U16 girls are pan-African winners". The Witness. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
- ^ "SAFCA Congratulates Maximalist Coach Ntombifuthi Khumalo and Edendale Technical High School - SAFA.net". 2022-02-23. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
- ^ Kganakga, Tlamelo (2022-11-02). "Edendale Technical High School Crowned CAF African Schools Champions". gsport4girls. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
- ^ "South Africa get a double victory at CAF African Schools Football Championship COSAFA Qualifiers". South Africa get a double victory at CAF African Schools Football Championship COSAFA Qualifiers. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
- ^ Contributor, gsport (2024-10-13). "South Africa U15s Win CAF African Schools Football Champs COSAFA Qualifier". gsport4girls. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
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