PIC: From left: Reneilwe Letsholonyane, Dean Furman and Mandla Masango of SuperSport United celebrate with the Nedbank Cup trophy in 2017

There are 16 teams remaining in the Nedbank Cup this season, but only five have lifted the trophy in this competition before, opening up the potential for a new champion in 2024.
Here is the list of those teams still alive this season that have won South Africa’s most coveted knockout prize in the past.

MAMELODI SUNDOWNS

Trophy wins (6): 1986, 1998, 2008, 2015, 2020, 2022

Sundowns have enjoyed huge trophy success in their history, but up until recently found the Nedbank Cup a tougher proposition than most knockout prizes.

That has changed with two wins in the last four years – they defeated Bloemfontein Celtic 1-0 in the 2020 final and Marumo Gallants 2-1 in 2022. 
Those successes followed Nedbank Cup wins in 2008, when they beat second-tier Mpumalanga Black Aces 1-0 in the final, and over Ajax Cape Town on penalties after a 0-0 draw in Nelson Mandela Bay in 2015,

Their first title came in 1986 when they beat Jomo Cosmos 1-0 after extra-time, and it would be 12 years before they lifted the trophy again with a penalty shoot-out win over Orlando Pirates after their decider went to a replay and both games finished 1-1.

MOROKA SWALLOWS
Trophy wins (5): 1983, 1989, 1991, 2004, 2009
Swallows are five-time Nedbank Cup champions, the last occasion in 2009 when they defeated second-tier University of Pretoria 1-0 in the final at the Rand Stadium.
Their first success came 41 years ago when they defeated Witbank Black Aces 1-0 in the final, before they lifted the trophy twice in three years between 1989 and 1991.
In the first of those they played to a 1-1 draw with Mamelodi Sundowns before stunning their opponents with a 5-1 success in the replay. Two years later they beat Jomo Cosmos 2-1 after extra-time.
Coach Gavin Hunt led them to the title in 2004 with a 3-1 win over Manning Rangers, before the last of their titles five years later.
They also have a single final defeat, going down 3-2 to Orlando Pirates in 1980.

ORLANDO PIRATES

Trophy wins (9): 1973, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2011, 2014, 2023

Orlando Pirates have been the second most successful side ever in the Nedbank Cup competition, ending a nine-year drought last season when they came from behind to beat Sekhukhune United in the final at Loftus Versfeld.

They had suffered two final defeats between their wins in 2014, where they beat BidVest Wits 3-1 in Durban, and 2023, going down to SuperSport United in both the 2016 and 2017 deciders, and in total have won nine of their 18 final appearances, a 50% record.

Only Kaizer Chiefs (13 wins from 19 finals) have lifted the trophy more times, or been to more deciders, than their great Soweto rivals.

Pirates are the only club to win the trophy three years in a row after a hat-trick of successes between 1973-75. That included back-to-back wins over Zulu Royals, who by the next year had changed their name to AmaZulu, and finally Kaizer Chiefs. 

They beat Moroka Swallows in 1980, Chiefs after a replay in 1988 and Jomo Cosmos in 1996.

Then followed a 15-year barren run before they lifted the Nedbank Cup in 2011, defeating Black Leopards in the final. 

SUPERSPORT UNITED
Trophy wins (5): 1999, 2005, 2012, 2016, 2017

SuperSport have been three-time winners of the trophy in its current guise since 2008, including the only back-to-back winners when they defeated Orlando Pirates in consecutive years in 2016 (3-2) and 2017 (4-1).
That latter success was also the biggest win in a Nedbank Cup final in the last 16 years by goals scored.
They also claimed the 2012 title when they beat Tshwane rivals Mamelodi Sundowns 2-0 in the final, to go with victories over Kaizer Chiefs (1999) and Wits University (2005).
SuperSport have only been runners-up once in the Nedbank Cup, losing the 2013 decider to Chiefs after an extra-time goal from Bernard Parker. 

TS GALAXY

Trophy wins (1): 2019

TS Galaxy famously lifted the Nedbank Cup in 2019 as they beat Kaizer Chiefs in the final, and in doing so became the first second-tier side ever to claim the silverware.

Coach Dan Malesela’s side edged the AmaKhosi thanks to a late penalty from Zakhele Lepasa, who had been the stars of The Rockets’ run to the decider.

They have since been elevated to the topflight after owner Tim Sukazi purchased the status of Highlands Park ahead of the 2020/21 season, and have been in excellent form of late under coach Sead Ramovic, placing them among the Nedbank Cup favourites this term.