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Vaal Professionals was a South African soccer club.^[1] Based in Vereeniging, they were a founder member of the Premier Soccer League in 1996. They were nicknamed Setla or Vaal Monsters.

Key Information

Full name	Vaal Professionals
Nickname(s)	Setla, Vaal Monsters
Founded	1930 Toplocation
Ground	Vereeniging

The club was relegated from the 1998–99 Premiership.^[2]

A team with the same name played in the Gauteng Stream of the SAFA Second Division, from 2016–17 to 2019–20, as well as 2021–22.^[3]

Honours

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NPSL Champions: 3

1986, 1987, 1988

Bob Save Super Bowl: 1

1994^[4]

References

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^ Borland, Ken (29 July 2013). "Soccer: The forgotten talents of the Vaal Professionals". Daily Maverick.
^ "Leopards join long list of relegated teams from top-flight football". SuperSport. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
^ "ABC Motsepe Gauteng Stream A Log 2021/2022 - Diski Zone". 1 November 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
^ leratosesero (5 August 2020). "Seakemela reminisces about the good old days". Sedibeng Ster. Retrieved 8 February 2025.

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Associated competitions	Nedbank Cup Telkom Knockout MTN 8 National First Division
Seasons	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26

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