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Cape Town City Football Club is a South African professional football club based in Cape Town, South Africa, that plays in the Premier Soccer League (PSL).

The original football club Cape Town City FC was founded in 1962, before being reformed in 2016. The team plays its home matches at the Cape Town Stadium, and its training centre is based at Hartleyvale Stadium, the club’s original home ground between 1962 and 1977.

Cape Town City was resurrected when South African businessman and former professional soccer player John Comitis purchased the franchise rights of defunct Mpumalanga Black Aces. Comitis was one of two co-founders of Ajax Cape Town in 1999 but eventually sold his shares in 2013.

In 2016, Comitis bought defunct Black Aces, located in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, and relocated the team with the franchise license in Cape Town.

Cape Town is a city with many football clubs and so there are many smaller derbies. However, the fixture against Cape Town Spurs (formerly Ajax Cape Town FC) is considered the biggest derby. Fellow Premier Soccer League team Stellenbosch FC (formerly Vasco de Gama FC) are also considered close rivals.

There is also a rivalry against SuperSport United after the Telkom Knockout final in 2016 and the MTN8 finals of 2017 and 2018 all being contested by the two clubs.