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The club was originally called Tambo FC and won promotion from the SAB League to the ABC Motsepe League and changed the name. The club was a fierce rival of Baroka F.C. during their time together at the Limpopo ABC Motsepe league along with Dolphins FC.

Magesi FC is a regular contender in the Nedbank Cup representing the lower league from Limpopo. Their best finish was reaching the round of 16 in 2016 where they played and lost 6–0 to Bidvest Wits.

The club won the Limpopo Stream of the 2015–16 SAFA Second Division and followed this up by winning their playoff group to earn promotion to the 2016–17 National First Division. They were relegated the following season.

They again won the Limpopo Stream of the 2021–22 SAFA Second Division and earned promotion to the 2022–23 National First Division in the playoffs, getting to the final where they lost 1–0 to MM Platinum.

Magesi won the 2023–24 National First Division, taking an unassailable eight-point lead with two games to spare, finally reaching their dreams of playing in the Premier Soccer League, South Africa’s top-tier football division.