The Premier Soccer League has warned Black Leopards that there will be no further postponements of their Motsepe Foundation Championship fixtures as the club remains under a FIFA transfer ban.
Leopards wrote to the League, requesting that their home match against Upington City be moved as they could not meet the U23 player requirement due to their squad restrictions.
In the second tier, all clubs must include five U23 players in the match-day squad, with at least two on the field at all times.
Lidoda Duvha’s troubles stem from their acquisition of the Cape Town All Stars franchise in 2023, in an effort to avoid relegation to the amateur ranks, but with that purchase came unresolved compensation issues.
FIFA had sanctioned All Stars, with Leopards now unable to register new players, leading to stark consequences for the Limpopo outfit.
In their opening match against Casric Stars, Leopards fielded only 10 players and had to use defender Thendo Mukumela as their goalkeeper in a 3-0 defeat.
