{"id":77515,"date":"2025-07-14T08:19:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T06:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=77515"},"modified":"2025-07-14T08:19:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T06:19:21","slug":"roses-and-cape-town-city-crowned-engen-knockout-challenge-champs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=77515","title":{"rendered":"Roses and Cape Town City crowned Engen Knockout Challenge champs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The smiles of champions! Cape Town City won the 2025 Engen Knockout Challenge at the Erica Park Sports Ground, Belhar, on 12 July 2025. Photo: Reinhardt Hamman\/BackpagePix.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cape Town<\/strong> football fans were treated to a thrilling conclusion to the 2025 Engen Knockout Challenge,<\/strong> at Erica Park,<\/strong> on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Cape Town Roses<\/strong> cemented their dominance in the girls’ division, capturing a historic fourth consecutive title, while Cape Town City<\/strong> triumphed in the boys\u2019 division, claiming the crown after falling just short in last year’s final.<\/p>\n

The Western Cape’s top u18 boys’ and u20 girls’ football teams competed over three days of intense action, which showcased the depth of talent in the region.<\/p>\n

In the girls’ division, Cape Town Roses continued their reign with a commanding 2-0 win over RV United<\/strong> in the final, further solidifying their legacy as the team to beat in the province.<\/p>\n

In the boys’ division, Cape Town City finally seized their moment, defeating Eagles Performance Academy<\/strong> 3-1 in a high-tempo title game, fuelled by their hunger to finish what they just missed out on a year ago.<\/p>\n

The tournament once again echoed the 2025 theme, “It\u2019s Your Moment, Future Diski Legends,” capturing the energy and ambition of South Africa\u2019s rising stars.<\/p>\n

Cape Town Roses and Cape Town City will now fly the province’s flag when they go in search of the national title at the Engen Champ of Champs<\/strong> in October.<\/p>\n

Engen Knockout Individual Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n

Girls<\/strong>
\nGoalkeeper of the tournament – Bilqees Salie – Salt River Blackpool
\nDefender of the tournament – Anathi Nqothani – Dangerous Heroes
\nMidfielder of the tournament – Zoe De Kock – RV United
\nTop Goalscorer – Lisakhaya Situlueni – Cape Town Roses
\nStriker of the tournament – Lisakhaya Situlueni – Cape Town Roses
\nCoach of the tournament – Xolile Madikane – Cape Town Roses
\nPlayer of the tournament – Lisakhaya Situluen – Cape Town Roses
\nFair play team of the tournament – Dangerous Heroes<\/p>\n

Boys<\/strong>
\nGoalkeeper of the tournament – Vaughen Sabatian – Valhalla United
\nDefender of the tournament – Abulele Dlekedla – Cape Town City
\nMidfielder of the tournament – Joshua Taylor – Cape Town City
\nTop Goalscorer Jack Kiewiet – Eagles Performance Academy
\nStriker of the tournament – Raqul Daniels – Valhalla United
\nCoach of the tournament – Shamieg McLaurie – Eagles Performance Academy
\nPlayer of the tournament – Joshua Taylor – Cape Town City
\nFairplay team of the tournament – SAFA Cape Town Academy
\nReferee of the tournament – Ms Cleo Ben<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cape Town football fans were treated to a thrilling conclusion to the 2025 Engen Knockout Challenge, at Erica Park, on Sunday. Cape Town Roses cemented their dominance in the girls’ division, capturing a historic fourth consecutive title, while Cape Town City triumphed in the boys\u2019 division, claiming the crown after falling just short in last […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":77516,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/77516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}