Jomo Cosmos is a South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

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Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club based in Johannesburg

Johannesburg

Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...

 that plays in the Premier Soccer League

Premier Soccer League

Premier Soccer League is the trading name of the National Soccer League of South Africa. The top league is the ABSA Premiership, sponsored by ABSA...

. The club is owned and coached by South African soccer legend Jomo "Black Prince" Sono

Jomo Sono

Ephraim Matsilela Sono is a South African soccer club owner and coach and was also a star soccer player....

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The club was founded in January 1983, upon the remainings of the previously well-known and successful club Highlands Park

Highlands Park FC

Highlands Park F.C. was an association football club in Johannesburg , that existed from November 1959 to February 1983. In 1971, Highlands Park FC merged together with Powerlines FC from Nigel -a city located 61 km southeast of Highlands North in Johannesburg, and also playing in the top...

, which Jomo Sono

Jomo Sono

Ephraim Matsilela Sono is a South African soccer club owner and coach and was also a star soccer player....

 opted to buy when he ended his playing career in the USA. Initially the club was named Dion Cosmos in its first 1983-season, with the first part of the name respresenting the previous sponsor of Highlands Park, and the second part of the name being the fingerprint of Jomo Sono, who decided to name his newly bought club after his former NASL

North American Soccer League

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 club, the New York Cosmos

New York Cosmos

The New York Cosmos were an American soccer club based in New York City, New York and its suburbs. The team played home games in three stadiums around New York before moving in 1977 to Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, where it remained for the rest of its history...

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