Orlando Pirates' star Relebohile Mofokeng dribbles with the ball in their Betway Premiership match against Orbit College.
Orlando Pirates were crowned 2025/26 Betway Premiership champions following a dramatic 2–0 victory over Orbit College at the Mbombela Stadium on Saturday — sealing their first league title in 14 years in truly extraordinary circumstances.
The Buccaneers’ historic title triumph was secured in highly unusual fashion, with both goals coming via catastrophic own goals from the struggling Mswenko Boys, as Pirates crucially edged out long-time rivals Mamelodi Sundowns by a single point in a tense finale to the domestic season.
The result also emphatically ended Sundowns’ eight-year domestic dominance and confirmed a historic domestic treble for Pirates, following earlier silverware successes in the MTN8 and Carling Knockout Cup.
Orbit College, on the other hand, suffered heartbreaking automatic relegation into the Motsepe Foundation Championship after results elsewhere went entirely against them, with Magesi narrowly clinching the relegation play-off spot.
