BUFC, a community football club in the heart of Ballito.
Welcome to Ballito United FC (BUFC). We are a registered Non-Profit Organization (NPO) based in the heart of the North Coast community.
For us, the beautiful game has always been about more than just the final score—it is a powerful vehicle for building character, uniting families, and uplifting our youth.
Our Core Values and Objectives.
Like most junior football clubs we love nothing more than having a win however this is not our primary objective. Our guiding principle is to teach and educate young players in the virtues of fair play and sportsmanship, lessons that hopefully they can apply in life as they get older. If we can convey these principles, then on field success will be a pleasant by-product of the process.
Ballito United is defined by its foundational values of community, family, inclusion, and holistic development. We operate a vibrant, safe environment where children grow simultaneously—both as talented players and as exceptional people.
2023 Results
We entered 15 teams into the SAFA Greater Durban Local Football Association League including a mixed girls team for the first time and 2 teams into the Stanger regional league this season.
The SAFA Greater Durban Local Football Association consists of over 150 Clubs and 500 teams, once again this season BUFC proved to be among the best with, 2 League Winners, 2 Second Places, 2 Third Places and 3 Cup Final Winners. In 6 competitive age groups which is once again unrivaled.
Our U15 squad started off by winning the Durban Easter tournament and finished the league with all wins, this team has won their league every year since the competitive U10 age group, that’s 5 years in a row.
The U17 team have moved through the BUFC age groups and now compete in the 4th Tier of South African League Football, the SAB league has recently started with a combined u17 and coaches team from BUFC.
2022 Results
In 2022 we entered 12 teams into the league, 10 into the SAFA Greater Durban Local Football Association and 2 into the ILembe Regional League including our first team who qualified to play in the SAB regional league.
We introduced an additional beginners U6/U7 age group for the first time in new training times on the Astro turf. This was extremely successful with the membership filling up very quickly.
BUFC registered over 250 players on MySAFA this season (the SAFA electronic database)
We have increased our coaching staff to thirteen in total and we continue to train the coaches and provide formal SAFA CAF coaching courses for their formal qualifications.
All competitive teams performed extremely well in the 2022 league and Cup Finals –
U10: 1st Place League, Runners Up Cup
U11: 1St Place League, Runners Up Cup, Juventus 5-a-side winners.
U12: 1st Place League, Quarter Finals Cup
U13A: 1st Place League, Winners Cup Final, Easter Tournament Winners, Juventus Five-a-side winners, Toti 5-a-side Winners, un-defeated and no draws in 2022.
U13B: 1st Place League, Winners Plate Final.
U15: 2nd Place League, Runners Up Cup, Juventus 5-a-side winners.
U17: 1st League, Semi Final Cup, Juventus 5-a-side winners.
U17 Stanger: 1st Place regional League, Semi Final Engen Cup.
1st Team: Winners ILembe Regional SAB League, Qualified provincial playoffs.
The club won additional 5-a-side age groups titles in various tournaments held through the year.
In 2022, BUFC had 6 players make the KZN Elite squad and 8 of our players achieved full KZN colours and represented KZN at an interprovincial level.
2018 – Fairytale season for Ballito United FC
The boys in grey wrapped up the league over the weekend in typically exciting BUFC style.
The story of Ballito United FC‘s first season with the Dolphin Coast Football Association is one of overwhelming victory in the face of all comers.
The boys in grey wrapped up the league over the weekend in typically exciting BUFC style, with three of their teams – U15A, U13 and U10 – all finishing without a single loss this year.
In the match with the most on the line, the U13 lads played a league decider against Juventus with both teams undefeated for the season, the only blemish on the lads’ records an early season draw against the same team.
Juventus lay a mere two points behind after seeing two draws in their season – so the boys had it all to play for. The outcome was sealed by Jared Herman who scored a fantastic hat-trick to cement the game 3-1, earning them the title of 2018 champs and winning the grudge match against the only opponents to deny them victory this year.
Meanwhile the U15A team, who have played like giants all year, casually dealt with Newlands FC 4-0. This senior team’s sticky defence, bursts of sudden speed out wide and pin-point penetration of the goal area were hallmarks of their season. While many players enjoyed an outstanding year, special mention must be made of captain Sbu Yalu. The lanky teen leads his team from the midfield, where he utterly stamps his authority on every movement whether it be running his opponents in circles on attack or leaving them no room to breathe on defence.
The juniors also had a team who sailed through the season without a loss, and the U10 boys certainly added icing to the cake with a 4-0 win over Stella.
In other matches at Ashton over the weekend the U15B side were held to a 2-2 draw against Magic Future Stars and ended second on their log. The U8 tykes enjoyed a free-for-all goal fest which ended with an 8-5 win against Stella, and the U10 Dolphins squeezed a 2-1 win against Stella.
The following teams all ended on top of their logs: U15A, U13, U10 and U9.
2018 – Tye Milne streaks upfield for the U10s.
2018 – The U13 BUFC lads won their season decider 3-1 against Juventus.
Come tryout at a free training session.
You’re welcome to join us for a free training session that gives you a chance to get a feel for the club without any pressure to join thereafter.
Please fill out and submit the Ballito United F.C. Online Indemnity form which is mandatory to attend the free training session.