2023 Carling Knockout Cup

Football tournament season

2023 Carling Knockout Cup
Tournament details
Country	South Africa
Dates	21 October 2023 – 16 December 2023
Teams	16
Defending champions	Mamelodi Sundowns (2019 Telkom Knockout)
Final positions
Champions	Stellenbosch
All statistics correct as of 17 December 2023.
← 2020 2024 →

The 2023 Carling Knockout Cup is the first season of the South African association football competition, the Carling Knockout Cup, under its new sponsored name. It is organised by the Premier Soccer League and Carling and runs from 21 October 2023 to 16 December 2023.^[1]^[2]

This competition replaces the Telkom knockout. Because this competition is sponsored by Carling Black Label, the Carling Black Label Cup will be merged with this competition and will be played by 16 teams instead of only 4.^[3] There will be 2 trophies up for grabs, the second being the Carling Cup Match, an All-Stars match played on 6 January 2024.^[4]

Teams

The teams consisted of the 16 teams from the 2023–24 South African Premier Division.^[5]^[6]

Venues

The Final Match and Carling Cup Match will be played at a venue confirmed by the organisers.


Carling Knockout Cup Final	All-star Match (Carling Cup Match)
Stadium To Be Confirmed	Tha Carling Cup Match will be played at Peter Mokaba Stadium
Peter Mokaba Stadium class=notpageimage\| Venues for The 2023 Carling Knockout Cup

Round of 16

18 October 2023 (2023-10-18)

19:30

TS Galaxy	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Mamelodi Sundowns
Mahlangu 13' Vidal 16'	Report	Allende 57' Sirino 98'
Penalties
	5–4

Mbombela Stadium, Mbombela

20 October 2023 (2023-10-20)

19:30

Orlando Pirates	2–0	Cape Town Spurs
Xoki 60' Erasmus 64'	Report

Orlando Stadium, Soweto

Golden Arrows v Cape Town City

21 October 2023	Golden Arrows	v	Cape Town City	Mpumalanga
15:00 SAST		Report		Stadium: Mpumalanga Stadium

Chippa United v Stellenbosch

21 October 2023	Chippa United	v	Stellenbosch	Gqeberha
15:00 SAST		Report		Stadium: Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium

Kaizer Chiefs v AmaZulu

21 October 2023	Kaizer Chiefs	v	AmaZulu	Soweto
18:00 SAST		Report		Stadium: FNB Stadium

Sekhukhune v Royal AM

21 October 2023	Sekhukhune	v	Royal AM	Polokwane
20:15 SAST		Report		Stadium: Peter Mokaba Stadium

Richards Bay v Moroka Swallows

22 October 2023	Richards Bay	v	Moroka Swallows	Durban
15:00 SAST		Report		Stadium: King Zwelithini Stadium

Supersport United v Polokwane City

22 October 2023	Supersport United	v	Polokwane City	Pretoria
18:00 SAST		Report		Stadium: Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium

Final

16 December 2023 (2023-12-16)

Stellenbosch	1–1 (a.e.t.)	TS Galaxy
	Report
Penalties
	5–4

Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban

Carling Cup Match

All-Stars Team v Stellenbosch

6 January 2024	All-Stars Team	v	Stellenbosch	Polokwane
TBC SAST		Report		Stadium: Peter Mokaba Stadium

Statistics

References

^ Kohler, Lorenz (10 October 2023). "Carling Knockout Explained As Draw Completed". iDiski Times. Archived from the original on 17 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
^ Strydom, Marc (10 October 2023). "Kaizer Chiefs to meet Usuthu in Carling Knockout Cup opening round". TimesLIVE. Archived from the original on 30 November 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
^ Tshwaku, Khanyiso (5 July 2022). "Carling Knockout Cup muscles into Telkom Knockout space in 2023, announces PSL chair". news24.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
^ "Carling Knockout, Carling Black Label Cup set to take SA by storm in 2023". SuperSport. 10 October 2023. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
^ Gumbi, Sibongiseni (10 October 2023). "Carling Black Label Knockout delivers fresh punch". The Citizen. Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
^ "All 16 clubs stand a chance to play in the 2022 Carling Black Label Cup". www.psl.co.za. 29 July 2022. Archived from the original on 16 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.