JOHANNESBURG
South Africa
One of 20 GPFL Host Cities
KEY STADIUMS
FNB Stadium (Soccer City) 94,736
Orlando Stadium 37,139
POPULATION
Metro 10,500,000 (2022)
Urban 6,065,000 (2022)
Main Attractions
Mandela’s House, Constitution Hill Human Rights Precinct, Apartheid Museum, Hector Pieterson Memorial, Gold Reef City Theme Park, Sun City
Other Sports Venues
Wanderers Stadium Cricket, Ellis Park Rugby, WeBuyCars Dome Basketball, Indoor Sports, Ellis Park Arena Indoor Sports
Most Visited City Ranking
39
World's Best City Ranking
N/A
Why did we choose Johannesburg?
Johannesburg has hosted a World Cup final and, when we had to rule Moscow out of the running for hosting a GPFL club, was a great next alternative. The city helps with our global spread too, as it sits at the opposite end of Africa to Cairo.
JOHANNESBURG
Johannesburg, colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or “The City of Gold”, is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world.
According to Demographia, the Johannesburg-Pretoria urban area (combined because of strong transport links that make commuting feasible) is the 26th-largest in the world in terms of population. It is the provincial capital and largest city of Gauteng, which is the wealthiest province in South Africa, and is the seat of the Constitutional Court, the highest court in South Africa. The city is located in the mineral-rich Witwatersrand range of hills and is the centre of large-scale gold and diamond trade.
The city was established in 1886 following the discovery of gold on what had been a farm. Due to the extremely large gold deposit found along the Witwatersrand, within ten years, the population had grown to 100,000 inhabitants. A separate city from the late 1970s until 1994, Soweto is now part of Johannesburg.