Bay Stars F.C.

Bay Stars was a semi-professional South African football (soccer) club based in the city of Port Elizabeth that played in the SAFA Second Division.

Bay Stars
Full nameBay Stars Football Club
Founded2011
Dissolved2013
GroundGelvandale Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Capacity3,000
ChairmanTony Lovegrove
Coach Urban de Kock
LeagueSAFA Second Division
2012–13 SSD2nd (Eastern Cape Stream)
This article is about defunct football club from 2011 to 2013. For new club, as continuation with new ownership, venue and name, see Morning Stars F.C.. For earlier club prior to 2011, see Bay United F.C.

The club was set up in 2011, after purchasing the SAFA Second Division franchise of Bay Academy. Bay Academy's parent club, Bay United, had been sold and moved to Polokwane, leaving Port Elizabeth without a professional football club. The club spent both years of its existence in the third tier of South African football. During the 2011–12 season, the league was known as the Vodacom League, during the 2012–13 season, it was known as the SAFA Second Division.

Following the 2012–13 season, the club's Second Division franchise was sold, and became Morning Stars. The SAFA Regional League franchise was sold later in the off season, and became Motherwell Academy.

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