Part of a technical team that has been appointed after players quit en-masse, he said his top priority was to save the club from relegation and fight for promotion to the Absa Premiership next season. He pinned his hopes on the club having always survived the tough times before, even when the odds would have been stacked against them.
Match-fixing, which resulted in the club’s founder, Azziz Kara’s lifetime ban, relegation to the third tier of local football and contract breaches are some of the problems that have bedevilled the side. Recently, FC AK had to start from scratch, after players quit because of unpaid salaries.
“We have been in this situation before, but there is just something about this side that every time it is written off, it always bounces back,” said Kapowezha, who has been with the side since its formation in 2006.
“There is no doubt the club’s image has suffered over the years and I have taken the new role with the aim of changing that. In the short term, the aim is to stabilise the club and avoid relegation. We then can work towards attaining the objective set at the formation of the club – promotion to the Premiership. The players are capable and showed that with a victory over log-leaders Mpumalanga Black Aces in our first game under the new management.”
Halfway into the 2012/13 season, the Johannesburg-based side lay second-last in the 16-team log. Zimbabweans Alois Ngwerume and Taonga Dondo were among those brought in to revive the team’s fortunes.
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