Kaizer Chiefs' reunion with Italian manufacturers will send reminders about the years when AmaKhosi were a dominant force in domestic football instead of the faded giant that they have since become.
Chiefs were league champions in 1989 when they started their partnership with Kappa with Shane McGregor the league's Player of the Season.
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Amakhosi won the two-legged final of the BP Top 8 against Wits University and then added the JPS Smooth Series after overcoming Moroka Swallows.
The following year they were league runners-up before winning the league in 1991 and 1992.
Through those two years when they were league champions, they also won the BP Top Eight in consecutive years plus the Castle Challenge (1991) and the BOB Save Super Bowl (1992) while they lost in the 1992 Coca-Cola Cup final.
This meant within the first four years of being kitted by Kappa, Chiefs had been league champions thrice and won six trophies.
Besides McGregor in '89, Fani Madida ('91) and Doctor Khumalo ('93) were the league's best players.
From 1993-96, Chiefs added another two trophies before the club went into an agreement with Reebok to become their new technical supplier.
So, between 1989-96 when AmaKhosi were kitted by Kappa they delivered 11 titles while from 2001-23 they have won 17 trophies.
Under their current sponsors – Nike – AmaKhosi have not won a trophy since May 2015 when they lifted the league title and are going through their longest run without a trophy.
AmaKhosi's relationship with Nike will run up at the end of the season with Kappa returning with effect from the 2023/24 season.
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