Vasco da Gama is a South African football club based in the Parow suburb of the city of Cape Town.

In their first season of first division football they finished 5th, giving themselves the opportunity to build on their previous league performances.

After a successful 2005/2006 season, Vasco featured in the promotion playoffs, beating Bush Bucks in the semi-final.

After only one season in the Premiership Vasco was relegated finishing 15th on the log and losing the promotion/relegation playoffs.

[citation needed] On 9 January 2014, Vasco da Gama played a friendly match against German Bundesliga VfB Stuttgart at Coetzenberg Stadium in Stellenbosch[3] and lost 5–0 after a brace from Mohammed Abdellaoue, plus goals from Cacau, Martin Harnik and Vedad Ibišević.