Bay Stars F.C.

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{{Infobox football club

| clubname = Bay Stars

| image =

| fullname = Bay Stars Football Club

| nickname =

| founded = 2011

| dissolved = 2013

| chairman = Tony Lovegrove

| coach = {{flagicon|RSA}} Urban de Kock

| league = SAFA Second Division

| season = 2012–13 SSD

| position = 2nd (Eastern Cape Stream)

| ground = Gelvandale Stadium, Port Elizabeth

| capacity = 3,000

}}

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.

The club was set up in 2011, after purchasing the SAFA Second Division franchise of Bay Academy.{{cite web|url=http://www.peherald.com/news/article/2972|title=Launch of Bay Stars ignites soccer hopes|date=27 September 2011|publisher=The Herald|accessdate=16 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106130514/http://www.peherald.com/news/article/2972|archive-date=6 January 2012|url-status=usurped}} 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.{{fact|date=October 2023}}

Following the 2012–13 season, the club's Second Division franchise was sold, and became Morning Stars.{{cite web|url=http://www.algoafm.co.za/article.aspx?id=7104|title=Bay Stars become Morning Stars FC|date=4 August 2013|publisher=Algoa FM|accessdate=16 September 2013}} The SAFA Regional League franchise was sold later in the off season, and became Motherwell Academy.{{cite web|url=http://www.peherald.com/news/article/18674|title=Pefa outfit score big with Bay Stars Academy|date=4 September 2013|publisher=The Herald|accessdate=16 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034318/http://www.peherald.com/news/article/18674|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=usurped}}