For all the cup success that Jose Riveiro has enjoyed at Orlando Pirates, this week will mark the start of the one competition which the club hasn't had the best relationship with.
The second edition of the Carling Knockout gets underway this week with Pirates having what appears a favourable home fixture against newbies Magesi at Orlando Stadium on Saturday (15:00).
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Having won all editions of the MTN8 and Nedbank Cup since his arrival in South Africa, Riveiro has the Carling Knockout as the missing piece in his cup collection.
The League Cup has never been good to the Buccaneers since it came into existence as the Datsun Challenge in 1982, then the John Player Special Knockout, Coca-Cola Cup, Rothmans Cup, Coca-Cola again, Telkom, and now under the Carling sponsorship hat.
As the competition moves into its 40th edition this year, the Soweto giants have only ever won it once, which is rather strange considering that their rivals Kaizer Chiefs have 13 titles.
That single success came in 2011 under Julio Cesar Leal when they overcame Bidvest Wits in the final.
This means for all the coaches that have been at the club since 1982, it has only been Leal who could deliver this cup.
Pirates have lost eight finals of this competition with the most recent coming against Baroka FC in 2018, while the first was in 1987 when they couldn't be separated in a two-legged final against Durban Bush Bucks before the affair was settled in a replay.
They have also lost finals to Platinum Stars (2013), Chiefs (2010), Ajax Cape Town (2000 2008), Wits University (1995) and Mamelodi Sundowns (1990).
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If the League Cup is a cursed competition for the side, then Riveiro is the perfect man to lift it based on what he has already done.
Pirates were elbowed out by Richards Bay FC in the quarterfinals last year with the Spaniard in charge, upon the competition's return after being halted in 2019.