2016–17 Botswana Premier League
The 2016–17 Botswana Premier League was the 40th season of the Botswana Premier League since its establishment in 1966. Township Rollers F.C., Township Rollers clinched their second straight league title and 14th overall. RSSSF.com Team summaries Promotion and relegation Teams promoted from Botswana First Division North and Botswana First Division South, South * Black Forest F.C. * Mahalapye United Hotspurs * Security Systems F.C., Security Systems Teams relegated to Botswana First Division North and Botswana First Division South, South * Botswana Railways Highlanders, BR Highlanders * Motlakase Power Dynamos * F.C. Satmos, SatmosStadiums and locations League table Positions by round |
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Botswana Premier League
The Botswana Premier League is the highest level Association football, football league in Botswana. Organised by the Botswana Football Association, the league was formed in 1978 to replace the pre-independence Bechuanaland Union African Soccer League, which was regional. Participants in the first edition of the league included Tlokweng Pirates, Notwane, Black Peril FC, Black Peril, Queens Park Rangers (Botswana), Queens Park Rangers and a team from Ngwaketse district. The league has always been dominated by the teams that are based south of Dibete or in the southern part of the country. In the 2006–07 season, ECCO City Green, Ecco City Greens made history by becoming the first team from the north to lift the lucrative competition. The league is sponsored by a mobile phone operator Be Mobile to the tune of 30 million pula. After the ABSA premiership in South Africa, the Be Mobile league is the second highest sponsored league in the COSAFA region. The league has attracted increas ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Botswana Defence Force XI FC
Botswana Defence Force XI Football Club is a football club from Botswana based in Mogoditshane and playing home games in Gaborone. It is the club of the Botswana Defence Force, composed mostly of military players. players were eligible to play for the club once they became cadets. In 2016, the club reduced the number of civilian players on the team, citing financial concerns. History BDF XI were founded in 1978, a year after the Botswana Defence Force came into existence. BDF XI have won the Botswana Premier League seven times, most recently in 2004. Honours *Botswana Premier League: 7 ::1981, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1997, 2002, 2004 * Botswana Challenge Cup: 3 ::1989, 1998, 2004 * Botswana Independence Cup: 2 ::2001, 2002 Performance in CAF competitions *CAF Champions League: 2 appearances ::1998 – Preliminary Round ::2003 – Preliminary Round * African Cup of Champions Clubs: 4 appearances :: 1982 – First Round ::1989 – First Round ::1990 – Pre ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lobatse
Lobatse is a town in south-eastern Botswana, 70 kilometres south of the capital Gaborone, situated in a valley running north towards Gaborone and close to the border with South Africa. Lobatse has a population of 29,772 as of 2022. The town is an administrative district, with a town council. Government and infrastructure Lobatse Senior Secondary School Lobatse Senior Secondary School is a government institution An institution is a humanly devised structure of rules and norms that shape and constrain social behavior. All definitions of institutions generally entail that there is a level o ... is located in Lobatse. The Botswana Prison Service (BPS) operates the Lobatse Prison.Prisons and Rehabilitation " [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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SSKB Stadium
Sir Seretse Khama Barracks Stadium, popularly known as SSKB Stadium, is a multi-use stadium in Mogoditshane, Kweneng, Botswana. It is used mostly for football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ... matches and serves as the home stadium of Botswana Defence Force XI. The stadium holds 5,000 people. The stadium is owned by the Botswana Defence Force (BDF). The pitch is encircled by an athletics track. External linksVenue information Football venues in Gaborone Military of Botswana {{Botswana-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gaborone
Gaborone ( , , ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Botswana, largest city of Botswana, with a population of 246,325 based on the 2022 census, about 10% of the total population of Botswana. Its metropolitan area is home to 534,842 inhabitants at the 2022 census. Gaborone is situated between Kgale Hill and Oodi Hill, near the confluence of the Notwane River and Segoditshane River in the southeastern corner of Botswana, within from the South African border. The city is served by the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport. It is an administrative district in its own right, but is the capital of the surrounding South-East District (Botswana), South-East District. Locals often refer to the city as ''GC or Motse-Mshate''. The city of Gaborone is named after Chief Gaborone of the Tlokwa people, who once controlled land nearby. Because it was not affiliated with any specific indigenous group and was close to fresh water, the city was New town, planned to be the capi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mmankgodi
Mmankgodi is a village in Kweneng District of Botswana. It is located 35 km from Gaborone and around 30 km from the border with South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O .... The population of Mmankgodi was 6,802 in 2011 census. The people of Mmankgodi are called the Bahurutshe, a group also found in the village of Manyana. They arrived in the region from South Africa throughout the eighteenth century because of Boer oppression, which led to the Battle of Dimawe in 1852. The tribal chief of Mmankgodi is Kgosi Thobega , and, as is customary in Botswana, the salutation 'kgosi' is the title used before the chief's name. References Kweneng District Villages in Botswana {{botswana-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Black Forest FC
Black Forest FC is a football club from Mmankgodi, Botswana, currently playing in the Botswana Premier League The Botswana Premier League is the highest level Association football, football league in Botswana. Organised by the Botswana Football Association, the league was formed in 1978 to replace the pre-independence Bechuanaland Union African Soccer L .... They are known as Magoleng by their fans. The club colours are green and black. History The club were formed in 1998. They were promoted to the Botswana Premier League after winning the 2015-16 Division One South. They hired Zimbabwean coach Gilbert Mushangazhike in 2017. newafricangazette.com References [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Motlakase Power Dynamos
Motlakase Power Dynamos is a football club based in Palapye, Botswana, competing in the second division Botswana First Division North. In the 2015–16 season they were relegated after finishing 14th in the Botswana Premier League. History The club, then called Motlakase FC, won the 2009 Botswana First Division South title with 54 points, eight better than Miscellaneous FC of Serowe, earning them promotion to the Botswana Premier League The Botswana Premier League is the highest level Association football, football league in Botswana. Organised by the Botswana Football Association, the league was formed in 1978 to replace the pre-independence Bechuanaland Union African Soccer L .... They renamed to Motlakase Power Dynamos during the 2009 season break. The club were relegated from the Premier League at the end of the 2010–11 season. This ended two consecutive seasons of top flight football for the Palapye club. The team won the Botswana First Division North in 2011–12 t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Botswana Railways Highlanders
Mahalapye Railway Highlanders are a football club in the Botswana Premier League who play home games in Molepolole, but are based out of Mahalapye Mahalapye is a town located in the Central District of Botswana Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory pa .... Mahalapye Railway Highlanders, previously Botswana Railway Highlanders, are the team of Botswana Railways, but the company's sponsorship only goes as far as transport and some sporting equipment. In 2015 Highlanders were 100% financed by the Railways corporation. History Highlanders were founded as a social club in 1987 by workers of Botswana Railways. In 2002 they were promoted to the first division for the first time, led by coach Tebogo Mokute. They were promoted to the top division Botswana Premier League for the first time for the 2012 season. Highlanders were relegated from ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Black Forest F
Black is a color that results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without chroma, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness.Eva Heller, ''Psychologie de la couleur – effets et symboliques'', pp. 105–26. Black and white have often been used to describe opposites such as good and evil, the Dark Ages versus the Age of Enlightenment, and night versus day. Since the Middle Ages, black has been the symbolic color of solemnity and authority, and for this reason it is still commonly worn by judges and magistrates. Black was one of the first colors used by artists in Neolithic cave paintings. It was used in ancient Egypt and Greece as the color of the underworld. In the Roman Empire, it became the color of mourning, and over the centuries it was frequently associated with death, evil, witches, and magic. In the 14th century, it was worn by royalty, clergy, judges, and government o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sankoyo Bush Bucks
Sankoyo Bush Bucks Football Club is an association football club from Sankoyo, Botswana. They formerly played in the top domestic Botswana Premier League The Botswana Premier League is the highest level Association football, football league in Botswana. Organised by the Botswana Football Association, the league was formed in 1978 to replace the pre-independence Bechuanaland Union African Soccer L ... until their relegation in 2019. They play home games in Maun. Their colours are green and white. Their nickname is "Ngurungu", the local name for a bushbuck. History Sankoyo Bush Bucks were founded in 1996 and began play in 2000. They gained promotion to the Premier League in 2014, becoming the first team from the northwestern Nhabe region to play in the Botswana top flight. The Bush Bucks were docked 29 points after the end of the 2015 season which meant they would be relegated after using an unregistered player, Zimbabwean Morris Ruzivo. However, they won their appeal and re ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Police XI
Botswana Police XI Sporting Club is a football (soccer) club from Botswana based in village of Otse south of Gaborone. Achievements *Botswana Premier League : 1 ::2006 * Botswana FA Cup : 1 ::1983 Performance in CAF competitions *CAF Champions League: 2 appearances ::2006 - Preliminary Round ::2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ... - Preliminary Round * CAF Cup: 1 appearance ::1999 - First Round External linksTeam profile- ''Soccerway.com'' Association football clubs established in 1977 Football clubs in Gaborone 1977 establishments in Botswana Police association football clubs Football clubs in Botswana {{Botswana-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |