Lioli Football Club is a

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

club that plays in the

Lesotho Premier League The Lesotho Premier League, also known as Vodacom Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is the top football division in Lesotho and was created in 1970. Econet Telecom Lesotho was the league sponsor, from 2017/2018 to 2019/2020 season. Vodacom ...

. The team is based in

Teyateyaneng Teyateyaneng is a town located in the district of Berea District, Berea in Lesotho. Usually abbreviated to T.Y., Teyateyaneng takes its name from the two twin rivers which run on the north (Tebe-tebe River) and the South (Teja-tejana River). Both ...

. The club has won seven league championships, most recently in 2024–25.

History

The club was founded in 1932. Having won the

2024–25 Lesotho Premier League The 2024–25 Lesotho Premier League is the 57th season of the Lesotho Premier League, the top-tier football league in Lesotho, since its establishment in 1970. The season started on 21 September 2024, and will conclude in 24 May 2025. Lioli defen ...

, Lioli will be participating in the

CAF Champions League The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual football club (association football), club football competition organized by the Conf ...

. With Lesotho not having any stadiums meeting

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standards, Lioli will be playing their home games at the

Free State Stadium The Free State Stadium (), currently known as the Toyota Stadium for sponsorship reasons and formerly known as Vodacom Park, is a stadium in Bloemfontein in the Free State of South Africa, used mainly for rugby union and also sometimes for ass ...

Bloemfontein Bloemfontein ( ; ), also known as Bloem, is the capital and the largest city of the Free State (province), Free State province in South Africa. It is often, and has been traditionally, referred to as the country's "judicial capital", alongsi ...

in neighbouring

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Crest

File:Lioli FC (logo).png, Old logo

Gallery

File:lioli Style.JPG File:Lioli skill.jpg

Achievements

: 7 ::1985, 2009, 2013, 2015,

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

, 2024, 2024–25 * Lesotho Cup: 5 ::1984, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2016 * Lesotho Premier League's Top Goalscorer: ::2012–13: Ts'epo Seturumane with 16 goals.

Players

References

External links

Official website
(archived 22 July 2011) Lesotho Premier League clubs {{Lesotho-footyclub-stub