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Lesotho Premier League
The Lesotho Premier League also known as Econet Premier League is the top football division in Lesotho and was created in 1970. Econet Telecom Lesotho are the current league sponsor, since 2017/2018 season. Vodacom Lesotho were the previous league sponsor and were also the sponsor of the now cancelled Vodacom Soccer Spectacular knockout competition, which was the Lesotho's annual national cup tournament. Format The Lesotho Premier League is currently contested by 14 clubs. The league uses a double round robin format meaning one team plays the other twice. Therefore, a team will play a total of 26 games per season. The team with the most points wins the league title. The Lesotho Premier League is still played on an amateur status. Sponsorship Since 2002, Lesotho's Premier League has been sponsored by telecommunications companies. Econet Telecom Lesotho, through its prepaid product Buddie, sponsored the Premier League and Lesotho's lower leagues (the A-Division, B-Division and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesotho A Division
Lesotho ( ), officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a country landlocked as an enclave in South Africa. It is situated in the Maloti Mountains and contains the highest mountains in Southern Africa. It has an area of over and has a population of about million. It was previously the British Crown colony of Basutoland, which declared independence from the United Kingdom on 4 October 1966. It is a fully sovereign state and is a member of the United Nations, the Commonwealth of Nations, the African Union, and the Southern African Development Community. The name ''Lesotho'' roughly translates to "land of the Sotho". History Basutoland Basutoland emerged as a single polity under King Moshoeshoe I in 1822. Moshoeshoe, a son of Mokhachane, a minor chief of the Bakoteli lineage, formed his own clan and became a chief around 1804. Between 1820 and 1823, he and his followers settled at the Butha-Buthe Mountain, joining with former adversaries in resistance against the Lifaqane a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesotho Independence Cup
The Lesotho Independence Cup is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic football in Lesotho. Winners Sturrock Cup *1963 : Bantu FC (Matefeng) *1976 : Matlama FC (Maseru) *1978 : Maseru United *1979 : Matlama FC (Maseru) *1980 : Matlama FC (Maseru) *1981 : Maseru Rovers *1982 : Maseru Rovers *1983 : Linare FC (Leribe) *1984 : Lioli FC (Teyateyaneng) Independence Cup (Top 4) *1985 : Lesotho Paramilitary Forces (Maseru) *1986 : RLDF (Maseru) *1987 : Matlama FC (Maseru) *1988 : RLDF (Maseru) *1989 : Arsenal (Maseru) *1990 : RLDF (Maseru) *1991 : Arsenal (Maseru) *1992 : Matlama FC (Maseru) *1993 : Bantu FC (Mafeteng) *1994 : Matlama FC (Maseru) *1995 : Maseru Rovers *1996 : Lerotholi Polytechnic *1997 : Bantu FC (Mafeteng) *1998 : Arsenal (Maseru) *1999 : Linare FC (Leribe) *2000 : RLDF (Maseru) *2001–04 not played *2005 : LCS (Maseru) *2006 : Likhopo (Maseru) and Lioli FC (Teyateyaneng) atch abandoned due to crowd trouble*2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linare FC
Linare FC is a Lesotho football club based in Leribe in the Leribe District Leribè is a district of Lesotho. It has an area of 2,828 km2 and a population in 2016 of approximately 337,500. Hlotse is the capital or camptown of the district. The district has one additional town, namely Maputsoe. In the west, Leribe bo .... It was established in 1931 and it has been in the Lesotho Premier Division from the early 1930s to date. The team currently plays in Lesotho Premier League. Stadium Currently the team plays at the 1,000 capacity Hlotse Stadium. Titles * Lesotho Premier League: 3 ::1973, 1979, 1980 References External linksSoccerway Lesotho Premier League clubs {{Lesotho-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Likhopo
Likhopo Football Club is a Lesotho football club located in Maseru, Lesotho. It currently plays in Lesotho Premier League. Titles *Lesotho Premier League: 2 ::2005, 2006 Performance in CAF competitions *CAF Champions League: 2 appearances ::2006 – Preliminary Round ::2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ... – Preliminary Round Lesotho Premier League clubs Organisations based in Maseru {{DEFAULTSORT:Likhopo External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morija
Morija is a town in western Lesotho, located 35 kilometres south of the capital, Maseru. Morija is one of Lesotho's most important historical and cultural sites, known as the Selibeng sa Thuto— the Well-Spring of Learning. It was the site of the first French Protestant mission in Lesotho, founded in 1833. The town also houses the Morija Museum and Archives, well known for supporting research and preserving valuable records and documents of Lesotho's history.S.S. Kimaryo, J.O. Okpaku Sr., A. Githuku-Shongwe, J. Feeney (2004). ''Turning a Crisis into an Opportunity''. Third Press Publishers. See also *Morija Arts & Cultural Festival *Morija Museum & Archives Morija Museum & Archives, also known as Morija Museum, is located in Morija, a large village in the Maseru district of Lesotho. The museum was formally opened in 1956, and entered its present permanent facilities in 1989. The purpose of the museum ... References *Fitzpatrick, M., Blond, B., Pitcher, G., Richmond, S., and Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butha-Buthe
Butha-Buthe is the capital city or Camptown (Lesotho), camptown of the Butha-Buthe District in Lesotho. It has a population of 35,108 (2016 census). It is named for Butha-Buthe Mountain to the north of the town. The city's name means "place of deposits." Butha-Buthe was founded in 1884 in order to provide the local ruler with a place where he could pay taxes, rather than forcing him to the more distant town of Hlotse. The town has a high school called Bokoro High School. A Canadian organization called Help Lesotho, has been assisting the school with their literary skills, and it is now becoming one of the highest ranked schools for literacy skills out of the schools, assisted by Help Lesotho. Bokoro is twinned with Ridgemont High School (Ottawa), Ridgemont High School in Ottawa. Sport Butha-Buthe is home to the former Lesotho Premier League association football, football team, Butha-Buthe Warriors, who currently play in Lesotho A-Division North Stream.https://www.facebook.com/L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesotho Mounted Police Service FC
Lesotho Mounted Police Service FC is a Lesotho football club based in Maseru. It is based in the city of Maseru in the Maseru District. The team currently plays in Lesotho Premier League The Lesotho Premier League also known as Econet Premier League is the top football division in Lesotho and was created in 1970. Econet Telecom Lesotho are the current league sponsor, since 2017/2018 season. Vodacom Lesotho were the previous leagu .... Stadium Currently the team plays at the 1,000 capacity PTC Ground Europa. References External linksSoccerway Lesotho Premier League clubs [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesotho Defence Force FC
Lesotho Defence Force FC is a Lesotho football club based in Maseru. It is based in the city of Maseru in the Maseru District. The team currently plays in Lesotho Premier League The Lesotho Premier League also known as Econet Premier League is the top football division in Lesotho and was created in 1970. Econet Telecom Lesotho are the current league sponsor, since 2017/2018 season. Vodacom Lesotho were the previous leagu .... Stadium Currently the team plays at the 1,000 capacity Ratjomose Stadium. References External linksSoccerway Lesotho Premier League clubs Military association football clubs Military of Lesotho Organisations based in Maseru {{Lesotho-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesotho Correctional Services FC
Lesotho Correctional Services football club are a team based in Maseru, Lesotho. They compete in the Lesotho Premier League and have won four league titles. Achievements *Lesotho Premier League: 6 ::2000, 2002 ''(both as Lesotho Prisons Service)'' ::2007, 2008, 2011, 2012. Performance in CAF competitions *CAF Champions League: 1 appearance ::2008 – Preliminary Round ::2012 – Preliminary Round *CAF Confederation Cup: 0 appearance *CAF Super Cup The CAF Super Cup (also known as African Super Cup or for sponsorship reasons TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup) is an annual African association football competition contested between the winners of the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation ...: 0 appearance Lesotho Premier League clubs Works association football teams Organisations based in Maseru {{Lesotho-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maseru
Maseru is the capital and largest city of Lesotho. It is also the capital of the Maseru District. Located on the Caledon River, Maseru lies directly on the Lesotho–South Africa border. Maseru had a population of 330,760 in the 2016 census. The city was established as a police camp and assigned as the capital after the country became a British protectorate in 1869. When the country achieved independence in 1966, Maseru retained its status as capital. The name of the city is a Sesotho word meaning "red sandstones". History Maseru was founded by the British as a small police camp in 1869, following the conclusion of the Free State–Basotho Wars when Basutoland became a British protectorate. Maseru is located at the edge of the "conquered territories" relinquished to the Orange Free State (now the Free State province of South Africa) as part of the peace terms. It was located west of Basotho King Moshoeshoe I's stronghold of Thaba Bosiu, the previous ''de facto'' capital. A bust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kick 4 Life
Kick4Life FC (K4L) is the world's first football club exclusively dedicated to social change. Currently playing in the Lesotho Men's Premier League and the Lesotho Women's Super League the club is a registered charity in Lesotho, the UK and the US, and aims to utilise the power of football to change the lives and long-term prospects of young people in Lesotho. History Kick4Life FC is a football club based in Lesotho. Based in Maseru, the club’s mission is to transform the lives and long-term prospects of vulnerable young people in Lesotho, through a wide range of Football for Good activities focused on health, education, gender equality and employability. Kick4Life was founded as a charity in 2005 by brothers Steve Fleming and Pete Fleming from the UK. A men’s team was founded in 2008 and a women’s team in 2009. The men’s team became champions of the Northern Stream A-Division League in 2013/14 and was promoted to the Lesotho Premier League, since maintaining its top flig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hlotse
Hlotse (also Leribe) is an important market town in Lesotho. It is situated on the Hlotse River, near the South African border. The town was founded in 1876 by a British missionary, Reverend John Widdicombe. It was a colonial centre until Lesotho gained its independence. The population in 2016 was 38,558. The alternate name, Leribe, comes from the adjacent French Protestant Leribe Mission, founded in 1859 by François Coillard. Hlotse is also called Leribe because it is the camptown in the district of Leribe. The main Basotho Headquarters for Help Lesotho Help Lesotho is a non-governmental organization that was founded in 2004 by Dr. Peg Herbert. Based in Ottawa, Canada, Help Lesotho is made up of dedicated people, working to help prevent HIV/AIDS in the country of Lesotho, which has the 2nd highe ... is in Hlotse. Places of interest Three different sightseeing locations are the Leribe Craft Centre, statue in front of the District Administration office, and an old milit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
