Gilport Lions Football Club is a

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club from

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 part of the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the sou ...

based in

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 ...

. Gilport Lions team colours are green and white. The club was previously called ''Botswana Meat Commission F.C.''. They have won the FA Challenge Cup in 2016.

History

The club was founded in 1969 by workers at the Botswana Meat Commission in Lobatse. They won the 2007 FA Challenge Cup, defeating ECCO City Greens F.C. on penalties. They also made the cup final in 1996, losing 2–0 to Township Rollers. In 2015, the club's ownership changed, with owners Kelesitse and Portia Gilika changing the club's name to Gilport Lions. The word "Gilport" is derived from their names.

Stadium

Gilport Lions F.C.'s home ground is Lobatse Sports Complex, which is situated between the hills in

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, next to Peleng river and around 75 km from Gaborone Athletic track and indoor sports arena. Its capacity is 20,000.Botswana Football Association Website http://www.bfa.co.bw/

Performance in CAF competitions

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– 1996 ::defeated by

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in the first round FA Vase Winners 2017 beating Tamworth rovers in the final

References

Football clubs in Botswana South-East District (Botswana) 1969 establishments in Botswana Association football clubs established in 1969 {{Botswana-footyclub-stub