The Steve Biko Football Club is a football club from Bakau in the

West Africa West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, M ...

state of Gambia, located near the capital of Banjul. They played in the GFA League First Division, which was the highest league in Gambian football. They won the

GFA Cup The GFA Cup, currently known as the Bank of Valletta, BOV GFA Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football cup competition in Gozo, run by and named after the Gozo Football Association. Th ...

in 2000. While the football club qualified for the 2002

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, they declined to participate. The Steve Biko Football Club was named after the murdered South African civil rights activist Steve Biko. Steve Biko was murdered by Apartheid regime government. Founded in 1978, the club initially began playing in the third division. They climbed the ranks of the league to achieve second place in 1983. In 1989, they played for the first time in the premier league.

Achievements

Gambian Championnat National D1 The GFA League First Division is the highest division of football in The Gambia. The league began play in 1965. 2021—22 season clubs Previous champions *1965–66 : Augustinians (Bathurst) *1966–67 : Augustinians (Bathurst) *1967–68 ...

: 1 :: 2013. *

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: 1 :: 2000.

Current players

Managers

* 1999–2000 –

Jules Bocandé Jules François Bocandé (25 November 1958 – 7 May 2012), was a Senegalese professional footballer who played as a striker. Bocandé is regarded as one of West Africa's best footballers of all time and was named an African Football Legend by ...

* Abdoulie Bojang

References

External links

Team profile
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