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Matebele FC
Matebele FC is a Botswanan football club based in Matebeleng, Kgatleng District that currently competes in the Botswana Premier League. Stadium Matebele FC plays its home matches at its own stadium, The Nest, in Matebeleng. History Matebele FC was founded in 2021 after former First Division South club Masters Blackpool FC was purchased and dissolved. Matebele FC was formed and took the club's place in the league. There was some backlash from fans as Lame Makache converted the club from a society to a business entity during the acquisition and rebranding process in order to meet licensing requirements. During its first season under the Matebele FC name, the club finished fourth in the league and reached the semi-finals of the Botswana FA Challenge Cup before falling 1–2 to Gaborone United. In May 2023, the club clinched promotion to the Botswana Premier League for the first time for the 2023–24 season by winning the First Division South. In preparation for the season and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matebeleng
Matebeleng, also known as Matebele (wikt:Ndebele, Ndebele) is a village in Kgatleng District of Botswana. It is located around 20 km north-east of Gaborone and the population was 1,180 in 2001 census. References Kgatleng District Villages in Botswana {{botswana-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 south and southeast, Namibia to the west and north, Zambia to the north, and Zimbabwe to the northeast. With a population of slightly over 2.4 million people and a comparable land area to France, Botswana is one of the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most sparsely populated countries in the world. It is essentially the nation-state of the Tswana people, who constitute nearly 80 percent of the population. The Tswana ethnic group are descended mainly from Bantu peoples, Bantu-speaking peoples who Bantu expansion, migrated into southern Africa, including modern Botswana, in several waves before AD 600. In 1885, the British Empire, British colonised the area and declared a protectorate named Bechuanaland. As part of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
2024–25 Botswana Premier League
The 2024–25 FNB Botswana Premier League season is the 47th season of the Botswana Premier League, the top-tier football league in Botswana, since its establishment in 1966. The season was planned to start on September 21, 2024, but was postponed to September 28, and then October 4. Jwaneng Galaxy FC are the current title holders from the 2023-24 season. The season starts with 16 teams even though last season it was introduced that four teams would relegate instead of two. Due to concerns of the participating teams, the BFA decided to remain with 16 teams in the BPL. This season was the first of FNB's three year sponsorship of the league. At the end of the season, three teams will be relegated into either the Botswana First Division North or the Botswana First Division South. League Changes Eleven Angels, Police XI, and Holy Ghost relegated from the 2023–24 Botswana Premier League. They were replaced by Chadibe, who won the Botswana First Division North and Union Flamin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
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 field called a Football pitch, pitch. The objective of the game is to Scoring in association football, score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed Goal (sport), goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport. Association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 and maintained by the International Football Association Board, IFAB since 1886. The game is pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kgatleng District
Kgatleng is one of the districts of Botswana, coterminous with the homeland of the Bakgatla people. Its capital is Mochudi, the hometown of protagonist Precious Ramotswe in Alexander McCall Smith's popular '' The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency'' series. According to the 2001 Census, Kgatleng had a population of 73,507. Kgatleng borders the North West Province of South Africa in the south, and to the east it borders South Africa's Limpopo Province. Domestically, it borders South-East District in the southwest, Kweneng District in the west, and Central District in the north. As of 2022, the total population of the district was 121,882 compared to 91,660 in 2011. The growth rate of the population during the decade was 2.73. The total number of workers constituted 25,130 with 13,278 males and 11,853 females in 2011, with a majority involved in agriculture. The district is administered by a district administration and district council which are responsible for local administra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Botswana First Division South
For association football in Botswana, the Botswana First Division South (currently known as the Debswana First Division South due to sponsorship reasons) is the second-tier professional football league in Botswana. Founded in 1966 after Botswana was granted independence, it is administered by the Botswana Football Association and features teams from the southern part of the country. History The league was founded in 1966 as an attempt by the BFA to stimulate grassroots football development and evenly spread the sport across the country. Although First Division teams are directly promoted to the top tier of Botswana football and also participate in the FA Challenge Cup, the winner of which qualifies to compete in the CAF Confederation Cup, an African continental competition equivalent to the UEFA Europa League, critics have claimed the league is not taken seriously enough. Cited as an example is the fact that the First Division South did not get a sponsor until 2013, 45 years into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Botswana FA Challenge Cup
The FA Challenge Cup, currently known as the Orange FA Cup or Orange Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the premier club football tournament in Botswana. Started in 1968 and first played as the Lions Cup, the tournament is based on the idea of giving lower league and amateur teams a chance to compete with top flight teams. It is based on the English FA Cup, which has become known for "giant killings" (lower league teams defeating top flight. History The tournament was started in 1968 as the Lions Cup. This name stayed in place until 1992 when the tournament was sponsored by Coca-Cola and was known as the Coca-Cola Cup. The tournament was known as the Coca-Cola Cup until the sponsorship deal expired in 2012. However, it was not played for six years due to lack of sponsors. In 2018 it was sponsored by Orange S.A., Orange and was renamed the Orange FA Cup or Orange Cup. Sponsorship The tournament was first sponsored in 1992. Below is a list of all the sponsors to date: * 1992–2012: Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaborone United S
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] |
2023–24 Botswana Premier League
The 2023–24 Botswana Premier League season was the 46th season of the Botswana Premier League, the top-tier football league in Botswana, since its establishment in 1966. The season started in October 2023. Jwaneng Galaxy FC were the defending champions after winning the 2022-23 season. This season was intended to see four teams relegated instead of the usual two, with only two teams going up from the second tier, namely the Botswana First Division North and Botswana First Division South. This was due to an intended league re-structuring from the BFA who were planning to decrease the amount of teams from 16 to 12. However, the re-structuring was delayed, and the 2024–25 Botswana Premier League also started with 16 teams. League Changes Newly promoted teams included TAFIC, who won the Botswana First Division North, Matebele FC, the champion of the Botswana First Division South, and VTM FC whom beat Chadibe after a 6-5 penalty victory to ensure promotion. They replaced Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Botswana Police XI SC
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 - Preliminary Round *CAF Cup The CAF Cup was an annual competition organised by the CAF for domestic leagues runners-up of member associations who have not qualified to one of the two pre-existing CAF international club competitions the African Cup of Champions Clubs or t ...: 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] |
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the northeast, approximating a quadripoint, Zimbabwe lies less than 200 metres (660 feet) away along the Zambezi, Zambezi River near Kazungula, Zambia. Namibia's capital and largest city is Windhoek. Namibia is the driest country in sub-Saharan Africa, and has been inhabited since prehistoric times by the Khoekhoe, Khoi, San people, San, Damara people, Damara and Nama people. Around the 14th century, immigration, immigrating Bantu peoples arrived as part of the Bantu expansion. From 1600 the Ovambo people#History, Ovambo formed kingdoms, such as Ondonga and Oukwanyama. In 1884, the German Empire established rule over most of the territory, forming a colony known as German South West Africa. Between 1904 and 1908, German troops waged a punitive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
