Mascom Premier League

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The Botswana Premier League is the highest division in football in Botswana. The league has existed since 1966. The championship initially called MLO Cup. The first edition 1966, with participants including Tlokweng Pirates, Notwane, Black Peril, 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 at the southern part of the country until the 2007/2006 season when Ecco City 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 15 million pula.

[edit] Botswana Premier League - Clubs 2008/2009

• Boteti Young Fighters (Orapa)
• Botswana Defence Force XI Matebele a mantshonyana (Gaborone)
• Botswana Meat Commission FC Ezinkomo (Lobatse)
• Centre Chiefs Magosi, Ma apara nkwe (Mochudi)
• ECCO City Green Mamoja diski (Francistown)
• Extension Gunners Mapantsula (Lobatse)
• Gaborone UnitedUP THE REDS,The money machine (Gaborone city)
• Great North Tigers (Francistown)
• Mogoditshane Fighters The Brazilans (Mogoditshane)
• Motlakase FC (Palapye)
• Nico United Majombolo (Selibe-Pikwe)
• Notwane FC Toronto, Sechaba (Gaborone)
• Police XI The Jungle kings (Otse)
• TAFIC Matjimenyenga, Ndipe ndi ku pe (Francistown)
• Township Rollers Mapalasitina, Popa e Wele (Gaborone)
• Uniao Flamengo Santos FC (Gaborone)

[edit] Relegated in 2007/08

• Jwaneng Comets FC (Jwaneng)
• TASC FC (Francistown)

[edit] Previous champions

[edit] Performance By Club

[edit] Topscorers

[edit] Botswana Premier League Player of the Season

[edit] External links

• RSSSF competition history