Full name | Bakau United Football Club | ||
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Founded | 1996 | ||
Ground | Serrekunda East mini-stadium | ||
Capacity | 5,000 | ||
League | GFA League First Division | ||
2014/15 | 12th (Relegated) | ||
The Bakau United Football Club is a football club from Bakau in the West African, state of Gambia, located near the capital of Banjul. They play in the GFA League First Division, which is the highest league in Gambian football. They won the Gambian Cup in 2005.
Currently the team plays at the 5,000 capacity Serrekunda East mini-stadium.
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Bakau is a town on the Atlantic coast of Gambia, west of Gambia's capital city of Banjul. It is known for its botanical gardens, its crocodile pool Bakau Kachikally and for the beaches at Cape Point. Bakau is the first major suburb outside Banjul and the most developed town in the Gambia. Close to Bakau and Banjul is Gambia's largest city, Serekunda.
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