| 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.
The Gambia national football team represents The Gambia in men's international football and is controlled by the Gambia Football Federation. Until 1965, the team and the country, were known as British Gambia. The team has never qualified for the World Cup. In 2021, Gambia qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations finals for the first time in history. The team represents both FIFA and Confederation of African Football (CAF).
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.
The GFA League First Division is the highest division of football in The Gambia. The league began play in 1969.
The Gambian Cup is the top knockout tournament of the Gambian football. The current champion is Brikama United who won their only title in 2016. The winner competes in the Gambian Super Cup and also qualifies into the CAF Confederation Cup each season, if the national league champion also wins the FA cup then the second placed cup club competes.
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The 2005 First Division season was the 37th of the amateur competition of the first-tier football in the Gambia. The tournament was organized by the Gambian Football Association (GFA). The season began on 7 January and finished on 3 July. Wallidan FC won the fifteenth title and qualified for and competed in the 2006 CAF Champions League the following season. Bakau United FC, winner of the 2005 Gambian Cup participated in the 2006 CAF Confederation Cup the following season..
The 2009 GFA League First Division season was the 41st of the amateur competition of the first-tier football in the Gambia. The competition was governed by the Gambian Football Association (GFA). The season began on February 20 and finished earlier on May 23. The (Gambian) Armed Forces FC won the second title after finishing with 44 points and qualified into the 2010 CAF Champions League the following season. Wallidan FC was also winner of the 2009 Gambian Cup, runner up was Samger, not even that club qualified and competed in the 2010 CAF Confederation Cup due to financial problems. It was the first season featuring twelve clubs, up from ten last season. The last two positions received relegation into the GFA League Second Division in the following season, they were Africell and Tallinding United.
The 2018 Gambia Football Federation Cup was the 50th edition of the Gambian Cup since independence, the knockout football competition of Gambia.
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