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| Full name | Bantu Rovers Football Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | Tshintsha Guluva | |
| Founded | 2008 | |
| Ground | Barbourfields Stadium Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | |
| Chairman | Methembe Ndlovu [1] | |
| Manager | Methembe Ndlovu | |
| League | Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League (ZPSL) | |
Bantu Tshintsha Guluva Rovers Football Club is a Zimbabwean football club based in Bulawayo since their recent purchase by a group of businessmen from that city. [2] Prior to that the club was named Eastern Lions Football Club and based in Mutare, Manicaland.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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