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Full name | Botswana Defence Force XI Football Club | |
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Founded | 1978 [1] | |
Ground | SSKB Stadium [2] Mogoditshane, Botswana | |
Capacity | 5,000 | |
Manager | Letang Kgengwenyane | |
League | Botswana Premier League | |
2023–24 | 11th | |
Botswana Defence Force XI Football Club is a football club from Botswana based in Mogoditshane and playing home games in Gaborone. It is the club of the Botswana Defence Force, composed mostly of military players. As of 2007, [update] players were eligible to play for the club once they became cadets. [3] In 2016, the club reduced the number of civilian players on the team, citing financial concerns. [4]
BDF XI were founded in 1978, a year after the Botswana Defence Force came into existence. [1] BDF XI have won the Botswana Premier League seven times, most recently in 2004. [5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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