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| Full name | ECCO City Greens Sporting Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | Mamoja Disckie | |
| Founded | 1992 | |
| Ground | Francistown Stadium, Francistown, Botswana, 27,000 capacity | |
| Chairman | Dr. Kerapetse Sehularo | |
| Manager | Maxwel Malume Moyo | |
| League | Botswana First Division North | |
| 2017–18 | 10th | |
ECCO City Greens FC is a football club from Botswana based in Francistown. [1]
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