Melele FC

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Melele
Full name Melele FC
Ground Qacha's Nek Stadium, Qacha's Nek, Lesotho
Ground Capacity 1,000
League Lesotho Premier League

Melele FC is a Lesotho football club based in Qacha's Nek. It is based in the city of Qacha's Nek in the Qacha's Nek District.

Qachas Nek

Qacha's Nek is, since 1888, the camptown (capital) of Qacha's Nek District in Lesotho, only two kilometers from the South African border at 1,980 meters (6,500 ft) above sea level. It has a population of approximately 15,900 (2016). It is home to Machabeng Government Hospital, one of the two hospitals in the district.

Qachas Nek District District in Lesotho

Qacha's Nek is a district of Lesotho. Qacha's Nek is the capital or camptown, and only town in the district. In the south, Qacha's Nek borders on the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, and it has a short border with KwaZulu-Natal Province in the far east. Domestically, it borders on Quthing District in southwest, Mohale's Hoek District in west and Thaba-Tseka District in the northern direction.

Contents

The team currently plays in Lesotho Premier League. [1]

Lesotho Premier League association football league

The Lesotho Premier League also known as Econet Premier League is the top football division in Lesotho and was created in 1970. Econet Telecom Lesotho are the current league sponsor, since 2017/2018 season. Vodacom Lesotho were the previous league sponsor and were also the sponsor of the now cancelled Vodacom Soccer Spectacular knockout competition, which was the Lesotho's annual national cup tournament.

Stadium

Currently the team plays at the 1000 capacity Qacha's Nek Stadium.

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References

  1. "lesotho premier". soccerway. 2014. Retrieved 2010-01-15.