Nyenye Rovers FC

Nyenye Rovers FC
Full name	Nyenye Rovers Football Club
Dissolved	2015
Ground	St. Monica's Primary and Morate High School Stadium,; Hlotse, Lesotho
Capacity	1,000
League	Lesotho Premier League
2014–15	13th (relegated) [1]

Last updated April 28, 2019

Nyenye Rovers Football Club was a Lesotho football club based in Leribe.

Hlotse is an important market town in Lesotho. It is situated on the Hlotse River, near the South African border. The town was founded in 1876 by a British missionary, Reverend John Widdicombe. It was a colonial centre until Lesotho gained its independence. The population in 2016 was 38,558.

History

It was based in the city of Leribe in the Leribe District and played long time in the Lesotho Premier League.^[2] The club became in 2015, the football team of the Limkokwing University of Creative Technology and was reformed to Limkokwing University FC.^[3]

Leribè is a district of Lesotho. It has an area of 2,828 km² and a population in 2016 of approximately 337,500. Hlotse is the capital or camptown of the district. The district has one additional town, namely Maputsoe. In the west, Leribe borders on the Free State Province of South Africa. Domestically, it borders Butha-Buthe District in the north, Mokhotlong District in the east, Thaba-Tseka District in southeast and Berea District in southwest.

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.

Limkokwing University of Creative Technology is a private international university with a presence across Africa, Europe, and Asia. With its main campus in Malaysia, the university has over 30,000 students from more than 150 countries, studying in campuses in Kuala Lumpur, Melaka, Kuching, Botswana, Cambodia, Cambodia, Lesotho, Sierra Leone, Eswatini, Uganda and the United Kingdom.

Stadium

The team plays at the 1,000 capacity St. Monica's Primary and Morate High School Stadium.

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References

↑ Lesotho 2014/15 at Rsssf
↑ "lesotho premier". soccerway. 2014. Retrieved 2010-01-15.
↑ "ForMer premier league side Nyenye rovers have sold their A Division franchise to limkokwing university of Creative technology (luCt)". sunday express. 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-02.

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[1] Lesotho 2014/15 at Rsssf

[2] "lesotho premier". soccerway. 2014. Retrieved 2010-01-15.

[3] "ForMer premier league side Nyenye rovers have sold their A Division franchise to limkokwing university of Creative technology (luCt)". sunday express. 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-02.