Botswana Premier League

Botswana Premier League

Country	Botswana
Confederation	CAF
Founded	1966
Number of teams	16
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Botswana First Division North and Botswana First Division South
Domestic cup(s)	FA Challenge Cup Botswana Independence Cup Orange Kabelano Charity Cup Mascom Top 8 Cup
International cup(s)	Champions League Confederation Cup
Current champions	Township Rollers (2013/14)
Most championships	Township Rollers (12)
2014-15

The Botswana Premier League is the Commercial Wing of Botswana Football Association. The league has existed since 1966. The championship initially called MLO Cup. The first edition 1966, with participants including Tlokweng Pirates, Notwane, Black Peril, Queens Park Rangers and a team from Ngwaketse district.

The league has always been dominated by the teams that are based south of Dibete or at the southern part of the country until the 2006/2007 season when Ecco City made history by becoming the first team from the north to lift the lucrative competition. The league is sponsored by a mobile phone operator Be Mobile to the tune of 30 million pula. After the ABSA premiership in South Africa, the Be Mobile league is the second highest sponsored league in the COSAFA region.The league has continued to grow in leaps and bounds as shown by the increasing number of foreign players in the BPL. Some top players from mainly Zimbabwe like Anold Chaka, Master Masitara, Elvis Meleka, Mandla Sibanda, Sageby Sandaka and Tendai Ndoro have ditched the Zimbabwean PSL for the BPL in recent years. Recently Namibian stars like Jerome Luis and Benson Shilongo arrived in Botswana in search of the Pula. After terminating their television deal with a South African company RP Productions, the league is now negotiating a long term deal with Supersport International. In early 2013, the pay TV shown five BPL games on a testing basis.

2013/14 standings

# 	Team 	                MP 	W 	D 	L 	F 	A 	G 	P

1. Township Rollers        30 	18 	10 	2 	44 	14 	+30 	64

2. BDF XI 	                30 	21 	4 	5 	43 	14 	+29 	61

3. Gaborone United 	30 	17 	10 	3 	43 	20 	+23 	61

4. Centre Chiefs     	30 	18 	6 	6 	49 	22 	+27 	60

5. Nico United 	        30 	12 	8 	10 	44 	43 	+1 	44

6. Satmos           	30 	12 	5 	13 	43 	41 	+2 	41

7. Wonder Sporting 	30 	11 	6 	13 	32 	38 	-6 	39

8. Motlakase Power 	30 	10 	8 	12 	30 	35 	-5 	38

9. BMC              	30 	9 	10 	11 	31 	36 	-5 	37

10. Extension Gunners 	30 	10 	5 	15 	32 	31 	+1 	35

11. ECCO City Greens 	30 	8 	10 	12 	39 	39 	+0 	34

12. Notwane 	        30 	9 	7 	14 	27 	41 	-14 	34

13. Orapa United         	30 	9 	6 	15 	30 	45 	-15 	33

14. UF Santos        	30 	9 	3 	18 	39 	56 	-17 	30

15. Miscellaneous    	30 	7 	7 	16 	25 	48 	-23 	28

16. TAFIC           	30 	6 	3 	21 	29 	57 	-28 	21

Botswana Premier League - Clubs 2014/15

Previous champions

Previous champions are:^[1]

Performance By Club

Topscorers

Year	Best scorers	Team	Goals
2005/06	Malepa "Chippa" Bolelang	ECCO City Greens	24
2006/07	Pontsho ‘Piro’ Moloi	Mochudi Centre Chiefs	22
2007/08	Master Masitara Jerome Ramatlhakwane	Nico United Mochudi Centre Chiefs	18
2008/09	Master Masitara	Nico United	27
2009/10	Terrence Mandaza	Township Rollers	31

Botswana Premier League Player of the Season

Year	Player of the Season	Team
2005/06	Moemedi "Jomo" Moatlhaping	Township Rollers
2006/07	Malepa "Chippa" Bolelang	ECCO City Greens
2007/08	Oteng "Limkokwing" Moalosi	Mochudi Centre Chiefs
2008/09	Joel Phetogo	Gaborone United
2009/10	Kabelo Dambe	Township Rollers

References

External links

• League at fifa.com
• http://www.yeswefoot.com/botswana/