Botswana Cup Winners


FA Challenge Cup

1968    Gaborone United
1969       not known
1970    Gaborone United
1971-77    not known
1978    Gaborone United (or Notwane FC (Gaborone)?)
1979    Township Rollers (Gaborone)
Lions Cup
1980-82    not known
1983    Police                                  3-2 Mochudi Centre Chiefs
1984    Gaborone United
1985    Gaborone United
1986    Nico United (Selebi Phikwe)             bt  Gaborone United
1987    Nico United (Selebi Phikwe)
1988    Extension Gunners (Lobatse) 
1989    Botswana Defence Force XI (Gaborone) 
1990    Gaborone United 
1991*   TASC (Francistown)                      3-2 Botswana Defence Force XI (Gaborone)    [also reported 2-1]
1991*   Mochudi Centre Chiefs                   bt  LCS Gunners   
Coca Cola Cup
1992    Extension Gunners (Lobatse)             2-1 TAFIC (Francistown)                    [also reported 3-2]
1993    Township Rollers (Gaborone)             4-1 Gaborone United
1994    Township Rollers (Gaborone)             2-0 Extension Gunners (Lobatse)
1995    PG Notwane (Gaborone)                   3-1 Botswana Defence Force XI (Gaborone)
1996    Township Rollers (Gaborone)             2-0 Botswana Meat Commission (Lobatse)
1997    PG Notwane (Gaborone)                   2-0 Mokgosi Young Fighters
1998    Botswana Defence Force XI (Gaborone)    1-0 Jwaneng Comets
1999    Mogoditshane Fighters (Gaborone)        3-0 FC Satmos (Selebi-Phikwe)
2000    Mogoditshane Fighters (Gaborone)        1-1 Gaborone United                         [5-4 pen]
2001    TASC (Francistown)                      2-0 Extension Gunners (Lobatse)           
2002    Tafic GF (Francistown)                  0-0 TASC (Francistown)                      [6-5 pen]     
2003    Mogoditshane Fighters (Gaborone)        1-0 Township Rollers 
2004    Botswana Defence Force XI (Gaborone)    2-1 Mogoditshane Fighters 
2005    Township Rollers (Gaborone)             3-1 Botswana Defence Force                  [aet]
2006    Notwane (Gaborone)                      2-1 Botswana Defence Force XI (Gaborone)   
2007    Botswana Meat Commission (Lobatse)      1-1 ECCO City Greens                        [aet, 6-5 pen]
2008    Mochudi Centre Chiefs                   5-2 Uniao Flamengo Santos (Gaborone) 
2009    Uniao Flamingo Santos                   1-1 Botswana Defence Force XI (Gaborone)    [4-2 pen]
2010    Township Rollers (Gaborone)             3-1 Mochudi Centre Chiefs      
2011    Extension Gunners (Lobatse)             3-1 Motlakase (Palapye)  
2012    Gaborone United                         0-0 Mochudi Centre Chiefs                   [4-2 pen]
2013-18   not played
2019    Orapa United                            3-0 Township Rollers (Gaborone)
2020    Gaborone United                         3-0 Masitaoka (Molepolole)                  [final 11 Dec 2021]
2022    Gaborone United                         2-1 Security Systems (Otse)
2023    Gaborone United                         1-0 Orapa United  
2024    

NB: tournament sponsored by Coca Cola since 1992;
  * 2 Lions Cup finals are reported for 1991; possibly one was for a 1990/91
    season, the other for a (transitional?) 1991 season

Number of Titles (39 known)

10 Gaborone United 

 6 Township Rollers (Gaborone)

 3 Botswana Defence Force XI (Gaborone) 
   Extension Gunners CS (Lobatse) 
   Mogoditshane Fighters (Gaborone) 
   Notwane (Gaborone)
   
 2 Mochudi Centre Chiefs (Gaborone)
   Nico United (Selebi Phikwe)
   TASC (Francistown)

 1 Botswana Meat Commission (Lobatse) 
   Orapa United 
   Police FC (Otse)
   Tafic GF (Francistown)
   Uniao Flamingo Santos (Gabane)


Number of Known League-and-Cup Doubles (13)

 3 Gaborone United           [1970, 1990, 2022]
 3 Mogoditshane Fighters     [1999, 2000, 2003]
 3 Township Rollers          [1979, 2005, 2010]

 2 Botswana Defence Force XI [1989, 2004]

 1 Extension Gunners         [1992]
 1 Mochudi Centre Chiefs     [2008]

Mascom Top-8 Cup

2011/12 Township Rollers (Gaborone)             3-1 ECCO City Greens (Francistown) 
2012/13 Gaborone United                         2-1 Botswana Defence Force XI (Gaborone)    
2013/14 Botswana Defence Force XI (Gaborone)    1-1 Township Rollers (Gaborone)             [5-4 pen]
2014/15 Gaborone United                         2-1 Township Rollers (Gaborone)    
2015/16 Orapa United                            3-1 Township Rollers (Gaborone)             [aet]
2016/17 Jwaneng Galaxy                          4-3 Orapa United                            [aet] 
2017/18 Township Rollers                        4-2 Orapa United  
2018/19 Jwaneng Galaxy                          2-0 Gaborone United  
2019/20 Orapa United                            1-1 Township Rollers (Gaborone)             [4-3 pen]

NB: the 2011/12 edition was the first

Number of Wins (9; lost finals between square brackets)

 2 [ 4] Township Rollers (Gaborone)
 2 [ 2] Orapa United       
 2 [ 1] Gaborone United 
 2      Jwaneng Galaxy 
  
 1 [ 1] Botswana Defence Force XI (Gaborone)   

   [ 1] ECCO City Greens (Francistown) 

Kabelano Charity Cup

Orange Kabelano Charity Cup
1996    Extension Gunners (Lobatse)
1997    Mochudi Centre Chiefs
1998    Extension Gunners (Lobatse)
1999-00   not played
2001    Extension Gunners (Lobatse)
2002    Township Rollers (Gaborone)             1-0 Notwane (Gaborone)     
2003    Gaborone United
2004    Township Rollers (Gaborone)             1-0 Extension Gunners (Lobatse)
2005    Mochudi Centre Chiefs                   2-0 Lobtrans Gunners (Lobatse)
2006    Township Rollers (Gaborone)             4-2 Notwane (Gaborone)     
2007    Notwane (Gaborone)                      3-1 Mochudi Centre Chiefs                   [aet]
2008    Mochudi Centre Chiefs                   2-0 ECCO City Greens
2009-12   not known
Barclays Kabelano Charity Cup
2013    Mochudi Centre Chiefs                   2-0 Extension Gunners (Lobatse)
2014    Township Rollers                        1-1 Mochudi Centre Chiefs                   [6-5 pen]
2015-17   not played
BTC Charity Cup
2018    Gaborone United                         1-1 Township Rollers                        [5-4 pen]

NB: the 1996 edition was the first; participation in this one-day event 
    is decided by invitation or by a public vote

Gilbeys Cup

1991    Township Rollers (Gaborone)             bt  Gaborone United
1992    Township Rollers (Gaborone) 
1994    Township Rollers (Gaborone)         

NB: now defunct, only Rollers' wins known

President Day Cup/Independence Cup

    
1978    Gaborone United
1979    Gaborone United
1980    Gaborone United
1981    Gaborone United
1982      not known
1983      not known
1984    Gaborone United
1985    Gaborone United
1986      not known
1987    Township Rollers                        bt  Gaborone United
1988      not known
1989    Extension Gunners
1990      not known
1991      not known
1992    Gaborone United
1993    Gaborone United
1994    Notwane    
1995    Notwane
1996-99   not known
2000    Mogoditshane Fighters                   3-1 Centre Chiefs
2001    BDF                                     4-1 Police
2002    BDF                                     2-0 Jwaneng Comets        
2003    Notwane                                 2-0 BMC
2004    Notwane                                 2-1 BDF
2005-09   not held 
 
NB: tournament called President Day Cup up to and including 2000;
    when Notwane won the tournament in 1994 it was their first major success since 1976

Francistown Independence Cup
2006    ECCO City                               2-1 TAFIC                                   [aet]
2007    Great North Tigers                      3-2 ECCO City
2008      not known
2009    ECCO City                               6-2 Tiny Rockies 
2010    ECCO City                               4-0 Dot Com  
2012    TAFIC                                   drw Great North Tigers                      [4-2 pen]
2013    ECCO City Greens                        3-1 Amakhosi

NB: 2009 edition was the 43rd

Other Tournaments

Gaborone United additionally won the following cups:
 Gaborone Fitness Centre Tournament: 1984
 City Day Cup: 1993
 Gaborone Sun Challenge Cup: 1994
 Supreme Cup: 1995

About this document

Sources: [Oli 95], [Ric 99], [Tra 02], http://www.geocities.com/thekisoet/gaboroneunited.htm.

With thanks to Erlan Manaschev

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Author: Hans Schöggl
Last updated: 12 Mar 2024

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