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Botswana Premier League

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Established
1966 (60 years old)

First Recorded Event
2021-10-30

Current Season
2025-2026

Current Round
30

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Sport
Soccer

Location
Botswana

Gender
Male

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23 May 26	Black LioBlack Lions	2 - 1	Santa GreSanta Green
23 May 26	Morupule Morupule Wanderers	2 - 0	Police XIPolice XI
23 May 26	TAFICTAFIC	3 - 1	Calendar Calendar Star
23 May 26	ExtensionExtension Gunners	2 - 0	Mochudi CMochudi Centre Chiefs
23 May 26	Gaborone Gaborone United	2 - 1	BDF XIBDF XI
23 May 26	Township Township Rollers	1 - 4	Jwaneng GJwaneng Galaxy
23 May 26	Orapa UniOrapa United	1 - 0	Nico UnitNico United
22 May 26	MatebeleMatebele	1 - 2	Sua FlamiSua Flamingoes
20 May 26	Mochudi CMochudi Centre Chiefs	0 - 1	Gaborone Gaborone United
13 May 26	Orapa UniOrapa United	0 - 0	Police XIPolice XI

Description

The Botswana Premier League, currently known as the BTC Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is the highest level football league in Botswana. Organised by the Botswana Football Association, the league was formed in 1978 to replace the pre-independence Bechuanaland Union African Soccer League, which was regional. Participants in the first edition of the league included 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 2006–07 season when Ecco City Greens 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 Arnold 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.


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BDF XI		Black Lions		Calendar Star
Extension Gunne		Gaborone United		Jwaneng Galaxy
Matebele		Mochudi Centre		Morupule Wander
Nico United		Orapa United		Police XI
Santa Green		Sua Flamingoes		TAFIC
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