Gaborone United S.C.

Gaborone United

Full name	Gaborone United Sporting Club
Nickname(s)	Moyagoleele, Reds, Money Machine
Founded	1967
Ground	Botswana National Stadium Gaborone, Botswana
Capacity	25,000
Director	Nicolas Zakhem
Manager	Benny Kgomela
League	Botswana Premier League
2023–24	3nd of 16
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Gaborone United Sporting Club (GU) is a football club from Botswana based in Gaborone. It is the only professional sporting club in Botswana. Its official sponsor is Bank Gaborone, who signed a three-year deal at the beginning of the 2022-23 season.^[1] Gaborone United play their home games at several venues.

Honors

• Botswana Premier League: 7
  • 1967, 1969, 1970, 1986, 1990, 2009, 2022
• Botswana FA Challenge Cup: 9
  • 1968, 1970, 1984, 1985, 1990, 2012, 2020, 2022, 2023
• Botswana Independence Cup: 8
  • 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1992, 1993
• Mascom Top 8 Cup: 2
  • 2013, 2015

Other Tournaments

Other trophies won by Gaborone United are:

• Kabelano Charity Cup: 2 (2003, 2018)
• Gaborone Fitness Centre Tournament: 1 (1984)
• City Day Cup: 1 (1993)
• Gaborone Sun Challenge Cup: 1 (1994)
• Supreme Cup: 1 (1995)

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Champions League: 2 appearance

2010 - Second Round

2022/23 - Preliminary Round

• African Cup of Champions Clubs: 2 appearances

1987 - Preliminary Round

1991 - Preliminary Round

• CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance

2010 - Second Round of 16

• CAF Cup: 2 appearances

1994 - First Round

1998 - withdrew in First Round

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  BOT Leruo Ratala 3 MF  BOT Omphile Ramoagi 4 DF  BOT Alford Velaphi 5 MF  BOT Karabo Phiri 6 MF  KEN Duncan Otieno 7 FW  BOT Thero Setsile 9 FW  KEN John Makwata 10 FW  BOT Thatayaone Kgamanyane 11 MF  BOT Tshepo Malgas 13 MF  BOT Gape Thibedi 15 MF  BOT Mothusi Cooper 16 GK  BOT Ookeditse Semelamela 18 MF  BOT Lesego Galenamotlhale 19 MF  BOT Lebogang Ditsele 21 FW  RSA Sizwe Twala

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF  ZAM Ronel Manyanga 23 MF  BOT Thatayaone Ramatlapeng 24 DF  BOT Thato Kebue 26 MF  BOT Obonwe Maome 27 MF  BOT Mpho Kgaswane 30 DF  BOT Tshepo Maikano 32 GK  BOT Goitseone Phoko 33 DF  BOT Mothusi Johnson 45 FW  BOT Onkabetse Makgantai 95 DF  NAM Kennedy Amutenya - GK  BOT Cedric Ramojela - DF  BOT Thabiso Fani - DF  BOT Kgakgamatso Motshegise - DF  BOT Kutlo Othusitse - MF  BOT Omphile Phale

Notable former players

• Matlhogonolo "Paymaster" Dintwa
• Chandy Moruti
• City Ntebela
• Joseph Phetogo
• Diphetogo "Dipsey" Selolwane
• Gofhamodimo "City" Senne
• Mandla Balanda
• Thomas "Zero" Johnson
• George Pool
• Nicholas "Lele" Sebele
• Wonderboy Tlape
• Terrence "Terror" Mophuting
• Davis "Professor Mlungisi" Kopi

References

External links

• Official website. Archived 27 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine.

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