Clubname: | Defence Force XI FC |
Fullname: | Botswana Defence Force XI Football Club |
Founded: | 1978[1] |
Ground: | SSKB Stadium[2] Mogoditshane, Botswana |
Capacity: | 5,000 |
League: | Botswana Premier League |
Season: | 2021–22 |
Position: | 5th |
Leftarm1: | 008000 |
Body1: | 008000 |
Rightarm1: | 008000 |
Shorts1: | ff0000 |
Socks1: | 008000 |
Botswana Defence Force XI Football Club is a football club from Botswana based in Mogoditshane and playing home games in Gaborone. It is the club of the Botswana Defence Force, composed mostly of military players. players were eligible to play for the club once they became cadets.[3] In 2016, the club reduced the number of civilian players on the team, citing financial concerns.[4]
BDF XI were founded in 1978, a year after the Botswana Defence Force came into existence.[1] BDF XI have won the Botswana Premier League seven times, most recently in 2004.[5]
7
1981, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1997, 2002, 2004
3
1989, 1998, 2004
2
2001, 2002
2 appearances
1998 – Preliminary Round
2003 – Preliminary Round
1982 – First Round
1989 – First Round
1990 – Preliminary Round
1992 – Preliminary Round
2 appearances
2005 – First Round
2015 – Preliminary Round
1 appearance
2002 – Second Round
1 appearance
1999 – First Round