NB: after the 2001/02 season, an alternative FA (called Botswana Soccer
Association, BOSA) was formed, including Centre Chiefs, Notwane,
Township Rollers, Gaborone United, Mokgosi, Black Peril, Gabane Santos,
Miscellaneous, Orapa Bucs, Boteti Young Fighters and Rhinos; Tafic
joined later, possibly others followed. This new FA was not recognised
by FIFA (in contrast to the 'old' BFA). The 2002/03 championship was
supposed to start Sep 8, but was postponed. In November, Extension
Gunners joined the BOSA as well.
In February 2003, BOSA and BFA found an agreement, with the new
season to start on Feb 22/23.
Mini-League 2003
NB: played as single round robin (all teams play each other once)
Round 1 [Feb 22-26]
BMC 2-0 Gunners
Fighters 4-0 Notwane
Satmos 4-3 TASC
Comets n/p BDF [Comets dns]
Round 2 [possibly postponed]
Gunners - Prisons
Police - Comets
Tafic - BDF
[Mar 14]
TASC - BMC
Notwane - Tafic
Satmos bt Chiefs
[Mar 15]
Gunners - Police
[Mar 19]
Chiefs - Notwane
Round 4
Fighters bt TASC
Police bt Satmos
Tafic lost 2-3
BDF ppd Notwane
Fighters and Police lead with 10 points from 4 matches
Round 5? [Apr 5,6]
Fighters - Comets
Tafic 2-3 Chiefs
BMC - Satmos
Police - Prisons
Gunners - BDF
[Apr 11]
Gunners - Fighters
Satmos - Prisons
Police - BMC
Chiefs n/p TASC [stadium booked for rugby match]
[Apr 12]
Tafic - BDF
[Apr ?]
Notwane - Police
Chiefs 2-0 Gunners
[Apr 20,21]
BMC - Notwane
TASC - Prisons
Satmos - Tafic
Comets - Chiefs
Leaders: Police
Chiefs 4 7 pts.
[Apr 26,27]
Police 0-1 Chiefs
Tafic 3-1 Gunners
Satmos - Comets
BMC - Prisons
BDF - TASC
Leading: Fighters and Police XI ("neck to neck")
[May 3,4]
Fighters 2-0 BMC
BDF - Satmos
Tafic - TASC
Notwane 0-3 Comets
Table:
1.Centre Chiefs 8 19
.
5.BDF XI 6 11
[May 10,11]
BMC - Comets
Satmos - Notwane
TASC - Gunners
Fighters - Tafic
Chiefs - BDF
[Jun 2?]
BDF 2-0 Comets
[Jul 1]
Notwane - BDF
Chiefs - Fighters
Top Final Table (after single round robin):
1.Police 25 pts
2.Mogoditshane Fighters 24 pts
NB: as Police only gained 25 points after winning a protest against
Centre Chiefs, a replay between the top-2 teams is staged, as
the rules say that a team winning points by protest can only win
the league outright if they are at least 4 points clear of the
runners-up
Championship Playoff [Aug 6]
Fighters 2-1 Police
Super League will have 16 teams in 2004; both groups (North and
South) of First Division will have 12 each; third level will consist
of 14 regional leagues.
Coca-Cola Cup 2003
64 participants
Preliminaries
[Jun 21,22]
Rolling Stars 1-1 Teletswana [3-5 pen]
Kopang Classic lt Kanye Swallows
[date?]
Gantsi Terrors lt Guff Gantsi
[possibly awd to Terrors because Guff used an ineglible player]
NB: 12 top level teams and leaders of two First Division leagues only
enter in round 2
Round 1
Debswana Young Stars 1-0 Kanye Swallows
Round 3 [Jul 19,20]
Boteti Young Fighters lt Centre Chiefs
Motlakase 1-0 Prisons
Red Lions 1-2 Jwaneng Comets [asdet]
Tlokweng U. 0-1 Mogoditshane Fighters
Malaria Bugs 0-1 Gaborone U.
Debswana Young Stars 0-4 Notwane
Cosmos Blizzards 1-2 Ecco City [asdet]
Blue Diamonds 2-0 Satmos
Stonebreakers lt BMC
Round 4 [Aug 2,3]
Gaborone United 0-1 Tafic
BMC 0-1 Comets
Mogoditshane Fighters 2-0 Notwane
Nico lt Police
TASC 2-2 Rollers [2-4 pen]
Ecco City drw Gunners [6-5 pen]
Blue Diamonds lt BDF
Motlakase lt Centre Chiefs
Quarterfinals
[Aug 9]
Rollers drw Comets [5-2 pen]
Tafic drw Centre Chiefs [4-2 pen]
[Aug 10]
Fighters drw Police [8-7 pen]
[Aug 13?]
Ecco City 2-1 BDF
Semifinals [Aug 16]
Mogoditshane Fighters 2-0 Ecco City
Township Rollers 3-0 Tafic [also reported 3-1]
Third Place Playoff [Aug 17?]
Ecco City 1-1 Tafic [5-4 pen]
Final [Aug 30, National Stadium]
Mogoditshane Fighters 1-0 Township Rollers
[Mompati Banda 52]
NB: Tafic are also known as Matjimenyenga
Independence Cup [Start Aug 16]
1/8 Finals
Group A
Police XI - Satmos
Extension Gunners lt BMC
Group B
Mogoditshane Fighters 0-2 Notwane
Tafic lt Prisons XI
Group C
BDF XI bt Nico United
Jwaneng Comets lt TASC
Group D
Wonder Sporting 1-3 Township Rollers
Mochudi Centre Chiefs - Boteti Young Fighters
Quarterfinals [Sep 6,7]
between winners 1/8 finals within the same group
Group A
BMC bt Satmos or Police
Group B
Notwane 3-2 Prisons [asdet]
Group C
TASC bt BDF XI
Group D
Township Rollers bt Chiefs (or Young Fighters?)
Semifinals [Sep 13,14]
BMC 4-2 TASC
Notwane 2-1 Township Rollers [asdet]
Final [Sep 30]
BMC 0-2 Notwane
Orange Kabelano Charity Cup (6th edition) (one-day event)
Participants: Gaborone United, Notwane, Centre Chiefs,
Township Rollers
Winners: Gaborone United
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