Premier League The championship will be played in two groups of 6 teams each; LDF and Linare (Leribe) will be placed in different groups and the others will be drawn to them. Participants: Lesotho Defence Force (Maseru) Arsenal (Maseru) Linare (Leribe) Bantu (Mafeteng) Liphakoe (Quthing) Roaring Lions (Maputsoe) Lesotho Prison Service (Maseru) Matlama (Maseru) Lerotholi Polytechnic (Maseru) Lesotho Mounted Police Services (Maseru) Manonyane (Roma) NUL Rovers (Roma) NB: playoffs between NUL Rovers and Balefe FC to be repeated. Season originally planned for January-June 2000 but postponed. Group A [Standing at Jul 10] 1.LPS 10 8 1 1 19- 3 25 2.Linare 10 7 1 2 23- 4 22 3.LMPS 10 6 0 4 14-13 18 4.Roaring Lions 10 4 2 4 12- 9 14 5.Manonyane 10 1 3 6 5-22 6 6.Liphakoe 10 0 1 9 7-28 1 [total GD +1] Group B [Standing at Sep 11] 1.Lerotholi Polytechnic 9 5 4 0 14- 3 19 2.LDF 9 5 4 0 16- 7 19 3.Bantu 9 3 3 3 13-10 12 4.Matlama 9 2 3 4 5-10 9 5.Arsenal 9 1 3 5 7-12 6 6.NUL Rovers 7 1 1 5 4-15 4 [total GD +2] Group winners LPS and LDF play off for championship. Final [Oct 22] LPS 3-1 LDF Independence Cup 2000 Semifinals [Oct 28] LDF 4-0 Linare Lerotholi Polytechnic 1-0 LPS Final [Oct 29] LDF 1-0 Lerotholi Polytechnic Third Place Playoff [Oct 29] Linare 4-3 LPS Second Level (First Division) 2000 [start Feb 6] Participants: Northern Region: T.Y. LMPS FC The Birds FC Fast Eleven FC Butha-Buthe Qalo FC Mphatlalatsane FC Lioli FC Teyateyaneng Chelsea FC Balefe FC Mokhotlong Maputsoe Aces FC [*] [*] Mountain Shades FC Mohale's Hoek sold its place to Maputsoe Aces FC Southern Region: Liverpool FC Leribe Highlanders FC Quthing Ambassadors FC Maseru Thota-Moli FC LMPS FC Mohale's Hoek Majantja FC Mohale's Hoek Melele FC Lijabatho FC Morija Young Zebras FC Quthing Swallows FC Maseru
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