Final Table:
1.Bantu (Mafeteng) 24 17 5 2 45-16 56 [C] Champions
2.Lioli (Teyateyaneng) 24 14 6 4 40-19 48 [2-0]
3.LDF (Maseru) 24 12 7 5 34-19 43 [1-0]
4.Matlama (Maseru) 24 12 6 6 32-22 42
5.LCS (Maseru) 24 11 7 6 31-16 40 [4-2]
6.FC Kick 4 Life 24 11 6 7 36-22 39
7.LMPS (Maseru) 24 8 9 7 24-23 33 [1-0]
8.Majantja (Quthing) 24 7 8 9 21-26 29 [P]
9.Liphakoe (Quthing) 24 8 3 13 22-33 27
10.Linare (Hlotse) 24 8 4 12 22-36 25 [-3]
11.Sefothafotha (Maseru) 24 5 9 10 22-36 24 [P] [1-1]
12.Likhopo (Maseru) 24 4 5 15 18-32 17
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13.Sky Batallion 24 0 3 21 6-53 -3 [-6] Relegated
-.Sundawana (Mpharane) expelled; all results annulled;
record at expulsion 5 0 1 4 3- 9 1 Expelled
NB: Sundawana expelled after failing to honour three consecutive matches and
relegated automatically; all results (given between square brackets
for opponents) annulled
Linare 3 points deducted and Sky Batallion 6 points deducted due to
late registration
Round 1
[Sep 2]
Bantu 4-0 Sefothafotha
Matlama 0-1 Liphakoe
[Sep 3]
LCS 0-0 LMPS
Majantja 1-0 Linare
Lioli 2-0 Sundawana [annulled]
Likhopo 0-1 LDF
[Nov 15]
FC Kick 4 Life 1-1 Sky Batallion
Round 2
[Sep 9]
Sundawana 2-4 LCS [annulled]
Sky Batallion 0-1 Majantja
Likhopo 0-1 FC Kick 4 Life
LDF 0-2 Lioli
[Sep 10]
Liphakoe 0-2 Bantu
LMPS 2-0 Sefothafotha
Linare 0-0 Matlama
Round 3
[Sep 16]
Sefothafotha 1-1 Sundawana [annulled]
Liphakoe 0-1 Linare
Bantu 1-0 LMPS
[Sep 17]
Matlama 1-0 Sky Batallion
LCS 2-1 LDF
Majantja 1-1 Likhopo
Lioli 3-1 FC Kick 4 Life
Round 4
[Sep 23]
FC Kick 4 Life 0-0 LCS
LDF 1-0 Sefothafotha
Likhopo 0-0 Matlama
Lioli 0-0 Majantja
[Sep 24]
Linare 0-3 Bantu
Sky Batallion 2-3 Liphakoe
[Oct 4]
Sundawana 0-1 LMPS [annulled]
Round 5
[Oct 14]
FC Kick 4 Life 1-2 LMPS
Likhopo 2-3 Linare
Lioli 3-1 Liphakoe
[Oct 15]
LCS 0-1 Matlama
LDF 1-0 Sundawana [annulled]
Majantja 0-1 Sefothafotha
Sky Batallion 0-1 Bantu
Round 6
[Oct 21]
Bantu 1-1 LDF
Sky Batallion 0-1 Likhopo
[Oct 22]
Linare 1-2 Lioli
Liphakoe 1-0 LCS
LMPS 1-3 Majantja
Sefothafotha 1-1 Matlama
Sundawana n/p FC Kick 4 Life [Sundawana dns]
Round 7
[Oct 28]
FC Kick 4 Life 1-1 LDF
LCS 1-0 Linare
Lioli 3-1 Sky Batallion
[Oct 29]
Likhopo 0-2 Bantu
Matlama 2-0 LMPS
Sefothafotha 0-1 Liphakoe
Majantja n/p Sundawana [Sundawana dns]
Round 8
[Nov 4]
Bantu 0-1 FC Kick 4 Life
LDF 3-1 Majantja
Likhopo 0-2 Lioli
[Nov 5]
Linare 3-2 Sefothafotha
LMPS 1-0 Liphakoe
Sky Batallion 0-1 LCS
Sundawana n/p Matlama [Sundawana dns]
NB: Sundawana expelled for failing to honour three consecutive matches
Round 9
[Nov 18]
Bantu 3-1 Majantja
FC Kick 4 Life 0-1 Matlama
Likhopo 1-1 Sefothafotha
[Nov 19]
LDF 1-1 Liphakoe
Lioli 1-1 LCS
Sky Batallion 0-2 LMPS
Sundawana n/p Linare [Sundawana expelled]
Round 10
[Nov 25]
Linare 0-2 LDF
Sefothafotha 1-1 Lioli
Liphakoe 1-2 FC Kick 4 Life
[Nov 26]
LMPS 1-2 Likhopo
LCS 0-0 Bantu
Matlama 2-1 Majantja
Sky Batallion n/p Sundawana [Sundawana expelled]
Round 11
[Dec 2]
Majantja 2-1 Liphakoe
Lioli 2-1 LMPS
LCS 0-1 Sefothafotha
[Dec 3]
FC Kick 4 Life 3-0 Linare
Bantu 4-2 Matlama
LDF 2-0 Sky Batallion
Sundawana n/p Likhopo [Sundawana expelled]
Round 12
[Oct 4]
Linare 2-0 Sky Batallion
Liphakoe 2-1 Likhopo
[Dec 10]
LMPS 2-2 LDF
LCS 0-0 Majantja
[Jan 14]
Matlama 0-0 Lioli
Sefothafotha 1-1 FC Kick 4 Life
Bantu n/p Sundawana [Sundawana expelled]
Round 13
[Dec 17]
Lioli awd Bantu [awarded 3-0; originally 1-2; Bantu used
Sefothafotha 1-0 Sky Batallion too many (more than 5) foreign players]
LMPS 1-1 Linare
LCS 4-1 Likhopo
[Jan 21]
Matlama 1-0 LDF
Majantja 1-1 FC Kick 4 Life
Sundawana n/p Liphakoe [Sundawana expelled]
Halfway Table (does not yet include awarded match round 13, decided om Mar 11):
1.Bantu (Mafeteng) 12 9 2 1 23- 6 29 [C]
2.Lioli (Teyateyaneng) 12 7 4 1 20- 9 25 [2-0]
3.Matlama (Maseru) 12 6 4 2 11- 7 22
4.LDF (Maseru) 12 5 4 3 15-11 19 [1-0]
5.LCS (Maseru) 12 4 5 3 9- 6 17 [4-2]
6.FC Kick 4 Life 12 4 5 3 13-11 17
7.Majantja (Quthing) 12 4 4 4 12-13 16 [P]
8.Liphakoe (Quthing) 12 5 1 6 12-15 16
9.LMPS (Maseru) 12 4 3 5 13-14 15 [1-0]
10.Sefothafotha (Maseru) 12 3 4 5 9-15 13 [P] [1-1]
11.Linare (Hlotse) 12 4 2 6 11-17 11 [-3]
12.Likhopo (Maseru) 12 2 3 7 9-18 9
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13.Sky Batallion 12 0 1 11 4-19 -5 [-6]
-.Sundawana (Mpharane) expelled; all results annulled;
record at expulsion 5 0 1 4 3- 9 1 Expelled
NB: Sundawana expelled after failing to honour three consecutive matches and
relegated automatically; all results (given between square brackets
for opponents) annulled
Linare 3 points deducted and Sky Batallion 6 points deducted due to
late registration
Round 14
[Jan 27]
Linare 2-0 Majantja
LMPS 2-1 LCS
Sky Batallion 0-2 FC Kick 4 Life
[Jan 28]
LDF 1-1 Likhopo
Liphakoe 1-3 Matlama
Sefothafotha 0-0 Bantu
Lioli bye
Round 15
[Feb 3]
Sefothafotha 0-0 LMPS
Bantu 3-1 Liphakoe
Matlama 1-1 Linare
[Feb 4]
Lioli 0-1 LDF
FC Kick 4 Life 1-0 Likhopo
Majantja 0-0 Sky Batallion
LCS bye
Round 16
[Feb 10]
Likhopo 0-2 Majantja
LDF 1-1 LCS
FC Kick 4 Life 1-1 Lioli
Sky Batallion 0-2 Matlama
Linare 1-0 Liphakoe
[Apr 21]
LMPS 0-1 Bantu
Sefothafotha bye
Round 17
[Feb 17]
Liphakoe 1-0 Sky Batallion
Sefothafotha 1-1 LDF
Bantu 4-2 Linare
[Feb 18]
Majantja 0-1 Lioli
LCS 1-0 FC Kick 4 Life
Matlama 0-1 Likhopo
LMPS bye
Round 18
[Mar 3]
FC Kick 4 Life 5-0 Sefothafotha
Lioli 1-4 Matlama
Likhopo abd Liphakoe [abandoned at 1-3 in second half due to
[Mar 4] unplayable pitch]
Sky Batallion 0-2 Linare
LDF 0-1 LMPS
Majantja 2-0 LCS
[Apr 21]
Likhopo 1-1 Liphakoe [replay]
Bantu bye
Round 19
[Mar 17]
Sefothafotha 2-2 Majantja
Matlama 3-2 LCS
Bantu 4-0 Sky Batallion
[Mar 18]
Liphakoe 0-2 Lioli
LMPS 0-2 FC Kick 4 Life
Linare 1-0 Likhopo
LDF bye
Round 20
[Mar 31]
Liphakoe 2-1 Sefothafotha
Linare 0-4 LCS
[Apr 2]
Bantu 1-0 Likhopo
LMPS 1-1 Matlama
Sky Batallion 0-4 Lioli
[Apr 21]
LDF 2-1 FC Kick 4 Life
Majantja bye
Round 21
[Apr 15]
Lioli 1-0 Likhopo
FC Kick 4 Life 1-2 Bantu
[Apr 22]
Sefothafotha 1-1 Linare
LCS 4-1 Sky Batallion
[Apr 25]
Liphakoe 1-1 LMPS
Majantja 0-2 LDF
Matlama bye
Round 22
[Apr 28]
Linare 0-2 LMPS
FC Kick 4 Life 4-1 Majantja
[Apr 29]
Matlama 1-2 LDF
Bantu 4-1 Lioli
Likhopo 0-2 LCS
Sky Batallion 0-4 Sefothafotha
Liphakoe bye
Round 23
[May 5]
LCS 1-0 Lioli
Liphakoe 0-1 LDF
LMPS 1-1 Sky Batallion
[May 6]
Matlama 1-2 FC Kick 4 Life
Sefothafotha 2-1 Likhopo
Majantja 0-0 Bantu
Linare bye
Round 24 [May 10]
Lioli 3-0 Linare
Majantja 0-0 LMPS
LCS 2-0 Liphakoe
Likhopo 4-0 Sky Batallion
Matlama 3-2 Sefothafotha
LDF 1-2 Bantu
FC Kick 4 Life bye
Round 25 [May 13]
Bantu 1-1 LCS
Majantja 0-1 Matlama
Likhopo 1-2 LMPS
Lioli 3-0 Sefothafotha
FC Kick 4 Life 1-2 Liphakoe
LDF 1-0 Linare
Sky Batallion bye
Round 26 [May 19]
LMPS 1-1 Lioli
Linare 1-3 FC Kick 4 Life
Liphakoe 1-2 Majantja
Matlama 1-2 Bantu
Sefothafotha 0-3 LCS
Sky Batallion 0-6 LDF
Likhopo bye
Final Table:
1.Bantu (Mafeteng) 24 17 5 2 45-16 56 [C] Champions
2.Lioli (Teyateyaneng) 24 14 6 4 40-19 48 [2-0]
3.LDF (Maseru) 24 12 7 5 34-19 43 [1-0]
4.Matlama (Maseru) 24 12 6 6 32-22 42
5.LCS (Maseru) 24 11 7 6 31-16 40 [4-2]
6.FC Kick 4 Life 24 11 6 7 36-22 39
7.LMPS (Maseru) 24 8 9 7 24-23 33 [1-0]
8.Majantja (Quthing) 24 7 8 9 21-26 29 [P]
9.Liphakoe (Quthing) 24 8 3 13 22-33 27
10.Linare (Hlotse) 24 8 4 12 22-36 25 [-3]
11.Sefothafotha (Maseru) 24 5 9 10 22-36 24 [P] [1-1]
12.Likhopo (Maseru) 24 4 5 15 18-32 17
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13.Sky Batallion 24 0 3 21 6-53 -3 [-6] Relegated
-.Sundawana (Mpharane) expelled; all results annulled;
record at expulsion 5 0 1 4 3- 9 1 Expelled
NB: Sundawana expelled after failing to honour three consecutive matches and
relegated automatically; all results (given between square brackets
for opponents) annulled
Linare 3 points deducted and Sky Batallion 6 points deducted due to
late registration
Independence Cup 2017
Independence Top-4 Cup 2017 Semifinals [Oct 7] Lioli 0-0 LCS [3-5 pen] Bantu 2-1 FC Kick 4 Life Third Place Match [Oct 8] FC Kick 4 Life 2-1 Lioli Final [Oct 8] Bantu 1-1 LCS [3-1 pen]
Northern Stream | Southern Stream | Championship Final
Northern Stream
Reported Final Table:
1.Galaxy (Hlotse) 18 12 3 3 28-14 39 Promoted
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2.Ketane 18 9 5 4 34-18 32
3.Lits'ilo 18 9 4 5 25-18 31
4.Lifofane 18 7 6 5 19-19 27
5.Limkokwing University 18 7 5 6 24-21 26
6.Butha-Buthe Warriors 18 5 6 7 12-19 21 [R]
7.CCX 18 5 4 9 25-30 19
8.Likila United 18 4 6 8 10-25 18
9.Lerotholi Polytechnic 18 4 5 9 18-19 17
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10.Mphatlalatsane 18 3 6 9 16-25 15 Relegated
NB: total goal difference +3
Southern Stream
Reported Final Table:
1.Swallows (Mazenod) 18 11 5 2 28-10 38 Promoted
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2.Lithabaneng Golden 18 10 5 3 26-14 35
3.Lijabatho 18 8 6 4 28-18 30 [*]
4.Manonyane 18 8 6 4 18-10 30
5.Machokha 18 8 4 6 31-19 28 [P]
6.Quthing LMPS 18 8 1 9 22-23 25
7.Mangau 18 6 6 6 26-26 24
8.Roma Boys 18 4 4 10 26-38 16
9.Qoaling Highlanders 18 3 3 12 16-42 12
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10.Rovers (Roma) 18 3 2 13 17-39 5 [-6] [R] Relegated
[*] Lijabatho obtained the license of Van Rooyen United
NB: total goal difference -1;
Rovers 6 points deducted due to late registration
A Division Final
[May 19, Bambatha Sports Arena, Maseru]
Galaxy 1-1 Swallows [3-4 pen]
NB: both Swallows FC (Mazenod) and Galaxy FC (Hlotse) promoted
A-Division Top 8 Championship
Quarterfinals
[May 5]
Lithabaneng Golden 1-1 Galaxy FC [4-5 pen]
Manonyane FC 3-0 Lits'ilo FC
[May 6]
Lifofane FC 2-0 Lijabatho FC
Ketane FC 1-3 Mazenod Swallows
Semifinals [May 12]
Manonyane FC 1-0 Galaxy FC
Mazenod Swallows 0-0 Lifofane FC [4-3 pen]
Third Place Match [May 13]
Galaxy FC 0-1 Lifofane FC
Final [May 13]
Manonyane FC 1-3 Mazenod Swallows
Thanks to Martin Arenlind
Prepared and maintained by Hans Schöggl and Karel Stokkermans for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Authors: Hans Schöggl and Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 17 May 2024
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