1968 Gaborone United 1969 not known 1970 Gaborone United 1971-77 not known 1978 Gaborone United (or Notwane FC (Gaborone)?) 1979 Township Rollers (Gaborone) Lions Cup 1980-82 not known 1983 Police 3-2 Mochudi Centre Chiefs 1984 Gaborone United 1985 Gaborone United 1986 Nico United (Selebi Phikwe) bt Gaborone United 1987 Nico United (Selebi Phikwe) 1988 Extension Gunners (Lobatse) 1989 Botswana Defence Force XI (Gaborone) 1990 Gaborone United 1991* TASC (Francistown) 3-2 Botswana Defence Force XI (Gaborone) [also reported 2-1] 1991* Mochudi Centre Chiefs bt LCS Gunners Coca Cola Cup 1992 Extension Gunners (Lobatse) 2-1 TAFIC (Francistown) [also reported 3-2] 1993 Township Rollers (Gaborone) 4-1 Gaborone United 1994 Township Rollers (Gaborone) 2-0 Extension Gunners (Lobatse) 1995 PG Notwane (Gaborone) 3-1 Botswana Defence Force XI (Gaborone) 1996 Township Rollers (Gaborone) 2-0 Botswana Meat Commission (Lobatse) 1997 PG Notwane (Gaborone) 2-0 Mokgosi Young Fighters 1998 Botswana Defence Force XI (Gaborone) 1-0 Jwaneng Comets 1999 Mogoditshane Fighters (Gaborone) 3-0 FC Satmos (Selebi-Phikwe) 2000 Mogoditshane Fighters (Gaborone) 1-1 Gaborone United [5-4 pen] 2001 TASC (Francistown) 2-0 Extension Gunners (Lobatse) 2002 Tafic GF (Francistown) 0-0 TASC (Francistown) [6-5 pen] 2003 Mogoditshane Fighters (Gaborone) 1-0 Township Rollers 2004 Botswana Defence Force XI (Gaborone) 2-1 Mogoditshane Fighters 2005 Township Rollers (Gaborone) 3-1 Botswana Defence Force [aet] 2006 Notwane (Gaborone) 2-1 Botswana Defence Force XI (Gaborone) 2007 Botswana Meat Commission (Lobatse) 1-1 ECCO City Greens [aet, 6-5 pen] 2008 Mochudi Centre Chiefs 5-2 Uniao Flamengo Santos (Gaborone) 2009 Uniao Flamingo Santos 1-1 Botswana Defence Force XI (Gaborone) [4-2 pen] 2010 Township Rollers (Gaborone) 3-1 Mochudi Centre Chiefs 2011 Extension Gunners (Lobatse) 3-1 Motlakase (Palapye) 2012 Gaborone United 0-0 Mochudi Centre Chiefs [4-2 pen] 2013-18 not played 2019 Orapa United 3-0 Township Rollers (Gaborone) 2020 Gaborone United 3-0 Masitaoka (Molepolole) [final 11 Dec 2021] 2022 Gaborone United 2-1 Security Systems (Otse) 2023 Gaborone United 1-0 Orapa United 2024 Jwaneng Galaxy 2-1 Orapa United NB: tournament sponsored by Coca Cola since 1992; * 2 Lions Cup finals are reported for 1991; possibly one was for a 1990/91 season, the other for a (transitional?) 1991 season Number of Titles (40 known) 10 Gaborone United 6 Township Rollers (Gaborone) 3 Botswana Defence Force XI (Gaborone) Extension Gunners CS (Lobatse) Mogoditshane Fighters (Gaborone) Notwane (Gaborone) 2 Mochudi Centre Chiefs (Gaborone) Nico United (Selebi Phikwe) TASC (Francistown) 1 Botswana Meat Commission (Lobatse) Jwaneng Galaxy Orapa United Police FC (Otse) Tafic GF (Francistown) Uniao Flamingo Santos (Gabane) Number of Known League-and-Cup Doubles (14) 3 Gaborone United [1970, 1990, 2022] 3 Mogoditshane Fighters [1999, 2000, 2003] 3 Township Rollers [1979, 2005, 2010] 2 Botswana Defence Force XI [1989, 2004] 1 Extension Gunners [1992] 1 Jwaneng Galaxy [2024] 1 Mochudi Centre Chiefs [2008]
2011/12 Township Rollers (Gaborone) 3-1 ECCO City Greens (Francistown) 2012/13 Gaborone United 2-1 Botswana Defence Force XI (Gaborone) 2013/14 Botswana Defence Force XI (Gaborone) 1-1 Township Rollers (Gaborone) [5-4 pen] 2014/15 Gaborone United 2-1 Township Rollers (Gaborone) 2015/16 Orapa United 3-1 Township Rollers (Gaborone) [aet] 2016/17 Jwaneng Galaxy 4-3 Orapa United [aet] 2017/18 Township Rollers 4-2 Orapa United 2018/19 Jwaneng Galaxy 2-0 Gaborone United 2019/20 Orapa United 1-1 Township Rollers (Gaborone) [4-3 pen] NB: the 2011/12 edition was the first Number of Wins (9; lost finals between square brackets) 2 [ 4] Township Rollers (Gaborone) 2 [ 2] Orapa United 2 [ 1] Gaborone United 2 Jwaneng Galaxy 1 [ 1] Botswana Defence Force XI (Gaborone) [ 1] ECCO City Greens (Francistown)
Orange Kabelano Charity Cup 1996 Extension Gunners (Lobatse) 1997 Mochudi Centre Chiefs 1998 Extension Gunners (Lobatse) 1999-00 not played 2001 Extension Gunners (Lobatse) 2002 Township Rollers (Gaborone) 1-0 Notwane (Gaborone) 2003 Gaborone United 2004 Township Rollers (Gaborone) 1-0 Extension Gunners (Lobatse) 2005 Mochudi Centre Chiefs 2-0 Lobtrans Gunners (Lobatse) 2006 Township Rollers (Gaborone) 4-2 Notwane (Gaborone) 2007 Notwane (Gaborone) 3-1 Mochudi Centre Chiefs [aet] 2008 Mochudi Centre Chiefs 2-0 ECCO City Greens 2009-12 not known Barclays Kabelano Charity Cup 2013 Mochudi Centre Chiefs 2-0 Extension Gunners (Lobatse) 2014 Township Rollers 1-1 Mochudi Centre Chiefs [6-5 pen] 2015-17 not played BTC Charity Cup 2018 Gaborone United 1-1 Township Rollers [5-4 pen] NB: the 1996 edition was the first; participation in this one-day event is decided by invitation or by a public vote
1991 Township Rollers (Gaborone) bt Gaborone United 1992 Township Rollers (Gaborone) 1994 Township Rollers (Gaborone) NB: now defunct, only Rollers' wins known
1978 Gaborone United 1979 Gaborone United 1980 Gaborone United 1981 Gaborone United 1982 not known 1983 not known 1984 Gaborone United 1985 Gaborone United 1986 not known 1987 Township Rollers bt Gaborone United 1988 not known 1989 Extension Gunners 1990 not known 1991 not known 1992 Gaborone United 1993 Gaborone United 1994 Notwane 1995 Notwane 1996-99 not known 2000 Mogoditshane Fighters 3-1 Centre Chiefs 2001 BDF 4-1 Police 2002 BDF 2-0 Jwaneng Comets 2003 Notwane 2-0 BMC 2004 Notwane 2-1 BDF 2005-09 not held NB: tournament called President Day Cup up to and including 2000; when Notwane won the tournament in 1994 it was their first major success since 1976 Francistown Independence Cup 2006 ECCO City 2-1 TAFIC [aet] 2007 Great North Tigers 3-2 ECCO City 2008 not known 2009 ECCO City 6-2 Tiny Rockies 2010 ECCO City 4-0 Dot Com 2012 TAFIC drw Great North Tigers [4-2 pen] 2013 ECCO City Greens 3-1 Amakhosi NB: 2009 edition was the 43rd
Gaborone United additionally won the following cups: Gaborone Fitness Centre Tournament: 1984 City Day Cup: 1993 Gaborone Sun Challenge Cup: 1994 Supreme Cup: 1995
Sources: [Oli 95], [Ric 99], [Tra 02], http://www.geocities.com/thekisoet/gaboroneunited.htm.
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