TAFIC F.C. explained

Clubname:TAFIC
Fullname:Tati African Football Independent Club
Nickname:Matjimenyenga
Founded:1959[1]
Ground:Francistown Stadium, Francistown, Botswana
Capacity:26,000[2]
League:Botswana Premier League
Season:2019-2020

Tati African Football Independent Club also known as TAFIC for short, is a football club based in Francistown, Botswana. The team was relegated from the Botswana Premier League to the First Division North in 2014.[3] Nicknamed Matjimenyenga, after a stream, which runs behind the low-income locations of Maipaafela and Kgaphamadi. The club motto: "Undipe ndi kupe". The club was founded in 1959 as a breakaway from the then popular TAFA football club. Information has it that the founders of TAFIC, which was initially known as Sharp Shooters in its formative years, were based at Kgaphamadi. They gained promotion back to the elite league as champions in the 2016/17 season but were subsequently relegated the very next season. They are currently playing in the Botswana Premier League.

Honours

Performance in CAF competitions

1993 – Preliminary Round

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Botswana –- List of Foundation Dates . Hans . Schöggl . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) . 12 February 2015 . 4 April 2015.
  2. Web site: TAFIC FC . Soccerway . Perform Group . 4 April 2015.
  3. Web site: Botswana 2013/14 . Ian . King . Karel . Stokkermans . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) . 4 September 2014 . 4 April 2015 .
    Web site: Debswana First Division North . Botswana Football Association . 4 April 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150409115822/http://www.botswanafootball.org/index.php/8-news/35-debswana-first-division-north . 9 April 2015 .
  4. Web site: Botswana Cup Winners . Hans . Schöggl . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) . 4 December 2014 . 4 April 2015.
  5. Web site: Tafic fc promoted - Google Search .
  6. Web site: African Club Competitions 1997 . Eric . Boesenberg . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) . 9 July 2009 . 4 April 2015.

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