Steve Biko FC
Steve Biko Football Club is a football club from Bakau in the West African country of the Gambia, located near the capital of Banjul. They play in the GFA League First Division, the top flight of Gambian football. They won the GFA Cup in 2000. While the club qualified for the 2002 CAF Cup, they declined to participate.[1]
Full name | Steve Biko Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Bakau Giants Killers | ||
Founded | 1978 | ||
Ground | Serrekunda East Mini-Stadium, Serrekunda | ||
Capacity | 5,000 | ||
Chairman | Mustapha Kebbeh | ||
Manager | Abdoulie Bojang | ||
League | GFA League | ||
2018 | 11th | ||
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The club was named in honor of the murdered South African civil rights activist Steve Biko, who was killed by the Apartheid regime. Founded in 1978, the club initially began playing in the third division. They climbed the ranks of the league to achieve second place in 1983. In 1989, they played for the first time in the top division.[2]
Current players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Managers
- 1999–2000 – Jules Bocandé[3]
- Abdoulie Bojang[4]
References
- "African Cups Qualifiers 2002". 2009-06-28. Archived from the original on June 28, 2009. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - "Gambia 1998/99". Rsssf.com. 2009-07-09. Archived from the original on 2023-02-08. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-03. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - "Profile Musa Adnan - the Point". Archived from the original on 2020-09-29. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
External links
- Team profile – soccerway.com