| 词条 | Botswana Premier League | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| logo = | country = Botswana | confed = CAF | founded = 1966 | teams = 16 | relegation = Botswana First Division North and Botswana First Division South | levels = 1 | domest_cup = FA Challenge Cup Orange Kabelano Charity Cup Mascom Top 8 Cup | confed_cup = Champions League Confederation Cup | champions = Township Rollers | season = 2017–18 | most successful club = Township Rollers (15 titles) | TV partner(s) = BTV | website = | current = 2018–19 Botswana Premier League }} The Botswana Premier League, currently known as the BTC Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is the highest level football league in Botswana. Organised by the Botswana Football Association, the league has existed since 1966 and was initially called the MLO Cup. Participants in the first edition of the league included Tlokweng Pirates, Notwane, Black Peril, Queens Park Rangers and a team from Ngwaketse district. The league has always been dominated by the teams that are based south of Dibete or at the southern part of the country until the 2006–07 season when ECCO City made history by becoming the first team from the north to lift the lucrative competition. The league is sponsored by a mobile phone operator Be Mobile to the tune of 30 million pula. After the ABSA premiership in South Africa, the Be Mobile league is the second highest sponsored league in the COSAFA region. The league has continued to grow in leaps and bounds as shown by the increasing number of foreign players in the BPL. Some top players from mainly Zimbabwe like Arnold Chaka, Master Masitara, Elvis Meleka, Mandla Sibanda, Sageby Sandaka and Tendai Ndoro have ditched the Zimbabwean PSL for the BPL in recent years. Recently Namibian stars like Jerome Luis and Benson Shilongo arrived in Botswana in search of the Pula. After terminating their television deal with a South African company RP Productions, the league is now negotiating a long term deal with Supersport International. In early 2013, the pay TV shown five BPL games on a testing basis.{{citation needed|date=September 2017}} FormatDuring the league, from August to May, each club plays each of the other teams twice; once at home and once away, totaling 30 games for each team by the end of the season. Therefore, in Botswana football a true round-robin format is used. In the first half of the season, each team plays once against each league opponent, for a total of 15 games. In the second half of the season, the teams play in exactly the same order that they did in the first half of the season, the only difference being that home and away situations are switched. Since the 1994–95 season, teams were awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss. Since Botswana is lowly ranked in the CAF rankings only one CAF Champions League spot is awarded to the league champions. The cup winners gain a spot in the CAF Confederation Cup.{{citation needed|date=September 2017}} Since the 2005–06 season if two or more teams end the league with the same number of points, the deciding tie-breakers used are (in order):
Broadcasting rightsIn Botswana the Botswana Football Association is the one which negotiates the broadcasting rights with broadcasters. Starting from 2002–03 until 2012–13 the broadcasting rights were held by the state broadcaster Botswana Television (BTV) and its radio partner Radio Botswana (RB1). The state broadcaster was paying P5 million per season for the rights. Broadcasting of the games was irregular as the TV showed majority of games played in and around Gaborone citing poor quality stadiums in the north. Two weekend games are shown live on TV, with midweek games being delayed.{{citation needed|date=September 2017}} SuperSport dealIn 2013 there was major excitement when South African broadcasting giant entered the local market. The deal saw the state broadcaster temporarily losing the rights, as a few games were shown on pay-per-view. However it was short lived as SuperSport and the BFA parted their ways. Broadcasting resumed normally on BTV and RB1.{{citation needed|date=September 2017}} Records{{Empty section|date=November 2015}}HourliesSince 1980 all BPL games have been played at the same times. On Saturday most are played 15:00 pm CAT on winter and 16:00 pm CAT in summer. Few games are played at night due to poor lighting in most stadiums. In Sunday all games are played at 15:00 pm CAT or 16:00 pm CAT depending on the season. Most in midweek games are played at 19:00 pm CAT.{{citation needed|date=September 2017}} Current Clubs (2018-19)
ChampionsPrevious champions are:[1] {{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
Manager recordsLeague winning managers
Performance By Club
Topscorers
Botswana Premier League Player of the Season
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesb/botschamp.html|title=Botswana - List of Champions|publisher=RSSSF|year=2010}} External links
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