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Uniao Flamengo Santos
Full nameUniao Flamengo Santos Football Club
Nickname(s)The Saints
Ma-Fourteen(14)
Founded2003; 21 years ago (2003)
Ground UB Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana
Capacity10,000
Manager Botswana Innocent Ranku
League Botswana First Division
2017–1815th

Uniao Flamengo Santos is a football club from Gabane, Botswana, based in Gaborone. They play their home matches at UB Stadium in Gaborone. [1]

The club is named after two Brazilian clubs: Flamengo and Santos. Its colors, however, are blue and white, and its home kit is similar to the Argentine national team's. [2]

Uniao Flamengo Santos was promoted to Botswana's top level league, which is the Mascom Premier League, during the 2005–06 season, when the club finished in First Division South's first position. [3] In 2006–07 the club finished in Mascom Premier League's eleventh position. [4] Uniao Flamengo Santos finished in Mascom Premier League's third position in 2007–08 season. [5]

Achievements

2009

Performance in CAF competitions

2010 – Preliminary Round

References

  1. ^ "Botswana: Chiefs, Santos Vie for Top Spot". allafrica.com. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
  2. ^ "Botswana tem 'Fla Santos'. De azul e branco" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Retrieved 22 October 2007.
  3. ^ "Botswana 2005/06". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 October 2007.
  4. ^ "Botswana 2006/07". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 October 2007.
  5. ^ "Botswana 2007/08". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 August 2008.