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'''Black Lions''' is a football club based in [[Gaborone]], [[Botswana]]. The team plays in the [[Botswana Premier League]]
==History== The club was founded in 2024, and registered in 2025 to play in Division Two. However, they purchased the Premier League status from VTM FC and are playing in the [[2025–26 Botswana Premier League]]. The former coach of South African giants [[Orlando Pirates F.C.|Orlando Pirates]], [[Owen da Gama]], coached them at the start of their first season in the top tier<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 28, 2025 |title=Botswana: Owen da Gama lowers Black Lions FC’s expectations |url=https://www.panafricafootball.com/post/botswana-owen-da-gama-lowers-black-lions-fc-s-expectations/ |access-date=2025-11-27 |language=en-ZA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dube |first=Mqondisi |date=August 22, 2025 |title=Will the Lions roar in an unforgiving jungle? |url=https://www.mmegi.bw/sports/will-the-lions-roar-in-an-unforgiving-jungle/news |access-date=2025-11-27 |website=Mmegi Online |language=en}}</ref> until his departure in December 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dube |first=Mthokozisi |date=December 3, 2025 |title=Owen Da Gama parts ways with Botswana’s Black Lions |url=https://farpost.co.za/2025/12/03/owen-da-gama-parts-ways-with-botswanas-black-lions/ |access-date=2025-12-03 |website=Farpost |language=en-US}}</ref>
They began with three consecutive defeats before finding some form and moving up the table.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Boranabi |first=Kabelo |date=November 7, 2025 |title=Lions roar towards respectable position |url=https://www.mmegi.bw/sports/lions-roar-towards-respectable-position/news |access-date=2025-11-27 |website=Mmegi Online |language=en}}</ref>
In September 2025, the club donated P10,000 worth of equipment to Boitekanelo College.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malabe |first=Chawada |date=September 15, 2025 |title=Black Lions FC Donates » TheVoiceBW |url=https://thevoicebw.com/black-lions-fc-donates/ |access-date=2025-11-27 |website=TheVoiceBW |language=en-GB}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} {{Botswana Premier League}}
[[Category:Association football clubs established in 2024]] [[Category:Football clubs in Gaborone]] [[Category:Football clubs in Botswana]]
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