{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Orapa United | image = Orapa_United_F.C._logo.png | fullname = Orapa United Football Club | nickname = ''The Ostriches'', ''Bo Mmanche'' | founded = 2012 | ground = [[Itekeng Stadium]], [[Orapa]], [[Central District (Botswana)|Central]], Botswana | capacity = 5,000 | chairman = [[Kagiso T. Mogocha]] | manager = [[Tawurayi Mangwiro]] | league = [[Botswana Premier League|BTC Premiership]] | season = [[2024–25 Botswana Premier League|2024–25]] | position = 8th
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''' Orapa United FC''' is a [[Botswana]] [[association football|football]] club based in [[Orapa]]. The team currently plays in Botswana Premier League having gained promotion from [[Botswana First Division North]] League in the 2013–14 season.
The club was founded by Johane Mchive, Tidimalo Tito and Kaisara Kaisara in 2012 by merging five football clubs in the Orapa Township. Kaisara Kaisara served as Orapa United's first Interim chairman until he called the first elective Annual General Meeting.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?sid=8&aid=946&dir=2012/September/Monday3/|title=Orapa United is born|date=3 September 2012|publisher=mmegi.bw|first=Shingirai|last=Madondo}}</ref>
The club reached three consecutive [[Mascom Top 8 Cup]] finals from 2016 to 2018, the premier cup competition in Botswana. They beat [[Township Rollers]] in the 2016 final.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?aid=74308&dir=2018/february/05|date=5 February 2018|title=Orapa Humble GU To Reach Top 8 Final}}</ref> They again defeated Township Rollers in the 2020 final.
==Achievements==
===League=== *'''[[Botswana Premier League]]: 0''' ::runners up 2014–15
*'''[[Botswana First Division North]]: 1''' ::Winners 2012–13
===Cup competitions=== *'''[[FA Challenge Cup (Botswana)|FA Challenge Cup]]: 1''' :: 2018–19.
*'''[[Mascom Top 8 Cup]]: 2''' :: 2016, 2020.
==Performance in CAF competitions== *'''[[CAF Champions League]]: 0 appearance'''
*'''[[CAF Confederation Cup]]: 2 appearances''' ::[[CAF Confederation Cup 2017|2017]] – Preliminary Round ::[[2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup|2019]] – Preliminary Round ::[[2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup |2025]] – Group Stage
==Stadium== Currently the team plays at the 5000 capacity [[Itekeng Stadium]].{{cn|date=July 2023}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://orapaunitedfc.com Official Website] *[https://int.soccerway.com/teams/botswana/orapa-united/25450/ Soccerway] *[http://www.tablesleague.com/teams/orapa_united_fc/ Tablesleague.com] {{Botswana Premier League}} [[Category:Football clubs in Botswana]] {{Botswana-footyclub-stub}}