{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = TAFIC | image = TAFIC.png | fullname = Tati African Football Independent Club<ref name=Founded/> | nickname = Matjimenyenga | founded = 1961<ref name=Founded>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/botsfound.html |title=Botswana –- List of Foundation Dates |first1=Hans |last1=Schöggl |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) |date=12 February 2015 |accessdate=4 April 2015}}</ref> | ground = [[Francistown Stadium]],<ref name=Soccerway/> [[Francistown]], [[Botswana]] | capacity = 26,000<ref name=Soccerway>{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/teams/botswana/tafic-fc/16871/ |title=TAFIC FC |website=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |accessdate=4 April 2015}}</ref> | chairman = | manager = [[philimon Makgwengwe]] | league = [[Botswana Premier League]] | season = 2019-2020 | | }} '''Tati African Football Independent Club''' also known as '''TAFIC''' for short, is a [[association football|football]] club based in [[Francistown]], [[Botswana]]. The team was [[relegated]] from the [[Botswana Premier League]] to the [[Botswana First Division North|First Division North]] in 2014.<ref name=B1314>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bots2014.html |title=Botswana 2013/14 |first1=Ian |last1=King |first2=Karel |last2=Stokkermans |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) |date=4 September 2014 |accessdate=4 April 2015 }}<br />{{cite web |url=http://www.botswanafootball.org/index.php/8-news/35-debswana-first-division-north |title=Debswana First Division North |publisher=Botswana Football Association |accessdate=4 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409115822/http://www.botswanafootball.org/index.php/8-news/35-debswana-first-division-north |archivedate=9 April 2015 }}</ref> Nicknamed '''Matjimenyenga''', after a stream, which runs behind the low-income locations of [[Maipaafela]] and [[Kgaphamadi]]. The club motto: "Undipe ndi kupe". The club was founded in 1959 as a breakaway from the then popular TAFA football club. Information has it that the founders of TAFIC, which was initially known as Sharp Shooters in its formative years, were based at Kgaphamadi. They gained promotion back to the elite league as champions in the 2016/17 season but were subsequently relegated the very next season. They are currently playing in the [[Botswana Premier League]].
==Honours== * [[FA Challenge Cup (Botswana)|Botswana FA Challenge Cup]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/botscuphist.html |title=Botswana Cup Winners |first1=Hans |last1=Schöggl |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) |date=4 December 2014 |accessdate=4 April 2015}}</ref> 2002 *[[Debswana First Division North League]] (FDN) 2016/17<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.google.co.bw/search?rlz=1C1CHHM_enBW749BW749&ei=PkK6WoiFOoP1gAamxLuADA&q=tafic+fc+promoted&oq=tafic+fc+promoted&gs_l=psy-ab.3...139274.147755.0.148465.17.14.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..17.0.0....0.HSW02XOd830 | title=Tafic fc promoted - Google Search }}</ref>
==Performance in CAF competitions== * [[African Cup Winners' Cup]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afcup97.html |title=African Club Competitions 1997 |first1=Eric |last1=Boesenberg |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) |date=9 July 2009 |accessdate=4 April 2015}}</ref> :: [[1993 African Cup Winners' Cup|1993]] – Preliminary Round
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[[Category:Association football clubs established in 1959]] [[Category:Football clubs in Francistown]] [[Category:1959 establishments in Bechuanaland Protectorate]]
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