# TAFIC F.C.

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Football club

TAFIC Full name Tati African Football Independent Club[1] Nickname Matjimenyenga Founded 1961[1] Ground Francistown Stadium,[2] Francistown, Botswana Capacity 26,000[2] Manager philimon Makgwengwe League Botswana Premier League

**Tati African Football Independent Club** also known as **TAFIC** for short, is a [football](/source/Association_football) club based in [Francistown](/source/Francistown), [Botswana](/source/Botswana). The team was [relegated](/source/Relegated) from the [Botswana Premier League](/source/Botswana_Premier_League) to the [First Division North](/source/Botswana_First_Division_North) in 2014.[3] Nicknamed **Matjimenyenga**, after a stream, which runs behind the low-income locations of [Maipaafela](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maipaafela&action=edit&redlink=1) and [Kgaphamadi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kgaphamadi&action=edit&redlink=1). 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](/source/Botswana_Premier_League).

## Honours

- [Botswana FA Challenge Cup](/source/FA_Challenge_Cup_(Botswana))[4] 2002

- [Debswana First Division North League](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Debswana_First_Division_North_League&action=edit&redlink=1) (FDN) 2016/17[5]

## Performance in CAF competitions

- [African Cup Winners' Cup](/source/African_Cup_Winners'_Cup)[6]

- - [1993](/source/1993_African_Cup_Winners'_Cup) – Preliminary Round

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Founded_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Founded_1-1) Schöggl, Hans (12 February 2015). ["Botswana –- List of Foundation Dates"](https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/botsfound.html). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 4 April 2015.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Soccerway_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Soccerway_2-1) ["TAFIC FC"](https://int.soccerway.com/teams/botswana/tafic-fc/16871/). *Soccerway*. Perform Group. Retrieved 4 April 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-B1314_3-0)** King, Ian; Stokkermans, Karel (4 September 2014). ["Botswana 2013/14"](https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bots2014.html). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 4 April 2015. ["Debswana First Division North"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150409115822/http://www.botswanafootball.org/index.php/8-news/35-debswana-first-division-north). Botswana Football Association. Archived from [the original](http://www.botswanafootball.org/index.php/8-news/35-debswana-first-division-north) on 9 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Schöggl, Hans (4 December 2014). ["Botswana Cup Winners"](https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/botscuphist.html). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 4 April 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Tafic fc promoted - Google Search"](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).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Boesenberg, Eric (9 July 2009). ["African Club Competitions 1997"](https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afcup97.html). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 4 April 2015.

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