Steve Biko FC
The Steve Biko Football Club is a football club from Bakau in the West Africa state of Gambia, located near the capital of Banjul. They played in the GFA League First Division, which was the highest league in Gambian football. They won the GFA Cup in 2000. While the football club qualified for the 2002 CAF Cup, they declined to participate.[1]
Full name | Steve Biko Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Bakau Giants Killers | ||
Founded | 1978 | ||
Ground | Serrekunda East Mini-Stadium, Serrekunda | ||
Capacity | 5,000 | ||
Chairman | Mustapha Kebbeh | ||
Manager | Abdoulie Bojang | ||
League | GFA League | ||
2018 | 11th | ||
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The Steve Biko Football Club was named after the murdered South African civil rights activist Steve Biko. Steve Biko was murdered by Apartheid regime government. Founded in 1978, the club initially began playing in the third division. They climbed the ranks of the league to achieve second place in 1983. In 1989, they played for the first time in the premier league.[2]
Current players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Managers
- 1999–2000 –
Jules Bocandé[3] Abdoulie Bojang[4]
References
- "Internet Archive Wayback Machine". Web.archive.org. 2009-06-28. Archived from the original on June 28, 2009. Retrieved 2012-01-26.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
- "Gambia 1998/99". Rsssf.com. 2009-07-09. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- http://dailynews.gm/africa/gambia/article/biko-sends-condolence-to-ex-coach-bocande
- http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/profile-coach-abdoulie-bojang
External links
- Team profile – soccerway.com