SSKB Stadium, Military sports stadium in Gaborone, Botswana
SSKB Stadium is a sports facility with a central football pitch and an athletics track able to accommodate about 5,000 spectators. The venue hosts football matches and track events with permanent seating arrangements for viewing.
This facility was established as a military sports venue and became home to Botswana Defence Force XI. It grew to become an important sports center for the country's armed forces.
BDF XI is the football club of the Botswana Defence Force, founded in 1978, a year after the force itself was created, and its players were mostly soldiers: as of 2007 a player became eligible once he was a cadet. In 2016 the club cut the number of civilian players, citing financial concerns. The side has won the Botswana Premier League seven times, most recently in 2004.
The stadium sits in Gaborone and holds about 5,000 spectators. Botswana Defence Force XI, the army club founded in 1978, plays its home football matches here, so matchdays are the main times to visit. The ground is a football venue rather than a public park, so check the fixture list before travelling.
The club that plays here, Botswana Defence Force XI, was founded in 1978, a year after the Botswana Defence Force itself was created, and as of 2007 only cadets were eligible to turn out for it. In 2016 the club cut back on civilian players for financial reasons. Its seven league titles came in 1981, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1997, 2002 and 2004.
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