Nico United are an association football club based in Selebi-Phikwe, Botswana, about 420 kilometres from the capital Gaborone. Their name of "Nico", which has been the target of jokes and Internet memes since Love Live! School Idol Project gained popularity, actually comes from the copper and nickel-mining complex that Selebi-Phikwe is known for.
Full name | BCL Nico United Sporting Club |
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Nickname(s) | Majombolo Baby Jombies |
Ground | Selebi-Phikwe, Botswana |
Chairman | Robert Wankie |
Manager | Peter Muchine |
League | Botswana First Division North |
2022–23 | 12th |
History
editThe team were promoted to the Botswana Premier League for the first time in the 2004–05 season after spending the 2003–04 season playing in the First Division North.
Honours
edit- 1986, 1987
Officials
edit- Leslie Selema (Manager)
- Masego Ntsatsi (Vice Manager)
- Tlhalefang Bagwasi (Secretary)
- Mokgosi (Vice Secretary)
- Kgakgamatso Moreri (Treasurer)
- Lopang Pule (PR Official)
- Simeone Mooketsi (Add Member)
- Shane Koontse (Supporters Chairman)
- Mbiganyi Thatitswe
- Comfort Buti
- Vincent Mokgwathi