Uniao Flamengo Santos FC
Encyclopedia
Uniao Flamengo Santos, is a football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club from Gabane
Gabane
Gabane is a village in Kweneng District of Botswana. It is located 15 km west of Gaborone, the capital of Botswana. The population was 10,399 in 2001 census, making it the fourth largest settlement in Kweneng....

, Botswana
Botswana
Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...

 based in Gaborone
Gaborone
' is the capital and largest city of Botswana with a population of 191,776 based on a 2006 survey, about 10% of the total population of Botswana....

. They play their home matches at UB Stadium in Gaborone.

The club is named after two Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian clubs, Flamengo
Clube de Regatas do Flamengo
Clube de Regatas do Flamengo , also known as Flamengo and familiarly as Mengão, is a Brazilian sports club based in the Flamengo bairro, Zona Sul, Rio de Janeiro, best known for its professional football team...

, and Santos
Santos Futebol Clube
Santos Futebol Clube is a Brazilian professional football club based in Santos, São Paulo They play in the Campeonato Paulista and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the highest professional leagues in São Paulo state and Brazil, respectively....

. Its colors, however are blue and white, and its home kit is similar to Argentine national team
Argentina national football team
The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in association football and is controlled by the Argentine Football Association , the governing body for football in Argentina. Argentina's home stadium is Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti and their head coach is Alejandro...

's.

Uniao Flamengo Santos was promoted to Botswana's top level league, which is the Mascom Premier League
Mascom Premier League
The Botswana Premier League is the highest division in football in Botswana. The league has existed since 1966. The championship initially called MLO Cup....

, during the 2005–06 season, when the club finished in First Division South's first position. In 2006–07 the club finished in Mascom Premier League's eleventh position. Uniao Flamengo Santos finished in Mascom Premier League's third position in 2007–08 season.

Performance in CAF competitions

  • CAF Confederation Cup
    CAF Confederation Cup
    The CAF Confederation Cup is an international club association football competition run by the Confederation of African Football.-Qualification:...

    : 1 appearance
2010 - Preliminary Round
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK