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Nico United

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Nico United
Full nameBCL Nico United Sporting Club
Nickname(s)Majombolo
Baby Jombies
GroundSelebi-Phikwe, Botswana
ChairmanRobert Wankie
ManagerPeter Muchine
LeagueBotswana First Division North
2022–2312th

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.

History

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The 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

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1986, 1987

Officials

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  • 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