Roma Rovers FC

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Roma Rovers FC
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Basic data
Surname Roma Rovers Football Club
First soccer team
Venue Rovers Stadium
Places 1,000
league Lesotho First League
2017/18 1st place
home
Away
Roma Rovers home game in the Lesotho Premier League (1990)

The Roma Rovers FC is a football club from Roma , Lesotho . He plays his home games at the Machabeng Stadium .

The club was founded under the name Maseru Rovers FC. At the beginning of the 80s he played successfully in the Lesotho Premier League , it wasn't enough for a championship. Nevertheless, he won the Lesotho Cup in 1981 and 1982. After the successes it became quieter in the club and in the meantime they were relegated to the Lesotho Second Division. It was renamed Roma Rovers FC and moved to the National University of Lesotho in Roma. In 1995 the club won the Lesotho Cup and in 1996 it won its first championship in the Lesotho Premier League. But the success did not last long and a few years later they got down again. It was not until the 2015 season that it was promoted again.

successes

  • Championships : 1
Lesothian Master : 1996

Statistics in the CAF competitions

competition round opponent First leg Return leg
African Cup Winners' Cup 1982 1 round ZimbabweZimbabwe CAPS United 0: 1 (H) 0: 1 (A)
African Cup Winners' Cup 1983 Preliminary round SwazilandSwaziland Young Aces Bulembu 2: 1 (H) 1: 1 (A)
1 round MadagascarMadagascar AS Sotema 3: 2 (H) 0: 2 (A)
African Cup Winners' Cup 1996 Preliminary round NamibiaNamibia Windhoek MP Tigers 2: 1 (A) 1: 2 (H), 1: 4 n.e.
CAF Champions League 1997 Preliminary round MalawiMalawi Lime Leaf Wanderers 0: 1 (A) 5: 1 (H)
1 round South AfricaSouth Africa Orlando Pirates 0: 1 (A) 0: 0 (H)