The Lesotho Premier League also known as Vodacom Premier League is the top football division in Lesotho
and was created in 1970. Vodacom Lesotho are the current league sponsor
and will back the Premier League for three seasons (2009/10, 2010/11
and 2011/12). Vodacom Lesotho are also the sponsor of the annual Vodacom Soccer Spectacular knockout competition, Lesotho's national cup tournament.
Until the end of the 2009/10 season there were are sixteen clubs in
the Premier League. However this has changed for the 2010/11 season
after four teams were relegated at the end of the 2009/10 season
following the instruction of the Mohale Declaration, a roadmap
introduced by FIFA in 2008 which intends to create a professional league
in Lesotho with 12 teams by 2014. The 2014/15 Premier League is
currently being contested by 14 clubs.
The champion of the Premier League qualifies to represent Lesotho in the ORANGE CAF Champions League. In the past the second placed team in the Premier League used to advance to the CAF Confederation Cup, which is the African equivalent of the UEFA Europa League however this was stopped at the turn of the century because of a lack of funds.
The Lesotho Premier League is still played on an amateur status.
2014-15 teams
- Bantu (Mafeteng)
- Kick4Life FC
- Lesotho Correctional Services (Maseru)
- Lesotho Defence Force FC (Maseru)
- LMPS (Maseru)
- Likila United
- Likhopo (Maseru)
- Linare FC (Leribe)
- Lioli FC (Teyateyaneng)
- Matlama FC (Maseru)
- Mphatlalatsane FC (Leribe)
- Nyenye Rovers (Leribe)
- Qoaling Highlanders
- Sandawana (Mpharane)
Lioli FC 2014-15 champion
Source: http://molaposportscentre.blogspot.com.es/p/lesotho-premier-league.html
Lesotho Football Asociation
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