Ports Authority
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| Full name | Ports Authority Football Club | ||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | The Water Front Boys | ||||||||||||||||
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| Ground | National Stadium Freetown, Sierra Leone (Capacity 45,000) |
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| League | Sierra Leone National Premier League | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007/2008 | 1st out of 14 clubs (Champion) | ||||||||||||||||
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Ports Authority Football Club, is a Sierra Leonean professional football club from the capital Freetown, currently a member of the Sierra Leone National Premier League which is the top football division in Sierra Leone. The club is owned and run by the Sierra Leone Ports Authority (SLPA). Ports Authority play their home games at the National Stadium in Freetown
One of the biggest and most popular football clubs in Sierra Leone, they won the Sierra Leone National Premeir Leaguee in 1973 and again in 2008. They have won the Sierra Leonean FA Cup competition on two consecutive times in 1990 and 1991. Ports Authority have an intense rivalry with East End Lions but clubs come from the East End of Freetown. In 1996, Ports Authority became the first and only Sierra Leonean football club to reach the Quarter-final of CAF Confederation Cup.
[edit] Achievements
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- 1973, 2008
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- 1990, 1991
[edit] Performance in CAF competitions
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- 2000 - Preliminary Round
- African Cup of Champions Clubs: 1 appearance
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- 1974: First Round
- CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance
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- 2007 - First Round
- CAF Cup: 1 appearance
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- 1996 - Quarter-Final
- CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearances
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- 1991 - disqualified in First Round
- 1992 - First Round
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