Ports Authority

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Ports Authority
Full name Ports Authority Football Club
Nickname(s) The Water Front Boys
Founded
Ground National Stadium
Freetown, Sierra Leone
(Capacity 45,000)
Chairman Flag of Sierra Leone Idrissa Tarawallie
Manager Flag of Sierra Leone Daniel Koroma
League Sierra Leone National Premier League
2007/2008 1st out of 14 clubs (Champion)
Team colours Team colours Team colours
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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

1973, 2008
1990, 1991

[edit] Performance in CAF competitions

2000 - Preliminary Round
1974: First Round
2007 - First Round
1996 - Quarter-Final
1991 - disqualified in First Round
1992 - First Round

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