Bai Bureh Warriors

The Bai Bureh Warriors of Port Loko commonly known as Bai Bureh Warriors is a Sierra Leonean professional football (soccer) club based in Port Loko, Port Loko District, Sierra Leone.[1]

Bai Bureh Warriors
Full nameBai Bureh Warriors
Nickname(s)The Warriors
GroundPort Loko Football Field
Port Loko, Sierra Leone
OwnerCommunity Team
LeagueSierra Leone National First Division
2022–20237th

The club is currently playing in the Sierra Leone National First Division, the second highest football league in Sierra Leone.. Bai Bureh Warriors spent many years in the Sierra Leone National Premier League before being relegated to the second division in 2005.

The club is named after Bai Bureh, a great Sierra Leonean warrior and military strategist who led the Temne Uprising against the British in 1898.

Bai Bureh Warriors won the Sierra Leonean FA Cup Cup[2] in 1978 and 1982 and their best performance in any Caf competitions came in 1979 when they reached the second round of the CAF Cup Winners' Cup.

Achievements
1978, 1982

Performance in CAF competitions
1979 – Second Round
1983 – First Round

References
  1. Cham, Kemo (17 June 2019). "Sierra Leone Police prevent opposition leader from entering Port Loko". Politico SL. Retrieved 19 November 2021. The Bai Bureh Warriors of Port Loko town and the Freetown-based FC Johansen were playing a friendly match at the Old Port Loko Mini Stadium.
  2. "Legendary Soccer Maestro Abdul Muckni joins the race for parliament". 20 February 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2021. Prior to joining the national team, he led the Bai Bureh Warriors to victory, emerging as champions of the FA Cup.


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