{"product_id":"orapa-united-2022-2023-home-shirt","title":"Orapa United 2022\/2023 Home Shirt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eORAPA UNITED - HOME SHIRT 2022\/2023\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOrapa United are a Botswana Premier League side founded in 2012 in the small mining township of Orapa, in the country's central Boteti region. The club was born from a merger of five local sides - Boteti Young Fighters, White Diamonds, Orapa Swallows and Orapa Bucs among them - all of which had previously been competing for sponsorship funds from Debswana, the diamond-mining joint venture between De Beers and the Government of Botswana that powers the entire town. Known to fans as The Ostriches, Orapa play their home matches at the 5,000-capacity Itekeng Stadium and remain proudly backed by Debswana to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2022\/2023 campaign - during which this striking home shirt was worn - was one of the most successful seasons in the club's short history. Orapa finished a club-best third in the Botswana Premier League, just outside the continental qualification places, with a record of 19 wins, three draws and eight defeats from their 30 matches. Their 60 points left them clear of fourth-placed Township Rollers and only behind champions Jwaneng Galaxy and runners-up Gaborone United, who took the country's CAF Confederation Cup spot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe most remarkable statistic of the campaign was Orapa's attacking output. The Ostriches finished the season as the Premier League's top scorers with 69 goals - more than even Jwaneng Galaxy's title-winning haul of 66 - underlining the front-foot, goals-first football that has come to define the side.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was a season of real confidence-building for a club still finding its place in the upper echelons of Botswana football - the kind of campaign that turns a mining-town merger project into a serious top-tier contender and brought renewed pride to the diamond community of Orapa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollow the club on X: @orapaunitedfc\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Surprise Shirts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55592021066104,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/5564\/9221\/files\/OrapaUnited2022_2023HomeShirt.jpg?v=1782817606","url":"https:\/\/surpriseshirts.co.uk\/products\/orapa-united-2022-2023-home-shirt","provider":"Surprise Shirts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}