BCC Lions

Football club infobox
clubname = BCC Lions


fullname = Benue Cement Co. Lions Football Club
nickname =
founded = 1982
ground = J. S. Tarka Stadium
Gboko, Nigeria
capacity = 15,000
chairman = Aliko Dangote
manager = TBA
league = Nigeria National League
season = 2008/09
position =

BCC Lions (Benue Cement Company) is a Nigerian football team based in Gboko and will play their home games at the J. S. Tarka Stadium.In the early 1990s, they were one of the dominant teams in the league, peaking with the double in 1994.They were relegated from the Nigerian Premier League in 1998 by two points, and were inable to regain the former glory. After spending six years in the lower division, they slowly lost their fan base and financial support. Despite a 2.5 million naira boost from Benue State governor George Akume in 2002 and another million from Guilder Brewing two years later, the team was disbanded, not even showing for their 2004 FA Cup first round game against Shooting Stars F.C. An attempt to resurrect the team began in November 2007. In September 2008, Aliko Dankote,chairman of the BCC board announced 110 million naira has been approved for the team to participate in the 2008/09 season.

Former Players

* Moses Kpakor
* Dominic Iorfa
* Alum Aule
* Terfa Kpakpor
* Sam Addingi
* Toyin Ayinla
* Aham Nwankwo
* Louis Igwillo
* Bolaji Douglas
* Sam Elijah
* Ben 'Surugede' Ugwu
* Amir Angwe
* Sylvester Affiomah
* Shogbene Oshoff
* Fuludu Edema
* Felix Pilakyaa
* Chibuzor Ndubueze
* Clifford Cassidy
* Imadu Dooyum
* Emmanuel Issah
* Abdul Sule
* Amaechi Ottiji
* Wilfred Agbonavbare
* Tama Aondofar
* Emmanuel Mathias

Achievements

* Nigerian Premier League: 1
** 1994

* Nigerian FA Cup: 4
** 1989, 1993, 1994, 1997

* African Cup Winners' Cup: 1
** 1990

Performance in CAF competitions

*African Cup of Champions Clubs: 1 appearance::1995 - Second Round

*CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 4 appearances::1990 - Champion::1991 - "Finalist"::1994 - Quarter-Final::1998 - First Round

External links

* [http://www.firstglobalselect.com/scripts/cgiip.wsc/globalone/htm/news_article.r?vcnews-id=247 GULDER SPLASHES N20.5m ON CLUBS]
* [http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art20071215314237 The Punch: Benue woos BCC to revive Lions]
* [http://www.thetidenews.com/article.aspx?qrDate=12/18/2007&qrTitle=BCC+Lions+to+bounce+back+soon&qrColumn=SPORTS BCC Lions to bounce back]
* [http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/sports/article04//indexn3_html?pdate=300908&ptitle=Benue%20government%20moves%20to%20revive%20BCC%20Lions&cpdate=300908 Benue government moves to revive BCC Lions]