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About Mount Aureol
Mount Aureol is a Sierra Leonean Football Club from Freetown, Sierra Leone. The club is currently a member of the Sierra Leone National Premier League, the highest division of football in Sierra Leone. The Sierra Leone National Premier League was founded in 1967. To date a club outside of Freetown has never won the league. Fourteen clubs compete in the league, playing each other twice, once at home and once away. At the end of the season, the top two teams qualify for the CAF Champions League.
Premier League in Sierra Leone is governed by the rules and regulations of FIFA (International Federation of Football Association).
CAF Champions League Prize Money
In the 2013 season $5.7 million in prize money was shared between the top eight clubs and their national associations as follows:
Final Position | Money awarded to the club | Money awarded to national association |
1 | $1,500,000 | $50,000 |
2 | $1,000,000 | $35,000 |
Semi-finalists | $700,000 | $22,500 |
3rd in group stage | $500,000 | $13,750 |
4th in group stage | $400,000 | $10,000 |
Mount Aureol History
The Mount Aureol area of Freetown is home to Fourah Bay College, the oldest college in Western Africa. It was also the first western-style university in Western Africa. It was established in 1827 and soon became a magnet for the patriated former slaves and other Africans seeking higher education under the British Empire. Before its current location on Mount Aureol, overlooking Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, Fourah Bay College was located on the East end of Freetown.