The Burundi Ligue A, also called Primus Ligue for

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reasons, is the highest division in

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Burundi Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the junction between the African Gr ...

. The league was formed in 1972 and has 16 teams. They play 30 rounds home and away during a season.

Current clubs

The following sixteen clubs are competing in the Primus Ligue during the 2022–23 season.

Previous champions

* 1963: Stella Matutina FC (Bujumbura) * 1964: Stella Matutina FC (Bujumbura) * 1965: Maniema Fantastique (Bujumbura) * 1966: Maniema Fantastique (Bujumbura) * 1967: Maniema Fantastique (Bujumbura) * 1968: Maniema Fantastique (Bujumbura) * 1969: Espoir FC (Bujumbura) * 1970: Inter FC (Bujumbura) ''**'' * 1971: TP Bata (Bujumbura) ''***'' * 1972: Sports Dynamic (Bujumbura) ''**'' * 1973: ''not held, due to civil war late in the year 1972 when massacres occurred to disrupt the start of the league that was meant to end in 1973'' * 1974: Inter FC (Bujumbura) ''**'' * 1975: Inter FC (Bujumbura) * 1976:

Prince Louis FC Prince Louis Football Club is a football club from Bujumbura, Burundi. It is named in honour of the independence hero Prince Louis Rwagasore. Honours * Burundi Premier League: 2 :: 1976, 2001 * Burundian Cup: 1 :: 1992 Performance in CAF compet ...

(Bujumbura) ''**'' * 1977: Inter FC (Bujumbura) ''*''/''**'' * 1978: Inter FC (Bujumbura) ''**'' * 1979:

Vital'O FC Vital'O FC is a professional football club based in Bujumbura, Burundi. The team currently plays in the Burundi Ligue A,the top division of Burundi football. History They were founded as Gwanda, Sport FC in the 1960s, changed their name to ...

(Bujumbura) * 1980:

(Bujumbura) * 1981:

(Bujumbura) * 1982: Maniema Fantastique (Bujumbura) ''**'' * 1983:

(Bujumbura) * 1984:

(Bujumbura) * 1985: Inter FC (Bujumbura) * 1986:

(Bujumbura) * 1987: Inter FC (Bujumbura) ''**'' * 1988: Inter FC (Bujumbura) ''*'' * 1989: Inter FC (Bujumbura) ''**'' * 1990:

(Bujumbura) * 1991:

AS Inter Star Association Sportif Inter Star, is a football (soccer) club from Bujumbura, Burundi. Squad Management and staff Honours * Burundi Premier League: 4 ::1991, 1992, 2005, 2008 * Burundian Cup: 1 ::1990 * Burundi Super ...

(Bujumbura) ''**'' * 1992:

(Bujumbura) * 1993: ''not held or abandoned'' * 1994:

(Bujumbura) * 1995: Maniema Fantastique (Bujumbura) * 1996:

(Bujumbura) * 1997: Maniema FC (Maniema) * 1998:

(Bujumbura) * 1999:

(Bujumbura) * 2000:

(Bujumbura) * 2001:

(Bujumbura) * 2002: Muzinga FC (Bujumbura) * 2003: ''not finished'' * 2004: Athlético Olympic FC (Bujumbura) * 2005:

(Bujumbura) * 2006:

(Bujumbura) * 2007:

(Bujumbura) * 2008:

(Bujumbura) * 2009:

(Bujumbura) * 2010:

(Bujumbura) * 2010–11: Athlético Olympic FC (Bujumbura) * 2011–12:

(Bujumbura) * 2012–13: Flambeau de l'Est (Ruyigi) * 2013–14: LLB Académic * 2014–15: Vital'O * 2015–16: Vital'O * 2016–17: LLB Sport 4 Africa * 2017–18: Le Messager de Ngozi * 2018–19: Aigle Noir Makamba * 2019–20: Le Messager de Ngozi *

2020–21 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen b ...

: Le Messager de Ngozi * 2021–22: Flambeau du Centre *

2022–23 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen b ...

: Bumamuru ''*'' Vital'ô were disqualified due to "affaire Tchambala". ''**'' Vital'ô finished second. ''***'' Vital'ô were founded as Rwanda Sport FC in 1957, changed name to ALTECO from 1962 to 1965, to Tout Puissant Bata from 1966 to 1970, then merged with Rapide in 1971 to become Espoir from 1971 to 1972, and were renamed Vital'ô in 1972.

Performance by club

Top scorers

References

External links

Football for the Peoples. Burundi

Burundi Premier League on Soccerway
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