Curepipe Starlight Sports Club is a
Mauritian football
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club based in
Curepipe. They play in the
Mauritian League, the top division in Mauritian football.
They won the league for the first time in 2007 and thus qualified for the
CAF Champions League 2008
The 2008 CAF Champions League was the 44th edition of the CAF Champions League, the Africa's premier club football tournament prize organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Al Ahly of Egypt defeated Coton Sport of Cameroon in ...
. They then became part of history, when they played at the
Stade Said Mohamed Cheikh
Stade Said Mohamed Cheikh is a multi-use stadium in Mitsamiouli, Comoros. It is currently used mostly for football matches.
History
It was opened in 2007 as part of FIFA's Win in Africa with Africa program. It is named after former Comoros head, ...
in Moroni, where an African club competition match was hosted in the Comoros Islands for the first time.
Comoros anticipate historic debut
nbsp;– FIFA.com In 2008, they won the Mauritian League, the Mauritian Cup and as well as the Mauritian Republic Cup.
Ground
Their home stadium is Stade George V
New George V Stadium is a football stadium in Curepipe, Mauritius. The stadium holds 6,500 people.
History
The construction of the George V Stadium started in 1954 and the stadium was ready in 1955.http://www.mauritiusfootball.com/mf-history.p ...
(cap. 6,200), located in Curepipe, Plaines Wilhems District. They share this stadium with the other club of Curepipe : Cercle De Joachim.
Achievements
* Mauritian League: 4
::2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09 , 2012–13
* Mauritian Cup: 3
::2006, 2008, 2013
* Mauritian Republic Cup: 2
::2007, 2008
Performance in CAF competitions
*CAF Champions League
The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual football club competition organized by the Confederation of African Football and co ...
: 2 appearances
::2008
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– First Round
::2009
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– Preliminary Round
*CAF Confederation Cup
The CAF Confederation Cup, known as the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual association football club competition established in 2004 from a merger of the CAF Cup and the African Cup Winners' Cup and organi ...
: 1 appearance
::2007
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– Preliminary Round
Current squad
''As of September 1, 2017''
External links
zerozerofootball Profile
References
Curepipe
Football clubs in Mauritius
2001 establishments in Mauritius
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