The Diamond Stars Football Club is a Sierra Leonean professional

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club based in Koidu Town,

Kono District Kono District is a district in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. Its capital and largest city is Koidu Town. Motema is the second most populous city in the district. The other major towns in the district include Yengema, Tombodu, Jaiama ...

, Sierra Leone. The club represent the diamond-rich

and is a member of the

Sierra Leone National Premier League Sierra Leone National Premier League is a professional football league in Sierra Leone. It was founded in 1967. The league is sponsored by Leone Rock Metal Group. East End Lions and Mighty Blackpool are the two biggest and most successful clubs ...

, the top football league in Sierra Leone. The club is coached by a Class A Coach ZAPA.

History

The club got the name the Diamond Stars due to the rich diamond reserves in Kono district, where it is based. Diamond stars have one of the largest

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s among Sierra Leonean football clubs and its supporters are primarily from Kono District. The club is owned a\ by the KonoDistrict Stakeholders, but was previously sponsored by the

Koidu Holdings Koidu Limited a subsidiary of OCTÉA Limited, is a locally registered Company in the Republic of Sierra Leone. History Formation After a JV was formed on 1 June 2002 Koidu Limited acquired the remainder of the 20 -year mining lease agreemen ...

, diamond mining company, through their corporate social responsibility. However, the company stopped funding the Club in 2014. The Diamond Stars became the champions of the 2012 and 2013 Premier League season, and the first club outside

Freetown Freetown () is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, e ...

to ever won the Premier League. They won their first league title at the Wusum Sports Stadium in front of a capacity crowd of 5,000. The club current coach is a Class A Coah ZAPA. The club have won the

Sierra Leonean FA Cup Sierra Leone FA Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is the national knockout cup competition in Sierra Leone. It was established in 1967. The competition is run by the Sierra Leone Football Association. Cup winners qualify for the CAF Confederation ...

once, in 1992 and they are one of the most popular football clubs in Sierra Leone. In October 2018, the Board of Trustees of the Diamond Stars Football Club appointed a new executive, chaired by PC George Bockrie Torto as Team Chairman and Mr. Adams Tommy as Team Manager. Other executive members include: Mark Yambasu (deputy chairman, Sahr Amadu Komba (Deputy Team Manager); Sahr Ezra Kellie (Team Secretary); Munya Kanneh (Welfare Officer); Tamba Senessie (PRO1); Berns Komba Lebbie (PRO2); Tamba Sylvanus Morsay (Organizing Secretary)

Stadium

Koidu-Sefadu Sports Stadium is the home ground of the Diamond Stars. It is a multi-use 2,000 capacity

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located in Koidu Town,

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Achievements

* Sierra Leone League **Champions (2): 2012, 2013 *

**Winners (2): 1992, 2012

Performance in CAF competitions

CAF Cup The CAF Cup was an annual competition organised by the CAF for domestic leagues runners-up of member associations who have not qualified to one of the two pre-existing CAF international club competitions the African Cup of Champions Clubs or t ...

: 1 appearance ::1994 – withdrew in Quarter-Finals *

CAF Cup Winners' Cup The African Cup Winners' Cup was a football competition that started in 1975 and merged with the CAF Cup in 2004 to form the CAF Confederation Cup. It was a competition between the winning clubs of domestic cups in CAF-affiliated nations and was ...

: 2 appearances ::1989 – First Round ::1993 – Preliminary Round

References

External links

Team profile
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