Rayon Sports Football Club is an

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club from Nyanza, Southern province, Rwanda, now based in Kigali. The team currently competes in the

Rwanda National Football League The Rwanda Premier League is the highest division of football in Rwanda. The league was formed in 1975. It was known as the Primus National Football League in 2004 and from 2009–10 to 2012–13, after which sponsorship was taken over by Turbo ...

, and plays its home games at the

Stade Amahoro The Amahoro Stadium ( rw, Stade Amahoro; french: Stade Amahoro; Kinyarwanda for "Peace Stadium"), officially known as Amahoro National Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in the Gasabo district of Kigali, Rwanda. With a capacity of 25,000, it is ...

Kigali Kigali () is the capital and largest city of Rwanda. It is near the nation's geographic centre in a region of rolling hills, with a series of valleys and ridges joined by steep slopes. As a primate city, Kigali has been Rwanda's economic, cu ...

and Kigali Stadium, Nyamirambo. For some years, its daily operations were held in the southern province in Nyanza District.Historique de l'équipe.
/ref> They've won 9 Rwandan Premier League titles, the 2nd most Premier League titles. Throughout its history, the club has won 9 Rwandan Cups, 1 CECAFA Clubs' Cup, 9 peace Cups, 3 Agaciro Cups, 2 Intwali Cups and a Kigali 100 Years' Cup and 1 Father Fraipont memorial tournament. The blues of Rwanda are said to have more than 80% of Football fans in the country, which makes it the most popular team in Rwanda and the only competent citizen-owned club in the country of a thousand hills.

History

The club was founded in May 1968 in Nyanza, but moved to the nation's capital,

, in 1986 before moving back in 2012 following an agreement with the Nyanza District authorities. Gikundiro spent few months in Nyanza and returned to Kigali where it is based currently. In 2012, the club also absorbed Nyanza Football Club, which was relegated from the Rwanda National Football League after the 2011–12 season.

Honours

Domestic competitions

: 9 :: 1975, 1981, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2004,

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment ...

, 2016–2017, 2018–2019. *

Rwandan Peace Cup Rwandan or Rwandese may refer to: * Related to, from, or connected to Rwanda, a country in Africa * Banyarwanda The Banyarwanda ( rw, Abanyarwanda (plural), Umunyarwanda (singular), lit=those who come from Rwanda) are the cultural, tribal a ...

: 9 :: 1976, 1979, 1982, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2005, 2016. *

Rwandan Super Cup Rwandan or Rwandese may refer to: * Related to, from, or connected to Rwanda, a country in Africa * Banyarwanda, inhabitants of the country Rwanda and those of Rwandan ethnicity. * Kinyarwanda, the language of the Banyarwanda, sometimes known as t ...

: 1 :: 2017.

International

CECAFA Clubs Cup The CECAFA Club Cup is a football club tournament organised by CECAFA. It has been known as the Kagame Interclub Cup since 2002, when Rwandan President Paul Kagame began sponsoring the competition. It is contested by clubs from East and Central ...

: 1 :: 1998.

Performance in CAF competitions

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: 9 appearances ::

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C., Un ...

– Preliminary Round ::

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

– First Round ::

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school s ...

– Second Round ::

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanistan ...

– Preliminary Round ::

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, disintegrated during reentry into Atmosphere of Earth, Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an 2002– ...

– First Round ::

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris (dwarf planet), Er ...

– Preliminary Round ::

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

– Preliminary Round ::

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

– First Round ::

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in ...

– 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 org ...

: 4 appearances :: 2006 – First Round ::

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing ...

– First Round ::

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

– Second Round ::

– Quarter Finals *

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 the pre-existing CAF international club competition the African Cup of Champions Clubs. History The tour ...

: 2 appearances ::1993 – Preliminary Round ::

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains independence from Indonesia and ...

– 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 w ...

: 4 appearances ::1990 – First Round ::1994 – Second Round ::1996 – First Round ::2000 – Second Round

Current squad (2021–22)

Goal keepers 1. GK RWA Hakizimana Adolphe 22 2. GK TZ Ramadhan Kabwiri 3. GK RWA Hategekimana Bonheur 1 4. GK RWA AMÀN DEFENDERS 5. RB RWA ganijuru elie 6. CD RWA Mitima Isaac 23 7. CD RWA Ndizeye Samuel 25 8. CD RWA Rwatubyaye Abdul (C)4 9. RB RWA Muvandimwe JMV 12 10.LB RWA Mujyanama Fidele 11.CD RWA Ngendahimana Eric 8 Midfielders 12.DMF BUR mbirizi Eric 66 13.DMF RWA Mugisha Francois 15 14.DMF RWA Manishimwe Eric 14 15.DMF NIG RAPHAEL Osalue 7 16.CM RWA Nishimwe Blaise 6 17.CM RWA kanamugire roger 5 18.CAM RWA ndekwe Felix 17 19.CAM RWA IRAGUHA HADJI Strikers 20.CF MAL Camara Moussa 9 21.CF UGA Mussa Essenu 20 22.RW RWA IRADUKUNDA PASCAL 21 23. LW CAM Essombe Willy Onana 10 24. RW KEN Paul Were 11 25. CF MAL à Boubacar Traoré 3 26. RW RWA TUYISENGE Arsene 19 27. CF RWA Rudasingwa Prince 27

Staff

* Head coach: * Assist coach1: Lomami Marcel(caretaker) *Assist coach 2: Dusange Sasha * Goalkeeper coach: Kalisa Calliopie * Doctor: Mugemana Charles * Team Manager : Adrien * Kit manager : Claude * CEO : ITANGISHAKA Bernard

Notable coaches

* name N/A (19??–85) *

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References

External links

* Football clubs in Rwanda Association football clubs established in 1968 1968 establishments in Rwanda {{Rwanda-footyclub-stub