Renaissance FC or RFC is a Chadian professional

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club based in

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. The club won

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7 times, last time in 2007. Recently, it produced a few

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players, such as Mondésir Alladjim,

Yaya Kerim Yaya Kerim (born 10 August 1991) is a Chadian football striker and the member of Chad national football team. As of 2024, he plays for Renaissance in the Chad Premier League. Career Kerim started his football career in Gazelle. In 2010, he jo ...

, Esaie Djikoloum and Hassan Diallo. The club's colours are traditionally green and red.

History

RFC was created in 1954, a period still under colonial domination. Constituted on the basis of the French law of 1901, RFC is a purely associative club, falling under no corporation. The club was national champion 6 times, first time in 1989. In 2011, the club won

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and supercup, after beating national champions

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in both finals.

Stadium

''Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya'', also named ''Stade National'', is a

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located in

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. It is currently used mostly for

matches. The stadium holds 20,000 people. It is currently the home ground of the

. It is named after former Chadian highjumper

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(1942–1987).

Rivalries

RFC's arch-rivals are Elect-Sport FC.

Achievements

: 7 :: 1989, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007. *

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: 2 :: 1990, 1996. *

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: 2 :: 2011, 2013. *

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: 1 :: 2011.

Performance in CAF competitions

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: 3 appearances ::

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

– Preliminary Round ::

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

– Preliminary Round ::

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

– Preliminary Round *

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: 1 appearance ::

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

– Preliminary Round *

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: 1 appearance ::

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

– First Round *

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: 4 appearances :: 1991 – First Round :: 1994 – withdrew in First Round :: 1997 – First Round :: 1999 – First Round

Current staff

List of coaches

*Idriss Mahamat Ouya * Mahamat Tounia *Fromageon * Djimassal Kemobe *Ousmane Tigabe * Mahamat N’Galbogui *1987-1988 Hamit Mahamat Dahalop *1997 – Mahamat Oumar Yaya (alias

Modou Kouta Oumar Yaya Mahamat, known as Modou Kouta is a Chadian former international football player and football manager. From September 2011 to December 2013 he coached Chad national football team. Mahamat, returned as coach of Chad in 2015, taking co ...

) *1998 – Douba Djorio & Moussa Alhadj *1999 – Kaguer Beakono *2002 – Djibrine Démbélé *2003 – Kaguer Beakono *2004 Moukhtar Njoya & Modou Kouta *2005 –

*2006–2007 –

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*2007 –

*2010 – Denis Tokene *2011 – Djimiang Mbailemdana *2012 – Yean Claude Yerima *2012 –

*2015

Francis Oumar Belonga Francis Oumar Belonga (born 13 March 1978) is a retired Chadian footballer who is currently a coach of Elect-Sport FC Elect-Sport FC () is a football (soccer) club from Chad based in N'Djamena. It plays its home matches on Stade Omnisports Id ...

*2016 Ngartessen Ngarhokarial

Presidents

* El Hadj Youssouf * Abderamane Bechir (2010–) * Moctar Mahamoud Hamid *Mahamat Ngaroua *Aziz Mahamat Saleh (2024-)https://ndjamenahebdo.net/renaissance-football-club-rfc-totalise-70-bougies/

References

Football clubs in Chad N'Djamena {{Chad-footyclub-stub