Sunshine Stars Football Club is a Nigerian

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club based in

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. Their home stadium is the 5,000-capacity

Akure Township Stadium Akure Township Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Akure, Nigeria. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is the home stadium of Sunshine Stars F.C. of the Nigerian Premier League. The stadium has a capacity of 5, ...

. Sunshine Stars FC drew an average home attendance of 572 in the

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. The current head coach is Abubakar Bala.

Funding

Sunshine Stars FC are funded and sponsored by the

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Government.

Current squad

Achievements

* National Division One (Second Level): 2 ::2001, 2007

Performance in CAF competitions

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: 1 appearance ::

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– Semi-finals *

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: 1 appearance ::

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– Semi-finals * West African Club Championship (UFOA Cup): 1 appearance ::

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– First Round

Notable coaches

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(2000) *

Rodolfo Zapata Rodolfo Zapata (born 1 May 1966) is an Argentine Football Association and CONMEBOL PRO license coach. He is a dual citizen of Argentina and the US. Rodolfo "Rolo" Zapata has a good track record as a coach in United States, Canada, Nigeria, So ...

(2010) *

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(2015) * Augustine Eguavoen (2017) * Adeyeni Joseph (2018) * Daramola Nicholas Akinsehinwa (2013–2016)

Notable players

Dayo Ojo Dayo Ojo (born October 10, 1994) is a professional Nigerian footballer who is currently with Nigerian Premier League club Enyimba International F.C. Career Dayo Ojo began his professional league career with Rising Stars F.C. in 2008. In 2010, ...

* Godfrey Oboabona

References

External links

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