Sunshine Stars Football Club is a Nigerian football club based in

Akure Akure is a city in south-western Nigeria. It is the capital and largest city of Ondo State. The city had a population of 403,000 as at the 2006 population census. History Pre 1914 Rock engravings dating back to the Mesolithic period, hav ...

. They play in the top division in Nigerian football, the

Nigerian Premier League The Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) is the highest level of the Nigerian football league system, for the Nigerian club-football championships. The Nigerian league has suffered, like many others, from the financial impact and dwindl ...

. Their home stadium is the Akure Township Stadium.

Funding

Sunshine Stars FC are funded and sponsored by the

Ondo State Ondo State ( yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Oǹdó) is a state in southwestern Nigeria. It was created on 3 February 1976 from the former Western State. It borders Ekiti State to the north, Kogi State to the northeast, Edo State to the east, Delta State ...

Government.

Current squad

Achievements

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

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 c ...

: 1 appearance ::

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– Semi-finals *

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 ...

: 1 appearance :: 2011 – Semi-finals *

West African Club Championship (UFOA Cup) The West African Club Championship (UFOA Cup), also known as the Gnassingbé Eyadéma, General Eyadéma Cup, was a West African Football club, Club tournament from 1977 to 1999. It was open to league runners-up in the West Africa (or ''Zone 3'') re ...

: 1 appearance ::

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– First Round

Notable coaches

Kadiri Ikhana Kadiri Ikhana (born 31 December 1951) is a Nigerian football coach and former player who last managed Kano Pillars. Playing career Ikhana played club football with Bendel Insurance, winning the league in 1979 and the FA Cup in 1978 and 1980. ...

(2000) * Rodolfo Zapata (2010) *

Paul Ashworth Paul Anthony Ashworth (born 29 September 1969) is an English football manager and former player. Ashworth had previously played at youth level for Norwich City before setting up PASS Soccer Schools, a national company. He later worked for ...

(2015) *

Augustine Eguavoen Augustine Owen Eguavoen (born 19 August 1965) is a Nigerian football manager and former player who thrice served as manager of the Nigeria national team. Playing career Club During his varied career Eguavoen began his career with ACB Lagos in ...

(2017) * Adeyeni Joseph (2018) * Daramola Nicholas Akinsehinwa (2013-2016)

Notable players

* Dayo Ojo * Godfrey Oboabona

References

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