Tourbillon FC is a

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club from

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based in

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. The club has won Chad Premier League title 6 times. The club plays home matches on

Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya Stade Nacional, also named Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya (Arabic: ملعب وطني), is a multi-use stadium in N'Djamena, Chad. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 20,000 people and it has artificial gras ...

.
Mohammad Reza Laghaei (DJ Tourbillon)
is an Iranian entrepreneur and owner of various businesses. Mohammad Reza Laghaei has been active in the field of electronic dance music since 2009. He has a contract with music publications in the electronic dance music genres and is supported by world music producers such as

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and earns a professional income in this field. Mohammad Reza Laghaei's intense interest in football led him to buy the Tourbillon FC in 2019, and it is interesting that it matches his nickname in music, and maybe that is why he bought this club. Mohammad Reza Laghaei has played in a specialized position (

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) in ( Esteghlal Jonoub Tehran S.C) and
Sepahan Tehran FC
football clubs.He is currently a member of the

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( Sport UT) (Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences - University of Tehran). He is also the ««

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Laghaei Commercial Holding Company
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and

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History

Tourbillon FC was created in 1970. The club has won 6 national league titles - in 1987, 1991, 1997, 2000, 2001 and

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

. In 2010, Tourbillon claimed the league title on the final day of the season with a 3–1 win over Elect-Sport, finishing on 38 points. In 2014, Tourbillon FC was relegated to the lower division before recovering in 2015-2016, with the title of champion of its division.

Finances

Recently Tourbillon FC faced big financial problems after they were left out of sponsors.

Management

On November 1, 2019 an elective general meeting of the club was held. Mohammad Reza Laghaei was renewed at the head of the club for a mandate of 4 years (renewable) and was accompanied by 4 vice presidents. He was reappointed to the presidency of the club. Mohammad Reza Laghaei has already run the club for six years.

Achievements

* Chad Premier League : 5 :: 1987, 1991, 1997, 2000, 2001,

. * Chad Cup: 3 :: 1987, 1989, 2008. *

Coupe de Ligue de N'Djaména A coupe or coupé (, ) is a passenger car with a sloping or truncated rear roofline and two doors. The term ''coupé'' was first applied to horse-drawn carriages for two passengers without rear-facing seats. It comes from the French past parti ...

: 0 * Chad Super Cup: 1 :: 2008.

Performance in CAF competitions

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: 5 appearances ::

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 ::

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 ::

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 ...

– 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 ...

– disqualified in Preliminary Round :: 2011 – withdrew in Preliminary Round *

African Cup of Champions Clubs 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 cont ...

: 1 appearance ::

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment building in Amsterdam after two of its engines ...

– First 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 ...

: 2 appearances :: 2006 – Preliminary Round ::

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

– First Round *

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: 1 appearance ::1993 – First Round *

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: 1 appearance ::1990 – First Round

Managers

*Mamadou Bodjim (2006) *Julien Toukam (2007-2008) *Djibrine Dembele (2009) *Mahamat Adoum (2010, 2011) *Nambatingue Toko (2011 - Present)

Notable former players

* Japhet N'Doram *

Ezechiel Ndouassel Ezechiel Aliadjim N'Douassel (; born 22 April 1988) is a Chadian professional footballer who plays a striker for Indonesian club Bhayangkara and the Chad national team. He is also nicknamed "King Eze" and "Giga Chad". Club career Early career N ...

Armel Koulara Armel N'Dinga Koulara Kwanyéllé (born 15 August 1989; known simply as Armel Koulara and occasionally Armel Kwanyéllé) is a Chadian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Attributes An agile and sprightly goalkeeper in addition to b ...

Sitamadji Allarassem Sitamadji Allarassem (24 December 1988 – 4 December 2014) was a Chadian international footballer who played as a defender. He spent his entire senior career at Tourbillon FC and was also a member of the Chad national team. He earned 18 caps ...

Armand Djerabe Armand refer to: People * Armand (name), list of people with this name * Armand (photographer) (1901–1963), Armenian photographer * Armand (singer) (1946–2015), Dutch protest singer * Sean Armand (born 1991), American basketball player * Arm ...

* Leger Djimrangar *

Hilaire Kedigui Hilaire, the French form of Hilary, is a given name and surname derived from the Latin ''hilarius'' meaning ''happy'' or ''merry''. Notable people with the name include: People with the surname * Andrew Hilaire (1899–1935), American jazz drumme ...

Karl Max Barthelemy Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer * Karl of Austria, last Austrian ...

* Ndakom Valerie Ndeidoum *

Ahmed Evariste Medego Ahmed Evariste Medego (born 7 April 1982) is a retired football striker who played for the Chadian national team. Career While playing football in Cameroon, Medego was banned for one-year by the Cameroonian Football Federation for registering w ...

References

External links

Raja Casablanca – Tourbillon 10–1Mohammad Reza LaghaeiLaghaei Commercial Holding Co.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tourbillon Fc Football clubs in Chad N'Djamena