Olympic Star Muyinga FC

Olympic Star
Full nameOlympic Star Muyinga Football Club
Founded1997; 27 years ago (1997)
GroundStade Municipal de Muyinga
Capacity10,000[citation needed]
LeagueLigue A
2023–24Ligue A, 7th of 16

Olympic Star Muyinga Football Club, commonly referred to as Olympic Star de Muyinga or simply as Olympic Star is a professional football club based in Muyinga, Burundi. The team currently plays in Ligue A, the top division of Burundi football.

History

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It was founded in 1997 in the city of Muyinga and played for the first time in the top-flight of the Burundian football in 2005, after the introduction of the sixteen-team format. A year earlier, she had created a sensation by reaching the final of the Coupe de l'Unité, lost against Muzinga (0–3).[1]

Relegated at the end of the 2009 season, Olympic returned to the top tier, winning Group B of the Second Division in the 2013–14 season.

The club managed to win the Coupe du Président de la République in the 2016–17 season, beating Le Messager Ngozi in the final 2–1 in extra time, with a goal by Slim Saidi in the 98 minute.

The first appearance in an international tournament was in the 2018 season of the CAF Confederation Cup. There they faced in the preliminary round the Burkinabé club Étoile Filante, and after a 0–0 draw in the 1st leg, they won 1–0 at Ouagadougou in 2nd leg, qualifying in the first round where they were eliminated by Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid from Sudan, 0–0 at Urukundo Stadium in Ngozi and 0–6 at El Obeid.

Honours

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Coupe du Président de la République

  • Winners (1): 2017

Performance in CAF competitions

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Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2018 CAF Confederation Cup Preliminary round Burkina Faso Étoile Filante 0–0 1–0 1–0
First round Sudan Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid 0–0 0–6 0–6

Current team

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As of 22 October 2022[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
10 GK Burundi BDI Akonkwa Akimana
7 GK Burundi BDI Amisi Issa Ndikuriyo
8 GK Burundi BDI Darcy Irakoze
12 DF Burundi BDI Emile Balama
20 DF Burundi BDI Eric Kwizera
21 DF Burundi BDI Fabrice Mayanga
4 DF Burundi BDI Hassan Nzeyimana
14 DF Burundi BDI Ibrahim Ntamwishimiro
27 DF Burundi BDI Isaac Niyongkuru
23 DF Burundi BDI Ismail Kabuntu
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Burundi BDI Issa Bizimungu
15 MF Burundi BDI Issa Havyarimana
19 MF Burundi BDI Kevin Uwimana
22 MF Burundi BDI Kofi Bigirimana
2 MF Burundi BDI Nasri Samiri
5 MF Burundi BDI Pascal Ramazani
1 MF Burundi BDI Ramadhan Oma
6 FW Burundi BDI Rashidi Nibitanga
11 FW Burundi BDI Ribery Niyonkuru
9 FW Burundi BDI Amissi Itangishaka

References

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  1. ^ "Olympic Star de Muyinga, itinéraire d'un champion" [Olympic Star of Muyinga, itinerary of a champion]. iwacu-burundi.org. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.(in French)
  2. ^ "Olympic Star Domain".
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