Rayon Sports F.C.

Full name Rayon Sports Football Club
Nickname(s) Gikundiro
Founded May 1968
Ground Stade Régional Nyamirambo[1]
Kigali, Rwanda
Capacity 25,000
Chairman Paul Muvunyi
Manager Roberto Oliveira Goncalves do Carmo
League Azam Rwanda Premier League
2017–2018 3rd

Rayon Sports Football Club is an association football club from Nyanza, Southern province, Rwanda, now based in Kigali. The team currently competes in the Rwanda National Football League, and plays its home games at the Stade Amahoro in Kigali and Kigali Stadium, Nyamirambo. For some years, its daily operations were held in the southern province in Nyanza District.[2] They have won 8 Rwandan Premier League titles, the most Premier League championships after one. Throughout its history, the club has won 8 Rwandan Cups, 1 CECAFA Clubs' Cup and a Kigali 100 Years' Cup. The blues of Rwanda are said to have more than 80% of Football fans in the country, which makes it the most popular team in Rwanda and the only competent citizen owned club in the country of thousand hills.

History

The club was founded in May 1968 in Nyanza, but moved to the nation's capital, Kigali, in 1986 before moving back in 2012 following an agreement with the Nyanza District authorities. Gikundiro spent few months in Nyanza and returned to Kigali where it is based currently. [2] In 2012, the club also absorbed Nyanza Football Club, which was relegated from the Rwanda National Football League after the 2011–12 season. [3]

Achievements

1975, 1981, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2013, 2017.
1976, 1979, 1982, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2005, 2016.
  • Rwandan Super Cup: 1
2017.
1998.

Performance in CAF competitions

1982 – Preliminary Round
1998 – First Round
1999 – Second Round
2001 – Preliminary Round
2003 – First Round
2005 – Preliminary Round
2014 – Preliminary Round
2006 – First Round
2008 – First Round
2017 – Second Round
2018 – Quarter Finals
1993 – Preliminary Round
2002 – Quarter-Finals
1990 – First Round
1994 – Second Round
1996 – First Round
2000 – Second Round

Current squad (2017–18)

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

No. Position Player
Rwanda GK Ndayisenga kassim
Rwanda GK Bashunga Abouba
Rwanda GK Bikorimana Gerrard
Rwanda DF Mugabo Gabriel
Rwanda DF Nyandwi Saddam
Rwanda DF Irambona Eric
Rwanda DF Manzi Thiery
Rwanda DF Ange Mutsinzi Jimmy
Rwanda DF Rwatubyaye Aboudul
Rwanda DF Rutanga Eric
Ghana MF Donkor Prosper
Rwanda DF Niyonzima Olivier Sefu
Rwanda MF Muhire Kevin
No. Position Player
Rwanda MF Yannick Mukunzi
Rwanda DF Nova Bayama
Rwanda MF Imanishimwe Djabel
Rwanda MF Mugisha Francois
Burundi FW Bimenyimana Bonfils Caleb
Rwanda FW Habimana Yussuf
Uganda FW Mugume Yassin
Cameroon FW Chris Mbondi
Rwanda FW Mugisha Gilbert

Staff

  • Secretary General: Itangishaka King Bernard
  • Head coach: Roberto Oliveira Goncalves do Carmo
  • Assist coach: Gatera Moussa[4]
  • Goalkeeper coach: Nkunzingoma Ramadhan [4]
  • Fitness coach: Hategekimana Corneille

Notable coaches

  • Germany Umudage (19??–85)
  • Rwanda Longin Rudasingwa (1995–00)
  • Rwanda René Kalimunda (2007–08)
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo Raoul Shungu (2009)
  • Rwanda Tierry Hitimana
  • Rwanda Baptiste Kayiranga
  • Rwanda Fatikaramu
  • Rwanda Kanyankore Gilbert Youndé
  • France Didier Gomes Da Rosa (2012– 2013)
  • Rwanda Jean Marie Ntagwabira
  • Belgium Luc Eymael
  • France David Donadei
  • Burundi Masudi Djuma (2015–2017)
  • Rwanda Karekezi Olivier (2017–2018)
  • Belgium Ivan Minnaert (2018)
  • BrazilRoberto Oliveira Goncalves do Carmo(2018-)

Notes

  1. ↑ https://int.soccerway.com/teams/rwanda/rayon-sports/3895/
  2. 1 2 Historique de l'équipe.
  3. ↑ "Rayon Sport na Nyanza FC zifatanyije zatangiye imyitozo n'ibikoresho bicye" (in Kinyarwanda). Umuseke.rw. 13 August 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  4. 1 2 http://www.rayonsports.net/

Rayon sport fc also known as "GIKUNDIRO" made history being the 1st East African football club to enter the CAF CONFEDERATIONS CUP Quaterfinals(1/4)from 2004 when the CAF CONFEDERATION CUP was founded


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