Flambeau du Centre

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Flambeau du Centre FC
Full nameFlambeau du Centre Football Club
Nickname(s)Académie le Message de Gitega
Founded2016;8 years ago (2016)
Ground Stade Municipal de Muyinga
Capacity10,000[ citation needed ]
League Burundi Ligue A
2023–24 Ligue A, 2nd of 16
Website Club website
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

Flameau du Centre Football Club is a professional football club based in Gitega, Burundi. The team currently plays in the Burundi Ligue A, the top division of Burundi football. [1] [2]

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History

The club comes from the Le Messager FC academy, [3] like the Le Messager Football Club Ngozi, it evolved at the beginning under the name Académie Le Messager FC Gitega before taking the name of Flambeau du Center . The Messenger Gitega was able to access the 2nd national division after three years of negotiations for name change reasons. The leaders of the federation could not accept two teams with the same name of Messenger .

Since the 2017–2018 season, the club has played in the first division of Burundi. In 2022 the club won its first league title. [4]

Honors

National competitions

Burundi Championship (1)
Champions: 2021–22
Burundi Cup (0)
Winner: —
Finalist: 2021, 2022

Current team

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
17 GK Flag of Burundi.svg  BDI Abdoul Karim Barandondera
2 GK Flag of Burundi.svg  BDI Abdourahmani Rukundo
8 GK Flag of Burundi.svg  BDI Amissi Asmani
14 DF Flag of Burundi.svg  BDI Beni Irakoze
11 DF Flag of Burundi.svg  BDI Benjamin Rukundo
1 DF Flag of Burundi.svg  BDI Dieudonne Ntibahezwa
18 DF Flag of Burundi.svg  BDI Eddy Patrick Ntwari
5 DF Flag of Burundi.svg  BDI Enock Tumebarikiwa
19 DF Flag of Burundi.svg  BDI Gakiza Aime Nyandwi
7 DF Flag of Burundi.svg  BDI Gilbert Tuyihimbaze
No.Pos.NationPlayer
27 MF Flag of Burundi.svg  BDI Guy Kavumbagu Nahimana
15 MF Flag of Burundi.svg  BDI Henry Msanga
4 MF Flag of Burundi.svg  BDI Issa Hakizimana
16 MF Flag of Burundi.svg  BDI Juma Nijimbere
10 MF Flag of Burundi.svg  BDI Karim Niyonkuru
6 MF Flag of Burundi.svg  BDI Leonard Gakwaya
25 MF Flag of Burundi.svg  BDI Moussa Muryango
3 FW Flag of Burundi.svg  BDI Olivier Dushime
21 FW Flag of Burundi.svg  BDI Patrick Kwizera
20 FW Flag of Burundi.svg  BDI Sadiki Yahya

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