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| Full name | Marines Football Club |
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| Ground | Umuganda Stadium Gisenyi, Rwanda |
| Capacity | 5,000 |
| League | Rwanda Premier League |
| 2023–24 | 11th |
Marines Football Club is an association football club from Gisenyi, Rwanda. The team currently competes in the Rwanda National Football League, [1] and plays its home games at the Umuganda Stadium.
They also had a basketball section, that won the National Basketball League (NBL) in 2007. [2]
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