Olympic Star Muyinga FC

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Full nameOlympic Star Muyinga Football Club
Founded1997;28 years ago (1997)
Ground Stade Municipal de Muyinga
Capacity10,000[ citation needed ]
League Ligue A
2024–25 Ligue 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.

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History

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

Coupe du Président de la République

Performance in CAF competitions

SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
2018 CAF Confederation Cup Preliminary round Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Étoile Filante 0–01–01–0
First round Flag of Sudan.svg Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid 0–00–60–6

Current team

As of 22 October 2022 [2]

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

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

References

  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".