Full name | Rayon Sports Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | Gikundiro (The adorable) | ||
Founded | May 1965 | ||
Ground | Stade Régional Nyamirambo[1] Kigali, Rwanda | ||
Capacity | 22,000 | ||
Chairman | Uwayezu Jean Fidèle | ||
Manager | Roberto Oliveira Gonçalves do Carmo | ||
League | Rwanda Premier League | ||
2023–24 | 2nd | ||
Website | https://www.rayonsports.rw/ | ||
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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 Pele Stadium, Nyamirambo. For some years, its daily operations were held in the southern province in Nyanza District.[2] They've won 9 Rwandan Premier League titles, the 2nd most Premier League titles. Throughout its history, the club has won 9 Rwandan Cups, 1 CECAFA Clubs' Cup, 9 peace Cups, 3 Agaciro Cups, 2 Intwali Cups and a Kigali 100 Years' Cup and 1 Father Fraipont memorial tournament.
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 a thousand hills.[citation needed]