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Bujumbura City FC
Bujumbura City Football Club is a Burundian professional football club based in Bujumbura, that competes in the Burundi Ligue A, the top tier of Burundi football. The club was founded in 2011 as Guêpiers du Lac and was renamed in 2014 as Bujumbura City FC. Stadium Currently the team plays at the 22,000 capacity Intwari Stadium in Bujumbura. League participations *Burundi Premier League The Burundi Ligue A, also called Primus Ligue for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division in football in Burundi. The league was formed in 1972 and has 16 teams. They play 30 rounds home and away during a season. Current clubs The following s ...: 2013– * Burundi Second Division: ????–2013 References External linksSoccerway Football clubs in Burundi [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intwari Stadium
Intwari Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Bujumbura, Burundi. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 10,000. It was formerly named after former Burundian prime minister and independence hero, Louis Rwagasore Louis Rwagasore ( rn, Ludoviko Rwagasore, italics=no; 10 January 1932 – 13 October 1961) was a Burundian prince and politician, who served as the second prime minister of Burundi for two weeks, from 28 September 1961 until his assassination on ... before being renamed on 1 July 2019. References External links Cafe.daum.net/stade – Stadium Pictures Football venues in Burundi [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bujumbura
Bujumbura (; ), formerly Usumbura, is the economic capital, largest city and main port of Burundi. It ships most of the country's chief export, coffee, as well as cotton and tin ore. Bujumbura was formerly the country's normal capital. In late December 2018, Burundian president Pierre Nkurunziza announced that he would follow through on a 2007 promise to return Gitega its former political capital status, with Bujumbura remaining as economical capital and center of commerce. A vote in the Parliament of Burundi made the change official on 16 January 2019, with all branches of government expected to move to Gitega within three years. History Bujumbura grew from a small village after it became a military post in German East Africa in 1889. After World War I it was made the administrative center of the Belgian League of Nations mandate of Ruanda-Urundi. The name was changed from Usumbura to Bujumbura when Burundi became independent in 1962. Since independence, Bujumbura has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burundi
Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French language, French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the junction between the African Great Lakes region and East Africa. It is bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and southeast, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west; Lake Tanganyika lies along its southwestern border. The capital cities are Gitega and Bujumbura, the latter being the country's largest city. The Great Lakes Twa, Twa, Hutu and Tutsi peoples have lived in Burundi for at least 500 years. For more than 200 of those years, Burundi was an independent Kingdom of Burundi, kingdom, until the beginning of the 20th century, when it became a German colony. After the First World War and German Revolution of 1918–19, Germany's defeat, the League of Nations "mandated" the territory to Belgium. After the Secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burundi Ligue A
The Burundi Ligue A, also called Primus Ligue for sponsor (commercial), sponsorship reasons, is the highest division in Association football, football in Burundi. The league was formed in 1972 and has 16 teams. They play 30 rounds home and away during a season. Current clubs The following sixteen clubs are competing in the Primus Ligue during the 2022–23 Burundi Ligue A, 2022–23 season. Previous champions * 1963: Stella Matutina FC (Bujumbura) * 1964: Stella Matutina FC (Bujumbura) * 1965: Maniema FC, Maniema Fantastique (Bujumbura) * 1966: Maniema FC, Maniema Fantastique (Bujumbura) * 1967: Maniema FC, Maniema Fantastique (Bujumbura) * 1968: Maniema FC, Maniema Fantastique (Bujumbura) * 1969: Espoir FC (Bujumbura), Espoir FC (Bujumbura) * 1970: Inter FC (Bujumbura), Inter FC (Bujumbura) ''**'' * 1971: Vital'O FC, TP Bata (Bujumbura) ''***'' * 1972: Burundi Sport Dynamik New Look, Sports Dynamic (Bujumbura) ''**'' * 1973: ''not held, due to civil war late in the year 1972 whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020–21 Burundi Ligue A
The 2020–21 Burundi Ligue A season, also known as the Primus Ligue for sponsorship reasons, was the 58th edition of the top flight association football, football competition in Burundi. The season began on 5 September 2020 and ended on 23 May 2021. Teams A total of sixteen clubs participate in this season. Thirteen teams from 2019–20 Burundi Ligue A, previous season and three new promoted sides. Promoted from 2019–20 Burundi Ligue B, Ligue B * Muzinga FC, Muzinga * Royal FC de Muramvya, Royal de Muramvya * Les Eléphants FC, Les Eléphants Relegated from 2019–20 Burundi Ligue A, Ligue A * Lydia Ludic Burundi Académic FC, LLB Sport 4 Africa * Ngozi City FC, Ngozi City * Les Lierres FC, Les Lierres Stadiums and locations League table References {{DEFAULTSORT:2020-21 Burundi Ligue A Burundi Premier League seasons 2020 in Burundian sport, Premier League 2021 in Burundian sport, Premier League 2020–21 in African association football leagues, Burundi Ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football In Burundi
Football in Burundi has been affected by the civil war that broke out in Burundi. Before that, Burundi football had been doing well. Football is the most popular sport in Burundi. History The football club Vital'O reached the final of the most prestigious African competition; Inter FC and reached the semifinals. Just two nights before the war broke out in Burundi, the national team was in Guinea to play the host in the second leg of the playoffs to qualify for the African Nations Cup. The Burundian youth team reached the semi-final of the African Nations Youth Cup as well as qualifying in the World Youth Championship in Qatar. In the Homeless World Cup, Burundi won the 2006 INSP Trophy, defeating Argentina in the final. Saido Berahino Saido Berahino (born 4 August 1993) is a Burundian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Cypriot First Division club AEL Limassol and captains the Burundi national team. Having fled his native Burundi as a child, he recei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RSSSF
The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) is an international organization dedicated to collecting statistics about association football. The foundation aims to build an exhaustive archive of football-related information from around the world. History This enterprise, according to its founders, was created in January 1994 by three regulars of the Rec.Sport.Soccer (RSS) Usenet newsgroup: Lars Aarhus, Kent Hedlundh, and Karel Stokkermans. It was originally known as the "North European Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation", but the geographical reference was dropped as its membership from other regions grew. The RSSSF has members and contributors from all around the world and has spawned seven spin-off projects to more closely follow the leagues of that project's home country. The spin-off projects are dedicated to Albania, Brazil, Denmark, Norway, Poland (90minut.pl), Romania, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burundi Premier League
The Burundi Ligue A, also called Primus Ligue for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division in football in Burundi. The league was formed in 1972 and has 16 teams. They play 30 rounds home and away during a season. Current clubs The following sixteen clubs are competing in the Primus Ligue during the 2022–23 season. Previous champions * 1963: Stella Matutina FC (Bujumbura) * 1964: Stella Matutina FC (Bujumbura) * 1965: Maniema Fantastique (Bujumbura) * 1966: Maniema Fantastique (Bujumbura) * 1967: Maniema Fantastique (Bujumbura) * 1968: Maniema Fantastique (Bujumbura) * 1969: Espoir FC (Bujumbura) * 1970: Inter FC (Bujumbura) ''**'' * 1971: TP Bata (Bujumbura) ''***'' * 1972: Sports Dynamic (Bujumbura) ''**'' * 1973: ''not held, due to civil war late in the year 1972 when massacres occurred to disrupt the start of the league that was meant to end in 1973'' * 1974: Inter FC (Bujumbura) ''**'' * 1975: Inter FC (Bujumbura) * 1976: Prince Louis FC (Bujumbura) ''**'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burundi Second Division
Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the junction between the African Great Lakes region and East Africa. It is bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and southeast, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west; Lake Tanganyika lies along its southwestern border. The capital cities are Gitega and Bujumbura, the latter being the country's largest city. The Twa, Hutu and Tutsi peoples have lived in Burundi for at least 500 years. For more than 200 of those years, Burundi was an independent kingdom, until the beginning of the 20th century, when it became a German colony. After the First World War and Germany's defeat, the League of Nations "mandated" the territory to Belgium. After the Second World War, this transformed into a United Nations Trust Territory. Both Germans and Belgians rul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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