Gicumbi F.C.

	Gicumbi F.C. Gicumbi Football Club is an association football club from Byumba, Rwanda. They currently compete in the Rwandan Second Division Championnat National de 2ème Division (or Rwandan Second Division) is the second division of Rwandan football (soccer), and it is organized by the Rwandese Association Football Federation The Rwanda Football Federation ( French: ''Fédération ..., and play their home games at the Gicumbi Stadium. After finishing last and suffering relegation from the top division in 2022, Gicumbi barely missed out on promotion to the 2023/24 Rwanda Premier League. References External linksSoccerway Football clubs in Rwanda {{Rwanda-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Gicumbi Stadium Gicumbi is a district (''akarere'') in Northern Province, Rwanda. Its capital is Byumba, which is also the provincial capital. Geography The district lies due-north of Kigali, straddling the major road from Kigali to Kampala. It is a hilly district. Sectors Gicumbi district is divided into 21 sectors (''imirenge''): Bukure, Bwisige, Byumba, Cyumba, Giti, Kaniga, Manyagiro, Miyove, Kageyo, Mukarange, Muko, Mutete, Nyamiyaga, Nyankenke II, Rubaya, Rukomo, Rushaki, Rutare, Ruvune, Rwamiko and Shangasha. Gihembe refugee camp Gihembe is camp of Congolese refugees located in Gicumbi District and is home to 12,904 residents. On 15 December 2014, Gihembe Refugee Camp in Gicumbi District received a visit from Howard G. Buffett, who pledged funding to assist with repatriation of Congolese refugees. Climate Considered a tropical savanna climate typically with a pronounced dry season. The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is ''Aw'' (Tropical Savanna Climate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Byumba Byumba is a city in northern Rwanda, and is the capital of Gicumbi District. It is home to an SOS Children's Village. The city lies about , north of the capital Kigali. This location lies approximately , south of the International border with Uganda at Gatuna. Population , the human population in Byumba was estimated at 75,463. Economic activity Banque Populaire du Rwanda (BPR), maintains a branch in Byumba. Education * University of Technology and Arts at Byumba ( UTAB) Notable people * Marie Béatrice Umutesi, writer * Donald Kaberuka Donald P. Kaberuka (born 5 October 1951) is a Rwandan economist and was the president of the African Development Bank from September 2005 until September 2015. Early life and education Kaberuka was born in Byumba, Rwanda. He studied at the Unive ..., economist References External linksFor population [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rwanda Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is highly elevated, giving it the soubriquet "land of a thousand hills", with its geography dominated by mountains in the west and savanna to the southeast, with numerous lakes throughout the country. The climate is temperate to subtropical, with two rainy seasons and two dry seasons each year. Rwanda has a population of over 12.6 million living on of land, and is the most densely populated mainland African country; among countries larger than 10,000 km2, it is the fifth most densely populated country in the world. One million people live in the Capital city, capital and largest city Kigali. Hunter-gatherers settled the territory in the St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rwandan Second Division Championnat National de 2ème Division (or Rwandan Second Division) is the second division of Rwandan football (soccer), and it is organized by the Rwandese Association Football Federation The Rwanda Football Federation ( French: ''Fédération Rwandaise de Football Association'', FERWAFA; "Rwandan Association Football Federation"), is the official governing body of association football Association football, more commonly known .... Teams 2018 Pepiniere FC Rwamagana City * Sorwathe FC Unity SC Etoile de l'est * Vision FC * Gasabo FC Aspor FC Esperance SK Gitikinyoni Akagera FC Nyagatare FC Intare FC * SEC Academy * Interforce FC AS Muhanga Vision JN La Jeunesse United Stars * UNR FC * Heroes FC Hope FC Rugende FC References External links {{CAF second leagues [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rwanda Premier League The Rwanda Premier League is the highest division of football in Rwanda. The league was formed in 1975. It was known as the Primus National Football League in 2004 and from 2009–10 to 2012–13, after which sponsorship was taken over by Turbo King. The league was renamed the Azam Rwanda Premier League for the 2015–16 season after Tanzanian television broadcasters Azam TV were announced as sponsors in a deal worth US$ 2.35 million covering five years. From 2019/the 2020 season Azam TV announced the termination of its contract with Rwanda FA. Clubs for the 2021–22 season Étoile de l'Est and Gicumbi FC were promoted from the Second Division, while AS Muhanga and Sunrise FC were relegated from the Premier League Previous champions 1969 : Kiyovu Sports (Kigali) 1971 : Kiyovu Sports (Kigali) 1975 : Rayon Sports (Nyanza) 1976–79 : ''unknown'' 1980 : Panthères Noires (Kigali) 1981 : Rayon Sports (Nyanza) 1982 : ''no championship'' 1983 : Kiyovu Sports (Kiga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	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]