Étoile Filante du Togo is a professional Togolese

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club based in

Lomé Lomé ( , ) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities in Togo, largest city of Togo. It has an urban population of 837,437

. Their home stadium is Stade Oscar Anthony. The club name translates as "Shooting Star of Lomé" and are known locally as "The Meteors". Étoile Filante has won the national league championship seven times and were defeated finalists in the 1968 African Cup of Champions Clubs. On 26 November 2011, some of the team's players were killed or injured in a bus crash near the Togolese city of Atakpame whilst travelling to a match.

History

The club was founded in 1932 under the name of Étoile Filante de Lomé. In 1974 and as part of the sports reform, the club is dissolved by the

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and merged with Modèle de Lomé and Dynamic Togolais to form the club

Lomé I Lomé I, named later Déma Club de Lomé was a professional Togolese football club based in Lomé. It was founded in 1974 as part of the sports reform of the Togolese Football Federation by merging Étoile Filante de Lomé, Modèle de Lomé and ...

which was later called Déma Club de Lomé. In 1978, Déma Club was dissolved as part of the second sport reform. In the 1990s, the club Étoile Filante is reformed and wins the championship in 1992.

Honours

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: 7 ::1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1992 * Coupe du Togo: 4 ::1956, 1958, 1961, 1994 ::''Finalists'': 1996 * African Champions League: 0 ::''Finalists'': 1968 * French West African Cup: 1 ::1960

Performance in CAF competitions

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: 3 appearances ::

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

: First Round ::

1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...

: ''Finalist'' ::

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: Quarter-Finals ::

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

: Preliminary Round *

CAF Cup The CAF Cup was an annual competition organised by the CAF for domestic leagues runners-up of member associations who have not qualified to one of the two pre-existing CAF international club competitions the African Cup of Champions Clubs or t ...

: 2 appearances ::1996 – First Round ::1998 – First Round *

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: 1 appearance ::1995 – First Round

Current squad

Presidents (1933–60)

* Victor Atakpmey (1933–34) * Philipe Nasr (1934–43) * Ernest Sogodzo Kebey (1943–50) * Stanislas Segbeaya (1950–51) * Nicolas Djondjo (1952–55) * Joseph Firmin Abalo (1958–60)

References

External links

*. . Football clubs in Togo Football clubs in Lomé Association football clubs established in 1932 1932 establishments in French Togoland {{Togo-footyclub-stub