AC Bongoville is a Gabonese football club based in
Bongoville
Bongoville is a town in southeastern Gabon, east of Franceville. It was known as Lewai until it was renamed for President Omar Bongo, who was born in what was then a village but was greatly enlarged under his presidency. It is just west of the B ...
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Gabon
Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the nort ...
. The club plays in
Gabon Championnat National D1
Gabon Championnat National D1 is the top division of the Gabonese Football Federation, it was created in 1968.
Gabon Championnat National D1 Clubs - 2015/16
* Bitam ( Bitam)
* Cercle Mbéri Sportif (Libreville)
* FC 105 Libreville (Libreville)
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It started as Racing Club de Masuku. As a result of management changes, the club moved to Bongoville and was renamed AC Bongoville. In its first season 2008–2009 in the Gabon Championnat National D1, it finished 9th in the league. Later on, the club slipped to Division 2. But after winning the championship of Gabon Championnat National D2 in 2011, the club moved back to Division 1 of the Gabonese league starting season 2011–2012.
Beninese player Sylvain Azougoui, the long-time goalkeeper of the club, died on 20 April 2014 during a game between AC Bongoville and Centre Mberi Sportif held in Bongoville when Sanogo, an attacker from the rival Centre Mberi Sportif accidentally kicked him in the head during a division 1 league game between the two teams. Azougoui died on his way to hospital.
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Football clubs in Gabon
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