Renaissance FC or RFC is a

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club from

Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic ...

based in N'Djamena. The club won Chad Premier League 7 times, last time in 2007. Recently, it produced a few Chad national football team players, such as Mondésir Alladjim, Yaya Kerim, Esaie Djikoloum and Hassan Diallo. The club's colours are traditionally green and red.

History

RFC was created in 1954, a period still under colonial domination. Constituted on the basis of the French law of 1901, RFC is a purely associative club, falling under no corporation. The club was national champion 6 times, first time in 1989. In 2011, the club won

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and supercup, after beating national champions

Foullah Edifice Foullah Edifice Football Club is a football (soccer) club from Chad based in N'Djamena. They had a few Chadian national team players, like Mbaya Brice, Massama Asselmo, Ferdinand Gassina and Hassan Hissein. The club's colours are sky blue and ...

in both finals.

Stadium

''Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya'', also named ''Stade National'', is a

multi-purpose stadium A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used by multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy tha ...

located in N'Djamena,

. It is currently used mostly for

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matches. The stadium holds 20,000 people. It is currently the home ground of the Chad national football team. It is named after former Chadian highjumper

Mahamat Idriss Mahamat Idriss (ne ''Koundja Ouya'', 17 July 1942 – 3 October 1987) was a Chadian high jumper. He was born in Fort-Lamy, Chad, French Equatorial Africa. Career Before the Chadian independency on 11 August 1960 he competed for France, winning th ...

(1942—1987).

Rivalries

RFC's arch-rivals are Elect-Sport FC.

Achievements

* Chad Premier League: 7 :: 1989, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007. * Chad Cup: 2 :: 1990, 1996. *

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: 2 :: 2011, 2013. * Chad Super Cup: 1 :: 2011.

Performance in CAF competitions

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: 3 appearances ::

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

– Preliminary Round ::

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

– Preliminary Round ::

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

– Preliminary Round *

African Cup of Champions Clubs The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual football club competition organized by the Confederation of African Football and cont ...

: 1 appearance ::

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...

– Preliminary Round *

CAF Confederation Cup The CAF Confederation Cup, known as the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual association football club competition established in 2004 from a merger of the CAF Cup and the African Cup Winners' Cup and organi ...

: 1 appearance ::

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

– First Round *

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: 4 appearances :: 1991 – First Round :: 1994 – withdrew in First Round :: 1997 – First Round :: 1999 – First Round

Current staff

List of coaches

*Idriss Mahamat Ouya *Mahamat Tounia *Fromageon *Djimassal Kemobe *Ousmane Tigabe *Mahamat N’Galbogui *1997 – Mahamat Oumar Yaya (alias

Modou Kouta Oumar Yaya Mahamat, known as Modou Kouta is a Chadian former international football player and football manager. From September 2011 to December 2013 he coached Chad national football team. Mahamat, returned as coach of Chad in 2015, taking co ...

) *1998 – Douba Djorio & Moussa Alhadj *1999 – Kaguer Beakono *2002 – Djibrine Démbélé *2003 – Kaguer Beakono *2004 Moukhtar Njoya & Modou Kouta *2005 –

*2006–2007 –

Emmanuel Boukar Immanuel ( he, עִמָּנוּאֵל, 'Īmmānū'ēl, meaning, "God is with us"; also romanized: , ; and or in Koine Greek of the New Testament) is a Hebrew name that appears in the Book of Isaiah (7:14) as a sign that God will protect the H ...

*2007 –

*2010 – Denis Tokene *2011 – Djimiang Mbailemdana *2012 – Yean Claude Yerima *2012 –

*2015

Francis Oumar Belonga Francis Oumar Belonga (born 13 March 1978) is a retired Chadian footballer who is currently a coach of Elect-Sport FC. Career He has also played as striker for Bontang PKT in the Indonesia Super League. See also * List of Chad international fo ...

*2016 Ngartessen Ngarhokarial

Presidents

* El Hadj Youssouf * Abderamane Bechir (2010–) * Moctar Mahamoud Hamid

References

Football clubs in Chad N'Djamena {{Chad-footyclub-stub