Shooting Stars Sports Club (often nicknamed 3SC or ''Oluyole Warriors'') is a Nigerian professional

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club based in Ibadan.

History

The club was one of the founders of the

Nigerian Premier League The Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) is the highest level of the Nigerian football league system, for the Nigerian club-football championships. The Nigerian league has suffered, like many others, from the financial impact and dwindl ...

in 1972, when they were called ''WNDC Ibadan'' (Western Nigeria Development Company), and were later called IICC (Industrial Investment and Credit Corporation) Shooting Stars of Ibadan. The nickname "Shooting Stars" was added with the suggestion of team foundation members the late Jide Johnson and Niyi Omowon the "Aare Odan Liberty" (Generalissimo of Liberty Stadium) who believed that the players were "stars" in their own right. Shooting Stars is one of the most followed football clubs in Nigeria and play their home matches at the

Lekan Salami Stadium Adamasingba Stadium ( also called Lekan Salami stadium) is a multi-use stadium in Ibadan, Nigeria. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is the home stadium of Shooting Stars FC and other local teams located in ...

. The stadium was named after one of the prominent supporters of the club who is now deceased. Before, "Sooting" as it is called by its supporters used to play at the famous

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, one of the venues for the world youth soccer championship in 1999. Shooting stars is the first club to win the FA cup on club basis in Nigeria in 1971, players like Aderoju Omowon, Niyi Akande, Jossy Lad, Amusa Adisa were prominent in the squad. Shooting Stars is one of the most decorated clubsides in Nigeria alongside

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and the defunct

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of Lagos. In fact, Shooting Stars and Enugu Rangers are known as the traditional football clubs in the country, both dominating the football scene in the country during the 1970s and 1980s. Shooting Stars have played and won many matches against top club sides in Africa. 3SC won the first edition of

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, defeating the Nakivubo Villa of Uganda 3–0 in the finals at the Lekan Salami stadium after the first leg ended goalless. They won the

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in 1976, becoming the first Nigerian clubside to win an international trophy. Many well-known international stars have played for Shooting Stars in the past, including former African footballer of the year

Rashidi Yekini Rashidi Yekini (23 October 1963 – 4 May 2012) was a Nigerian professional footballer who played as a forward. He is all-time top goalscorer for his nation. His professional career, which spanned more than two decades, was mainly associated wit ...

, "the mathematical" Segun Odegbami and so on. Notable players include Rashidi Yekini, Segun Odegbami, Felix Owolabi, Niyi Akande,

Taiwo Ogunjobi Taiwo Joseph Ogunjobi (17 August 1953 – 11 February 2019) was a Nigerian football player and administrator. He played as a centre-back for Shooting Stars and represented Nigeria internationally. He later held posts as an administrator at club ...

, Duke Udi, Olumide Harris, Golden Ajeboh, Ajibade Babalade, Ademola Johnson, and Jude Axelsson. They ended their 2004–05 season in fifth place in the Premier League. After the introduction of a strange double-league format by the Nigerian Football Association, Shooting Stars got relegated to the lower division in 2006, but won promotion in 2009 after finishing second in the Division 1B. They were relegated back on the last day of the 2017 NPFL season. Head Coach Edith Agoye and the rest of the 3SC Management board resigned in July 2019 after they lost a promotion playoff to Akwa Starlets.Shooting Stars top officials resign
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Crest

File:Shooting Stars SC (logo).png, Old logo File:Shooting Stars SC.svg, Present logo

Honours

**Champions (5): 1976, 1980, 1983, 1995, 1998 * Nigerian FA Cup **Winners (8): 1959, 1961, 1966, 1969, 1971 (as WNDC), 1977, 1979, 1995 *

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**Runners-up:

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

**Winners:

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...

**Winners:

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

West African Club Championship The West African Club Championship (UFOA Cup), also known as the General Eyadéma Cup, was a West African Club tournament from 1977 to 1999. It was open to league runners-up in the West Africa (or ''Zone 3'') region of the CAF. While the first mat ...

**Winners: 1998

Performance in CAF competitions

* African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League: 5 appearances ::

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

– Second Round ::

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

– Second Round ::

– ''Runners-up'' ::

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...

– Group stage *

: 3 appearances ::

– Champion ::

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

– First Round ::

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...

– Second Round *

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: 4 appearances ::

– Champion ::

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...

– Semi-finals ::

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...

– First Round ::

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

– Quarter-finals

Notable coaches

* Alan Hawkes * Franklin Howard * Akintola Idowu * Yusuf Lati *

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* Tayo Oloniyo * Siegfried Bahner * Jossy Ladipo * Fatai Amoo * Edith Olumide Agoye

Notable players

* Segun Odegbami *

Duke Udi Duke Udi (born 5 May 1976) is a Nigerian former football player. Career Udi started his career with Concord FC in 1993 and was part of the Shooting Stars F.C. team that won the Nigeria Premier League in 1995. He then moved to Grasshopper Clu ...

Junior Ajayi Oluwafemi Junior Ajayi (born 29 January 1996), commonly known as Junior Ajayi, is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Egyptian Premier League club Smouha. He was selected by Nigeria for their 18-man squad for the 2016 ...

Abiodun Baruwa Abiodun Baruwa (born 16 November 1974) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career Born in Abuja, Baruwa started his career at Kano Pillars. He also had spells with Iwuanyanwu Nationale and Shooting Star ...

Mutiu Adepoju Mutiu Adepoju (born 22 December 1970) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played mostly as an attacking midfielder. He spent most of his career in Spain, amassing La Liga totals of 175 games and 22 goals over the course of seven se ...

Mudashiru Lawal Mudashiru Babatunde "Muda" Lawal (8 June 1954 – 6 July 1991) was a Nigerian footballer who played as a midfielder for both club and country. Club career He worked as an automobile mechanic before his football talents were discovered, and made ...

* Ajibade Babalade *

Felix Owolabi Felix Owolabi (born 24 November 1954) is a retired Nigerian footballer who played for the Nigerian national team. Playing much of his career as a left winger, he played for Nigeria at the 1978 African Cup of Nations and at the 1980 Summer Oly ...

* Idowu Otubusen (Slow Poison)

References

External links

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Shooting Stars Results
- current results of Shooting Stars matches {{CAF Confederation Cup winners Sport in Ibadan 1950s establishments in Nigeria Sports clubs and teams in Nigeria Football clubs in Ibadan African Cup Winners Cup winning clubs CAF Cup winning clubs