Sunshine Stars Football Club is a Nigerian

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club based in

Akure Akure is a city in south-western Nigeria. It is the capital and largest city of Ondo State. The city had a population of 403,000 as at the 2006 population census. History Pre 1914 Rock engravings dating back to the Mesolithic period, hav ...

. They play in the top division in Nigerian football, the

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. Their home stadium is the

Akure Township Stadium Akure Township Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Akure, Nigeria. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is the home stadium of Sunshine Stars F.C. of the Nigerian Premier League. The stadium has a capacity of 3, ...

Funding

Sunshine Stars FC are funded and sponsored by the

Ondo State Ondo State ( yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Oǹdó) is a state in southwestern Nigeria. It was created on 3 February 1976 from the former Western State. It borders Ekiti State to the north, Kogi State to the northeast, Edo State to the east, Delta State to t ...

Government.

Current squad

Achievements

* National Division One (Second Level): 2 ::2001, 2007

Performance in CAF competitions

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: 1 appearance ::

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– Semi-finals *

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: 1 appearance ::

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– Semi-finals *

West African Club Championship (UFOA Cup) 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 ...

: 1 appearance ::

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– First Round

Notable coaches

* Kadiri Ikhana (2000) *

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(2010) *

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(2015) *

Augustine Eguavoen Augustine Owen Eguavoen (born 19 August 1965) is a Nigerian football manager and former player who thrice served as manager of the Nigeria national team. Playing career Club During his varied career Eguavoen began his career with ACB Lagos in ...

(2017) * Adeyeni Joseph (2018) *

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(2013-2016)

Notable players

Dayo Ojo Dayo Ojo (born October 10, 1994) is a professional Nigerian footballer who is currently with Nigerian Premier League club Enyimba International F.C. Career Dayo Ojo began his professional league career with Rising Stars F.C. in 2008. In 2010, ...

Godfrey Oboabona Godfrey Itama Oboabona (born 16 August 1990) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for Georgian club FC Dinamo Batumi as a centre-back. Club career Oboabona was born in Ondo City, and began his professional career with local club Sun ...

References

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