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

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club based in

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, in south-western Nigeria.

History

The club was one of the founders of the

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in 1972, when they were called ''WNDC Ibadan'' (Western Nigeria Development Corporation), and were later called IICC (Industrial Investment and Credit Corporation) Shooting Stars of Ibadan. Their nickname "Shooting Stars" was added on the suggestion of the team's founding 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. They play their home matches at the

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

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, one of the venues for the

1999 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Nigeria between 3 and 24 April 1999. This was the 12th edition of the tournament. Qualification The following 24 teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship. :1.Teams tha ...

. Shooting Stars is the first club to win the FA Cup on club basis in Nigeria in 1971, when players like Aderoju Omowon, Niyi Akande, Jossy Lad, Amusa Adisa were prominent in the squad. Shooting Stars is one of the most decorated club sides in Nigeria alongside

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and the defunct Stationery Stores of Lagos though they have failed to win any major trophy since 1998. 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. 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

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and the rest of the 3SC Management board resigned in July 2019 after they lost a promotion playoff to Akwa Starlets. Many well-known international stars have played for Shooting Stars in the past, including former

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, "the mathematical" Segun Odegbami and so on. Notable players include Rashidi Yekini, Segun Odegbami, Felix Owolabi, Niyi Akande, Taiwo Ogunjobi, Duke Udi, Olumide Harris, Golden Ajeboh, Ajibade Babalade, Ademola Johnson, and Jude Axelsson.

Crest

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

Honours

Domestic

** Winners (5): 1976, 1980, 1983, 1995, 1998 *

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** Winners (4): 1971 (as WNDC), 1977, 1979, 1995

Continental

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** Runners-up (1):

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 Southeas ...

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

** Winners (1):

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

** Winners (1):

1976 Events January * January 2 – 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 18 – Full diplomatic ...

Regional

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

** Winners (1): 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, ...

– 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 6 – A funeral service is held in West Germany for Nazi Grand Admiral ...

– Second Round ::

– ''Runners-up'' ::

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

– Group stage *

: 3 appearances ::

– Champion ::

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 ...

– First Round ::

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

– Second Round *

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: 4 appearances ::

– Champion ::

1977 Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, 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 (no ...

– 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 ...

– First Round ::

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

– Quarter-finals

Notable coaches

* Alan Hawkes * Franklin Howard * Akintola Idowu * Yusuf Lati * Festus Onigbinde * Tayo Oloniyo * Siegfried Bahner * Jossy Ladipo * Fatai Amoo * Edith Olumide Agoye * Niyi Akande

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 Cl ...

* Junior Ajayi * Abiodun Baruwa *

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

* Mudashiru Lawal *

Ajibade Babalade Ajibade Kunde Babalade (29 March 1972 – 4 September 2020) was a Nigerian football (soccer), footballer who played as a defender and was Team Chef of Shooting Stars FC. Babalade died on 4 September 2020, aged 48. Club career He played for F ...

* Felix Owolabi *

* Idowu Otubusen (Slow Poison) * Alao Dabani Godwin * Adewale Yusuff Alani * Opeoluwa Olufemi * Ebuka Anaekwe * Omar Rekik

References

External links

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Shooting Stars Results
– current results of Shooting Stars matches {{CAF Confederation Cup winners 1950s establishments in Nigeria Football clubs in Ibadan African Cup Winners Cup winning clubs CAF Cup winning clubs Association football clubs established in the 1950s