Musongati FC

Musongati

Full name	Musongati Football Club
Founded	1976; 49 years ago (1976)
Ground	Stade Ingoma, Gitega, Burundi
Capacity	7,000^[citation needed]
Chairman	Dennis Karera
Manager	Hussein Nahimana
League	Ligue A
2023–24	Ligue A, 3rd of 16
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Musongati Football Club, commonly known as Musongati FC or simply Musongati, is a Burundian professional football club based in Gitega, the political capital of Burundi. The club competes in Ligue A, the top level of Burundi's football league system, and plays its home matches at 7,000 capacity Stade Ingoma. Musongati's colours are green and yellow and represent the rich Burundi vegetation.

History

The club was founded in 1976 in the city of Gitega.[1] Musongati promoted to top-flight of the Burundian football at the end of 2015–16 season winning the Group B of the Burundi Second Division.

Musongati achieved a fifth-place finish in the 2016–17 season, the 7th place at the end of the 2017–18 season and reached the quarter-finals of Coupe du Président de la République in 2018, losing 0–2 against BS Dynamik.

The yellow-greens finished as runners-up in the 2018–19 season, as well in the 2019–20 season and won their first major trophy in 2020, the Coupe du Président de la République, beating in the final Rukinzo 1–1 (5–4) at penalty shoot-out.[2][3]

Musongati consequently made its debut in the CAF Confederation Cup the following season, losing in the preliminary round to Zambian club Green Eagles 2–2 at Stade Intwari in Bujumbura and 1–2 at Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka.[4][5]

Over the following two seasons, the yellow-greens returned to mid-table, ending the 2020–21 season in fifth position and ninth in the 2021–22 season. Also, managed to qualify to the semi-finals in 2021 and in the quarter-finals in 2022 of Coupe du President de la Republique, losing each time to city rivals, Flambeau du Centre.[6]

Honours

Burundi Ligue A

• Runners-up (2): 2018–19, 2019–20

Burundi Ligue B

• Winners (1): 2015–16

Coupe du Président de la République

• Winners (1): 2020

Performance in CAF competitions

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2020–21	CAF Confederation Cup	Preliminary round	Green Eagles	2–2	1–2	2–3

Squad

As of 12 August 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  BDI Allidou Hakizimana 3 MF  BDI Chris Ndikumana 28 DF  BDI Barros Tambwe 17 DF  BDI David Sinbagiye 12 DF  BDI Djuma Muhamedi 2 DF  BDI Franck Nduwimana 15 MF  BDI Hamissi Harerimana 4 DF  BDI Iddy Karikumutima 22 GK  BDI Ismail Wilonja 13 MF  BDI Issa Hubert Nsabimana 23 MF  BDI Desire Nduwimana

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  BDI Issa Modela 5 DF  BDI Josue Alberto Mugisha 11 DF  BDI Kessy Jordan Nimbona 1 GK  BDI Laurent Sakubu 7 MF  BDI Mossi Nduwumwe 16 MF  BDI Numbe Ndayishimiye 10 MF  BDI Selemahi Halidi 6 DF  BDI Tresor Mubango 19 FW  BDI Tresor Shaka 21 DF  BDI Valentin Nestor Bizimana 14 MF  BDI Hassan Harerimana

Management and staff

As of 12 August 2022

Position	Name
Head coach	Hussein Nahimana
Assistant coach	Christian Musore
Manager	Christian Musore
Team Doctor	Spageon Nsabimana
Goalkeeper Coach	Schaddien Mugisha
Kit manager	Jean Bosco Ntakarutimana

References

1. "Qui sera champion entre Musongati et Flambeau du Centre, ces deux grands clubs de Gitega?" [Who will be champion between Musongati and Flambeau du Centre, these two great clubs of Gitega?]. agaseke.bi. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.(in French)
2. "Musongati edge Rukinzo to clinch Burundi FA Cup". cafonline.com. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
3. "Musongati FC remporte une coupe, pour la première fois de son histoire" [Musongati FC wins a cup, for the first time in its history]. iwacu-burundi.org. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.(in French)
4. "Musongati to face Green Eagles in CAF Confederation Cup first Preliminary round". ground-sports.com. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
5. "CAF Confed Cup: Eagles fly over Musongati into the second preliminary round". zambianfootball.co.zm. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
6. "Coupe du président : Flambeau du Centre rejoint les demi-finales" [President's Cup: Flambeau du Centre reaches the semi-finals]. lerenouveau.digital. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.

External links

• Official website