Olympic Star Muyinga FC

Olympic Star

Full name	Olympic Star Muyinga Football Club
Founded	1997; 28 years ago (1997)
Ground	Stade Municipal de Muyinga
Capacity	10,000^[citation needed]
League	Ligue A
2023–24	Ligue A, 7th of 16
Home colours Away colours

Olympic Star Muyinga Football Club, commonly referred to as Olympic Star de Muyinga or simply as Olympic Star is a professional football club based in Muyinga, Burundi. The team currently plays in Ligue A, the top division of Burundi football.

History

It was founded in 1997 in the city of Muyinga and played for the first time in the top-flight of the Burundian football in 2005, after the introduction of the sixteen-team format. A year earlier, she had created a sensation by reaching the final of the Coupe de l'Unité, lost against Muzinga (0–3).[1]

Relegated at the end of the 2009 season, Olympic returned to the top tier, winning Group B of the Second Division in the 2013–14 season.

The club managed to win the Coupe du Président de la République in the 2016–17 season, beating Le Messager Ngozi in the final 2–1 in extra time, with a goal by Slim Saidi in the 98 minute.

The first appearance in an international tournament was in the 2018 season of the CAF Confederation Cup. There they faced in the preliminary round the Burkinabé club Étoile Filante, and after a 0–0 draw in the 1st leg, they won 1–0 at Ouagadougou in 2nd leg, qualifying in the first round where they were eliminated by Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid from Sudan, 0–0 at Urukundo Stadium in Ngozi and 0–6 at El Obeid.

Honours

Coupe du Président de la République

• Winners (1): 2017

Performance in CAF competitions

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2018	CAF Confederation Cup	Preliminary round	Étoile Filante	0–0	1–0	1–0
		First round	Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid	0–0	0–6	0–6

Current team

As of 22 October 2022[2]

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 10 GK  BDI Akonkwa Akimana 7 GK  BDI Amisi Issa Ndikuriyo 8 GK  BDI Darcy Irakoze 12 DF  BDI Emile Balama 20 DF  BDI Eric Kwizera 21 DF  BDI Fabrice Mayanga 4 DF  BDI Hassan Nzeyimana 14 DF  BDI Ibrahim Ntamwishimiro 27 DF  BDI Isaac Niyongkuru 23 DF  BDI Ismail Kabuntu

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  BDI Issa Bizimungu 15 MF  BDI Issa Havyarimana 19 MF  BDI Kevin Uwimana 22 MF  BDI Kofi Bigirimana 2 MF  BDI Nasri Samiri 5 MF  BDI Pascal Ramazani 1 MF  BDI Ramadhan Oma 6 FW  BDI Rashidi Nibitanga 11 FW  BDI Ribery Niyonkuru 9 FW  BDI Amissi Itangishaka

References

1. "Olympic Star de Muyinga, itinéraire d'un champion" [Olympic Star of Muyinga, itinerary of a champion]. iwacu-burundi.org. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.(in French)
2. "Olympic Star Domain".

External links

• Soccerway