Flambeau du Centre
Full nameFlambeau du Centre Football Club
Nickname(s)Académie le Message de Gitega
Founded2016 (2016)
GroundStade Municipal de Muyinga
Capacity10,000
LeagueBurundi Ligue A
2022–23Ligue A, 2nd of 16
WebsiteClub website

Flameau du Centre is a professional football club based in Gitega, Burundi. The team currently plays in the Burundi Ligue A, the top division of Burundi football.[1][2]

History

The club comes from the Le Messager FC academy,[3] like the Le Messager Football Club Ngozi, it evolved at the beginning under the name Académie Le Messager FC Gitega before taking the name of Flambeau du Center . The Messenger Gitega was able to access the 2nd national division after three years of negotiations for name change reasons. The leaders of the federation could not accept two teams with the same name of Messenger .

Since the 2017–2018 season, the club has played in the first division of Burundi. In 2022 the club won its first league title.[4]

Honors

National competitions

Burundi Championship (1)
Champions: 2021–22
Burundi Cup (0)
Winner: —
Finalist: 2021, 2022

Current team

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
17 GK Burundi BDI Abdoul Karim Barandondera
2 GK Burundi BDI Abdourahmani Rukundo
8 GK Burundi BDI Amissi Asmani
14 DF Burundi BDI Beni Irakoze
11 DF Burundi BDI Benjamin Rukundo
1 DF Burundi BDI Dieudonne Ntibahezwa
18 DF Burundi BDI Eddy Patrick Ntwari
5 DF Burundi BDI Enock Tumebarikiwa
19 DF Burundi BDI Gakiza Aime Nyandwi
7 DF Burundi BDI Gilbert Tuyihimbaze
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 MF Burundi BDI Guy Kavumbagu Nahimana
15 MF Burundi BDI Henry Msanga
4 MF Burundi BDI Issa Hakizimana
16 MF Burundi BDI Juma Nijimbere
10 MF Burundi BDI Karim Niyonkuru
6 MF Burundi BDI Leonard Gakwaya
25 MF Burundi BDI Moussa Muryango
3 FW Burundi BDI Olivier Dushime
21 FW Burundi BDI Patrick Kwizera
20 FW Burundi BDI Sadiki Yahya

References

  1. ↑ Burundi, The Sports. "League". Sports org. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
  2. ↑ du Centre, Flameau. "Flameau". besoccer.com. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
  3. ↑ du Centre, Flameau. "Flameau". tonys-soccer-school.net. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
  4. ↑ du Centre, Flameau. "Flameau". cafonline.com. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
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