Rwanda 2018/19


Azam Rwanda Premier League
Cup Tournaments
Championnat National de 2ème Division

Azam Rwanda Premier League

Final Table:

 1.Rayon Sports                  30  23  3  4  53-14  72       Champions
 2.APR FC                        30  20  5  5  47-17  65  [C]
 3.Mukura VS                     30  17  8  5  38-22  59
 4.Police FC                     30  15  5 10  45-33  50
 5.Kiyovu Sports                 30  12  7 11  31-21  43
 6.Espoir FC                     30  11  7 12  33-41  40
 7.AS Kigali                     30   9 12  9  38-30  39
 8.Etincelles FC                 30  11  4 15  25-29  37
 9.AS Muhanga                    30   9  9 12  41-41  36  [P]
10.Musanze FC                    30  10  6 14  26-38  36
11.Marines FC                    30   8 11 11  20-24  35
12.Bugesera FC                   30   8 11 11  30-42  35
13.Sunrise FC                    30   8 10 12  28-35  34
14.Gicumbi FC                    30   8  7 15  20-43  31
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15.Kirehe FC                     30   6  9 15  17-38  27       Relegated
16.Amagaju FC                    30   5  6 19  22-46  21       Relegated

Round 1
[Oct 19]
APR                    2-0 Amagaju                
  [Muhadjiri Hakizimana 6, Dominique Savio Nshuti 12]
[Oct 20]
Etincelles             0-1 Rayon Sports           
  [Caleb Bimenyimana 9]
Gicumbi                0-0 Espoir                 
Mukura                 1-0 Sunrise                
Kirehe                 0-2 Kiyovu Sports          
  [Alex Ngirimana, Innocent Habyarimana]
[Oct 21]
Muhanga                2-1 Police                 
  [Yannick Bizimana 75, Aimé Ntirushwa 81; Eric Ngendahimana 45]
AS Kigali              1-1 Musanze                
  [Jean Claude Ndarusanze; Japhet Imurora]
Marines                1-1 Bugesera               

Round 2
[Oct 26]
Police                 5-1 Espoir                 
Kiyovu Sports          0-0 Marines                
[Oct 27]
Kirehe                 0-0 AS Kigali              
Amagaju                1-1 Muhanga                
Musanze                0-2 APR                    
Bugesera               1-0 Etincelles             
Sunrise                1-0 Gicumbi                
[Oct 28]
Rayon Sports           1-2 Mukura                 

Round 3
[Oct 30]
Espoir                 2-1 Amagaju                
Muhanga                2-0 Musanze                
Etincelles             0-2 Kiyovu Sports          
Gicumbi                0-1 Police                 
[Oct 31]
Mukura                 1-0 Bugesera               
APR                    2-0 Kirehe                 
Marines                1-1 AS Kigali              
[Nov 1]
Sunrise                1-2 Rayon Sports           

Round 4
[Nov 2]
Musanze                2-1 Espoir                 
Amagaju                1-2 Police                 
Kirehe                 2-2 Muhanga                
[Nov 3]
Marines                0-2 APR                    
Kiyovu Sports          0-1 Mukura                 
AS Kigali              0-2 Etincelles             
[Nov 4]
Rayon Sports           3-0 Gicumbi                
Bugesera               1-1 Sunrise                

Round 5
[Nov 6]
Etincelles             0-2 APR                    
Mukura                 0-0 AS Kigali              
[Nov 7]
Gicumbi                2-3 Amagaju                
Sunrise                2-1 Kiyovu Sports          
[Nov 8]
Espoir                 1-0 Kirehe                 
Rayon Sports           3-0 Bugesera               
Muhanga                0-0 Marines                
Police                 1-0 Musanze                

Round 6
[Nov 29]
Bugesera               2-1 Gicumbi                
Musanze                2-1 Amagaju                
AS Kigali              0-1 Sunrise                
[Nov 30]
Kirehe                 1-0 Police                 
Marines                2-0 Espoir                 
[Dec 1]
Etincelles             2-2 Muhanga                
[Dec 2]
Kiyovu Sports          2-1 Rayon Sports           
[Jan 3]
APR                    0-1 Mukura                 

Round 7
[Dec 7]
Gicumbi                1-1 Musanze                
Bugesera               1-0 Kiyovu Sports          
[Dec 8]
Mukura                 1-0 Muhanga                
Amagaju                0-0 Kirehe                 
Police                 3-2 Marines                
Espoir                 4-1 Etincelles             
[Dec 9]
Rayon Sports           1-0 AS Kigali              
[Jan 23]
Sunrise                3-2 APR                    

Round 8
[Dec 11]
Kiyovu Sports          1-0 Gicumbi                
Kirehe                 1-0 Musanze                
Etincelles             0-0 Police                 
Mukura                 3-1 Espoir                 
[Dec 12]
Marines                3-0 Amagaju                
Muhanga                4-2 Sunrise                
APR                    2-1 Rayon Sports           
[Dec 13]
AS Kigali              3-0 Bugesera               

Round 9
[Dec 14]
Gicumbi                1-0 Kirehe                 
[Dec 15]
Musanze                1-0 Marines                
Rayon Sports           1-0 Muhanga                
Amagaju                0-1 Etincelles             
Sunrise                1-2 Espoir                 
[Dec 16]
Bugesera               1-1 APR                    
Kiyovu Sports          0-1 AS Kigali              
[Jan 24]
Police                 3-2 Mukura                 

Round 10
[Dec 18]
Espoir                 0-0 Rayon Sports           
Marines                1-0 Kirehe                 
Sunrise                1-1 Police                 
[Dec 19]
AS Kigali              6-0 Gicumbi                
Etincelles             3-0 Musanze                
[Dec 20]
APR                    1-0 Kiyovu Sports          
Muhanga                1-1 Bugesera               
[Jan 27]
Mukura                 2-1 Amagaju                
	 
Round 11
[Dec 21]
Rayon Sports           0-1 Police                 
[Dec 22]
Amagaju                0-2 Sunrise                
Gicumbi                1-0 Marines                
Kirehe                 1-1 Etincelles             
[Dec 23] 
AS Kigali              0-3 APR                    
Kiyovu Sports          3-3 Muhanga                
[Dec 24] 
Bugesera               0-1 Espoir                 
[Jan 30]
Musanze                0-0 Mukura                 

Round 12
[Dec 28]
APR                    0-0 Gicumbi                
[Dec 29]
Muhanga                0-0 AS Kigali              
Etincelles             2-1 Marines                
Mukura                 2-0 Kirehe                 
Espoir                 0-2 Kiyovu Sports          
Sunrise                2-0 Musanze                
[Dec 30]
Rayon Sports           2-0 Amagaju                
Police                 1-3 Bugesera               

Round 13
[Jan 4]
Kiyovu Sports          2-0 Police                 
[Jan 5]
Gicumbi                1-0 Etincelles             
AS Kigali              3-2 Espoir                 
Musanze                1-2 Rayon Sports           
Kirehe                 1-1 Sunrise                
[Jan 6]
Marines                1-1 Mukura                 
APR                    2-1 Muhanga                
[Jan 7]
Bugesera               0-1 Amagaju                

Round 14
[Jan 11]
Espoir                 0-1 APR                    
Police                 2-2 AS Kigali              
[Jan 12]
Amagaju                0-3 Kiyovu Sports          
Muhanga                3-0 Gicumbi                
Sunrise                1-1 Marines                
[Jan 13]
Bugesera               2-2 Musanze                
Rayon Sports           3-0 Kirehe                 
[Feb 4]
Mukura                 2-1 Etincelles             

Round 15
[Jan 18]
Kiyovu Sports          2-1 Musanze                
[Jan 19]
Muhanga                1-2 Espoir                 
Marines                0-2 Rayon Sports           
AS Kigali              1-0 Amagaju                
[Jan 20]
Kirehe                 1-1 Bugesera               
APR                    2-0 Police                 
Etincelles             0-1 Sunrise                
[Feb 7]
Gicumbi                1-1 Mukura                 

Halfway Table:

 1.APR FC                        15  11  2  2  24- 7  35  [C]
 2.Mukura VS                     15  10  4  1  20- 9  34
 3.Rayon Sports                  15  10  1  4  23- 9  31
 4.Kiyovu Sports                 15   8  2  5  20-11  26
 5.Sunrise FC                    15   7  4  4  20-16  25
 6.Police FC                     15   7  3  5  21-19  24
 7.AS Kigali                     15   5  6  4  18-13  21
 8.Espoir FC                     15   6  2  7  17-22  20
 9.AS Muhanga                    15   4  7  4  22-18  19  [P]
10.Bugesera FC                   15   4  6  5  14-18  18
11.Marines FC                    15   3  6  6  13-15  15
12.Etincelles FC                 15   4  3  8  13-18  15
13.Musanze FC                    15   3  4  8  11-21  13
14.Gicumbi FC                    15   3  4  8   8-22  13
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15.Kirehe FC                     15   2  6  7   7-17  12
16.Amagaju FC                    15   2  2 11   9-25   8

Round 16
[Feb 18]
Amagaju                1-2 APR                    
Espoir                 5-1 Gicumbi                
Musanze                1-0 AS Kigali              
[Feb 19]
Sunrise                0-1 Mukura                 
Police                 3-1 Muhanga                
Rayon Sports           1-0 Etincelles             
Bugesera               0-0 Marines                
[Feb 20]
Kiyovu Sports          1-0 Kirehe                 

Round 17
[Feb 21]
Gicumbi                1-0 Sunrise                
APR                    2-0 Musanze                
[Feb 22]
Espoir                 0-0 Police                 
Mukura                 0-3 Rayon Sports           
Muhanga                5-2 Amagaju                
Etincelles             3-2 Bugesera               
[Feb 23]
Marines                0-0 Kiyovu Sports          
AS Kigali              5-0 Kirehe                 

Round 18
[Feb 28]
Kiyovu Sports          1-0 Etincelles             
Police                 4-0 Gicumbi                
[Mar 1]
Amagaju                1-3 Espoir                 
Bugesera               0-3 Mukura                 
Rayon Sports           1-0 Sunrise                
[Mar 2] 
AS Kigali              2-1 Marines                
Kirehe                 0-0 APR                    
Musanze                2-1 Muhanga                

Round 9
[Mar 5]
Gicumbi                0-1 Rayon Sports           
Sunrise                0-1 Bugesera               
[Mar 6]
APR                    2-0 Marines                
Mukura                 0-0 Kiyovu Sports          
Espoir                 1-0 Musanze                
[Mar 7]
Police                 1-2 Amagaju                
Etincelles             1-0 AS Kigali              
Muhanga                1-0 Kirehe                 

Round 20
[Mar 8]
Bugesera               1-1 Rayon Sports           
[Mar 9]
APR                    1-0 Etincelles             
Kiyovu Sports          1-1 Sunrise                
[Mar 10]
AS Kigali              1-2 Mukura                 
Kirehe                 0-0 Espoir                 
Marines                1-0 Muhanga                
Musanze                2-0 Police                 
Amagaju                1-0 Gicumbi                

Round 21
[Mar 16]
Gicumbi                1-1 Bugesera               
Muhanga                2-1 Etincelles             
Espoir                 0-2 Marines                
[Mar 17]
Amagaju                0-0 Musanze                
Police                 1-0 Kirehe                 
[Mar 27]
Mukura                 1-2 APR                    
Sunrise                1-1 AS Kigali              
[Mar 28]
Rayon Sports           1-0 Kiyovu Sports          

Round 22
[Mar 22]
Marines                1-0 Police                 
[Mar 23]
Musanze                1-2 Gicumbi                
Etincelles             3-0 Espoir                 
Kirehe                 2-1 Amagaju                
[Mar 30]
APR                    2-0 Sunrise                
[Mar 31]
AS Kigali              1-1 Rayon Sports           
[Apr 3]
Muhanga                0-0 Mukura                 
Kiyovu Sports          3-1 Bugesera               

Round 23
[Apr 20]
Rayon Sports           1-0 APR                    
Musanze                2-1 Kirehe                 
[Apr 21]
Police                 2-0 Etincelles             
Sunrise                2-1 Muhanga                
Bugesera               1-1 AS Kigali              
Gicumbi                1-0 Kiyovu Sports          
Espoir                 0-1 Mukura                 
[Apr 22]
Amagaju                0-1 Marines                

Round 24
[Apr 26]
Kirehe                 1-0 Gicumbi                
AS Kigali              1-0 Kiyovu Sports          
[Apr 27]
Marines                1-0 Musanze                
Espoir                 1-1 Sunrise                
APR                    3-0 Bugesera               
[Apr 28]
Muhanga                1-3 Rayon Sports           
Mukura                 1-2 Police                 
Etincelles             1-0 Amagaju                

Round 25
[Apr 30]
Gicumbi                1-0 AS Kigali              
Kiyovu Sports          0-0 APR                    
[May 1]
Police                 4-0 Sunrise                
Amagaju                1-1 Mukura                 
Kirehe                 0-0 Marines                
Bugesera               2-0 Muhanga                
[May 2]
Musanze                1-0 Etincelles             
Rayon Sports           4-0 Espoir                 

Round 26
[May 3]
APR                    2-2 AS Kigali              
[May 4]
Marines                0-0 Gicumbi                
Muhanga                2-1 Kiyovu Sports          
[May 5]
Espoir                 3-1 Bugesera               
Mukura                 4-1 Musanze                
Etincelles             1-0 Kirehe                 
Sunrise                1-1 Amagaju                
Police                 0-1 Rayon Sports           

Round 27
[May 9]
Gicumbi                1-3 APR                    
[May 10]
AS Kigali              2-1 Muhanga                
Kirehe                 2-1 Mukura                 
[May 11]
Kiyovu Sports          3-0 Espoir                 
Musanze                2-1 Sunrise                
Bugesera               1-3 Police                 
Amagaju                1-2 Rayon Sports           
[May 14]
Marines                0-1 Etincelles             

Round 28	 
[May 17]
Rayon Sports           3-1 Musanze                
[May 18] 
Muhanga                2-1 APR                    
Mukura                 1-0 Marines                
Espoir                 1-1 AS Kigali              
Sunrise                1-2 Kirehe                 
[May 19]
Amagaju                0-1 Bugesera               
Etincelles             1-0 Gicumbi                
Police                 2-1 Kiyovu Sports          

Round 29
[May 24]
Gicumbi                3-2 Muhanga                
Etincelles             0-1 Mukura                 
AS Kigali              2-2 Police                 
Kirehe                 0-4 Rayon Sports           
Musanze                1-1 Bugesera               
[May 25]
APR                    1-2 Espoir                 
Kiyovu Sports          0-0 Amagaju                
Marines                0-0 Sunrise                

Round 30 [Jun 1]
Espoir                 0-0 Muhanga                
Mukura                 1-1 Gicumbi                
Police                 0-2 APR                    
Sunrise                0-0 Etincelles             
Amagaju                2-1 AS Kigali              
Bugesera               3-2 Kirehe                 
Musanze                1-0 Kiyovu Sports          
Rayon Sports           3-0 Marines                

Final Table:

 1.Rayon Sports                  30  23  3  4  53-14  72       Champions
 2.APR FC                        30  20  5  5  47-17  65  [C]
 3.Mukura VS                     30  17  8  5  38-22  59
 4.Police FC                     30  15  5 10  45-33  50
 5.Kiyovu Sports                 30  12  7 11  31-21  43
 6.Espoir FC                     30  11  7 12  33-41  40
 7.AS Kigali                     30   9 12  9  38-30  39
 8.Etincelles FC                 30  11  4 15  25-29  37
 9.AS Muhanga                    30   9  9 12  41-41  36  [P]
10.Musanze FC                    30  10  6 14  26-38  36
11.Marines FC                    30   8 11 11  20-24  35
12.Bugesera FC                   30   8 11 11  30-42  35
13.Sunrise FC                    30   8 10 12  28-35  34
14.Gicumbi FC                    30   8  7 15  20-43  31
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15.Kirehe FC                     30   6  9 15  17-38  27       Relegated
16.Amagaju FC                    30   5  6 19  22-46  21       Relegated


Cup Tournaments

Amahoro Cup 2019 | Super Cup 2019 | Heroes Cup 2019 | Veterans Peace Cup 2019

Amahoro Cup 2019

Round 1 [10 winners and 6 best losers qualified for 1/8 finals.]

First Legs
[Jun 4]
Hope FC                2-2 Gasogi United
AS Kigali              0-1 Rayon Sports FC
Mukura VS              3-0 Unity SC
Interforce FC          0-3 Intare FC
Sunrise FC             o/w Espoir FC              [Sunrise withdrew; Espoir qualified]
[Jun 5]
Gicumbi FC             0-0 Police FC
Vision FC              0-1 Bugesera FC  
APR FC                 2-0 Rwamagana City FC
Etoile de l'Est        0-0 Kiyovu SC 
Marines FC             2-0 Etincelles FC 
 
Second Legs
[Jun 7]
Gasogi United          1-0 Hope FC
Rayon Sports FC        0-1 AS Kigali              [4-2 pen]
Unity SC               0-2 Mukura VS
Intare FC              1-1 Interforce FC              
[Jun 8]
Police FC              1-1 Gicumbi FC
Bugesera FC            4-2 Vision FC
Rwamagana City FC      1-0 APR FC
SC Kiyovu              1-0 Etoile de l'Est
Etincelles FC          1-1 Marines FC

NB: best losers: AS Kigali, Rwamagana City FC, Police FC,
                 Hope FC, Etincelles FC, Etoile de l'Est

1/8 Finals

First Legs
[Jun 12]
Mukura VS              1-3 Kiyovu SC
Etoile de l'Est        1-2 Police FC
Intare FC              2-1 Bugesera FC
Gicumbi FC             0-0 Espoir FC
[Jun 13]
APR FC                 0-1 Kigali FC
Marines FC             0-1 Rayon Sports FC
Gasogi United          1-0 Rwamagana City FC 
Hope FC                2-2 Etincelles FC
 
Second Legs 
[Jun 15]
Kiyovu SC              0-1 Mukura VS
Police FC              1-1 Etoile de l'Est
Espoir FC              1-1 Gicumbi FC
Bugesera FC            1-2 Intare FC
[Jun 16]
AS Kigali              0-0 APR FC
Rayon Sports FC        2-1 Marines FC 
Rwamagana City FC      0-0 Gasogi United
Etincelles FC          3-0 Hope FC       
 
Quarterfinals

First Legs
[Jun 19]
Etincelles FC          0-2 Police FC
AS Kigali              2-1 Gasogi Unted
[Jun 20]
Rayon Sports FC        7-1 Gicumbi FC
Intare FC              0-3 Kiyovu SC
 
Second Legs
[Jun 22]
Police FC              2-2 Etincelles FC
Gasogi United          1-1 AS KIgali
[Jun 23]
Kiyovu SC              2-2 Intare FC
Gicumbi FC             0-2 Rayon Sports FC 

Semifinals

First Legs
[Jun 26]
AS Kigali              1-2 Rayon Sports FC
[Jun 27]
Kiyovu SC              2-0 Police FC
 
Second Legs
[Jun 29]
Rayon Sports FC        1-2 AS Kigali              [2-4 pen]
[Jun 30]
Police FC              4-2 Kiyovu SC

Third Place Match [Jul 3, stade de Kigali]
Rayon Sports FC        3-1 Police FC              

Final [Jul 4, stade de Kigali]
AS Kigali              2-1 Kiyovu SC              [aet]

Super Cup 2019

[Oct 1, Amahoro Stadium]
Rayon Sports FC        2-2 AS Kigali              [3-1 pen]
  [Lafit Bishira 30og, Eric Rutanga 90; Farouk Ssentongo 31, Martel Mba Allongho 34]

Heroes Cup 2019

NB: second ever edition; between top-4 of 2017/18 Azam Premier League 

Round 1 [Jan 26]
APR                    0-1 AS Kigali              
Etincelles             0-2 Rayon Sports           
 
Round 2 [Jan 29]
Etincelles             0-4 APR                    
Rayon Sports           0-0 AS Kigali              
 
Round 3 [Feb 1]
AS Kigali              1-1 Etincelles             
APR                    1-0 Rayon Sports           
 
Final Table:

 1.APR FC                         3   2  0  1   5- 1   6
 2.AS Kigali                      3   1  2  0   2- 1   5
 3.Rayon Sports                   3   1  1  1   2- 1   4
 4.Etincelles FC                  3   0  1  2   1- 7   1

Veterans Peace Cup 2019

Third Place Match [Jun 30]
Mulindi FC             0-3 ASC Intwari
 
Final [Jun 30]
Karibu FC              0-1 ASC Wahad


Championnat National de 2ème Division

Reported Tables:

Poule A
 1.Gasogi United                 22  17  4  1  43- 9  55       Promotion Playoff
 2.Vision FC                     22  15  5  2  39-10  50
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 3.Sorwathe FC                   22  11  6  5  26-16  39       Promotion Playoff
 4.Vision Jeunesse Nouvelle FC   22  10  6  6  28-14  36
 5.Rugende FC                    22   9  9  4  20-12  36
 6.SEC Academy                   22   9  4  9  33-31  31
 7.Aspor FC                      21   9  3  9  29-23  30
 8.La Jeunesse                   21   5  8  8  17-18  23
 9.UR FC                         20   4  6 10  17-32  18
10.Gasabo United                 21   4  4 13  16-40  16
11.Espérance SK                  21   3  6 12  27-44  15
12.Akagera FC                    22   1  3 18  15-60   6
NB: total goal difference +1
 
Poule B              
 1.Etoile de l'Est               20  13  6  1  31- 6  45       Promotion Playoff
 2.Rwamagana City FC             20  13  4  3  32-12  43
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 3.Heroes FC                     20  11  4  5  38-19  37       Promotion Playoff
 4.Hope FC                       20  10  6  4  32-16  36
 5.Intare FC                     18  10  4  4  29-13  34        
 6.Interforce FC                 19  10  3  6  30-18  33     
 7.Pepinière FC                  20   5  8  7  18-19  23
 8.Unity SC                      20   7  0 13  20-32  21
 9.United Stars                  18   5  1 12  12-33  16
10.Miroplast FC                  20   3  1 16   6-38  10  [R]
11.Gitikinyoni SC                20   2  1 17  11-52   7     
NB: one more win than loss; odd number of matches; total goal difference +1

NB: it is not clear why Heroes and Sorwathe entered the semifinals instead
    of Rwamagana City and Vision

Promotion Playoff

Semifinals 
Heroes FC (Kicukiro)   bt  Etoile de l'Est
Gasogi United          bt  Sorwathe 

Third Place Match
Etoile de l'Est        3-0 Sorwathe 

Final
Gasogi United          1-1 Heroes FC (Kicukiro)   [Gasogi on pen] 


2017/18

2019/20

list of champions

list of cup winners


About this document

Thanks to Hans Schöggl

Prepared and maintained by Ian King for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Ian King
Last updated: 7 Jul 2025

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