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Wikipedia - Olympic Star Muyinga FC
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).
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.
Olympic Star heeft nog nooit een landstitel gewonnen, maar heeft wel enkele bekertoernooien op zijn naam staan. Zo won de club in 2007 de Burundese Beker en in 2010 de Supercup van Burundi.
Internationaal heeft Olympic Star nog nooit echt meegedaan. De club heeft wel enkele keren deelgenomen aan de CAF Confederation Cup, maar wist nooit verder te komen dan de voorrondes.
Bekende spelers die voor Olympic Star hebben gespeeld zijn onder meer:
* Saido Berahino (Engeland)
* Gaël Bigirimana (Burundi)
* Mohamed Buya Turay (Sierra Leone)
Huidige selectie:
* Doelmannen:
* Jean-Claude Ndayishimiye
* Eric Ndayishimiye
* Verdedigers:
* Alexis Nduwimana
* Thierry Nsabimana
* David Ndayishimiye
* Olivier Nkurunziza
* Middenvelders:
* Aimable Nsabimana
* Willy Nzeyimana
* Cédric Amissi
* Aanvallers:
* Saïdi Ntibazonkiza
* Patrick Nduwayo