Rwanda - List of Champions (original) (raw)

A number of "groupements des footballeurs" existed in the 1940s, including Intwari ("Les Braves"), Ingabo nziza ("Les Valeureux Guerriers") and Amagaju ("Les Bruns Clairs").
After independence in 1962, a number of clubs described as "championbship teams", viz. Amagaju, Amaregura, Amasata, Byumba, Gasoro and Ngabonziza, disappeared; at least one of those, Amagaju, later resurfaced. Instead clubs like Demar FC and Garde Nationale (later Panth�res Noirs) were created by the government or prominent officials therein; they were followed, in the early eighties, by Etincelles and Muhungwa.
After the genocide in 1994, Demar and Garde Nationale were dissolved and a new army club, APR FC, was created.

1945 unknown 1948 unknown 1948/49 unknown 1949/50 unknown 1950-55 unknown 1956 unknown 1957-58 unknown 1959 unknown 1960-68 unknown 1969 Kiyovu Sports (Kigali) 1970 unknown 1971 Kiyovu Sports (Kigali) 1972-74 unknown 1975 Rayon Sports (Nyanza) 1976-79 unknown 1980 Panth�res Noirs (Kigali) 1981 Rayon Sports (Nyanza) 1982 not held 1983 Kiyovu Sports (Kigali) 1984 Panth�res Noirs (Kigali) 1985 Panth�res Noirs (Kigali) 1986 Panth�res Noirs (Kigali) 1987 Panth�res Noirs (Kigali) 1988 Muhungwa (Ruhengeri) 1989 Muhungwa (Ruhengeri) 1990-91 not held 1992 Kiyovu Sports (Kigali)
1993 Kiyovu Sports (Kigali) 1994/95 APR FC (Kigali) 1996 APR FC (Kigali)
1997 Rayon Sports (Nyanza) 1998 Rayon Sports (Nyanza)
1999 APR FC (Kigali)
2000 APR FC (Kigali) 2001 APR FC (Kigali)
2002 Rayon Sports (Nyanza)
2003 APR FC (Kigali) 2004 Rayon Sports (Nyanza) 2005 APR FC (Kigali) 2006 APR FC (Kigali) 2006/07 APR FC (Kigali) 2007/08 ATRACO FC (Kigali) 2008/09 APR FC (Kigali) 2009/10 APR FC (Kigali) 2010/11 APR FC (Kigali) 2011/12 APR FC (Kigali) 2012/13 Rayon Sports (Nyanza) 2013/14 APR FC (Kigali) 2014/15 APR FC (Kigali) 2015/16 APR FC (Kigali) 2016/17 Rayon Sports (Nyanza) 2017/18 APR FC (Kigali) 2018/19 Rayon Sports (Nyanza) 2019/20 APR FC (Kigali) 2020/21 APR FC (Kigali) 2021/22 APR FC (Kigali) 2022/23 APR FC (Kigali) 2023/24 APR FC (Kigali) 2024/25

NB: Mukura Victory Sports (Butare) were league runners-up in 1992, 1998 and 1999. Panth�res Noirs were the army side before the genocide; APR are the current army side.

Number of (Known) Titles

22 APR FC (Kigali)

9 Rayon Sports (Nyanza)

5 Kiyovu Sports (Kigali) [did not win any other titles] Panth�res Noirs (Kigali)

2 Muhungwa (Ruhengeri)

1 ATRACO FC (Kigali)

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Prepared and maintained by Hans Schöggl for theRec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Hans Schöggl Last updated: 17 Oct 2024