Renaissance FC

Renaissance FC

Full name	Renaissance Football Club
Nickname(s)	Mayaye
Short name	RFC
Founded	1954[1]
Ground	Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya (Chad) N'Djamena, Chad
Ground Capacity	30,000
Chairman	Abderaman Bechir
Manager	Oumar Francis
League	Chad Premier League
2013	2°
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Renaissance FC or RFC is a football (soccer) club from Chad based in N'Djamena. The club won Chad Premier League 6 times, last time in 2007. Recently, it produced few Chad national football team players, such as Mondésir Alladjim, Yaya Kerim, Esaie Djikoloum and Hassan Diallo.

The club's colours are traditionally green and red.

History

RFC was national champion 6 times, first time in 1989. In 2011, the club won national cup and supercup, after beating national champions Foullah Edifice in both finals.

Stadium

Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya, also named Stade Nacional, is a multi-purpose stadium located in N'Djamena, Chad.^[2] It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 20,000^[3] people. It is currently the home ground of the Chad national football team. It is named after former Chadian highjumper Mahamat Idriss (1942—1987).

Rivalries

RFC's arch-rivals are Elect-Sport FC.^[4]

Achievements

• Chad Premier League: 5

1989, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007.

• Chad Cup: 2

1990, 1996.

• Coupe de Ligue de N'Djaména: 2

2011, 2013.

• Chad Super Cup: 1

2011.

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Champions League: 3 appearances

2005 – Preliminary Round

2006 – Preliminary Round

2007 – Preliminary Round

• African Cup of Champions Clubs: 1 appearance

1990 – Preliminary Round

• CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance

2012 – First Round

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 4 appearances

1991 – First Round

1994 – withdrew in First Round

1997 – First Round

1999 – First Round

Current squad

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

No. Position Player 28 GK Adoum Deffallah GK Mbai Lassem Banio 6 DF George Housseini 15 DF Moussa Docrteur 18 MF Cesar Djimtibaye Otalbaye 19 MF Ndiganbeye Appolinaire 20 MF Abdel-Aziz Issa 21 MF Yaya Kerim MF Nassar Ndiguem MF Otondji Kandi MF Djiddo

No. Position Player MF Djedoboum Nadjibang MF Mahamat Ekiang 10 FW Armand Alladoum 17 FW Misdongarde Betolngar (Captain) FW Maitara Maxime FW Djeke Lambert 8 Ahmat Abderamane 9 Adoum Oumar Mohamadou Bachirou Gorba Ousman Aghawa

Current staff

As of 10 August 2015.

List of coaches

• 2007 – Emmanuel Boukar ^[5]
• Modou Kouta ^[6]
• 2011 – Djimiang Mbailemdana ^[7]
• 2012 – Yean Claude Yerima ^[8]
• 2012 – Mahamat Oumar Yaya
• 2015 – Oumar Francis

Notable presidents

• El Hadj Youssouf

References