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Thursday, 5 November 2026

Bourj FC and Shabab Al-Ghazieh are on opposite ends of the Second Division table

Bourj FC 2-0 Shabab Al-Ghazieh

(0-0)

Hussein Hawi 50'

Fode Keira 60'

Saturday, 1 November 2026, 2:15 pm local time (12:15 pm UTC), Al Ahed Stadium, Beirut (Ouzai), Lebanon, Matchday 4 of the regular season, Lebanese Second Division.

Bourj FC starting XI. Photo source: Lebanese FA Facebook page.

Shabab Al-Ghazieh starting XI. Photo source: Lebanese FA Facebook page.

The referees and the two team captains. Photo source: Lebanese FA Facebook page.

Two former Premier League teams, Bourj FC and Shabab Al-Ghazieh, met on a cloudy day at Al Ahed Stadium to play a sad derby in the Second Division. A derby just in name, because the table shows quite a different reality: Bourj FC have well recovered and are among the top teams in the Second Division, while Shabab Al-Ghazieh are bottom of the table.

Joseph Aoun (Bourj FC, in yellow) and Jehad Abou El Aynein (Shabab Al-Ghazieh) fight for the control of the ball. Photo source: Lebanese FA Facebook page.

In the field, however, things looked a bit different. The match was much more balanced than one might think just looking at the scoresheet. Bourj FC pressed more at the beginning of the first half and had the biggest opportunities early in the game. Mohamad Nassereddine had a couple of good shots (6' and 20'), saved by Kamal Akouch, while the biggest chance belonged to Fode Keira, whose shot from the edge of the box hit the crossbar (22').

Fode Keira (Bourj FC) had the biggest goal-scoring opportunity in the first half. Photo source: Lebanese FA Facebook page.

Towards the end of the first half, nevertheless, Shabab Al-Ghazieh started to play better and created several opportunities themselves, balacing the game in the middle and showing some good offensive skills.

The second half started with the visitors in attack, trying to surprise Bourj FC with an even more offensive approach. However, this tactics played eventually against them, because Bourj FC were able to break and to score on the counterattack. Ouday Chmouri cleared the ball from outside Bourj FC box, Fode Keira controlled the ball in midfield and launched Hussein Hawi on the right side, and one on one with the goalkeeper Hussein Hawi succeeded to send the ball home, despite opposition from Yakubu Zakari, who cleared only after the ball crossed the goal line: 1-0 (50').

Bourj FC players celebrate the goal. Photo source: Lebanese FA Facebook page.

Shabab Al-Ghazieh tried to give a strong reply, and to equalize quickly, but failed to find their way to the goal. On the other hand, Bourj FC once again took advantage of the larger space they found in the visitors' defence, and increase their advantage. Mohamad Nassereddine had an action on the left side, crossed into the box, a defender tried to head the ball away, but only to Fode Keira, whose magnificent volley shot from just outside the box went to the left of the goalkeeper: 2-0 (60').

Fode Keira celebrated the second goal together with Mohamad Nassereddine. Photo source: Lebanese FA Facebook page.

The match was pretty much over at 2-0, despite the fact that there were 30 minutes (plus additional time) to be played. Bourj FC focused on maintaining ball possession, even when they had the opportunity to break, and rarely created other dangerous situations at the opposite goal. They made several changes, strengthening the defence, and blocked all the ways for Shabab Al-Ghazieh.

Baba Yahaya (Shabab Al-Ghazieh, in blue) is blocked by a Bourj FC defender. Photo source: Lebanese FA Facebook page.

The visitors tried their best, and even had a few chances to score at least a consolation goal, but Bourj FC goalkeeper Hassan Hazimeh made some great saves and kept a clean sheet right until the final whistle.

This the third win for Bourj FC out of four matches so far in the Second Division, and the team is definitely a contender for the top four to be involved in the promotion play-off. At the other end, Shabab Al-Ghazieh are bottom of the table with only one point in four matches, and need to improve in order to save themselves from relegation.

Bourj FC: Hassan Hazimeh - Mohamad Fneich, Hassan Fardous, Hussein Ayyach, Mohamad Hamdan - Mohamad Hassan Iskandar - Ouday Chmouri (Ibrahima Diakite 62'), Fode Keira, Mohamad Nassereddine (Issa Khreis 77'), Joseph Aoun (Hussein Hawi 12', Ali Rahhal 77') - Issa Bazzi (Mohamad Nasser 62'). Manager: Mido.

Shabab Al-Ghazieh: Kamal Akouch - Ali Hamam (Abdallah Dib 46'), Yakubu Zakari, Abdelghani El Baba, Mahdi Osseili (Ali Kleit 77') - Ali Marmar (Ali Abbas 67'), Jehad Abou El Aynein, Alaa El Baba - Mazen Jammal (Hussein Jaber 67'), Adnan Melhem, Baba Yahaya (Hamza Ayoub 83'). Manager: Mohamad Nasser.

Referee: Baraa El Hayek.

Yellow cards: Hassan Fardous 16' - Jehad Abou El Aynein 16', Ali Marmar 53', Yakubu Zakari 90'+3'.

The match was broadcasted live on YouTube.

Saturday, 31 October 2026

2025-2026 Rwandan Second Division

2025-2026 Rwandan Second Division

Season	2025-2026
Dates	11 October 2025 – 16 May 2026
Champions	Sunrise FC
Promoted	Sunrise FC Etoile de l’Est (after Unity SC gave up promotion)
Relegated	None
Matches played	252 (including those which were awarded)
Goals scored	614 (2.44 goals/match on average)
Biggest home win	Etoile de l’Est 10-0 Aspor (round 11, 20 December 2025)
Biggest away win	Espérance 0-5 Etoile de l’Est (round 1, 11 October 2025) Aspor 1-6 Unity (round 3, 25 October 2025) Aspor 0-5 Vision FC (round 18, 18 March 2026) Muhazi United 0-5 Sina Gérard (ranking round 2, 28 April 2026)
Highest scoring	Etoile de l’Est 10-0 Aspor (round 11, 20 December 2025)
Longest winning run	Sunrise FC – 11 matches (rounds 15-22 + quarter-finals + r. 1 p-off)
Longest unbeaten run	Etoile de l’Est – 23 matches (rounds 3-22 + quarter-finals + r. 1 p-off)
Longest winless run	Kamonyi FC – 14 matches (rounds 4-17)
Longest losing run	Aspor FC – 6 matches (rounds 7-12)

Competition details and format

The Rwandan Second Division represents the second tier in the Rwandan football system and is organized by the Federation Rwandaise de Football Association (FERWAFA).

The 2025-2026 season involved 24 teams (compared to 26 teams in 2024-2025), which were divided into two groups of 12 teams each, Group A and Group B. However, two teams in group A (Nyagatare FC and Akagera FC) had withdrawn before the start of the season, which left Group A with only 10 teams. Most of the teams had participated in the 2024-2025 season as well, or in previous editions of the Second Division, but there were also two teams relegated from the 2024-2025 Premier League, as well as a few teams promoted from the Third Division or otherwise accepted. The groups were largely made up taking into account a balanced distribution of the teams in terms of value, and the geographical location, as much as possible. The competition started on 11 October 2025 and ended on 16 May 2026.

In each group, every team played every other team twice, once at home, and once away, in a double round robin championship, a total of 22 rounds. Because there were only 10 teams that remained to compete in Group A, in each round two teams received a bye in this group, except for the rounds when the two withdrawn teams were meant to play against each other. The first half of the regular season started on 11 October 2025 and ended on 21 December 2025. After a break, the second half of the regular season started on 17 January 2026 and ended on 31 March 2026. Matches in the second half of the season were played in the same order but in reverse location compared to the first half. The top four classified in each group qualified for the promotion play-offs, compared to the top two classified in the previous seasons. Therefore, the promotion play-offs involved initially a knock-out stage or quarter-finals, in which the top classified of each group played against the fourth classified in the other group, and the second classified of each group played the third classified of the other group, in two legs. The winners of the two legs advanced to the promotion round involving four teams. The promotion round (or play-off) was played in a Final Four format, each team playing every other team twice, once at home and once away, a total of 6 rounds.

The two teams that were relegated from the Premier League, Muhazi United and Vision FC, along with those relegated a year ago, Sunrise FC and Etoile de l’Est, were considered among the favourites for promotion. Muhazi United and Vision FC were distributed in two different groups, but Sunrise FC and Etoile de l’Est were both included in Group B, along with Vision FC. In Group A, Muhazi United were leaders after the first half of the season, but only one point ahead of newly-included Espoir FC and Nkombo FC. La Jeunesse were in fourth place, but Intare FC were just one point behind, with chances to grab a spot for the play-offs. In Group B, Sina Gérard FC finished on top after the first half of the season, 3 points ahead of a group made by Sunrise FC, Etoile de l’Est, and UR Huye, while Unity SC were just two points outside the top four. Vision FC had a poor first half of the season and were classified only eighth.

In the second half of the season, Espoir FC managed to overtake Muhazi United on top of Group A by five points. Intare also had a strong second part of the season and came third, level on points with Muhazi United, while Nkombo FC finished fourth, just one point behind the two. These four teams were much ahead of the others and qualified for the play-offs, as La Jeunesse had a poor second part of the season. In Group B, there was a serious competition for the first place. Eventually, Sunrise FC clinched the top spot, winning the last eight matches of the regular season, only one point ahead of Sina Gérard FC and three points ahead of Etoile de l’Est, which were unbeaten for 20 games at the end of the regular season. Unity SC came fourth, and took the last place for the promotion play-offs, taking advantage of the poor form of UR Huye in the second half of the regular season. Despite a much better second part of the season, Vision FC only classified fifth and missed the play-offs.

In the knock-out stage of the play-offs, or the quarter-finals, teams in Group B outperformed teams in Group A, and surprisingly teams classified third or fourth in their group qualified for the Promotion Round. Sunrise FC were the only top two classified team in any of the groups to advance to the Promotion Round, winning their double-leg encounter against Nkombo FC. The other group leader Espoir FC were unexpectedly eliminated by Unity SC after two draws, based on away goal rules. Another shocker was the elimination of Sina Gérard FC by Intare FC, the only team in Group A which advanced to the Promotion Round. Etoile de l’Est, third classified in Group B, qualified after a strong performance against Muhazi United.

In the play-offs, the battle for the two promotion spots was mainly between Sunrise FC, Etoile de l’Est, and revelation Unity SC. Intare FC did not manage to win a single game, but got in the others’ ways with a few draws. Before the last round, Unity SC needed a win against Intare FC to secure at least the second place, while Etoile de l’Est and Sunrise FC head-to-head match was likely to determine the second team to promote to the Premier League. Sunrise FC won 2-1 away at Etoile de l’Est to secure the top spot, becoming champions of the Second Division and winning promotion to the Premier League after two years in the Second Division. Unity SC eventually drew 0-0 with Intare FC, but that was enough for the second place and an unexpected promotion to the top flight. Nevertheless, Unity SC later informed the Rwanda Football Federation (FERWAFA) that they cannot afford the costs to participate in the Premier League. Accordingly, third-placed Etoile de l’Est were promoted instead to the 2026-2027 Rwanda Premier League.

Teams which were eliminated in the quarter-finals participated to a consolation ranking round for the places 5 through 8. Sina Gérard FC won this competition, which took place at the same dates as the promotion round, and therefore classified fifth overall, with Espoir FC, Nkombo FC, and Muhazi United finishing sixth, seventh, and eighth, respectively.

The teams classified 11^th and 12^th (last and second-to-last) in each group might have been involved in a play-out championship, to avoid relegation. In Group A, this problem was solved before the competition even started because Akagera FC and Nyagatare FC had withdrawn. In Group B, Aspor FC and Miroplast FC finished at the bottom of the table. However, in recent years, there were no teams relegated to the Third Division. No relegation play-out was eventually played.

Team changes from the 2024-2025

To the Second Division

Relegated from the Premier League

Muhazi United

Vision FC

Promoted from the Third Division or otherwise accepted to the Second Division

Espoir FC

Ejoheza FA

Renamed

Nkombo FC (former Ivoire Olympic)

From the Second Division

Promoted to the Premier League

Gicumbi FC

AS Muhanga

Relegated

None

Withdrawn

Impeesa FC

Interforce FC

Tsinda Batsinde

United Stars FC

Initially included, but withdrawn right before the start of the season

Nyagatare FC

Akagera FC

Teams

Group A

Team	Home town	Stadium	2024-2025
Muhazi United	Rwamagana	Ngoma	15^th in the Premier League (relegated)
La Jeunesse FC	Nyamirambo	Mumena	2^nd in Group A (fourth in play-off)
Intare FC	Shyorongi	Shyorongi	5^th in Group A
Nkombo FC	Kigali	Ruyenzi	6^th in Group A (as Ivoire Olympic)
Nyanza FC	Nyanza	Nyanza	6^th in Group B
Addax SC	Rugende	Mumena	7^th in Group A
Vision Jeunesse Nouvelle FC	Gisenyi	Stade Umuganda	7^th in Group B
Alpha FC	Kigali	Mumena	10^th in Group A
Nyagatare FC	Nyagatare	Kiramuruzi	11^th in Group A
Motar FC	Kigali	Tapis Rouge	12^th in Group B
Akagera FC	Rwinkwavu	Rwinkwavu	12^th in Group A
Espoir FC	Cyangugu	Rusizi	Promoted from the Third Division or otherwise accepted

Group B

Team	Home town	Stadium	2024-2025
Vision FC	Kigali	Mumena	16^th in the Premier League (relegated)
Etoile de l’Est	Kibungo	Ngoma	1^st in Group A (third in play-off)
Sunrise FC	Rwamagana	Nyagatare	3^rd in Group B
Unity FC	Kigali	Bugesera	3^rd in Group A
Espérance FC	Kigali	Tapis Rouge	4^th in Group A
Sina Gérard FC	Nyirangarama	Nyirangarama	4^th in Group B
UR FC	Huye	Mironko	5^th in Group B
City Boys FC	Kigali	Tapis Rouge	8^th in Group A
Kamonyi FC	Kamonyi	Ruyenzi	9^th in Group B
Aspor FC	Kigali	EACC Masaka	9^th in Group A
Miroplast FC	Kigali	Mironko	11^th in Group B
Ejoheza Football Academy	Bugarama	Rusizi	Promoted from the Third Division or otherwise accepted

Geographical distribution of the teams

Almost half of the teams (11 out of 24) are from the capital city of Kigali or the province of Kigali. They are rather evenly distributed between the two groups (5 in Group A and 6 in Group B). Teams from the other provinces are also split more or less equally across the two groups. 3 out of 5 teams from the Eastern Province are in Group A, while the other two are in Group B. One team from the Southern Province is in Group A, while the other two are in Group B. Two teams from the Western Province are in Group A, while the other one is in Group B. The two teams of the Northern Province are distributed equally, one of them in each group. Therefore both groups have teams from all the provinces.

Group A

Province	Number	Name of the teams
Kigali	5	La Jeunesse FC, Nkombo FC, Addax SC, Alpha FC, Motar FC
Eastern	3	Muhazi United, Akagera FC, Nyagatare FC
Western	2	Vision Jeunesse Nouvelle, Espoir FC
Northern	1	Intare FC
Southern	1	Nyanza FC

Group B

Province	Number	Name of the teams
Kigali	6	Vision FC, Unity SC, Espérance FC, City Boys FC, Miroplast FC, Aspor FC
Southern	2	UR Huye FC, Kamonyi FC
Eastern	2	Etoile de l’Est, Sunrise FC
Northern	1	Sina Gérard FC
Western	1	Ejoheza FA

Group A

Round 1 (11-12 October 2025)

La Jeunesse 1-1 Motar FC

Muhazi United 3-0 Addax

Vision JN 0-2 Nkombo

Alpha FC 2-2 Nyanza

Akagera canc. Intare

Nyagatare canc. Espoir FC

Round 2 (18-19 October 2025)

Nyanza 1-1 Vision JN

Motar FC 2-0 Alpha FC

Intare 1-0 La Jeunesse

Espoir FC 2-2 Muhazi United

Nkombo canc. Nyagatare

Addax canc. Akagera

Round 3 (25-26 October 2025)

Vision JN 1-0 Motar FC

La Jeunesse 1-2 Addax

Nkombo 4-1 Nyanza

Alpha FC 0-3 Intare

Nyagatare canc. Muhazi United

Akagera canc. Espoir FC

Round 4 (1-2 November 2025)

Motar FC 1-1 Nkombo

Intare 1-0 Vision JN

Addax 0-3 Alpha FC

Espoir FC 0-1 La Jeunesse

Nyanza canc. Nyagatare

Muhazi United canc. Akagera

Round 5 (8 November 2025)

Alpha FC 2-1 Espoir FC

Nkombo 0-0 Intare

Nyanza 5-1 Motar FC

Vision JN 1-0 Addax

La Jeunesse 1-0 Muhazi United

Nyagatare canc. Akagera

Round 6 (15-16 November 2025)

Intare 4-2 Nyanza

Espoir FC 1-0 Vision JN

Muhazi United 2-1 Alpha FC

Addax 0-2 Nkombo

Akagera canc. La Jeunesse

Motar FC canc. Nyagatare

Round 7 (22-23 November 2025)

Motar FC 1-0 Intare

Nkombo 0-0 Espoir FC

Nyanza 0-0 Addax

Vision JN 0-3 Muhazi United

Alpha FC canc. Akagera

Nyagatare canc. La Jeunesse

Round 8 (29-30 November 2025)

Espoir FC 4-2 Nyanza

Muhazi United 1-1 Nkombo

Addax 1-3 Motar FC

La Jeunesse 2-0 Alpha FC

Intare canc. Nyagatare

Akagera canc. Vision JN

Round 9 (6-7 December 2025)

Motar FC 0-3* Espoir FC

Intare 0-0 Addax

Nyanza 0-4 Muhazi United

Vision JN 0-4 La Jeunesse

Nyagatare canc. Alpha FC

Nkombo canc. Akagera

* Awarded 3-0 to Espoir FC, originally 0-0 on the field.

Round 10 (13-14 December 2025)

Espoir FC 3-0 Intare

Muhazi United 1-1 Motar FC

La Jeunesse 1-1 Nkombo

Alpha FC 1-1 Vision JN

Addax canc. Nyagatare

Akagera canc. Nyanza

Round 11 (20 December 2025)

Intare 0-3 Muhazi United

Nkombo 2-1 Alpha FC

Nyanza 1-1 La Jeunesse

Espoir FC 4-0 Addax

Nyagatare canc. Vision JN

Motar FC canc. Akagera

Table at half-season

1	Muhazi United	9	5	3	1	19-6	18	Promotion play-offs
2	Espoir FC	9	5	2	2	18-7	17	Promotion play-offs
3	Nkombo	9	4	5	0	13-5	17	Promotion play-offs
4	La Jeunesse	9	4	3	2	12-6	15	Promotion play-offs
5	Intare FC	9	4	2	3	9-9	14
6	Motar FC	9	3	3	3	10-13	12
7	Alpha FC	9	2	2	5	10-15	8
8	Vision JN	9	2	2	5	4-13	8
9	Nyanza FC	9	1	4	4	14-21	7
10	Addax SC	9	1	2	6	3-17	5
11	Nyagatare FC	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	Withdrawn
12	Akagera FC	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	Withdrawn

Round 12 (17 January 2026)

Addax 0-2 Muhazi United

Motar FC 0-0 La Jeunesse

Nkombo 2-1 Vision JN

Nyanza 1-0 Alpha FC

Intare canc. Akagera

Espoir FC canc. Nyagatare

Round 13 (24-25 January 2026)

Alpha FC 0-2 Motar FC

Muhazi United 0-0 Espoir FC

La Jeunesse 0-0 Intare

Vision JN 2-0 Nyanza

Nyagatare canc. Nkombo

Akagera canc. Addax

Round 14 (31 January 2026)

Motar FC 1-2 Vision JN

Addax 1-2 La Jeunesse

Nyanza 0-1 Nkombo

Intare 1-0 Alpha FC

Muhazi United canc. Nyagatare

Espoir FC canc. Akagera

Round 15 (7 February 2026)

Vision JN 0-0 Intare

La Jeunesse 1-2 Espoir FC

Nkombo 3-2 Motar FC

Alpha FC 1-2 Addax

Nyagatare canc. Nyanza

Akagera canc. Muhazi United

Round 16 (14-15 February 2026)

Addax 4-0 Vision JN

Espoir FC 2-1 Alpha FC

Intare 2-1 Nkombo

Motar FC 1-2 Nyanza

Muhazi United 1-1 La Jeunesse

Akagera canc. Nyagatare

Round 17 (21 February 2026)

Nyanza 1-2 Intare

Nkombo 2-3 Addax

Vision JN 1-3 Espoir FC

Alpha FC 0-0 Muhazi United

La Jeunesse canc. Akagera

Nyagatare canc. Motar FC

Round 18 (28 February 2026)

Espoir FC 2-1 Nkombo

Intare 0-0 Motar FC

Addax 2-1 Nyanza

Muhazi United 1-2 Vision JN

Akagera canc. Alpha FC

La Jeunesse canc. Nyagatare

Round 19 (7 March 2026)

Motar FC 2-0 Addax

Nyanza 1-3 Espoir FC

Nkombo 0-1 Muhazi United

Alpha FC 0-3 La Jeunesse

Nyagatare canc. Intare

Vision JN canc. Akagera

Round 20 (14 March 2026)

La Jeunesse 0-2 Vision JN

Espoir FC 1-0 Motar FC

Muhazi United 2-0 Nyanza

Addax 1-2 Intare

Alpha FC canc. Nyagatare

Akagera canc. Nkombo

Round 21 (21-22 March 2026)

Intare 0-0 Espoir FC

Motar FC 1-4 Muhazi United

Nkombo 3-2 La Jeunesse

Vision JN 1-2 Alpha FC

Nyagatare canc. Addax

Nyanza canc. Akagera

Round 22 (28-31 March 2026)

Muhazi United 0-1 Intare

Alpha FC 0-3 Nkombo

Addax 0-0 Espoir FC

La Jeunesse 2-3 Nyanza

Vision JN canc. Nyagatare

Akagera canc. Motar FC

Final table

1	Espoir FC	18	11	5	2	31-12	38	Promotion play-offs
2	Muhazi United	18	9	6	3	30-11	33	Promotion play-offs
3	Intare FC	18	9	6	3	17-12	33	Promotion play-offs
4	Nkombo	18	9	5	4	29-18	32	Promotion play-offs
5	La Jeunesse	18	6	6	6	23-18	24
6	Vision JN	18	6	3	9	15-26	21
7	Motar FC	18	5	5	8	19-25	20
8	Addax SC	18	5	3	10	16-29	18
9	Nyanza FC	18	4	4	10	23-36	16
10	Alpha FC	18	3	3	12	14-30	12
11	Nyagatare FC	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	Withdrawn
12	Akagera FC	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	Withdrawn

Group B

Round 1 (11-12 October 2025)

Vision FC 1-0 City Boys

Espérance 0-5 Etoile de l’Est

Sina Gérard 1-0 Sunrise

Kamonyi 0-3 Ejoheza

UR Huye 2-0 Unity

Aspor 1-0 Miroplast

Round 2 (18-19 October 2025)

Sunrise 1-1 Vision FC

Etoile de l’Est 0-1 Sina Gérard

Miroplast 0-1 Espérance

City Boys 1-4 UR Huye

Unity 3-0 Kamonyi

Ejoheza 2-0 Aspor

Round 3 (25-26 October 2025)

Aspor 1-6 Unity

Sina Gérard 0-0 Miroplast

Sunrise 2-2 Etoile de l’Est

Espérance 1-3 Ejoheza

Kamonyi 3-0 City Boys

Vision FC 0-1 UR Huye

Round 4 (1-2 November 2025)

Etoile de l’Est 2-1 Vision FC

Miroplast 0-2 Sunrise

Unity 1-0 Espérance

City Boys 2-0 Aspor

Ejoheza 0-1 Sina Gérard

UR Huye 1-0 Kamonyi

Round 5 (8-9 November 2025)

Vision FC 3-1 Kamonyi

Espérance 3-0 City Boys

Sina Gérard 0-0 Unity

Etoile de l’Est 2-1 Miroplast

Sunrise 2-0 Ejoheza

Aspor 0-2* UR Huye

* Played on 4 December 2025.

Round 6 (15-16 November 2025)

Miroplast 1-0 Vision FC

Unity 0-1 Sunrise

City Boys 1-2 Sina Gérard

Ejoheza 0-0 Etoile de l’Est

UR Huye 0-0 Espérance

Kamonyi 0-0 Aspor

Round 7 (22-23 November 2025)

Etoile de l’Est 2-1 Unity

Sina Gérard 1-1 UR Huye

Sunrise 1-0 City Boys

Miroplast 2-3 Ejoheza

Espérance 3-3 Kamonyi

Vision FC 4-0 Aspor

Round 8 (29-30 November 2025)

Unity 4-0 Miroplast

City Boys 1-1 Etoile de l’Est

UR Huye 0-0 Sunrise

Kamonyi 1-4 Sina Gérard

Ejoheza 0-2 Vision FC

Aspor 0-1 Espérance

Round 9 (6-7 December 2025)

Vision FC 2-3 Espérance

Sina Gérard 3-0 Aspor

Sunrise 3-0 Kamonyi

Etoile de l’Est 4-1 UR Huye

Miroplast 2-4 City Boys

Ejoheza 0-2 Unity

Round 10 (13-14 December 2025)

Unity 0-0 Vision FC

Espérance 1-1 Sina Gérard

UR Huye 2-0 Miroplast

Kamonyi 1-1 Etoile de l’Est

Ejoheza 5-0 City Boys

Aspor 0-1 Sunrise

Round 11 (20-21 December 2025)

Sunrise 1-1 Espérance

Etoile de l’Est 10-0 Aspor

Miroplast 1-1 Kamonyi

Unity 2-0 City Boys

Vision FC 0-1 Sina Gérard

Ejoheza 1-1 UR Huye

Table at half-season

1	Sina Gérard FC	11	7	4	0	15-4	25	Promotion play-offs
2	Etoile de l’Est	11	6	4	1	29-9	22	Promotion play-offs
3	Sunrise FC	11	6	4	1	14-5	22	Promotion play-offs
4	UR Huye FC	11	6	4	1	15-7	22	Promotion play-offs
5	Unity SC	11	6	2	3	19-6	20
6	Ejoheza FA	11	5	2	4	17-11	17
7	Espérance	11	4	4	3	14-16	16
8	Vision FC	11	4	2	5	14-10	14
9	Kamonyi FC	11	1	4	6	10-22	7
10	City Boys FC	11	2	1	8	9-24	7
11	Miroplast FC	11	1	2	8	7-20	5	Possible relegation play-out
12	Aspor FC	11	1	1	9	2-31	4	Possible relegation play-out

Round 12 (17-18 January 2026)

Etoile de l’Est 0-0 Espérance

Sunrise 2-0 Sina Gérard

Unity 1-0 UR Huye

Miroplast 1-0 Aspor

City Boys 1-4 Vision FC

Ejoheza 3-0* Kamonyi

* Awarded 3-0 to Ejoheza.

Round 13 (24-25 January 2026)

Sina Gérard 0-0 Etoile de l’Est

Espérance 0-0 Miroplast

Kamonyi 0-2 Unity

Vision FC 0-0 Sunrise

UR Huye 2-1 City Boys

Aspor 1-0 Ejoheza

Round 14 (31 January – 1 February 2026)

Miroplast 2-3 Sina Gérard

Etoile de l’Est 1-0 Sunrise

UR Huye 0-0 Vision FC

City Boys 1-1 Kamonyi

Unity 3-1 Aspor

Ejoheza 1-1* Espérance

* Played on 18 March 2026.

Round 15 (7-8 February 2026)

Aspor 1-4 City Boys

Sunrise 3-0 Miroplast

Espérance 0-2 Unity

Sina Gérard 3-0* Ejoheza

Vision FC 1-2 Etoile de l’Est

Kamonyi 1-1 UR Huye

* Awarded 3-0 to Sina Gérard.

Round 16 (14-15 February 2026)

Kamonyi 0-2 Vision FC

UR Huye 3-1 Aspor

City Boys 2-2 Espérance

Unity 1-1 Sina Gérard

Miroplast 1-1 Etoile de l’Est

Ejoheza 1-2 Sunrise

Round 17 (21-22 February 2026)

Vision FC 4-0 Miroplast

Sunrise 2-1 Unity

Espérance 1-4 UR Huye

Aspor 1-1 Kamonyi

Sina Gérard 6-0 City Boys

Etoile de l’Est 1-1 Ejoheza

Round 18 (28 February – 3 March 2026)

Unity 1-2 Etoile de l’Est

City Boys 0-4 Sunrise

Kamonyi 3-2 Espérance

UR Huye 0-0 Sina Gérard

Aspor 0-5* Vision FC

Ejoheza 3-1** Miroplast

* Played on 18 March 2026.

** Played on 25 March 2026.

Round 19 (7-8 March 2026)

Miroplast 1-2 Unity

Etoile de l’Est 5-0 City Boys

Sunrise 2-0 UR Huye

Sina Gérard 2-0 Kamonyi

Vision FC 2-1 Ejoheza

Espérance 2-1 Aspor

Round 20 (14-15 March 2026)

Espérance 0-1 Vision FC

Aspor 0-4 Sina Gérard

Kamonyi 0-2 Sunrise

UR Huye 0-1 Etoile de l’Est

Unity 3-0* Ejoheza

City Boys 2-1 Miroplast

* Awarded 3-0 to Unity.

Round 21 (21 March 2026)

Vision FC 1-1 Unity

Sina Gérard 2-0 Espérance

Miroplast 2-0 UR Huye

Etoile de l’Est 2-0 Kamonyi

City Boys 1-0 Ejoheza

Sunrise 3-0 Aspor

Round 22 (28 March 2026)

Espérance 0-1 Sunrise

Aspor 0-1 Etoile de l’Est

Kamonyi 3-1 Miroplast

City Boys 1-1 Unity

UR Huye 0-4 Ejoheza

Sina Gérard 2-0 Vision FC

Final table

1	Sunrise FC	22	15	5	2	35-8	50	Promotion play-offs
2	Sina Gérard FC	22	14	7	1	38-9	49	Promotion play-offs
3	Etoile de l’Est	22	13	8	1	45-13	47	Promotion play-offs
4	Unity SC	22	12	5	5	37-15	41	Promotion play-offs
5	Vision FC	22	10	5	7	34-17	35
6	UR Huye FC	22	9	7	6	25-21	34
7	Ejoheza FA	22	8	4	10	31-26	28
8	Espérance	22	5	8	9	22-33	23
9	City Boys FC	22	5	4	13	22-51	19
10	Kamonyi FC	22	3	7	12	19-41	16
11	Miroplast FC	22	3	4	15	17-41	13	Possible relegation play-out
12	Aspor FC	22	2	2	18	8-58	8	Possible relegation play-out

Promotion play-offs

Qualified teams

Team	Manner of qualification
Espoir FC	Group A winners
Sunrise FC	Group B winners
Muhazi United	Group A runners-up
Sina Gérard FC	Group B runners-up
Intare FC	Group A 3^rd place
Etoile de l’Est	Group B 3^rd place
Nkombo FC	Group A 4^th place
Unity SC	Group B 4^th place

Quarter-finals (knock-out stage)

In quarter-finals, the winners of each group play against the fourth classified in the other group, and the runners-up of each group play against the third classified in the other group, in two legs.

First leg (4 April 2026)

Espoir FC 1-1 Unity

Nkombo 0-1 Sunrise

Muhazi United 0-2 Etoile de l’Est

Intare 2-0 Sina Gérard

Second leg (18 April 2026)

Unity 0-0 (1-1 agg.)* Espoir FC

Sunrise 2-0 (3-0 agg.) Nkombo

Etoile de l’Est 1-1 (3-1 agg.) Muhazi United

Sina Gérard 0-0 (0-2 agg.) Intare

* Unity ahead of Espoir FC because of the away goal rule.

Unity, Sunrise, Etoile de l’Est, and Intare qualified for the Final Four (Promotion Round).

Final Four (Promotion Round)

Round 1 (25 April 2026)

Sunrise 2-1 Unity

Etoile de l’Est 3-0 Intare

Round 2 (28 April 2025)

Intare 0-0 Sunrise

Unity 1-0 Etoile de l’Est

Round 3 (2-3 May 2026)

Sunrise 1-2 Etoile de l’Est

Intare 0-1 Unity

Table after half-promotion-round

1	Etoile de l’Est	3	2	0	1	5-2	6	Promotion
2	Unity SC	3	2	0	1	3-2	6	Promotion
3	Sunrise FC	3	1	1	1	3-3	4
4	Intare FC	3	0	1	2	0-4	1

Round 4 (6 May 2026)

Unity 0-1 Sunrise

Intare 1-1 Etoile de l’Est

Round 5 (10 May 2026)

Etoile de l’Est 1-2 Unity

Sunrise 3-2 Intare

Round 6 (16 May 2026)

Etoile de l’Est 1-2 Sunrise

Unity 0-0 Intare

Final-promotion-round table

1	Sunrise FC (C, P)	6	4	1	1	9-6	13	Promoted
2	Unity SC	6	3	1	2	5-4	10
3	Etoile de l’Est (P)	6	2	1	3	8-7	7	Promoted*
4	Intare FC	6	0	3	3	3-8	3

* Unity SC gained promotion initially as they classified second but later informed the Rwanda Football Federation (FERWAFA) that they cannot afford the costs to participate in the Premier League. According to FERWAFA regulations, the next classified (third classified) Etoile de l’Est were promoted to the 2026-2027 Rwanda Premier League instead.

C – champions

P – promoted to the Premier League

Ranking round (5^th through 8^th)

Round 1 (25-26 April 2026)

Sina Gérard 1-0 Espoir FC

Nkombo 2-1 Muhazi United

Round 2 (28 April 2025)

Muhazi United 0-5 Sina Gérard

Espoir FC 2-2 Nkombo

Round 3 (2 May 2026)

Sina Gérard 0-0 Nkombo

Muhazi United 2-2 Espoir FC

Table after half-ranking-round

1	Sina Gérard FC	3	2	1	0	6-0	7
2	Nkombo FC	3	1	2	0	4-3	5
3	Espoir FC	3	0	2	1	4-5	2
4	Muhazi United	3	0	1	2	3-9	1

Round 4 (6 May 2026)

Espoir FC 1-0 Sina Gérard

Muhazi United 1-1 Nkombo

Round 5 (10 May 2026)

Sina Gérard 0-0 Muhazi United

Nkombo 0-3 Espoir FC

Round 6 (16 May 2026)

Nkombo 1-1 Sina Gérard

Espoir FC 1-2 Muhazi United

Final-ranking-round table

1	Sina Gérard FC	6	2	3	1	7-2	9
2	Espoir FC	6	2	2	2	9-7	8
3	Nkombo FC	6	1	4	1	6-8	7
4	Muhazi United	6	1	3	2	6-11	6

No relegation play-out was eventually played.

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