2024-2025 Rwandan Second Division
|
Season |
2024-2025 |
|
Dates |
21 September 2024 – May 2025 |
|
Champions |
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Promoted |
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Relegated |
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Matches played |
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Goals scored |
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Biggest home win |
Intare – Nyagatare 7-0 (round 9, 16 November 2024) |
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Biggest away win |
Alpha FC – Etoile de l’Est 1-8 (round 1, 21 September 2024) |
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Highest scoring |
Alpha FC – Etoile de l’Est 1-8 (round 1, 21 September 2024) |
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Longest winning run |
La Jeunesse – 8 matches (rounds 4-11) |
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Longest unbeaten run |
Etoile de l’Est (unbeaten) |
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Longest winless run |
Impeesa (has not won yet) |
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Longest losing run |
Impeesa – 9 matches (rounds 6, 1, and 8-14) |
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 2024-2025 season involves 26 teams (compared to 28 teams in 2023-2024), which were divided into two groups of 13 teams each, Group A and Group B. Most of the teams had participated in the 2023-2024 season as well, or in previous editions of the Second Division, but there were also two teams relegated from the 2023-2024 National 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 21 September 2024 and will probably end in May 2025.
In each group, every team play every other team twice, once at home, and once away, in a double round robin championship, a total of 26 rounds. Because there is an odd number of teams in each group, in each round one team receives a bye. The first half of the season started on 21 September 2024 and ended on 15 December 2024. After a break, the second half of the season started on 11 January 2025 and is expected to end in April 2025. Matches in the second half of the season are played in reverse order compared to the first half, so that the last opponents in the first half will be the first opponents in the second half. The winners and the runners-up in each group qualify for the promotion play-offs. The promotion play-offs will be 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 National League, Sunrise FC and Etoile de l’Est, were initially considered the main favorites for promotion. They were distributed in two different groups. However, they were both outperformed by other teams in their groups in the first half of the season. In Group A, La Jeunesse were leaders after the first half of the season, 5 points ahead of Etoile de l’Est. Esperance and Ivoire Olympic were not far from the second place and have some chances to get to the play-offs. In Group B, Gicumbi finished on top after the first half of the season, 2 points ahead of Sunrise and AS Muhanga, while newly-promoted Sina Gerard were also close to the top of the table. These four teams are far above all the others in the table and will fight for the two places leading to the play-offs.
The teams classified 13th (last) in each group might be involved in a play-out championship, to avoid relegation, and they might be relegated to the 2025-2026 Third Division. However, in recent years, there were no teams relegated to the Third Division, mainly because some teams withdrew from the competition. After the first half of the season, in Group A, Impeesa was classified last, obtaining just one point. Akagera, Aspor, and Nyagatare are way in front of Impeesa. In Group B, the situation is more balanced. After the first half of the season, Miroplast were last, but only a little behind Motar FC, Interforce or United Stars.
Team changes from the 2023-2024
To the Second Division
Relegated from the National League
Sunrise FC
Etoile de l’Est
Promoted from the Third Division or otherwise accepted to the Second Division
Alpha FC
Motar FC
Sina Gerard SC
From the Second Division
Promoted to the National League
Rutsiro FC
Vision FC
Relegated
None
Withdrawn
Espoir FC
Gasabo United
Sorwathe FC
Spring Hope Academy
The Winners
Teams
Group A
|
Team |
Home town |
Stadium |
2023-2024 |
|
Etoile de l’Est |
Kibungo |
Ngoma |
16th in the National League (relegated) |
|
Intare FC |
Shyorongi |
Shyorongi |
2nd in Group A (third in play-off) |
|
Addax SC |
Rugende |
Mumena |
3rd in Group A |
|
La Jeunesse FC |
Nyamirambo |
Mumena |
4th in Group A |
|
Esperance FC |
Kigali |
Tapis Rouge |
7th in Group B |
|
Akagera FC |
Rwinkwavu |
Rwinkwavu |
9th in Group B |
|
City Boys FC |
Kigali |
Tapis Rouge |
10th in Group A |
|
Ivoire Olympic |
Kigali |
Ruyenzi |
11th in Group B |
|
Aspor FC |
Kigali |
EACC Masaka |
12th in Group A |
|
Nyagatare FC |
Nyagatare |
Kiramuruzi |
12th in Group B |
|
Impeesa FC |
Kigali |
Camp Kigali |
13th in Group B |
|
Unity FC |
Kigali |
Bugesera |
14th in Group A |
|
Alpha FC |
Kigali |
Mumena |
Promoted from the Third Division or otherwise accepted |
Group B
|
Team |
Home town |
Stadium |
2023-2024 |
|
Sunrise FC |
Rwamagana |
Nyagatare |
15th in the Premier League (relegated) |
|
AS Muhanga |
Muhanga |
Muhanga |
2nd in Group B (fourth in play-off) |
|
Interforce FC |
Nyamata |
Bugesera |
4th in Group B |
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Nyanza FC |
Nyanza |
Nyanza |
5th in Group A |
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Miroplast FC |
Kigali |
Mironko |
5th in Group B |
|
Tsinda Batsinde |
Gasiza |
Gasiza |
7th in Group A |
|
Vision Jeunesse Nouvelle FC |
Gisenyi |
Stade Umuganda |
8th in Group A |
|
Gicumbi FC |
Byumba |
Tapis Rouge |
8th in Group B |
|
Kamonyi FC |
Kamonyi |
Ruyenzi |
9th in Group A |
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United Stars FC |
Ruhango |
Kabagari |
10th in Group B |
|
UR FC |
Huye |
Mironko |
11th in Group A |
|
Sina Gerard FC |
Nyirangarama |
Nyirangarama |
Promoted from the Third Division or otherwise accepted |
|
Motar FC |
Kigali |
Tapis Rouge |
Promoted from the Third Division or otherwise accepted |
Geographical distribution of the teams
Almost half of the teams (11 out of 26) are from the capital city of Kigali or the province of Kigali. They are mostly distributed in Group A (9 out of 11). The 5 teams of the Southern Province and the 2 teams of the Western Province are exclusively distributed in Group B. Teams from the Eastern Province are distributed in both groups, most likely because the two teams relegated from the National League had to be placed in two different groups, and both relegated teams were from the Eastern Province; therefore, one of them (Etoile de l’Est) is in Group A with two other teams of the Eastern Province, while the other one (Sunrise FC) is in Group B with one other team from the Eastern Province. The three teams of the Northern Province are also to be found in both groups, but two of them are in Group B and only one (Intare FC, actually on the outskirts of Kigali) is in Group A.
Group A
|
Province |
Number |
Name of the teams |
|
Kigali |
9 |
Addax SC, La Jeunesse FC, Esperance FC, City Boys FC, Ivoire Olympic, Aspor FC, Impeesa FC, Unity FC, Alpha FC |
|
Eastern |
3 |
Etoile de l’Est, Akagera FC, Nyagatare FC |
|
Northern |
1 |
Intare FC |
Group B
|
Province |
Number |
Name of the teams |
|
Southern |
5 |
AS Muhanga, Nyanza FC, Kamonyi FC, United Stars FC, UR Huye FC |
|
Kigali |
2 |
Miroplast FC, Motar FC |
|
Eastern |
2 |
Sunrise FC, Interforce FC |
|
Northern |
2 |
Gicumbi FC, Sina Gerard FC |
|
Western |
2 |
Tsinda Batsinde, Vision Jeunesse Nouvelle |
Group A
Round 1 (21-22 September 2024)
Nyagatare – Aspor FC 1-2
La Jeunesse – Akagera 4-1
Intare – Addax 0-0
Impeesa – Unity FC 0-2 – played on 30 October 2024
Ivoire Olympic – Esperance 1-1
Alpha FC – Etoile de l’Est 1-8
City Boys bye
Round 2 (28-29 September 2024)
Akagera – Nyagatare 1-2
Unity FC – City Boys 0-0 – played on 6 November 2024
Etoile de l’Est – La Jeunesse 2-2
Aspor FC – Ivoire Olympic 0-3
Esperance – Intare 2-2
Addax – Impeesa 2-1
Alpha FC bye
Round 3 (5-6 October 2024)
Unity FC – Addax 0-0
Ivoire Olympic – Akagera 3-0
Nyagatare – Etoile de l’Est 1-1
Impeesa – Esperance 0-4
Intare – Aspor FC 3-3
City Boys – Alpha FC 0-1
La Jeunesse bye
Round 4 (12-13 October 2024)
Akagera – Intare 1-1
Alpha FC – La Jeunesse 0-1
Etoile de l’Est – Ivoire Olympic 4-0
Aspor FC – Impeesa 2-1
Esperance – Unity FC 1-3
Addax – City Boys 2-1
Nyagatare bye
Round 5 (19-20 October 2024)
Nyagatare – Alpha FC 1-0
Impeesa – Akagera 2-2
Addax – Esperance 0-1
Unity FC – Aspor FC 1-0
Intare – Etoile de l’Est 0-3
City Boys – La Jeunesse 0-1
Ivoire Olympic bye
Round 6 (26-27 October 2024)
La Jeunesse – Nyagatare 4-2
Akagera – Unity FC 0-2
Alpha FC – Ivoire Olympic 2-3
Etoile de l’Est – Impeesa 5-2
Aspor FC – Addax 0-3 (awarded)
Esperance – City Boys 3-0
Intare bye
Round 7 (2-3 November 2024)
City Boys – Nyagatare 4-0
Addax – Akagera 5-0
Unity FC – Etoile de l’Est 0-0
Intare – Alpha FC 4-1
Ivoire Olympic – La Jeunesse 1-3
Esperance – Aspor FC 2-1
Impeesa bye
Round 8 (9-10 November 2024)
Nyagatare – Ivoire Olympic 0-3 (awarded)
Akagera – Esperance 0-2
La Jeunesse – Intare 4-2
Alpha FC – Impeesa 2-1
Etoile de l’Est – Addax 1-0
Aspor FC – City Boys 0-1
Unity FC bye
Round 9 (16-17 November 2024)
Aspor FC – Akagera 1-1
Esperance – Etoile de l’Est 0-0
Unity FC – Alpha FC 4-0
Impeesa – La Jeunesse 0-5
Intare – Nyagatare 7-0
City Boys – Ivoire Olympic 0-2
Addax bye
Round 10 (22-24 November 2024)
Etoile de l’Est – Aspor FC 2-1
La Jeunesse – Unity FC 2-1
Alpha FC – Addax 0-3
Ivoire Olympic – Intare 1-1
Nyagatare – Impeesa 3-0
Akagera – City Boys 1-0
Esperance bye
Round 11 (30 November – 1 December 2024)
City Boys – Intare 0-1
Esperance – Alpha FC 1-1
Addax – La Jeunesse 0-1
Impeesa – Ivoire Olympic 0-3
Akagera – Etoile de l’Est 0-3 (awarded)
Unity FC – Nyagatare 2-1
Aspor FC bye
Round 12 (7-8 December 2024)
Ivoire Olympic – Unity FC 2-1
Intare – Impeesa 7-1
La Jeunesse – Esperance 0-2
Alpha FC – Aspor FC 1-0
Etoile de l’Est – City Boys 1-1
Nyagatare – Addax 1-2
Akagera bye
Round 13 (14-15 December 2024)
Aspor FC – La Jeunesse 1-2
Addax – Ivoire Olympic 0-0
Unity FC – Intare 1-2
City Boys – Impeesa 2-1
Akagera – Alpha FC 0-0
Esperance – Nyagatare 6-0
Etoile de l’Est bye
Table at half-season
|
1 |
La Jeunesse |
12 |
10 |
1 |
1 |
29-12 |
31 |
Promotion play-offs |
|
2 |
Etoile de l’Est |
12 |
7 |
5 |
0 |
30-8 |
26 |
Promotion play-offs |
|
3 |
Esperance |
12 |
7 |
4 |
1 |
25-8 |
25 |
|
|
4 |
Ivoire Olympic |
12 |
7 |
3 |
2 |
22-12 |
24 |
|
|
5 |
Addax SC |
12 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
17-6 |
21 |
|
|
6 |
Unity FC |
12 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
17-8 |
21 |
|
|
7 |
Intare FC |
12 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
30-17 |
20 |
|
|
8 |
City Boys FC |
12 |
3 |
2 |
7 |
9-13 |
11 |
|
|
9 |
Alpha FC |
12 |
3 |
2 |
7 |
9-26 |
11 |
|
|
10 |
Nyagatare FC |
12 |
3 |
1 |
8 |
12-32 |
10 |
|
|
11 |
Aspor FC |
12 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
11-21 |
8 |
|
|
12 |
Akagera FC |
12 |
1 |
4 |
7 |
7-25 |
7 |
|
|
13 |
Impeesa FC |
12 |
0 |
1 |
11 |
9-39 |
1 |
Relegation play-out |
Round 14 (11-12 January 2025)
Impeesa – City Boys 1-2
La Jeunesse – Aspor FC 0-1
Nyagatare – Esperance 0-2
Alpha FC – Akagera 4-2
Ivoire Olympic – Addax 1-1
Intare – Unity FC 4-2
Etoile de l’Est bye
Round 15 (18-19 January 2025)
Unity FC – Ivoire Olympic 2-1
Impeesa – Intare 1-1
Esperance – La Jeunesse 2-3
Aspor FC – Alpha FC 2-2
City Boys – Etoile de l’Est 0-2
Addax – Nyagatare 5-1
Akagera bye
Table
|
1 |
La Jeunesse |
14 |
11 |
1 |
2 |
32-15 |
34 |
Promotion play-offs |
|
2 |
Etoile de l’Est |
13 |
8 |
5 |
0 |
32-8 |
29 |
Promotion play-offs |
|
3 |
Esperance |
14 |
8 |
4 |
2 |
29-11 |
28 |
|
|
4 |
Addax SC |
14 |
7 |
4 |
3 |
23-8 |
25 |
|
|
5 |
Ivoire Olympic |
14 |
7 |
4 |
3 |
24-15 |
25 |
|
|
6 |
Intare FC |
14 |
6 |
6 |
2 |
35-20 |
24 |
|
|
7 |
Unity FC |
14 |
7 |
3 |
4 |
21-13 |
24 |
|
|
8 |
Alpha FC |
14 |
4 |
3 |
7 |
15-30 |
15 |
|
|
9 |
City Boys FC |
14 |
4 |
2 |
8 |
11-16 |
14 |
|
|
10 |
Aspor FC |
14 |
3 |
3 |
8 |
14-23 |
12 |
|
|
11 |
Nyagatare FC |
14 |
3 |
1 |
10 |
13-39 |
10 |
|
|
12 |
Akagera FC |
13 |
1 |
4 |
8 |
9-29 |
7 |
|
|
13 |
Impeesa FC |
14 |
0 |
2 |
12 |
11-42 |
2 |
Relegation play-out |
Round 16 (25-26 January 2025)
Intare – City Boys
Alpha FC – Esperance
La Jeunesse – Addax
Ivoire Olympic – Impeesa
Etoile de l’Est – Akagera
Nyagatare – Unity FC
Aspor FC bye
Group B
Round 1 (21-22 September 2024)
United Stars – Miroplast 0-0
Kamonyi – Nyanza 2-1
Tsinda Batsinde – Gicumbi 1-0
Vision JN – AS Muhanga 0-2
Interforce – Sunrise 0-0
Sina Gerard – UR Huye 0-0
Motar FC bye
Round 2 (28-29 September 2024)
Gicumbi – United Stars 4-1
UR Huye – Interforce 1-1
Sunrise – Vision JN 4-2
AS Muhanga – Tsinda Batsinde 2-0
Miroplast – Kamonyi 2-0
Nyanza – Motar FC 2-1
Sina Gerard bye
Round 3 (5-6 October 2024)
United Stars – AS Muhanga 0-0
Kamonyi – Gicumbi 0-0
Nyanza – Miroplast 0-0
Tsinda Batsinde – Sunrise 0-0
Vision JN – UR Huye 2-0
Motar FC – Sina Gerard 0-1
Interforce bye
Round 4 (12-13 October 2024)
Sunrise – United Stars 6-1
UR Huye – Tsinda Batsinde 1-0
Sina Gerard – Interforce 1-1
AS Muhanga – Kamonyi 2-0
Gicumbi – Nyanza 2-1
Miroplast – Motar FC 1-2
Vision JN bye
Round 5 (19-20 October 2024)
United Stars – UR Huye 1-2
Nyanza – AS Muhanga 0-1
Kamonyi – Sunrise 0-2
Miroplast – Gicumbi 0-3
Vision JN – Sina Gerard 0-2
Motar FC – Interforce 3-3
Tsinda Batsinde bye
Round 6 (26-27 October 2024)
Sina Gerard – Tsinda Batsinde 0-0
Interforce – Vision JN 0-2
UR Huye – Kamonyi 2-1
Sunrise – Nyanza 2-0
AS Muhanga – Miroplast 1-0
Gicumbi – Motar FC 1-1
United Stars bye
Round 7 (2-3 November 2024)
Gicumbi – AS Muhanga 1-0
United Stars – Sina Gerard 1-1
Miroplast – Sunrise 0-1
Nyanza – UR Huye 1-0
Tsinda Batsinde – Interforce 1-0
Motar FC – Vision JN 2-0
Kamonyi bye
Round 8 (9-10 November 2024)
UR Huye – Miroplast 0-1
Interforce – United Stars 1-1
Vision JN – Tsinda Batsinde 3-3
Sina Gerard – Kamonyi 2-0
Sunrise – Gicumbi 0-1
AS Muhanga – Motar FC 4-1
Nyanza bye
Round 9 (16-17 November 2024)
Motar FC – Tsinda Batsinde 1-1
United Stars – Vision JN 3-0 (awarded)
Gicumbi – UR Huye 1-1
Nyanza – Sina Gerard 1-2
Kamonyi – Interforce 2-0
AS Muhanga – Sunrise 0-0
Miroplast bye
Round 10 (23-24 November 2024)
Tsinda Batsinde – United Stars 1-3
Interforce – Nyanza 2-1
Vision JN – Kamonyi 1-1
Sina Gerard – Miroplast 2-0
UR Huye – AS Muhanga 1-1
Sunrise – Motar FC 1-0
Gicumbi bye
Round 11 (30 November – 1 December 2024)
Gicumbi – Sina Gerard 2-0
Sunrise – UR Huye 2-0
Miroplast – Interforce 0-1
Nyanza – Vision JN 0-1
Kamonyi – Tsinda Batsinde 1-0
Motar FC – United Stars 0-2
AS Muhanga bye
Round 12 (7-8 December 2024)
Tsinda Batsinde – Nyanza 2-3
UR Huye – Motar FC 1-0
Sina Gerard – AS Muhanga 0-0
United Stars – Kamonyi 0-1
Interforce – Gicumbi 0-1
Vision JN – Miroplast 1-0
Sunrise bye
Round 13 (14-15 December 2024)
Miroplast – Tsinda Batsinde 0-3
AS Muhanga – Interforce 2-0
Gicumbi – Vision JN 2-0
Nyanza – United Stars 2-1
Motar FC – Kamonyi 1-1
Sunrise – Sina Gerard 2-2
UR Huye bye
Table at half-season
|
1 |
Gicumbi FC |
12 |
8 |
3 |
1 |
18-5 |
27 |
Promotion play-offs |
|
2 |
Sunrise FC |
12 |
7 |
4 |
1 |
20-6 |
25 |
Promotion play-offs |
|
3 |
AS Muhanga |
12 |
7 |
4 |
1 |
15-3 |
25 |
|
|
4 |
Sina Gerard FC |
12 |
5 |
6 |
1 |
13-7 |
21 |
|
|
5 |
UR Huye FC |
12 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
9-11 |
16 |
|
|
6 |
Kamonyi FC |
12 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
9-13 |
15 |
|
|
7 |
Vision JN |
12 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
12-19 |
14 |
|
|
8 |
Tsinda Batsinde |
12 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
12-14 |
13 |
|
|
9 |
United Stars |
12 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
14-18 |
13 |
|
|
10 |
Nyanza FC |
12 |
4 |
1 |
7 |
12-16 |
13 |
|
|
11 |
Interforce FC |
12 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
9-15 |
11 |
|
|
12 |
Motar FC |
12 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
12-18 |
10 |
|
|
13 |
Miroplast FC |
12 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
4-14 |
8 |
Relegation play-out |
Round 14 (11-12 January 2025)
Tsinda Batsinde – Miroplast 3-1
Interforce – AS Muhanga 0-2
Vision JN – Gicumbi 1-1
United Stars – Nyanza 1-3
Kamonyi – Motar FC 0-1
Sina Gerard – Sunrise 2-0
UR Huye bye
Round 15 (18-19 January 2025)
Nyanza – Tsinda Batsinde 3-2
Motar FC – UR Huye 2-0
AS Muhanga – Sina Gerard 3-0
Kamonyi – United Stars 3-0
Gicumbi – Interforce 1-2
Miroplast – Vision JN 1-1
Sunrise bye
Table
|
1 |
AS Muhanga |
14 |
9 |
4 |
1 |
20-3 |
31 |
Promotion play-offs |
|
2 |
Gicumbi FC |
14 |
8 |
4 |
2 |
20-8 |
28 |
Promotion play-offs |
|
3 |
Sunrise FC |
13 |
7 |
4 |
2 |
20-8 |
25 |
|
|
4 |
Sina Gerard FC |
14 |
6 |
6 |
2 |
15-10 |
24 |
|
|
5 |
Nyanza FC |
14 |
6 |
1 |
7 |
18-19 |
19 |
|
|
6 |
Kamonyi FC |
14 |
5 |
3 |
6 |
12-14 |
18 |
|
|
7 |
Tsinda Batsinde |
14 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
17-18 |
16 |
|
|
8 |
Motar FC |
14 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
15-18 |
16 |
|
|
9 |
UR Huye FC |
13 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
9-13 |
16 |
|
|
10 |
Vision JN |
14 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
14-21 |
16 |
|
|
11 |
Interforce FC |
14 |
3 |
5 |
6 |
11-18 |
14 |
|
|
12 |
United Stars |
14 |
3 |
4 |
7 |
15-24 |
13 |
|
|
13 |
Miroplast FC |
14 |
2 |
3 |
9 |
6-18 |
9 |
Relegation play-out |
Round 16 (25-26 January 2025)
Sina Gerard – Gicumbi
UR Huye – Sunrise
Interforce – Miroplast
Vision JN – Nyanza
Tsinda Batsinde – Kamonyi
United Stars – Motar FC
AS Muhanga bye
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