APR F.C.
Association football club in Rwanda
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Armée Patriotique Rwandaise Football Club (APR FC or APR) is a professional football club from Kigali in Rwanda. The club plays their home games at Kigali Pelé Stadium. The club was founded in June 1993 as the team of the Rwandese Patriotic Front.[1]
Full nameArmée Patriotique Rwandaise Football Club
NicknameIntare (The Lions)
Founded1 June 1993
GroundKigali Pelé Stadium
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| Full name | Armée Patriotique Rwandaise Football Club | |
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| Nickname | Intare (The Lions) | |
| Founded | 1 June 1993 | |
| Ground | Kigali Pelé Stadium | |
| Capacity | 22,000 | |
| Chairman | Brig Gen Deo Rusanganwa | |
| Manager | Taleb Abderrahim | |
| League | Rwanda Premier League | |
| 2024–25 | Rwanda Premier League, 1st of 16 (champions) | |
| Website | www | |
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History
Despite their short history, they become one of the most successful club in the Rwandan football league winning twenty-two Rwandan league titles and thirteen Rwandan Cups. APR FC also won the CECAFA Clubs Cup in 2004, 2007, and 2010 after ending up as losing finalists in that competition in 1996 and 2000.
In 2022, the club reached the Second Round of the CAF Champions League for the first time in club history.
Honours
Domestic competitions
- Rwandan Cup: 15
- 1994–95, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2025, 2026
- 2002, 2016, 2018, 2025
- Heroes Cup: 2
- 2022, 2025
International
- 2004, 2007, 2010
Performance in CAF competitions
- CAF Champions League: 18 appearances
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- African Cup of Champions Clubs: 1 appearance
- 1996 – Second Round
- CAF Confederation Cup: 3 appearances
- CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance
- 2003 – Semi-finals
- CAF Cup: 2 appearances
- 1998 – First Round
- 1999 – First Round
