# Musongati FC

Musongati Football Club, commonly known as Musongati FC or simply Musongati, is a Burundian professional football club based in Gitega, the political capital of Burundi. The club competes in Ligue A, the top level of Burundi's football league system, and plays its home matches at 7,000 capacity Stade Ingoma. Musongati's colours are green and yellow and represent the rich Burundi vegetation.

## History

The club was founded in 1976 in the city of Gitega. Musongati promoted to top-flight of the Burundian football at the end of 2015–16 season winning the Group B of the Burundi Second Division.
Musongati achieved a fifth-place finish in the 2016–17 season, the 7th place at the end of the 2017–18 season and reached the quarter-finals of Coupe du Président de la République in 2018, losing 0–2 against BS Dynamik.
The yellow-greens finished as runners-up in the 2018–19 season, as well in the 2019–20 season and won their first major trophy in 2020, the Coupe du Président de la République, beating in the final Rukinzo 1–1 (5–4) at penalty shoot-out.
Musongati consequently made its debut in the CAF Confederation Cup the following season, losing in the preliminary round to Zambian club Green Eagles 2–2 at Stade Intwari in Bujumbura and 1–2 at Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka.
Over the following two seasons, the yellow-greens returned to mid-table, ending the 2020–21 season in fifth position and ninth in the 2021–22 season. Also, managed to qualify to the semi-finals in 2021 and in the quarter-finals in 2022 of Coupe du President de la Republique, losing each time to city rivals, Flambeau du Centre.

## Honours

Burundi Ligue A
* Runners-up (2): 2018–19, 2019–20
Burundi Ligue B
* Winners (1): 2015–16
Coupe du Président de la République
* Winners (1): 2020

## Performance in CAF competitions

| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 2020–21 | CAF Confederation Cup | Preliminary round | Green Eagles | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 |

## Squad

    As of 12 August 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | BDI | Allidou Hakizimana |
| 3 | MF | BDI | Chris Ndikumana |
| 28 | DF | BDI | Barros Tambwe |
| 17 | DF | BDI | David Sinbagiye |
| 12 | DF | BDI | Djuma Muhamedi |
| 2 | DF | BDI | Franck Nduwimana |
| 15 | MF | BDI | Hamissi Harerimana |
| 4 | DF | BDI | Iddy Karikumutima |
| 22 | GK | BDI | Ismail Wilonja |
| 13 | MF | BDI | Issa Hubert Nsabimana |
| 23 | MF | BDI | Desire Nduwimana |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | BDI | Issa Modela |
| 5 | DF | BDI | Josue Alberto Mugisha |
| 11 | DF | BDI | Kessy Jordan Nimbona |
| 1 | GK | BDI | Laurent Sakubu |
| 7 | MF | BDI | Mossi Nduwumwe |
| 16 | MF | BDI | Numbe Ndayishimiye |
| 10 | MF | BDI | Selemahi Halidi |
| 6 | DF | BDI | Tresor Mubango |
| 19 | FW | BDI | Tresor Shaka |
| 21 | DF | BDI | Valentin Nestor Bizimana |
| 14 | MF | BDI | Hassan Harerimana |

## Management and staff

    As of 12 August 2022
| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Hussein Nahimana |
| Assistant coach | Christian Musore |
| Manager | Christian Musore |
| Team Doctor | Spageon Nsabimana |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Schaddien Mugisha |
| Kit manager | Jean Bosco Ntakarutimana |