APR FC are eager to add the Peace Cup and CECAFA Kagame Cup to the league title which they have already won as they seek to complete a treble of trophies this season.

APR are scheduled to take on second division side Bugesera FC in the round of 16 of the Peace Cup whose final will be played on July 4, before the team travels to Tanzania for the CECAFA Kagame Cup which run from July 11 through August 2 in Dar es Salaam.

APR are the most successful Rwandan outfit in the regional competition, having won the title thrice—in 2004, 2007 and 2010, all hosted in Kigali. The army side have also won the Peace Cup a record 8 times and the league a record 15 times in 21 years.

"We are starting preparations for the CECAFA and Peace Cup, our target for the season is to win three trophies, we want to give everything to our players and we believe that we will perform highly,” the club’s general secretary, Adolphe Camalade Kalisa said during a news conference at the APR Academy in Kimihurura.

In Dar es Salaam, APR will compete with 2014 Tanzania Vodacom Premier League champions Azam and Yanga (Tz), KMKM (Zanzibar). Reigning champions Al Hilal will represent Sudan.

KCCA (Uganda), Gor Mahia (Kenya), LLB Academie (Burundi), Al-Malaika (South Sudan) and Saint George (Ethiopia) are also expected to compete courtesy of being league champions in their respective countries last season.

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