Amagaju eye topflight as second division league returns
Monday, September 13, 2021
Amagaju FC line-up before the match against Rayon Sports at Kigali Stadium in 2020. / File.

Amagaju head coach Suleiman Niyibizi is confident that his club will make a quick return to the top flight division when the second round of the league starts on September 18.

"We have built a team which is capable of competing against the very best and returning to the topflight league,” Niyibizi told Times Sport.

The South Province-based side was relegated from the first division in the 2018/2019 season alongside Kirehe.

The league which was halted midway due to a rise in coronavirus cases will now be played in a short period of time where the 20 teams that are grouped into four (4) groups of five (5) teams will play a round robin format with the losers being eliminated.

Groups are as follows:

Group A

Heroes FC

Amagaju FC

Gasabo United

Intare FC

Interforce FC

Group B

Gicumbi FC

La Jeunesse FC

Nyanza FC

Pepinière FC

Rugende FC

Group C

Vision FC

Espérance FC

United Stars

University of Rwanda FC

Vision Jeunesse Nouvelle FC

Group D

Etoile de l’Est FC

Impeesa FC

Kirehe FC

Rwamagana City FC

The Winners FC