Isonga FC Coach Gatera names a 20-man squad for Abidjan competition

Muha J.M.

Isonga Football Club head Moussa Gatera has named a 20-man squad which departs for Abidjan on Tuesday ahead of the 4th edition of the Tournoi International du District Autonome d’Abidjan (TIDA) which is scheduled in Cote d’Ivoire, from November 30 to December 6, 2017.

The youth football delegation departs Kigali for Abidjan on Tuesday morning, 08h00 aboard Rwandair.

Isonga Fc will take part in the Tournoi International du District Autonome d’Abidjan (TIDA), only reserved for U-18 players with an aim of helping Rwandan players so as to garner the much

Like previous editions, TIDA 2017 wants to help identify talent and promote youth football. According to local football body FERWAFA, The association Ivoire Sports Promotion (ISP), initiator of the event, has been working for several months to perfect the details of the organization.

Isonga Fc started with the pool of players that participated in Africa U-17 Youth Championships held in Rwanda and later at the World Cup finals tournament in Mexico, in order for the country to have a large pool of young players to feed the big clubs

Founded in 2011 as a composition of players who played in the U-17 African Youth Championships and the FIFA World Cup, the team was promoted to the U-20 level and registered to play in the national league without going through the second division.

Under, Eric Nshimiyimana, Isonga FC finished in the sixth position in its debut season in the 2011/12 season but failed to maintain that impressive form the next campaign, which saw them relegated to the second-tier league before they withdrew from the second tier this year.

Group A: Asec Mimoas, FC San Pedro (Cote d’Ivoire), Fc Lakika (Mali) and Volcan Junior (Cote d’Ivoire)

Group B: Côte d’Ivoire U17 Elephants (Cote d’Ivoire), WAFA (Ghana), Racing Club d’Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) and Isonga Fc (Rwanda)

Group C: Academie Mohamed VI (Morocco), SOA (Cote d’Ivoire), Ivoire Academie (Cote d’Ivoire) and Royal SC (Burkina Faso).

Isonga Fc Traveling Squad: 

Players: Iradukunda Emmanuel, Nkubana Marc, Ishimwe Christian, Uwineza Aime Placide, Ndabarasa Tresor, Peter Turatsinze, Janvier Bonane, Patrick Mugisha, Jean-Paul Nduwayezu,  Bogarde Cyitegetse, Sareh Ishimwe, Jerome Twagiramungu,  Yvan Mugisha, Robert Mandera, Amani Rutayisire, Shaffi  Songayingabo, Fiacre Ntwali, Lague Byiringiro, Guilain Uwimana and Henry Butare.