{"id":100616,"date":"2025-05-04T18:53:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T18:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/rubogoza-delighted-after-qualifying-gicumbi-fc-back-to-top-division"},"modified":"2025-05-04T18:53:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T18:53:28","slug":"rubogoza-delighted-after-qualifying-gicumbi-fc-back-to-top-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rubogoza-delighted-after-qualifying-gicumbi-fc-back-to-top-division","title":{"rendered":"Rubogoza delighted after qualifying Gicumbi FC back to top division"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Sunday, May 4<\/p>\n<p>AS Muhanga vs La Jeunesse FC (Muhanga Stadium)<\/p>\n<p>E\u0301toile de l\u2019Est FC vs Gicumbi FC (Ngoma Stadium)<\/p>\n<p>Gicumbi FC striker Jean Pierre Rubogoza expressed his excitement after helping his side return to the top division.<\/p>\n<p>Rubogoza was on target in the 85th minute in his side\u2019s 2-0 victory over La Jeunesse which earned them a ticket back to the Rwanda Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is always good to help your team to get to the top division. I am happy to be part of it, we have been fighting from the first day of the league and now we can enjoy the moment,\u201d Rubogoza told Times Sport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have also reached to the final so we need to win the title. We want to finish the league in high spirit. We have another game so we need to make sure that we don\u2019t lose it. It is a competition and we are taking every game seriously,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>However, his head coach Amrani \u2018Amoro\u2019 Hatungimana said that he is happy with his players who showed character in this process of fighting to returned top division.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy players have showed the fighting spirit in this campaign. I am happy for them and let\u2019s keep the same spirit until the end of the league,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>On the final day, AS Muhanga will host La Jeunesse FC at Muhanga Stadium while E\u0301toile de l\u2019Est FC take on Gicumbi FC at Ngoma Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Gicumbi FC are now to top division with 9 points, followed by AS Muhanga who are on second place with 7 points while Etoile de l\u2019Est and La Jeunesse are tied on 5 points in third and fourth places respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Gicumbi are returning to top division after spending three years in second division. Gicumbi FC last played topflight football during the 2021-22 season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Rwanda<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. Sunday, May 4 AS Muhanga vs La Jeunesse FC (Muhanga Stadium) E\u0301toile de l\u2019Est FC vs Gicumbi FC (Ngoma Stadium) Gicumbi FC striker Jean Pierre Rubogoza expressed his excitement after helping his side return to the top division. Rubogoza was on target in the 85th minute in his side\u2019s 2-0 victory over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":100615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[4198,4196,758],"class_list":["post-100616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-ferwafa-second-division-league","tag-gicumbi-fc","tag-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rubogoza delighted after qualifying Gicumbi FC back to top division - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/rubogoza-delighted-after-qualifying-gicumbi-fc-back-to-top-division\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rubogoza delighted after qualifying Gicumbi FC back to top division\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. 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