{"id":119100,"date":"2026-02-04T19:09:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T19:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/etincelles-sack-masudi-name-bekeni-as-caretaker"},"modified":"2026-02-04T19:57:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T19:57:59","slug":"etincelles-sack-masudi-name-bekeni-as-caretaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/etincelles-sack-masudi-name-bekeni-as-caretaker","title":{"rendered":"Etincelles sack Masudi, name Bekeni as caretaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Etincelles FC have dismissed head coach Djuma Masudi following a string of poor results in the Rwanda Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>The Rubavu-based club confirmed Masudi\u2019s sacking on Tuesday, February 3, through a statement published on its official X account. Abdou \u2018Bekeni\u2019 Bizimana has been appointed caretaker head coach as the club begins the search for a permanent replacement.<\/p>\n<p>Masudi departs alongside his entire technical team, including assistant coach Jean Bosco Harorimana, goalkeepers coach Issa Karangwa, fitness coach Adrien Twagirayezu, and team manager Djuma Izabayo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe five members of the coaching staff have been fired due to the club\u2019s poor performance and disappointing results since the beginning of the season,\u201d a club official told Times Sport.<\/p>\n<p>Etincelles have struggled throughout the campaign and currently sit bottom of the league table with just 11 points from 18 matches. Their only victory in the first round of the season was a 3\u20130 win over Musanze FC.<\/p>\n<p>Masudi, 48, had been appointed head coach in October 2025, replacing Innocent Seninga, but was unable to turn the club\u2019s fortunes around.<\/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. Etincelles FC have dismissed head coach Djuma Masudi following a string of poor results in the Rwanda Premier League. The Rubavu-based club confirmed Masudi\u2019s sacking on Tuesday, February 3, through a statement published on its official X account. Abdou \u2018Bekeni\u2019 Bizimana has been appointed caretaker head coach as the club begins the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":119099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[9294,8391,4046,758],"class_list":["post-119100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-abdou-bizimana","tag-djuma-masudi","tag-etincelles","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>Etincelles sack Masudi, name Bekeni as caretaker - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Etincelles FC have dismissed head coach Djuma Masudi following a string of poor results in the Rwanda Premier League. 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