{"id":33806,"date":"2023-01-20T16:52:13","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T16:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/etoile-visit-interforce-in-second-round-opener"},"modified":"2023-01-20T17:30:53","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T17:30:53","slug":"etoile-visit-interforce-in-second-round-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/etoile-visit-interforce-in-second-round-opener","title":{"rendered":"Etoile visit Interforce in second round opener"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>High flying Etoile de l\u2019Est will return to second division action on January 28 where they will face last season\u2019s semifinalists Interforce at Bugesera stadium on the opening day, at 3:00pm, as per the revised fixture schedule released by local football governing body (Ferwafa).<\/p>\n

Etoile are only focused on a straight comeback to the top flight league and a win over strugglers Interforce would increase their chances of sealing an early qualification to the group stages.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Gicumbi FC, who sit second in group B, will host Heroes at their home ground in Gicumbi District while table leaders Amagaju FC will host Intare FC at Nyagisenyi Stadium.<\/p>\n

AS Muhanga will host Vision Jeunesse Nouvelle at Muhanga stadium. All these fixtures will take place on January 28.<\/p>\n

Standings<\/p>\n

Group A: Etoile de l\u2019Est (21points), La Jeunesse (16), Vision FC (16), AS Muhanga (14), Kirehe (13), Ivoire Olympique (13), Vision Jeunesse Nouvelle (12), Interforce (7), Aspor (6), Impeesa (4).<\/p>\n

Group B: Amagaju (22 Points), Gicumbi (20), Intare FC (15), Nyanza FC (15), Gasabo FC (10), Alpha FC (10), Heroes FC, Winners FC (9) Esperance (8), Rugende FC (7), Heroes (5).<\/p>\n

After the Group Stages, four top teams in each group will play the knockout stages. The four winners will play against each other and the two finalists will be promotion to the 2023\/24 Rwanda Premier League.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Rwanda<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. High flying Etoile de l\u2019Est will return to second division action on January 28 where they will face last season\u2019s semifinalists Interforce at Bugesera stadium on the opening day, at 3:00pm, as per the revised fixture schedule released by local football governing body (Ferwafa). Etoile are only focused on a straight comeback […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":33805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[760,763,758],"class_list":["post-33806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-rwanda","tag-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"\nEtoile visit Interforce in second round opener - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"High flying Etoile de l\u2019Est will return to second division action on January 28 where they will face last season\u2019s semif ...\" \/>\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\/sport\/etoile-visit-interforce-in-second-round-opener\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Etoile visit Interforce in second round opener\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"High flying Etoile de l\u2019Est will return to second division action on January 28 where they will face last season\u2019s semif ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/etoile-visit-interforce-in-second-round-opener\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-20T16:52:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-01-20T17:30:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1674220939.14.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"656\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/etoile-visit-interforce-in-second-round-opener#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/etoile-visit-interforce-in-second-round-opener\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Etoile visit Interforce in second round opener\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-20T16:52:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-20T17:30:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/etoile-visit-interforce-in-second-round-opener\"},\"wordCount\":224,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/etoile-visit-interforce-in-second-round-opener#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1674220939.14.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Rwanda\",\"Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/etoile-visit-interforce-in-second-round-opener#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/etoile-visit-interforce-in-second-round-opener\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/etoile-visit-interforce-in-second-round-opener\",\"name\":\"Etoile visit Interforce in second round opener - Rwanda\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/etoile-visit-interforce-in-second-round-opener#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/etoile-visit-interforce-in-second-round-opener#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1674220939.14.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-20T16:52:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-20T17:30:53+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"High flying Etoile de l\u2019Est will return to second division action on January 28 where they will face last season\u2019s semif ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/etoile-visit-interforce-in-second-round-opener#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/etoile-visit-interforce-in-second-round-opener\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/etoile-visit-interforce-in-second-round-opener#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1674220939.14.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1674220939.14.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":656,\"caption\":\"Etoile visit Interforce in second round opener\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/etoile-visit-interforce-in-second-round-opener#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Etoile visit Interforce in second round opener\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/\",\"name\":\"Rwanda\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Etoile visit Interforce in second round opener - Rwanda","description":"High flying Etoile de l\u2019Est will return to second division action on January 28 where they will face last season\u2019s semif ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/etoile-visit-interforce-in-second-round-opener","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Etoile visit Interforce in second round opener","og_description":"High flying Etoile de l\u2019Est will return to second division action on January 28 where they will face last season\u2019s semif ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/etoile-visit-interforce-in-second-round-opener","og_site_name":"Rwanda","article_published_time":"2023-01-20T16:52:13+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-01-20T17:30:53+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":656,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1674220939.14.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/etoile-visit-interforce-in-second-round-opener#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/etoile-visit-interforce-in-second-round-opener"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Etoile visit Interforce in second round opener","datePublished":"2023-01-20T16:52:13+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-20T17:30:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/etoile-visit-interforce-in-second-round-opener"},"wordCount":224,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/etoile-visit-interforce-in-second-round-opener#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1674220939.14.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Rwanda","Rwanda"],"articleSection":["all news","Sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/etoile-visit-interforce-in-second-round-opener#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/etoile-visit-interforce-in-second-round-opener","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/etoile-visit-interforce-in-second-round-opener","name":"Etoile visit Interforce in second round opener - Rwanda","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/etoile-visit-interforce-in-second-round-opener#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/etoile-visit-interforce-in-second-round-opener#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1674220939.14.jpg","datePublished":"2023-01-20T16:52:13+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-20T17:30:53+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"High flying Etoile de l\u2019Est will return to second division action on January 28 where they will face last season\u2019s semif ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/etoile-visit-interforce-in-second-round-opener#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/etoile-visit-interforce-in-second-round-opener"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/etoile-visit-interforce-in-second-round-opener#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1674220939.14.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1674220939.14.jpg","width":1000,"height":656,"caption":"Etoile visit Interforce in second round opener"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/etoile-visit-interforce-in-second-round-opener#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Etoile visit Interforce in second round opener"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/","name":"Rwanda","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}