2019–20 Rwanda Premier League

The 2019–20 Rwanda Premier League was the 43rd season of the Rwanda Premier League, the top-tier football league in Rwanda. The season started on 4 October 2019.^[1]

Rwanda Premier League

Season	2019–20
Champions	APR
Relegated	Heroes Gicumbi
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The season was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic which forced games of round 24 to be played behind closed doors but before the round could be completed the league was abandoned on May 22. The standings after round 23 are considered final.

Teams

A total of 16 teams compete in the 2019–20 season with the top team qualifying for the CAF Champions League, the runner-ups qualifying for the CAF Confederation Cup and the bottom two relegated to the Rwandan Second Division.^[2]

 

 

APR

 

AS Kigali

 

Bugesera

 

Espoir

 

Etincelles

 

Gasogi

 

Gicumbi

 

Heroes

 

Kiyovu Sports

 

Marines

 

Muhanga

 

Mukura

 

Musanze

 

Police

 

Rayon Sports

 

Sunrise

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Locations of the 2019–20 Rwanda Premier League teams

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	APR	23	17	6	0	44	11	+33	57	Qualification for Champions League
2	Rayon Sports	23	15	5	3	37	15	+22	50	Qualification for Confederation Cup
3	Police	23	12	7	4	33	21	+12	43
4	Mukura	23	11	5	7	35	28	+7	38
5	Kiyovu Sports	23	10	5	8	30	20	+10	35
6	AS Kigali	23	7	12	4	21	20	+1	33
7	Sunrise	23	7	9	7	37	33	+4	30
8	Bugesera	23	8	6	9	30	30	0	30
9	Gasogi United	23	7	8	8	22	23	−1	29
10	Marines	23	7	7	9	18	24	−6	28
11	Musanze	23	5	11	7	22	28	−6	26
12	Muhanga	23	7	6	10	15	21	−6	27
13	Etincelles	23	5	9	9	19	25	−6	24
14	Espoir	23	4	5	14	20	40	−20	17
15	Heroes	23	4	4	15	17	41	−24	16	Relegation to Rwandan Second Division
16	Gicumbi	23	4	3	16	18	38	−20	15

Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2021. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Play-off

Results

Home \ Away	APR	ASK	BUG	ESP	ETI	GAS	GIC	HER	KIY	MAR	MUH	MUK	MUS	POL	RAY	SUN
APR	—	0–0	2–1	3–1	3–0	3–2			1–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	5–0	1–0	2–0
AS Kigali	1–1	—	2–2		2–0		1–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–2		0–3	0–0	2–2
Bugesera	0–1	0–0	—	2–0	0–2	1–1		2–0		0–1	5–4	1–0	0–0	3–1	0–1
Espoir		0–1		—	2–3	3–2	0–1	1–1	0–1		0–0	1–2	2–1		1–2	0–5
Etincelles	1–1	0–0	1–3		—	2–1	2–2	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–0			0–1	1–2	0–0
Gasogi United		1–1		1–0		—	1–0		1–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	4–2
Gicumbi	1–1		1–2	2–1			—	2–2	1–3	1–2	0–1	1–3	0–3	0–1	0–1	0–1
Heroes	0–1		0–1	2–3	0–3	0–1		—	0–5	0–0	2–1	0–1	3–2	1–3	1–4	2–2
Kiyovu Sports	0–0		5–2	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	—	1–2			1–0	1–3	0–1	1–0
Marines	1–2	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1		—	0–1	0–0	1–0		0–1
Muhanga	0–2	0–0	1–0		1–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–0		—		1–1	1–0		0–0
Mukura	0–4	3–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–4		0–1	—	4–0			4–1
Musanze		1–1		1–1	0–0	0–0	2–0		1–1		2–1	1–0	—	0–0	1–1	1–1
Police	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–1		2–0	3–2	2–0		1–0		2–2	1–1	—		3–2
Rayon Sports		2–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–1			6–1	2–1	5–1	2–1	0–0	—	0–2
Sunrise	2–4		2–2	4–0		1–1	2–1	4–1	0–2	1–1			1–2	2–2	2–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2020. Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadiums

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
APR F.C.	Kigali	Nyamirambo Regional Stadium	22,000
Rayon Sports F.C.	Kigali	Nyamirambo Regional Stadium	22,000
Police F.C. (Rwanda)	Kigali	Nyamirambo Regional Stadium	22,000
Mukura Victory Sports F.C.	Butare	Stade Huye	10,000
S.C. Kiyovu Sports	Kigali	Mumena Stadium	5,000
AS Kigali FC	Kigali	Nyamirambo Regional Stadium	22,000
Sunrise F.C.
Bugesera F.C.
Gasogi United F.C.
Marines F.C.	Gisenyi	Umuganda Stadium	5,000
Musanze F.C.	Musanze	Ubworoherane Football Stadium	4,000
A.S. Muhanga	Muhanga	Muhanga Regional Stadium	5,000
Etincelles F.C.	Gisenyi	Umuganda Stadium	5,000
Espoir F.C. (Rwanda)	Cyangugu	Rusizi Stadium	4,000
Heroes F.C.
Gicumbi F.C.	Byumba	Gicumbi Stadium	6,000

References

1. Rwanda 2019/20, RSSSF.com
2. "Summary - National Soccer League - Rwanda - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway".