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{{Short description|Rwandan football club}}
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| clubname = APR FC
| image = Armée Patriotique Rwandaise FC (logo).jpg
| fullname = Armée Patriotique Rwandaise Football Club
| nickname = Intare(The Lions)
| founded = {{start date and years ago|df=yes|1993|6|1}}
| ground = [[Kigali Pelé Stadium]]
| capacity = 22,000
| chairman = Brig Gen Deo Rusanganwa
| manager = [[Taleb Abderrahim]]
| league = [[Rwanda Premier League]]
| season = [[2024–2025 Rwanda Premier League|2024–2025]]
| position = Rwanda Premier League, 1st of 16 (champions)
| website = {{URL|http://www.aprfc.rw/}}
| title = APR FC (Umurava - Intsinzi)
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| current = 2023&ndash;24 Rwanda Premier League 
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'''Armée Patriotique Rwandaise Football Club''' ('''APR FC''' or '''APR''') is a professional [[football (soccer)|football]] club from [[Kigali]] in [[Rwanda]]. The club plays their home games at [[Kigali Pelé Stadium]]. The club was founded in June 1993 as the team of the [[Rwandese Patriotic Front]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/04/armee-patriotique-rwandaise-fc-rwanda.html |title=Armee Patriotique Rwandaise FC (Rwanda) |author=Roy D. Hacksaw |date=22 April 2010 |publisher=The Boys in Black and White. [[Blogspot]].com |access-date=15 July 2012 |archive-date=8 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151008215502/http://boysinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/04/armee-patriotique-rwandaise-fc-rwanda.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

== History ==
Despite their short history, they become one of the most successful club in the Rwandan football league winning twenty-two Rwandan league titles and thirteen Rwandan Cups. APR FC also won the [[CECAFA Clubs Cup]] in 2004, 2007, and 2010 after ending up as losing finalists in that competition in 1996 and 2000.

In 2022, the club reached the Second Round of the CAF Champions League for the first time in club history.

==Honours==
===Domestic competitions===
* '''[[Rwandan Premier League]]: 23'''
:: 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

* '''[[Rwandan Cup]]: 14'''
:: 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2025

*'''[[Rwandan Super Cup]]: 3'''
:: 2002, 2016, 2018.
*'''[[HEROES Cup]]: 2'''
:: 2022, 2025.
===International===
* '''[[Kagame Interclub Cup]]: 3'''
:: 2004, 2007, 2010.

==Performance in CAF competitions==
* '''[[CAF Champions League]]: 18 appearances'''
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::[[CAF Champions League 1997|1997]]&nbsp;– First Round
::[[CAF Champions League 2000|2000]]&nbsp;– withdrew in First Round
::[[CAF Champions League 2002|2002]]&nbsp;– First Round
::[[CAF Champions League 2004|2004]]&nbsp;– Third Round
::[[CAF Champions League 2006|2006]]&nbsp;– First Round
::[[CAF Champions League 2007|2007]]&nbsp;– First Round
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::[[CAF Champions League 2008|2008]]&nbsp;– Preliminary Round
::[[CAF Champions League 2010|2010]]&nbsp;– First Round
::[[2011 CAF Champions League|2011]]&nbsp;– Preliminary Round
::[[2012 CAF Champions League|2012]]&nbsp;– First Round
::[[2013 CAF Champions League|2013]]&nbsp;–  Preliminary Round
::[[2015 CAF Champions League|2015]]&nbsp;–  First Round
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::[[2016 CAF Champions League|2016]]&nbsp;–  First Round
::[[2017 CAF Champions League|2017]]&nbsp;–  Preliminary Round
::[[2018-19 CAF Champions League|2019]]&nbsp;– Preliminary Round
::[[2020-21 CAF Champions League|2021]]&nbsp;– Preliminary Round
::[[2021-22 CAF Champions League|2022]]&nbsp;– Second Round
::[[2023-24 CAF Champions League|2023]]&nbsp;– Second Round

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* '''[[African Cup of Champions Clubs]]: 1 appearance'''
::[[African Cup of Champions Clubs 1996|1996]]&nbsp;– Second Round

* '''[[CAF Confederation Cup]]: 3 appearances'''
::[[CAF Confederation Cup 2004|2004]]&nbsp;– Intermediate Round
::[[CAF Confederation Cup 2005|2005]]&nbsp;– Second Round
::[[CAF Confederation Cup 2009|2009]]&nbsp;– First Round

* '''[[CAF Cup Winners' Cup]]: 1 appearance'''
::2003&nbsp;– Semi-finals

* '''[[CAF Cup]]: 2 appearances'''
::1998&nbsp;– First Round
::1999&nbsp;– First Round

==Administration==

''Club Honorary President''
* [[Gen Mubarakh Muganga]]

''Club President''
* [[ Brig Gen Deo Rusanganwa]]

''GENERAL SECRETARY ''
* [[Lt Col Alphonse Muyango]]

''DAF ''
* [[Capt Umubyeyi Clarisse]]

''TECHNICAL DIRECTOR ''
* [[Thierry Hitimana]]

''HEAD OF COMMUNICATION''
* [[Tony Kabanda]]


'''TECHNICAL STAFF'''

Head Coach
* [[Taleb Abderrahim]]

Asst. Coach
*  [[Chahid Mohamed]]

GOALKEEPING COACH
* [[Mugabo Alex]]

TEAM MANAGER
* [[Maj Kavuna Erias]]

TEAM DR 
* [[Hope Jean Marie Vianney]]

PHYSIOTHERAPIST
* [[Twagirayezu Jacques]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.aprfc.rw/}}

{{Rwandan Premier League}}

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