{"id":2000106146,"date":"2026-03-22T15:49:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T13:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/?p=2000106146"},"modified":"2026-03-22T17:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T15:14:07","slug":"as-kigali-wfc-relegated-to-second-division-after-18-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/as-kigali-wfc-relegated-to-second-division-after-18-years\/","title":{"rendered":"AS Kigali WFC relegated to second division after 18 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The City of Kigali\u2013backed side saw its relegation effectively sealed with one match remaining in the 2025\/26 FERWAFA Women\u2019s Super League season, following a 1-1 draw with Inyemera WFC on Saturday, March 21, 2026, in a Matchday 21 fixture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inyemera WFC, which hosted the encounter, proved a difficult opponent, and the match ended level despite both teams creating opportunities. The result left AS Kigali WFC in 11th place with 13 points, four points behind Forever WFC, which sits 10th with 17 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AS Kigali WFC will be relegated alongside Nyagatare WFC, who lost 2-1 to Bugesera FC. The Nyagatare-based side has failed to register a single point this season and will go down regardless of the outcome of its remaining fixture against AS Kigali WFC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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AS Kigali WFC now features a squad largely composed of young players.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The 2025\/26 campaign has been a challenging one for AS Kigali WFC, marked by significant squad changes and instability in the technical bench.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The season began with the return of Mukamusonera Th\u00e9og\u00e8nie as head coach, replacing Bizumuremyi Radjab, who had left to join Rutsiro FC in the men\u2019s top division. However, coaching changes continued in February when Mukamusonera was replaced by his assistant, Mubumbyi Adolphe \u201cIgor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mubumbyi struggled to reverse the team\u2019s fortunes, collecting just two points from five matches during his one-month spell in charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite its relegation, AS Kigali WFC leaves the top flight with a strong historical record. Over its 18-year stay in the first division, the club established itself as the most successful side in the league\u2019s history, winning 12 league titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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AS Kigali WFC has been relegated to the second division after 18 years in the top flight, bringing to an end a dominant era in which the club won the Women\u2019s Premier League title 13 times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000106148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[151,69],"byline":[192],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000106146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-editors-choice","tag-homehighlights","byline-wycliffe-nyamasege"],"bylines":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"contributors":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"featured_image":{"id":2000106148,"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/whatsapp_image_2026-03-22_at_12.58_27-17a1e.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1000,"height":666,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/whatsapp_image_2026-03-22_at_12.58_27-17a1e.jpg","width":150,"height":100},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/whatsapp_image_2026-03-22_at_12.58_27-17a1e.jpg","width":300,"height":200},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/whatsapp_image_2026-03-22_at_12.58_27-17a1e.jpg","width":768,"height":511},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/whatsapp_image_2026-03-22_at_12.58_27-17a1e.jpg","width":1000,"height":666},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/whatsapp_image_2026-03-22_at_12.58_27-17a1e.jpg","width":1000,"height":666}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000106146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000106146"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000106146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000106150,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000106146\/revisions\/2000106150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000106148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000106146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000106146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000106146"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000106146"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000106146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}