2012–13 Rwanda National Football League

Rwanda National Football League
Season	2012–13
Champions	Rayon Sports (7th title)
Champions League	Rayon Sports
Confederation Cup	AS Kigali (cup winner)
Matches played	182
Goals scored	354 (1.95 per match)
Biggest home win	Police 6–0 Marines (29 January 2013)^[1]
Biggest away win	Etincelles 0–5 Police (21 April 2013)^[2] Etincelles 0–5 Rayon Sports (4 May 2013)^[3]
Highest scoring	Rayon Sports 6–1 Muhanga (12 May 2013)^[4]
← 2011–12 2013–14 → All statistics correct as of 25 May 2013.

The 2012–13 Rwanda National Football League (known as the Primus National Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 36th season of the Rwanda National Football League since it began in 1975. The season began on 22 September 2012 and ended on 25 May 2013. Armée Patriotique Rwandaise were the defending champions, having won their record 13th title the previous season.

Rayon Sports won their 7th title, finishing at the top of the table with 57 points, and represented Rwanda in the 2014 CAF Champions League.

Clubs

Changes from last season

The number of teams in the league increased from 13 last season to 14 this season after Nyanza's withdrawal and their replacement by Espoir in the league.^[5]

Relegated from National Football League

Nyanza

Promoted from Second Division

Participating teams

Team	Location
Amagaju	Nyamagabe
A.P.R.	Kigali
AS Kigali	Kigali
Etincelles	Rubavu
Espoir	Rusizi
Isonga	Kigali
Kiyovu Sports	Kigali
La Jeunesse	Kigali
Marines	Rubavu
Muhanga	Gitarama
Mukura Victory	Huye
Musanze	Ruhengeri
Police	Kigali
Rayon Sports	Nyanza

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rayon Sports !Rayon Sports (C) (Q)	26	18	3	5	58	25	+33	57	Qualification to 2014 CAF Champions League
2	Police !Police	26	14	10	2	40	13	+27	52
3	A.P.R. !A.P.R.	26	12	10	4	31	20	+11	46
4	Mukura Victory !Mukura Victory	26	12	6	8	25	19	+6	42
5	La Jeunesse !La Jeunesse	26	11	7	8	27	24	+3	40
6	AS Kigali !AS Kigali (Q)	26	10	9	7	24	18	+6	39	Qualification to 2014 CAF Confederation Cup ¹
7	Musanze !Musanze	26	9	9	8	24	21	+3	36
8	Kiyovu Sports !Kiyovu Sports	26	9	7	10	21	26	−5	34
9	Amagaju !Amagaju	26	7	10	9	18	21	−3	31
10	Espoir !Espoir	26	8	6	12	20	28	−8	30
11	Muhanga !Muhanga	26	6	9	11	14	29	−15	27
12	Marines !Marines	26	6	6	14	16	38	−22	24
13	Etincelles !Etincelles	26	3	8	15	15	37	−22	17	Relegation to 2013–14 Rwandan Second Division
14	Isonga !Isonga (R)	26	2	10	14	21	35	−14	16	Relegation to 2013–14 Rwandan Second Division

Updated to games played on 25 May 2013.
Source: Primus National Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹AS Kigali qualified for the 2014 CAF Confederation Cup as winners of the 2013 Rwandan Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Kigali teams

A.P.R.
AS Kigali
Isonga
Kiyovu Sports
La Jeunesse

Locations of the 2012–13 Rwanda National Football League teams in Rwanda.

Home ╲ Away	Amagaju !AGJ	A.P.R. !APR	AS Kigali !ASK	Espoir !EFC	Etincelles !ETC	Isonga !ISG	Kiyovu Sports !KVS	La Jeunesse !LJN	Marines !MRN	Muhanga !MHG	Mukura Victory !MKV	Musanze !MSZ	Police !POL	Rayon Sports !RYS
Amagaju !Amagaju		0–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	3–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–3	1–1
A.P.R. !A.P.R.	1–1		0–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	0–4
AS Kigali !AS Kigali	0–0	0–3		2–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	3–1
Espoir !Espoir	1–0	1–1	0–0		1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–3	2–1		0–3
Etincelles !Etincelles	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–2		1–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–5	0–5
Isonga !Isonga	3–1	1–2	2–3	2–2	1–2		1–3	1–2	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–2
Kiyovu Sports !Kiyovu Sports	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0		1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	0–2	1–2
La Jeunesse !La Jeunesse	3–2	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–2		1–2	0–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–2
Marines !Marines	0–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–0		0–0	1–4	2–0	0–1	0–1
Muhanga !Muhanga	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–1		0–1	0–2	0–2	1–3
Mukura Victory !Mukura Victory	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0		0–1	0–0	2–1
Musanze !Musanze	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–0		0–1	0–1
Police !Police	3–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	3–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	6–0	0–0	1–0	1–1
Rayon Sports !Rayon Sports	1–2	2–2	2–1	2–3	3–2	1–0	3–1	0–1	4–0	6–1	2–1	3–2	2–0

Updated to games played on 25 May 2013.
Source: Primus National Football League
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

↑ "Police FC - Marines FC (29/01-2013 kl. 17:30)". Futaa.com. 29 January 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
↑ "Etincelles FC - Police FC (21/04-2013 kl. 15:30)". Futaa.com. 21 April 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
↑ "Etincelles FC - Rayon Sport (04/05-2013 kl. 16:30)". Futaa.com. 4 May 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
↑ "Rayon Sport - Muhanga (12/05-2013 kl. 16:30)". Futaa.com. 12 May 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
↑ Bonnie Mugabe (11 September 2012). "Champs APR face Marines". The New Times. Retrieved 27 October 2012.

Rwanda National Football League

2013–14 clubs	Amagaju AS Kigali A.P.R. Espoir Espérance Etincelles Gicumbi Kiyovu Sports Marines Muhanga Mukura Victory Musanze Police Rayon Sports

Seasons	2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

2012 in African Football (CAF)

Domestic leagues	Algeria 11–12 12–13 Angola 12–13 Côte d'Ivoire 12–13 Egypt 11–12 12–13 Ethiopia 11–12 12–13 Gabon 11–12 12–13 Ghana 11–12 12–13 Kenya 12 Mali 12–13 Morocco 11–12 12–13 Nigeria 12 Rwanda 11–12 12–13 South Africa 11–12 12–13 Tunisia 11–12 12–13 Zimbabwe 12

Domestic cups	Algeria 11–12 12–13 Egypt 11–12 12–13 Kenya 12 South Africa 12–13

Regional cups	CECAFA Cup schedule group stage knockout stage final Kagame Interclub Cup schedule group stage knockout stage final

CAF competitions	CAF Champions League qualifying rounds group stage knock-out stage final CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds group stage knock-out stage final CAF Super Cup

2013 in African Football (CAF)

Domestic leagues	Algeria 12–13 13–14 Angola 13–14 Burkina Faso Burundi 13–14 Congo Côte d'Ivoire 12–13 13–14 Democratic Republic of Congo 13 13–14 Egypt 12–13 13–14 Ethiopia 12–13 13–14 Gabon 12–13 13–14 Ghana 12–13 13–14 Kenya Liberia 13–14 Mali 12–13 13–14 Morocco 12–13 13–14 Nigeria Rwanda 12–13 13–14 Somalia 13–14 South Africa 12–13 13–14 Sudan Tunisia 12–13 13–14 Uganda 12–13 13–14 Zimbabwe

Domestic cups	Algeria 12–13 13–14 Egypt Kenya South Africa 12–13 13–14 Uganda 12–13 13–14

Regional cups	Kagame Interclub Cup CECAFA Cup group stage knockout stage final COSAFA Cup

CAF competitions	CAF Champions League qualifying rounds group stage knock-out stage final CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds group stage knock-out stage final CAF Super Cup

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