Shooting Stars SC

Shooting Stars SC
Full name Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC)
Nickname(s) Oluyole Warriors
Founded 1950s (As WNDC Ibadan)
Ground Lekan Salami Stadium
Ground Capacity 18,000
Chairman Senator Abiola Ajimobi
Manager NigeriaKadiri Ikhana
League Nigeria Premier League
2015 9th

Shooting Stars Sports Club (often nicknamed 3SC or Oluyole Warriors) is a Nigerian football club based in Ibadan.

History

Logo of the society

The club was one of the founders of the Nigerian Premier League in 1972, when they were called WNDC Ibadan (Western Nigeria Development Company), and were later called IICC (Industrial Investment and Credit Corporation) Shooting Stars of Ibadan.[1]

The nickname "Shooting Stars" was added with the suggestion of team foundation members the late Jide Johnson and Niyi Omowon the "Aare Odan Liberty" (Generalissimo of Liberty Stadium) who believed that the players were "stars" in their own right.

Shooting Stars is one of the most followed football clubs in Nigeria and play their home matches at the Lekan Salami Stadium. The stadium was named after one of the prominent supporters of the club who is now deceased. Before, "Sooting" as it is called by its supporters used to play at the famous Liberty Stadium, one of the venues for the world youth soccer championship in 1999.

Shooting stars is the first club to win the FA cup on club basis in Nigeria in 1971, players like Aderoju Omowon, Niyi Akande, Jossy Lad, Amusa Adisa were prominent in the squad. Shooting Stars is one of the most decorated clubsides in Nigeria alongside Enugu Rangers and the defunct Stationery Stores of Lagos. In fact, Shooting Stars and Enugu Rangers are known as the traditional football clubs in the country, both dominating the football scene in the country during 1970s and 1980s.

Shooting Stars have played and won many matches against top club sides in Africa. 3SC won the first edition of CAF Cup, defeating the Nakivubo Villa of Uganda 3–0 in the finals at the Lekan Salami stadium after the first leg ended goalless. They won the African Cup Winners' Cup in 1976, becoming the first Nigerian clubside to win an international trophy.[2]

Many well-known international stars have played for Shooting Stars in the past, including former African footballer of the year Rashidi Yekini, "the mathematical" Segun Odegbami and so on.[3]

They ended their 2004–05 season in fifth place in the Premier League. After the introduction of a strange double-league format by the Nigerian Football Association, Shooting Stars got relegated to the lower division in 2006, but won promotion in 2009 after finishing second in the Division 1B. The Club left Lekan Salami Stadium in Ibadan and settled to the Adamasingba Stadium.[4]

Crest

Achievements

1976, 1980, 1983, 1995, 1998
1971 (as WNDC)
1977, 1979, 1995
1984, 1996
1992
1976
1998

Performance in CAF competitions

1999 – Group Stage
1972 – Second Round
1981 – Second Round
1984Runners-up
1996Runners-up
1992 – Champion
1993 – First Round
1995 – Second Round
1976 – Champion
1977 – Semi-finals
1978 – First Round
1980 – Quarter-finals

Current team

As of Feb. 21, 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Benin GK Emmanuel Fabiyi
3 Nigeria DF Yinka Adedeji
6 Nigeria DF Wasiu Jimoh
7 Nigeria Kabiru Umar
8 Nigeria FW Taofeek Adepoju
9 Nigeria FW Sunday Adetunji
10 Nigeria FW Ajani Ibrahim
11 Nigeria MF Daddy Bazuaye
13 Nigeria DF Sodiq Suraj
14 Nigeria FW Olukokun Najeem
16 Nigeria FW Jimoh Ismail
No. Position Player
17 Nigeria DF Alaba Osawe
20 Nigeria MF Tunde Bright
21 Nigeria GK Afesoh Attah
22 Nigeria James Moses
24 Nigeria DF Joseph Izu
26 Nigeria DF Sylvester Ebiaku
27 Nigeria Seun Akinyemi
30 Nigeria MF Tope Orelope
33 Nigeria MF Ibrahim Babalola
34 Nigeria Omololu Waheed

Notable Coaches

References

External links

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