Amavubi’s 25-Man Squad Departs for Juba for CHAN 2025 Qualifiers

Rwanda’s national football team, Amavubi, consisting of 25 players and led by coach Jimmy Mulisa, has departed from Kanombe International Airport for Juba via Addis Ababa to face South Sudan’s Bright Stars in the second round of the CHAN 2025 Qualifiers.

Amavubi left Kigali International Airport for Juba on Thursday morning, December 19, to play their second-round encounter in the African Nations Championship, CHAN 2025.

Under Frank Torsten Splitter, who is currently on holiday, Rwanda eliminated Djibouti with a 3-1 aggregate score in the first round. The second round will fall under the management of Jimmy Mulisa, the usual assistant coach to Frank Torsten Splitter.

Sosthene Habimana will assist Mulisa in this double encounter, with South Sudan hosting the first leg at Juba Stadium on December 22.The return leg will take place at Amahoro Stadium in Kigali on December 28.

South Sudan reached this stage of the qualifiers by defeating Kenya 3-1 on aggregate in the first round.

The winner of the Rwanda-South Sudan match will qualify for the CHAN 2025 tournament, which will see the CECAFA Zone represented by four teams, including hosts Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania, in February 2025.

Traveling Squad:

1. 1. 1. 1. 1. Gad Muhawenayo (GK, Gorilla FC)
            2. Adolphe Hakizimana (GK, AS Kigali)
            3. Fils François Habineza (GK, Etoile de L’Est)
            4. Jean Gilbert Byiringiro (RB, APR FC)
            5. Ali Serumogo (RB, Rayon Sports)
            6. Claude Niyomugabo (LB, APR FC)
            7. Hakim Bugingo (LB, Rayon Sports)
            8. Aimable Nsabimana (CB, Rayon Sports)
            9. Clement Niyigena (CB, APR FC)
            10. Yunusu Nshimiyimana (CB, APR FC)
            11. Prince Buregeya (CB, AS Kigali)
            12. Kevin Muhire (MD, Rayon Sports)
            13. Bosco Ruboneka (MD, APR FC)
            14. Pacifique Ngabonziza (MD, Police FC)
            15. Ramadhan Niyibizi (MD, APR FC)
            16. Roger Kanamugire (MD, Rayon Sports)
            17. Aime Ntirushwa (MD, AS Kigali)
            18. Gilbert Mugisha (F, APR FC)
            19. Hadji Iraguha (F, Rayon Sports)
            20. Arsene Tuyisenge (F, APR FC)
            21. Abdallaziz Harerimana (F, Gasogi United)
            22. Olivier Dushimimana (F, APR FC)
            23. Mubarakh Nizeyimana (F, Marines)
            24. Taiba Mbonyumwami (F, Marines)
            25. Didier Mugisha (F, Police FC)