Sunshine Stars F.C.

Sunshine Stars
Full nameSunshine Stars Football Club
NicknamesThe Owena Waves, Akure Gunners[1]
Founded1995
GroundAkure Township Stadium
Akure, Ondo, Nigeria
Capacity2,806
ChairmanWayne Olusegun
ManagerAbubakar Bala
LeagueNigeria Professional Football League
2025–26Nigeria National League,
5th of 10 (Conference A)
Websitewww.sunshinefc.com

Sunshine Stars Football Club is a Nigerian professional football club based in Akure. They play in the top division in Nigerian football, the Nigerian Premier League. Their home stadium is the 5,000-capacity Akure Township Stadium.[2][3] Sunshine Stars FC are funded and sponsored by the Ondo State Government.[4]

Achievements

2001, 2007

Performance in CAF competitions

2012 – Semi-finals
2011 – Semi-finals
2009 – First Round

Notable coaches

Paul Ashworth became the manager of the Sunshine Stars in 2015

Notable players

References

  1. ↑ Sunshine Stars FC - Akure Gunners
  2. ↑ "Akure Township Stadium - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  3. ↑ Oyebola, Mike (2024-12-11). "NPFL: Bala replaces Boboye at Sunshine Stars". Daily Post. Lagos, Nigeria. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
  4. ↑ "Sunshine Stars receive Akeredolu backing". supersport.com. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
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