Étoile Filante du Togo explained

Clubname:Étoile Filante
Fullname:Étoile Filante du Togo
Founded:1932
Ground:Stade Oscar Anthony,
Lomé, Togo
Capacity:2,000
League:Togolese Championnat National
Season:2009
Position:7th
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Étoile Filante du Togo is a professional Togolese football club based in Lomé. Their home stadium is Stade Oscar Anthony. The club name translates as "Shooting Star of Lomé" and are known locally as "The Meteors".

Étoile Filante has won the national league championship seven times and were defeated finalists in the 1968 African Cup of Champions Clubs.[1]

On 26 November 2011, some of the team's players were killed or injured in a bus crash near the Togolese city of Atakpame whilst travelling to a match.[2]

History

The club was founded in 1932 under the name of Étoile Filante de Lomé. In 1974 and as part of the sports reform, the club is dissolved by the Togolese Football Federation and merged with Modèle de Lomé and Dynamic Togolais to form the club Lomé I which was later called Déma Club de Lomé. In 1978, Déma Club was dissolved as part of the second sport reform. In the 1990s, the club Étoile Filante is reformed and wins the championship in 1992.

Honours

7

1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1992

4

1956, 1958, 1961, 1994

Finalists: 1996

0

Finalists: 1968

1

1960

Performance in CAF competitions

3 appearances

1966

First Round

1968

Finalist

1969

Quarter-Finals

1993

Preliminary Round

2 appearances

1996 – First Round

1998 – First Round

1 appearance

1995 – First Round

Presidents (1933–60)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CAFoot. Profile of Teams: Togo. January 2010.
  2. News: Togo top footballers killed in bus crash. 27 November 2011 . BBC News. 27 November 2011.