Rail Club du Kadiogo is a Burkinabé football and basketball[1] club based in Ouagadougou. They play their home games at the Stade de Kadiogo.

Rail Club du Kadiogo
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Full nameRail Club du Kadiogo
Nickname(s)Les Faucons
Founded1967
GroundStade de Kadiogo
Ouagadougou
Capacity25,000
ChairmanAmadou Traoré
LeagueBurkinabé Premier League

The club plays in orange and black.

Honours edit

2004–05, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2021–22[2]
1994, 2012, 2016.
2012, 2016.

Performance in CAF competitions edit

2006 - Preliminary Round
1976 - First Round
1977 - Quarter-Finals
1978 - Semi-Finals
1979 - Quarter-Finals
1980 - Semi-Finals
1981 - First Round
1993 - First Round

Current squad edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   BFA Mahamadi Kaba
DF   IRN Khaled Shafiei
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   BFA Oumar Barro
FW   NIG Saidou Idrissa

Notable players edit

Basketball team edit

The club's also has a basketball team that plays in the Burkinabé Men's Basketball Championship, and has traditionally been one of the country's elite teams alongside AS Sonabhy.[3] RCK has won the league championship in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.

References edit

  1. ^ Rail Club Kadiogo basketball Afrobasket.com. Accessed on 24 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Burkina Faso – List of Champions".
  3. ^ Championnat de Basketball : Le RCK détrône l’AS SONABHY Bouba (Burkina24), 1 February 2016. Accessed 27 April 2020. (in French)