Sunshine Stars F.C.

Sunshine Stars Football Club is a Nigerian 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] Sunshine Stars FC drew an average home attendance of 572 in the 2023–24 Nigeria Premier Football League. The current head coach is Abubakar Bala.^[3]

Sunshine Stars

Full name	Sunshine Stars Football Club
Nickname(s)	The 'Owena Waves’/Akure Gunners[1]
Founded	1995
Ground	Akure Township Stadium Akure, Ondo, Nigeria
Capacity	5,000
Manager	Abubakar Bala
League	Nigeria Professional Football League
2023–24	Nigeria Professional Football League, 10th of 20
Website	www.sunshinefc.com
Home colours Away colours

Funding

Sunshine Stars FC are funded and sponsored by the Ondo State Government.^[4]

Current squad

As of 6 june 2023

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  NGA Ariyo David 4 DF  NGA Yakub Habib 5 MF  NGA Oguagu Emmanuel 6 DF  NGA Olulayo Seun (captain) 7 FW  NGA Emmanuel lucky Gyan 8 MF  NGA Awosanmi Promise 10 DF  NGA Sunday Abe 11 MF  NGA Temitope Vincent 12 MF  NGA Adeyemi Kehinde 14 MF  NGA Azubuike Okechukwu 15 DF  NGA Bashir Abdul 16 DF  NGA Uzoehi Ejike 17 FW  NGA Akhabue Joshua 18 FW  NGA Chuwedu Stephen 19 MF  NGA Emeka Isaac 20 MF  NGA Olasupo Samson 21 GK  NGA Lawal Mustapha 23 MF  NGA Okonkwo Joseph 24 MF  NGA Chukwudi John 25 FW  NGA Cletus Emotan 26 MF  NGA Olulasi Michael 27 DF  NGA Lawal Muritala 28 MF  NGA Iwuoha Dennis 30 MF  NGA Mafeng Pam 31 DF  NGA Ekerette Udom 32 DF  UGA Moses Okoth 34 DF  NGA Jimoh Jide 35 FW  NGA Onovo David 36 FW  NGA Ogbuagu Amos

Achievements

• National Division One (Second Level): 2

2001, 2007

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Champions League: 1 appearance

2012 – Semi-finals

• CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance

2011 – Semi-finals

• West African Club Championship (UFOA Cup): 1 appearance

2009 – First Round

Notable coaches

Paul Ashworth became the manager of the Sunshine Stars in 2015

• Kadiri Ikhana (2000)
• Rodolfo Zapata (2010)
• Paul Ashworth (2015)
• Augustine Eguavoen (2017)
• Adeyeni Joseph (2018)
• Daramola Nicholas Akinsehinwa (2013–2016)

Notable players

• Dayo Ojo
• Godfrey Oboabona