Diamond Stars F.C.

The Diamond Stars Football Club is a Sierra Leonean professional football Club based in Koidu Town, Kono District, Sierra Leone.[1] The club represent the diamond-rich Kono District and is a member of the Sierra Leone National Premier League, the top football league in Sierra Leone.[2] The club is coached by a Class A Coach ZAPA.

Diamond Stars FC
Full nameDiamond Stars Football Club of Kono
Nickname(s)Diamond Stars
Founded1954
GroundKoidu Sports Stadium
Koidu Town, Kono District, Sierra Leone
Capacity2,000
Chairman PC George Bockarie Torto III
Manager Adams Tommy
LeagueSierra Leone National Premier League
20131st out of 14 clubs

History

The club got the name the Diamond Stars due to the rich diamond reserves in Kono district, where it is based. Diamond stars have one of the largest fan bases among Sierra Leonean football clubs and its supporters are primarily from Kono District. The club is owned a\ by the KonoDistrict Stakeholders, but was previously sponsored by the Koidu Holdings, diamond mining company, through their corporate social responsibility. However, the company stopped funding the Club in 2014.

The Diamond Stars are the current champions of the 2012 and 2013 Premier League season, and the first club outside Freetown to ever won the Premier League.[3]

The club current coach is a Class A Coah ZAPA.[4]

The club have won the Sierra Leonean FA Cup once, in 1992 and they are one of the most popular football clubs in Sierra Leone.

In October, 2018, the Board of Trustees of the Diamond Stars Football Club appointed a new executive, chaired by PC George Bockrie Torto as Team Chairman and Mr. Adams Tommy as Team Manager. Other executive members include: Mark Yambasu (Deputy Chairman, Sahr Amadu Komba (Deputy Team Manager); Sahr Ezra Kellie (Team Secretary); Munya Kanneh (Welfare Officer); Tamba Senessie (PRO1); Berns Komba Lebbie (PRO2); Tamba Sylvanus Morsay (Organizing Secretary)

Achievements
2012 and 2013.
1992. 2012

Performance in CAF competitions
1994 – withdrew in Quarter-Finals
1989 – First Round
1993 – Preliminary Round

References
  1. Title-winning Diamond Stars finally end Freetown reign
  2. Sierra Leone: Diamond Stars Win Salone Premier League Title
  3. Sierra Leone: Diamond Stars Win Salone Premier League Title
  4. Diamond Stars FC of Kono are the new champions of Sierra Leone.


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