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| Full name | Diamond Stars Football Club of Kono | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Diamond Stars | ||
| Founded | 1954; 71 years ago (1954) | ||
| Ground | Koidu Sports Stadium Koidu Town, Kono District, Sierra Leone | ||
| Capacity | 2,000 | ||
| Chairman |  PC Lappia Yopoi | ||
| Manager | Sia Nyukeh | ||
| League | Sierra Leone National Premier League | ||
| 2022–2023 | 5th | ||
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The Diamond Stars Football Club is a Sierra Leonean professional football club based in Koidu Town, Kono District, Sierra Leone. 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. The club is coached by a Class A Coach ZAPA.
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 became the champions of the 2012 and 2013 Premier League season, and the first club outside Freetown to ever won the Premier League. They won their first league title at the Wusum Sports Stadium in front of a capacity crowd of 5,000.
The club current coach is a Class A Coah ZAPA.
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)
Stadium
Koidu-Sefadu Sports Stadium is the home ground of the Diamond Stars. It is a multi-use 2,000 capacity soccer stadium located in Koidu Town, Kono District, Sierra Leone.
Achievements
- Sierra Leone League
- Champions (2): 2012, 2013
- Sierra Leonean FA Cup
- Winners (2): 1992, 2012
Performance in CAF competitions
- CAF Cup: 1 appearance
- 1994 – withdrew in Quarter-Finals
- CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearances
- 1989 – First Round
- 1993 – Preliminary Round
References
- Title-winning Diamond Stars finally end Freetown reign
- Sierra Leone: Diamond Stars Win Salone Premier League Title
- Sierra Leone: Diamond Stars Win Salone Premier League Title
- Diamond Stars FC of Kono are the new champions of Sierra Leone.
- "Sierra Leone road trip: Yengema to Koidu". 10 August 2001. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
External links
- Team profile – leballonrond.fr
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