Jeenyo United FC

Jeenyo United Football Club is a football club based in Mogadishu, Somalia.

LLPP Jeenyo
Full nameJeenyo United Football Club
Founded3 January 1948
GroundBanadir Stadium, Mogadishu
Capacity10,000
LeagueSomali First Division
2019–20Somali Second Division, 1st of 10 (promoted)

History

The club was established in 1948, and was originally named SC Genio Officina. Most of the players came from the former teams "Società Calcistica Mogadiscio" and "Amaruini", that played amateur football in the Italian Somalia from 1936 until 1941. They won Division One of the Campionato di Calcio in 1952,[1] and were renamed Lavori Pubblici (Public Works) for the 1953–54 season,[2] due to its links with the Ministry of Public Works. They were champions again in 1959–60, defeating Autoparco 3–2 on aggregate in a two-legged championship play-off after the two clubs had finished joint top-of-the table.[3]

The club won their first Somalia League title in 1969.[1] The club went on to win the title again in 1970 and 1971.[1] They won the Somalia Cup in 1977 and 1980,[4] before winning their sixth league title in 1980–81.[1]

The original club folded in 1990 as the country descended in to civil war, but was relaunched on 11 March 2012.[5] In 2014 they won the Somalia Cup with a 4–2 win over Heegan in the final,[6] and went onto win the Somali Super Cup, beating Benadir SC 5–4 on penalties following a 2–2 draw.[7] They won the Somalia Cup again in 2016, defeating Benadir SC 4–1 on penalties after a 2–2 draw.

Jeenyo finished bottom of the First Division in the 2019 season, and were relegated to the Second Division.[8] However, in 2019–20 the club were champions of the Second Division and were promoted to the First Division.[9]

Continental matches
Year Tournament Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
1970 African Cup of Champions Clubs Preliminary Uganda Prisons FC Kampala 2–1 2–4 4–5
1971 African Cup of Champions Clubs 1 Tanzania Young Africans SC 0–0 0–2 0–2
1972 African Cup of Champions Clubs 1 Ethiopia Saint-George SA 1–3 1–1 2–4
1978 African Cup Winners' Cup Preliminary Sudan Al-Hilal Club 0–1 0–1 0–2
1981 African Cup Winners' Cup 1Egypt Zamalek SCw/o––
2Kenya Gor Mahia FC1–00–31–3
1982 African Cup of Champions Clubs 1 Egypt Al-Ahly 0–0 0–1 0–1

Honours
  • Somalia League
    • Champions 1969, 1970, 1971, 1980–81
  • Campionato di Calcio
    • Division One champions 1952, 1959–60
  • Second Division
    • Champions 2019–20
  • Somalia Cup
    • Winners 1977, 1980, 2014, 2016
  • Somali Super Cup
    • Winners 2014

References
  1. Somalia Champions RSSSF
  2. Campionato di Calcio 1953/54 RSSSF
  3. Somalia 1959/60 RSSSF
  4. Somalia Cup Winners RSSSF
  5. Somali Federation buoyed by Jeenyo United FC relaunch BBC Sport, 14 March 2012
  6. Somalia 2013/14 RSSSF
  7. Jeenyo United wins Somali Super Cup CAF, 15 December 2014
  8. Somalia 2019 RSSSF
  9. Somalia 2019/20 RSSSF
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