Islah F.C.
| Full name | Islah Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Prison Warders | ||
| Founded | 4 February 2010 | ||
| Ground | Aweil Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 1,500 | ||
| President | Gabriel Ayom | ||
| Head Coach | Osman Ali | ||
| League | South Sudan Premier League | ||
| 2015 | 7th place | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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Islah Football Club is a South Sudanese federation soccer club professionally known as Islah or Sejune otherwise Sijn, currently based in Aweil, South Sudan. Islah, Sejune and Sijn are Arabic words which are translated to English as "prison". It was established on February 4, 2010 by Aweil Prison Service (APS), so it is rumoured as governmental soccer club.[1][2][3] It shares Aweil Stadium with various teams namely Tuek Tuek, Madiria, Apada, Ayat Stars, Merreikh Aweil, Salaam Aweil and Aweil Stars. It participates in the South Sudan Premier League, South Sudan National Cup and South Sudan Football Championship. Islah is one of the victorious teams of South Sudan.
Club history
Since existence of Islah on February 4, 2010, it has been lingering on second-division after limped to the second division from the third-division, in 2012 it tasted the first-division. It has won its first major trophy known as South Sudan Cup in 2015. Salaam Aweil won an independence cup against Islah and in the same year Salaam won a local cup against Islah. In April 2016 Islah defeated Aweil Stars 1-2 in Aweil State qualification for South Sudan Cup.[4] Aweil Stars FC team scored their initial goal in the first half of the game but a stricker from Islah John Duok made it end with 2 goals in the second half of the game. After the match, Islah FC received donations of £10,000 from the governor, £ 3000 from the state legislative assembly, and £ 3000 from the government of Wanyjok. On August 29, 2016 Islah thrashed Apada 8-0.
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