Football in Burundi
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| union = Football Federation of Burundi
| country = Burundi
| sport = association football
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| nationalteam = national football team
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| club_list = Burundi Premier League
| intl_list = Champions League
CAF Confederation Cup
Super Cup
FIFA Club World Cup
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African Cup of Nations(National Team)
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Football in Burundi has been affected by the civil war that broke out in Burundi.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/27006665/burundi-swallows-war-take-flight|title=Burundi, the Swallows in War, take flight|website=ESPN.com}} Before that, Burundi football had been doing well.{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-za/news/4622/africa/2013/08/17/4193405/japan-football-association-helps-burundi-development |title=Japan Football Association helps Burundi development |publisher=Goal.com |date=2013-08-17 |access-date=2013-12-02}}{{cite web|last=Muga |first=Emmanuel |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/3539538.stm |title=BBC SPORT | Football | African | Burundi's footballing exodus |work=BBC News |date=2004-08-09 |access-date=2013-12-02}} Football is the most popular sport in Burundi.{{cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/355750333|title=Football and Peace Building in Post-Conflict Society: The Role of Diaspora Footballers in Burundi|website=Researchgate.net|access-date=26 July 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/|title=Football in Burundi is a tool for reconciliation and political legitimacy|first=Célestin|last=Mvutsebanka|date=September 28, 2020|website=Africa at LSE}}
History
The football club Vital'O reached the final of the most prestigious African competition; Inter FC and reached the semifinals.{{cn|date=July 2023}}
Just two nights before the war broke out in Burundi, the national team was in Guinea to play the host in the second leg of the playoffs to qualify for the African Nations Cup.{{cn|date=July 2023}} The Burundian youth team reached the semi-final of the African Nations Youth Cup as well as qualifying in the World Youth Championship in Qatar.{{cn|date=July 2023}}
In the Homeless World Cup, Burundi won the 2006 INSP Trophy, defeating Argentina in the final.{{cn|date=July 2023}}
Saido Berahino is the most famous Burundian footballer.{{cn|date=July 2023}}
League system
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| style="width:4%; text-align:center;"| Level | colspan="12" style="width:96%; text-align:center;"| League(s)/Division(s) |
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1 | colspan="12" style="width:96%; text-align:center;"| 14 clubs |
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2 | colspan="6" style="width:48%;"| Ligue B : Bujumbura 7 clubs | colspan="6" style="width:48%;"| Ligue B : Intérieur 11 clubs divided in 2 series, one of 6 clubs and one of 5 clubs |
Women's football
Women's football in Burundi is growing in the country.{{Cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/mar/23/womens-football-in-burundi-offers-hope-to-a-shattered-nation|title=Women's football in Burundi offers hope to a shattered nation | Jessica Hatcher|date=March 23, 2016|newspaper=The Guardian}}
Football stadiums in Burundi
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| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count | Peace Park Stadium | 35,000 | Makamba | Aigle Noir Makamba FC
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| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count | Intwari Stadium | 10,000 | Bujumbura | AS Inter Star, Bujumbura City FC, Rukinzo FC, Vital'O FC
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| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count | Stade Ingoma | 10,000 | Gitega | Flambeau du Centre, Musongati FC
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