The club was one of the founders of the
Nigerian Premier League in 1972, when they were called
WNDC Ibadan (Western Nigeria Development Corporation), and were later called IICC (Industrial Investment and Credit Corporation) Shooting Stars of Ibadan. Their nickname "Shooting Stars" was added on the suggestion of the team's founding members, the late Jide Johnson and Niyi Omowon the "Aare Odan Liberty" (Generalissimo of Liberty Stadium) who believed that the players were "stars" in their own right. Shooting Stars is one of the most followed football clubs in Nigeria. They play their home matches at the
Lekan Salami Stadium. The stadium was named after one of the prominent supporters of the club who is now deceased. "Sooting", as it is called by its supporters, earlier used to play at the famous
Liberty Stadium, one of the venues for the
1999 FIFA World Youth Championship. Shooting Stars is the first club to win the FA Cup on club basis in Nigeria in 1971, when players like Aderoju Omowon, Niyi Akande,
Jossy Lad, Amusa Adisa were prominent in the squad. Shooting Stars is one of the most decorated club sides in Nigeria alongside
Enyimba Enugu Rangers and the defunct
Stationery Stores of Lagos though they have failed to win any major trophy since 1998. In fact, Shooting Stars and Enugu Rangers are known as the traditional football clubs in the country, both dominating the football scene in the country during the 1970s and 1980s. Shooting Stars have played and won many matches against top club sides in Africa. 3SC won the first edition of
CAF Cup, defeating the
Nakivubo Villa of Uganda 3–0 in the finals at the Lekan Salami stadium after the first leg ended goalless. They won the
African Cup Winners' Cup in 1976, becoming the first Nigerian clubside to win an international trophy. They ended their 2004–05 season in fifth place in the Premier League. After the introduction of a strange double-league format by the Nigerian Football Association, Shooting Stars got relegated to the lower division in 2006, but won promotion in 2009 after finishing second in the
Division 1B. They were relegated back on the last day of the 2017 NPFL season. Head Coach
Edith Agoye and the rest of the 3SC Management board resigned in July 2019 after they lost a promotion playoff to Akwa Starlets. Many well-known international stars have played for Shooting Stars in the past, including former
African footballer of the year Rashidi Yekini, "the mathematical"
Segun Odegbami and so on. Notable players include Rashidi Yekini, Segun Odegbami, Felix Owolabi, Niyi Akande,
Taiwo Ogunjobi, Duke Udi, Olumide Harris, Golden Ajeboh, Ajibade Babalade, Ademola Johnson, and Jude Axelsson. ==Crest==