Author: Ahmed Marsha

 Written by Joseph Mutaka in Jinja

CAF ‘B’ coaching course 12th-25th January, 2015

CAF ‘A’ coaching course 26th -31st January, 2015

Venue: FUFA Technical Centre, Njeru

Several workplaces need highly qualified personnel or people with a combination of skills and experiences. Sport-especially football is not different from such work places.

So, Ugandan coaches are also expected to welcome changes happening thick and fast in the game of football globally.
In most cases, coaches are under pressure to deliver  if they are the most highly qualified in their fields of operation.
The local soccer governing body has already set standards for coaches into next season.

It will be mandatory for the elite clubs in the Uganda Premier League to employ only CAF B licensed coaches.
The ongoing course (CAF B at FUFA Technical Centre in Njeru), officially opened FUFA Vice president Justus Mugisha on Monday morning, has left many coaches excited as it entered day 3 today (Wednesday).

What the coaches are saying about the course.

Kefa Kisala (Head Coach BUL FC and Uganda Cranes Assistant Coach)
‘It’s a good course because we have studied a lot of new things so far which I think will be helpful to us in the near future. We have to cope with the modern football technicalities and this is one of the platforms to use’

Hadijah ‘Lady Mourinho’ Namuyanja
‘As coach of U-17 Women national team, I am really delighted with FUFA and CAF for having brought this course closer to us because it’s going to help me uplift my C.V, refresh my training tactics and also emphasize being the best coach in the region’

‘Football is a dynamic game therefore we need to upgrade every now and then to catch up with the modern trends and technicalities of the game’

Alex Isabirye (Head coach URA FC)
‘I have liked the way the course is being conducted, especially the instructors who doing good work to make sure we understand what is taught. Football has changed much in recent years and if you look at what we are being taught I am really humble because it differs a lot.’

Ssali ‘Pelle’ Tom (Kings College Buddo)

‘The course is moving on well and we are learning a lot. It is a continuation of what we studied in the past two years. Things are not new but it’s all about the way we are going to interpret them when we shall be assessed at the end’

Hussein Mbalangu (Azam FC, Uganda)
‘It’s a good course. We are sharing experience by learning new things. This will help us to solve some problems faced in Uganda football, also to differ from my colleagues this course looks a bit complicated not like what others think.’

Full list of Participants for CAF B coaching course:
Mbalangu Hussein [Azam fc], Ayekoh Charles [MUBS], Onen Peter [Gulu United fc], Ssebagala K. Frank [Simba Sc], Ssali Tom Pele [Buddo Kings College], Bisaso Shafiq [Rwenshama fc], Mawa Haruna [Parliamentary], Lutalo George [Water fc], Makanga Peter [Edgars youth Program], Magala James [Somalia], Mujabi Robert, Gitta Alex Mukalazi [Entebbe fc], Bamweyana Deogratias Douglas [Makerere University], Kefa Kisala [BUL fc], Byekwaso Morley [Sc VU], Michael Nam, Byaruhanga Peter, Mutyaba Joseph Harold [BUL fc], Mbabazi Livingstone [Masavu fc], Mugabi Martin [Masindi Little league], Kirumira Simon [Puma fc], Senoga Umar [Water fc], Francis Mugerwa [Bright Stars], Lule Mathias, Nsimbe George, Isabirye Alex [URA], Kazibwe Edward, Gatheru Jackson, Waswa Richard [Sc Vipers], Sserwada Deo [Police fc]

FUFA STAKEHOLDERS’ SYMPOSIUM: 23rd January 2015

Venue: Imperial Royale Hotel, Kampala (8 a.m – 5 p.m)

The first ever FUFA Stakeholders’ Football Symposium will be opened by the Ugandan Vice President, Hon. Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi.

FUFA had originally invited His Excellency, President of the Republic of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who has delegated Hon. Ssekandi.

The workshop will take place on the 23rd January 2015 at the Imperial Royale Hotel in Kampala.

Thekey note presenters will include the FUFA President, Eng. Moses Magogo, Airtel Uganda Marketing Director, Prasoon Lal, Uganda Cranes Head Coach, Milutin Sedrojevic, Emmanuel Maradas (England). Former Nigeria head coach, Stephen Keshi has also been contacted.

Background of the Workshop:

Following Uganda Cranes yet another near miss qualification for the 2015 Nations cup finals, many questions were raised by different stakeholders.

What happened? Where did it go wrong? When did we lose the campaign? Which ingredients were missing? Those were some of the many questions in the aftermath of the Cranes game against Guinea in Morocco.

Definitely it was a somber mood for all the football stakeholders who had their hopes high with the belief that 2014 was the year for Cranes to make the Nations cup finals for the first time since 1978.

FUFA was on the receiving end following Cranes failure to qualify.

The local soccer governing body took the blame but had to think deep especially to try and find out what actually could have gone wrong.

Like it has been, FUFA’s cultured way of handling football issues by involving every stake holder and various schools of thoughts, a symposium was mooted out by the Federation’s President Eng. Moses Magogo and his Executive to dig up the problems that have affected our game and what could have contributed to Uganda’s failure to qualify for the Nations cup finals for close to four decades.

There was little time to digest the problems however FUFA felt it necessary to hold a symposium aimed at identifying Uganda’s football problems.

It should be noted that a lot of emphasis will be given to the champions between now and 2019 that include the CHAN, Olympic Games, All Africa Games, international friendlies, CECAFA, 2017 Nations cup qualifiers and 2018 World cup Qualifiers.

FUFA believe efforts towards the above mentioned football fixtures would culminate into a successful ‘Project Cameroon 2019’.

The Workshop is expected to deeply analyze why since 1978 Uganda has not been able to qualify and attempt to obtain the Country Agenda for the PROJECT CAMEROON 2019.

Presentations will be from various stakeholders inclusive of Government and football persons from countries that always qualify.

Committee for the Symposium :

FUFA Vice President Justus Mugisha (Chairperson), Kennedy Mutenyo (Coca Cola), Patrick Mugumya (The Saints FC), Mark Namanya (Media), Norah Nassimbwa (State House), Sam Mpiima, Dr. Patrick Benard Ogwel (FUFA Executive Member), Rogers Mulindwa (FUFA Delegate), Sumaya Hood (FUFA Secretariat), Esther Musoke (FUFA Marketing Manager), Aggrey Ashaba and Axam Senkayi.

Chief Guest: His Excellency, The vice President of the Republic of Uganda Hon. Edward Ssekandi

Specific Objectives of the symposium:

i. Identify problems of Uganda’s football

ii. To share ideas on problems which have affected Uganda’s football since 1978 and try and find to solutions

iii. Find ways of converting our potential (talent endowment) to a final product.

iv. Utilization of various football stakeholders to support and develop the game

Participants: Groups representative of various football stakeholders-FUFA, Government, sponsors, Media, Fans, Ex-former Cranes players, active players, etc

-Invited Guests from Government, corporate world

FUFA is the main sponsor of the Symposium. Others are Airtel Uganda (Uganda Cranes Main sponsors), Post Bank Uganda Limited, Nile Breweries Limited and Jude Colour Solutions.

MAIN PHOTO: Vice President of the Republic of Uganda Edward Ssekandi.

The CAF  B coaching course started on Monday, 12th January 2014 at the FUFA Technical center in Njeru .

National CAF instructors Mujib Kasule, Jackson Nyiima, Asuman Lubowa, Livingstone Kyambadde and Tom Lwanga are handling the 30 coaches including two Kenyans, tow female coaches-Christine Wanyana and Hadijah Namuyanja for CAF B coaching course.

It is a residential course and the first of its kind in Uganda for this category.

CAF instructor Sande Kayuni will examine the participants-(oral and practical exams) at end of the course.

Asuman Lubowa Technical Director and chief coordinator of the course revealed that it is a requirement by CAF that all coaches who handle national teams and elite clubs hold CAF B coaching licenses.

FUFA 1st Vice President, Justus Mugisha was the chief guest and presided over opening ceremony..

He was accompanied by FUFA 2nd Vice President Darius Mugoye, FUFA Ag. Marketing Director Esther Musoke and Spokesperson Ahmed Hussein.

FUFA Education officer Nyiima said ‘We have started good structures for our coaches and this will yield results in the near future’

He added ‘These coaches are suitable and qualified to be here. We trust they will be competing with the rest of the coaches on the African continent after this course’

Mugoye remarked that the coaches will become good teachers and also help Uganda qualify for international championships in future. The technical department is doing a good job and the federation will continue supporting this area’

Mugoye added ‘Please make sure you share this knowledge after this course with the rest of the coaches in Uganda who are not here to make your work much easier’

Mugisha Justus, who also heads the education committee in FUFA said “This course will stop all the voluntarism among coaches. It will make you professional and people will start valuing you’

Mugisha was representing FUFA President Eng Moses Magogo who is away in Zurich at the invitation of FIFA for the Ballon d’or awards ceremony due tonight.

Mugisha told the participants that FUFA President is committed to improving the area of technical and coaching.

Mugisha urged the coaches to be role models so that the players learn a lot from them.
‘Discipline is important with your job. The players learn a lot from you. If you don’t behave well, you will end up with poor results’

Mugisha also cautioned the National CAF instructors ‘Please prepare these coaches very well so that they get to know why they are here in Njeru. The coaches need to learn everything during this course’

The topics during the course:
Football psychology, effective communication for coaches, typical training sessions, presentation skills, endurance and building aerobic fitness, small sided games, types of attack, basic strategies, formations and systems, types of pressing, creative play, team Organization, basic football physiology and football medicine, goalkeeping, positional requirements, combined technical and tactical training, administration, problem solving, trends of modern football, philosophy of the game, player development, coach and laws of the game, training plan, match analysis, data collection

Statistics for Uganda

– 93 CAF ‘C’ coaches

– 1 CAF ‘B’ coach Majidah Nantanda

– 6 CAF ‘A’ coaches Mujib Kasule, Tom Lwanga, Sam Timbe, Asuman Lubowa, Livingstone Kyamabdde, Jackson Nyiima.

Timbe already has his badge while the rest are waiting for their licenses from CAF this year after passing the coaching exams.

MAIN PHOTO: FUFA team in Nejru today. L-R: FUFA 2nd VP Darious Mugoye, National CAF instructor Tom Lwanga, FUFA 1st VP Justus Mugish and Education officer Jackson Nyiima

PHOTO CREDIT: FUFA Communications department.

L-R FUFA Chief Executive Officer Mr. Edgar Watson, FIFA President Blatter, FUFA President Magogo and Director FIFA Member Associations and Development Mr. Thierry Regenass.

The President of Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) Eng. Moses Magogo will leave for Zurich, Switzerland this weekend to attend the Ballon d’Or awards ceremony.

Magogo was invited by the world soccer governing body FIFA.

It is such invitations and visits that have helped Uganda land programmes from FIFA.

Recently the federation was blessed with the first ever FIFA Live Your Goals project in Arica which was launched at KCCA Stadium, Lugogo.

While in Zurich, Magogo will make use of the opportunity to discuss matters concerning Ugandan football.

The President of the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA), Mr. Joseph Sepp Blatter with FUFA President, Engineer Moses Magogo on an official visit to Zurich, the Head Quarters of the world’s soccer governing body during a special visit between 22nd to 25th May 2014.

With the FUFA symposium coming up on 23rd January, 2015 at Imperial Royale, the FUFA president will be extending invitations to the football family to come over to Uganda.

Eng.Magogo leaves tomorrow.

The three-man shortlist for the award has 2014 FIFA World Cup winner (Manuel Neuer), the 2014 FIFA World Cup Golden Ball winner (Lionel Messi) and the holder (Cristiano Ronaldo).

MAIN PHOTO: FUFA Chief Executive Officer Mr. Edgar Watson, FIFA President Blatter, FUFA President Magogo and Director FIFA Member Associations and Development Mr. Thierry Regenass.

PHOTO CREDITS: FUFA Communications Department

Full Names: Michael Kalule

Nick Name: Mike

Position: Goal Keeper

Date of Birth: 5th September 1994

Parents: Wilson Kamya and Florence Nansubuga

Place of Birth: Entebbe Hospital, Entebbe

Beach Soccer Debut: 2012 with Fisheries Institute team

Strong Foot: Right

Education: Naluvule College, Luwero (O- Level) and Mulusa Academy, Wobulenzi (A-level)

Best Food: Rice and Chicken with Mango Juice

PHOTO CREDITS: FUFA Communications Department