FUFA: Federation of Uganda Football Associations

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  • FUFA-MTN tourney: Its Buganda Vs Eastern final this Saturday

    Results

    Buganda 2 W/Nile 1

    Eastern 2 Northern 1

    Today

    2:00pm -W/Nile Vs Northern

    4:00 pm Buganda Vs Eastern

    Defending Champions Eastern FC edged Northern region 2-1 to storm this year’s finals of the FUFA-MTN inter regional competitions being played here in Hoima.

    Earlier in the day, Buganda had also dumped West Nile on the same margin to qualify for the finals after four years of a relatively poor show in this tournament. Buganda took an early lead through Kivumbi Faisal in the 7th minute and stretched the margin to 2 in the 28th minute through Mwanje Samuel. West Nile’s lone goal was scored by team captain Savia Anzuvuku 5 minutes to break.

    Eastern had their goals coming through Odongo Mathew and Shabena Daniel while Northern had their consolation netted by Captain Tapi Edward. The Easterners will however play today’s finals without their leading striker Shabena Daniel who was sent off pitch yesterday for reiteration.

    FUFA President Lawrence Mulindwa is expected to officially preside over the closing ceremony at the Municipal ground. A total of UGX 9,000,000 has been put aside as cash prizes for the winners. The champions will walk away with UGX 4,000,000 and the first runners up takes UGX 2,500,000.

    The 3rd best team has UGX. 1,500,000 and UGX. 1,000,000 for the 4th placed team. FUFA wishes to commend MTN for this continued partnership that has seen our administration reach out to different parts of the country to tap talents.

  • FIFA club management workshop opens in Kampala

    Eng. Tenga addressing the club officials in Kampala on Tuesday. Next to him is FUFA President Lawrence Mulindwa.

    Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) President Eng. Leodgar Tenga has spoken out on the recent CHAN South Africa 2014 qualifiers match played last Saturday and confessed that ‘Uganda was the leading football power house’ in the CECAFA region he heads.

    “Yes, last weekend, Tanzania got ejected from the CHAN tournament by Uganda Cranes and we are all aware that Uganda is the leading football power house in our region” Tenga publicly confessed. He was speaking at the official opening of the two day FIFA organized workshop for FUFA Super League club officials at Nambole stadium this Tuesday.

    FIFA officials pose for a group photograph with FUFA Super League officials after the official opening of the workshop on Tuesday.

    Uganda edged Tanzani a 1-0 in Dar es Salaam before walloping them 3-1 in Namboole to dump them on a 4-1 aggregate. Tenga who is also the CECAFA president however added that for Uganda’s football to continue prospering there was need to have a well-organized national league saying this was the prime  reason for the workshop .

    FUFA President Lawrence Mulindwa officially opened the workshop and called for unity and cooperation between FUFA and the clubs playing in the country’s top tier. “We need to get more united and avoid having two leagues…it won’t help our football” Mulindwa pleaded. The workshop attended by club chairmen and secretaries is facilitated by FIFA and CAF officials.

  • FIFA clubs’ workshop opens this Tuesday

    FIFA Development Officer Ashford Mamelodi is already in the country

    FUFA in conjunction with the International World Football body FIFA have organized a two-day workshop for all the FUFA Super League (FSL) clubs ahead of the 2013/2014 new season.

    The non-residential training workshop to be held at Mandela National Stadium will be conducted by high caliber officials from FIFA and CAF.

    FUFA President Lawrence Mulindwa is destined to officially open the workshop on Tuesday at 09:30am in Mandela National Stadium Board room.

    All clubs including the newly promoted have confirmed participation. Each club will be officially represented by the chairman and secretary. Sessions will begin 9:00am daily.

    The workshop will help the club officials acquire knowledge and skills on how best they can have a successful competition.

    FIFA Development Officer Ashford Mamelodi is already in the country while James Johnson, Francesco Bruscoli and Eng. Leodgar Tenga are expected anytime.

    The FUFA Premier League will officially kick off on August 20th this year. 

  • The Way Forward

    The Way Forward

    There has been attempt by many analysts, scholars, academicians and commentators to diagnose the problems engulfing sport in this country or should I say football to be specific. I am sure everyone has heard enough of that. In the process we have discovered hard realities and I will attempt to revisit a few as I contemplate the way forward.

    Government Legislation

    For the last 49 years, Uganda has lived without an enabled sports law. The 1964 NCS Act required the minister of sports to draw regulations for the operationalization of the act and these have never been drawn. Uganda remains an island as all former British colonies that had a similar law like Tanzania (1976), Ghana (2011) and Kenya (2012) have since amended their colonial sports laws to suit the times. The current act is now obsolete as sport has since changed from recreational and amateur to professional. The way forward is enacting a new law after thorough consultations and employing experienced and professional sports law experts

    Club Structures

    League football which is a fundamental to football development was built on a sand foundation. There was no organic formulation of football clubs. It was the league then clubs instead of the other way round. The short cut of using institutions such as coffee, Nile etc as football clubs exposed this structure. Only Express and SC Villa were built as football clubs that can sustain the pressure of the modern game. The recent upheavals have exposed the clubs more as the veil was lifted only to find skeletons of their former might. There were no known owners, no constitutions, no quality personnel and no direction and consequently multiple decisions were being made by everybody. The way forward is rebuilding football clubs. Fans belongingness, geography, demographical classifications ought to come out to shape the identity and culture of clubs. The various FIFA/CAF/FUFA education programmes and club licensing agenda should provide a solution to this problem

    The Federation

    FUFA has always been the white chicken and various changes of faces have not taken this notion and belief away. Perennial failure to qualify for the finals of AFCON and WC is observed end itself and as incompetence and the head hunting begins. It has also been proven that irrespective of National Team Success and fans turn ups thereat, the other football competitions have suffered. FUFA has not been fair to itself by keeping so much information away from the public. A way forward is a comprehensive strategy, dedicated work force, and competence ahead of patronage. FUFA should take lead to mend fences as football needs everyone but those sitting on the other side should be willing to pick the olive branch as well.

    The Media

    Never in the history of the game has the media ever been torn apart like now. Editors, writers, presenters and officials of the Uganda Sports Press Association have taken ultimate positions to use their pens, keyboards and mouths to shoot for the side they sympathize with. It has been proven that irrespective of the propaganda machinery, facts will remain facts and lies will remain lies. The way forward is to pick up the pieces of the aftermath of the war and take on professional ethics. The current USPA executive has an option of what kind of legacy they will leave behind. One of 2 leagues of journalists or one that learns from past mistakes and takes the direction of teaching and enforcing ethics and integrity

    The Sponsors

    Corporate Companies desire to transmit their brand messages to masses using football. Despite the storm, MTN, Nile Breweries and NIC kept with the National team while Bell and Super Sport did not announce quitting. This shows that football has the ability to attract even more sponsorships. It is a lesson to all that sponsors are better to pay and receive their buy than meddling into the football politics using the monies as bait. Only football under FUFA, CAF and FIFA can provide the value for money to sponsors while enhancing development of the game. Football has its peculiar regulations and only when they are observed can we have sustained relationships. As a way forward, let the sponsors come out to finance the league recognised by FUFA, CAF and FIFA. This will realign everyone.

    Conclusion

    Everyone has been hurt and there are lessons that have been learnt. The game is for us all. Let everyone contribute to the game. There are many areas beyond FUFA to contribute to the game. Let institutions get ahead of individuals, let us accept to learn where we lack, let us live together even when we disagree. Let us stop playing “kifiriza” (destroyer role) for the generation after us. Let us abandon our extreme war and ego positions for the beautiful game. We can all be accommodated. Those who continue to sound the war drums are the enemies of the game and they will get fewer and fewer as reality settles in. Let us all condemn any protagonists hereafter. It is our game, it is our country

    The author is;

    Eng Moses Magogo

    FUFA VP-Administration

  • Uganda wallops Tanzania 3-1 to storm CHAN Finals

    Results

    Uganda 3 Tanzania 1

    First leg: Tanzania 0 Uganda 1

    FUFA President Lawrence Mulindwa ended his two term leadership without a loss at home in eight years.

    Cranes’ striker Frank Kalanda scored twice and Brian Majwega converted a second half penalty to earn Uganda a 3-1 win against visiting Tanzania in a Saturday match that saw the home side qualifying for the 2014 CHAN finals due in South Africa.

    This is the second time Uganda is making it to the finals of this championship and it was a fourth competitive international match victory for Coach Micho. Uganda Premier Rt. Hon. Amama Mbabazi was the chief guest and congratulated outgpoing FUFA President Lawrence Mulindwa upon making it to the continental finals.

    “It’s a big opportunity for our players …they will now have a bigger exposure on the market, I congratulate you Mr. Lawrence Mulindwa” said the Prime Minister. This was Mulindwa’s last international match as a federation President as he winds up his two-term leadership Mulindwa chose not to stand again in this year’s elections and Eng. Moses Magogo is set to replace  him.

     

  • Cranes match tickets on sale Thursday morning

    1. Hassan Wasswa received the donation of Shs.30m from the Fufa President Lawrence Mulindwa on Tuesday evening.

      The Tanzanian Football National team (Taifa Stars) arrives in the country this Wednesday 24th July 2013 at 2:15pm and will be accommodated at Mt. Zion Hotel within the City Centre.

     

    1. Match tickets will be on market by 08:00am on Thursday morning and below are the gazetted selling points:

    CITY OIL: Kamwokya, Bombo Rd, Martin Rd, Bakuli and Nakawa.

    TOTAL: Nakivubo, City Centre (Opposite Uganda House), Kireka, Bweyogerere and Bwaise.

    SHELL: Capital and Bwaise.

    KOBIL: Kasubi, Ndeeba, Kibuye and Jinja

    GAPCO: Ben Kiwanuka.

    Hardware World Ntinda

    City Shoppers- Mukono

    Basebuguzi and Sons Masaka (Kayondo plaza)

    Our fans are warned against buying tickets outside the above mentioned stations. Charges are fixed at UGX 10,000 and UGX.25,000 for open seats and pavilion respectively.

    Meanwhile the FUFA President Lawrence Mulindwa on Tuesday evening hosted the Cranes National team to a special dinner and challenged them to remain focused ahead of the Saturday match.

    Mulindwa gave the boys a cash donation of UGX.30, 000,000 to motivate them and pledged more support towards the team. Captain Hassan Wasswa received the money and hailed the FA leader for his personal and Federation support towards the team.

  • Taifa Stars arrive on Wednesday afternoon

    Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) have confirmed Wednesday 24th July  2013 as the arrival date of their National football team ahead  of the CHAN return leg against Uganda Cranes scheduled for this coming Saturday in Namboole.

    Boniface Wambura the Federation Communications Officer said in an official letter to FUFA that their team will be travelling aboard Precision Air (Flight No.PW 762) and are expected in Entebbe around 1415hrs.

    Gate charges for the Saturday match have been put at UGX 10,000 and UGX 25,000 for open seats and Pavilion respectively.

    Uganda Cranes have entered camp this Monday.

  • Mulindwa to remain supportive after leaving FUFA

    FUFA President Lawrence Mulindwa has this Wednesday, July 17 2013 addressed a press Conference at the Federation Headquarters here in Mengo and made official comments on a number of issues including the looming threats to disband FUFA by the government. Below are the highlights of his address.

    FUFA President Lawrence Mulindwa

    FUFA set for disbandment

    President Lawrence Mulindwa told journalists that the fast spreading rumours of disbanding FUFA by government was a regrettable move that would affect football but cleared the interested parties to proceed with their ill-intentions. Mulindwa said his leadership was a legitimate football administrative body put in place through the statutes acceptable to FIFA, CAF and CECAFA. He said he was happy that he leaves football at an admirable level compared to where he found it in December 2005. “Let them disband FUFA and bring whoever they want to be here but where were they when football was in a mess before we came in?” he asked.

    Denies political ambitions

    He refuted press allegations that he had chosen not to seek a third term as a FUFA president in order to start preparing for political elections scheduled for 2016.  “I am not looking for employment…I am satisfied where I am. What can I earn from being an MP!” he wondered. Rumours were being circulated by those opposed to the current football administration that Mulindwa was eyeing Mawokota Constituency seat.

    To remain supportive

    Minister of Education and Sports Hon. Jesca Alupo is reportedly set to disband FUFA on Friday which move may result into a FIFA ban.

    The federation boss clarified that he had not resigned but had only paved way for a new face to steer the game after August 31st this year. He pleaded to continue supporting the incoming leadership. “You don’t need to be a president to support football. I shall continue being supportive to the game” Mulindwa emphasized. The outgoing President described his next performance in football after the General assembly as being a ‘free role’ which he said would even make him more ‘dangerous in the field of play’.

    Cranes Captain Andrew Mwesigwa may have his efforts put to waste on Friday as Uganda may face a ban and miss out in action against Senegal in September.

    Uganda-Tanzania return leg match

    The president promised to continue facilitating the Cranes team a head of the CHAN return leg against Tanzania on July 27. Uganda edged Taifa Stars 1-0 in the first leg match played in Dar es salaam City last weekend and Mulindwa rewarded the players with UGX 30m. Gate charges have been put at UGX. 25,000 and UGX 10,000 for the pavilion and open seats respectively. The match will be played in Namboole.

  • Uganda out smarts Tanzania in CHAN qualifiers match

    Results: Tanzania (0) Uganda (1)

    Cranes players celebrating their victory against Taifa stars in dar es salaam on Saturday.

    Cranes central midfielder Denis Iguma’s second half goal gave Uganda Cranes a vital victory against hosts Tanzania in the CHAN first leg qualification match played in Dar es salaam National stadium on Saturday afternoon.

    Uganda returns to Kampala on Sunday with a crucial victory away from home.

    Outgoing Federation President Lawrence Mulindwa was inn Tanzania to watch his boys plays the Taifa Stars. FUFA Executive Committee member Calvin Okello led the Ugandan delegation.

    The second leg will be played two weeks later in Kampala and Uganda will only look for a draw as the minimum result to qualify for the continental finals to be held in South Africa in January next year.

  • Electoral Commission declares Magogo unopposed

    Eng. Moses Magogo will take over from President Lawrence Mulindwa on August 31

    MOSES Magogo is unopposed in his quest to become the 27th Federation of Uganda Football Associations president.

    Magogo, currently the FUFA vice president for administration, emerged as the front runner in the federation’s presidential nomination process that was concluded yesterday.

    The telecommunications engineer was composed while receiving news that he had successfully completed nominations. 

    “There was never any doubt about my qualification. So, it is not surprising.”

    He however hastily added that the presidency was a huge responsibility that he was ready to undertake. 

    “I have been around for some time at the top. I know areas where we have done well and need consolidating and those that require fixing.”

    Magogo will next week launch his manifesto. 

    “We shall convert it into a working document that will guide my team in its four year term.” 

    Magogo takes over from Lawrence Mulindwa on August 31 at FUFA’s general assembly at the federation’s technical center in Njeru. Mulindwa took charge of local football in 2004. 

    Magogo beat Kampala Central MP Muhammad Nsereko and ISO Deputy Director Taban Amin in a nomination process that began last week.

    “All the three aspirants met the age, nationality and academic requirements but Magogo was the only one with the required football qualifications,” explained Electoral Commission boss Patrick Okanya.

     

  • Commission to further screen FUFA candidates this Thursday

    Eng. Moses Magogo is primed to become FUFA’s next President

    The FUFA Electoral Commission will this Thursday hold a special session to further scrutinize the candidature of the persons that presented their nomination papers to them last week for the position of the Federation President.

    The Commission Vice Chairperson and Makerere University don Vincent Sajjabbi says each candidate will have a 30-minute session with the Electoral panel in a verbal discussion during which they will also present other required documents.

    Three aspirants including the current FUFA Vice President in charge of administration Eng. Moses Magogo presented their papers to the commission last week. Others are Kampala Central Member of Parliament Hon. Mohammed Nsereko and Taban Amin, son of former president late Idi Amin Dada.

    Ssajjabbi however said both Amin and Nsereko submitted incomplete documents and were given time to return to the commission this Thursday with the missing information.

    The required information will include the proof for their nationality, certified academic documents and documented evidence to prove that they have been in football administration for the last seven years.

    After the Thursday exercise, the commission will announce the final candidates legible to contest in the elections scheduled for August 31st at Njeru Technical Centre.

  • Official statement from FUFA on President’s position

    FUFA President Lawrence Mulindwa

    The Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) wishes to inform the media and the entire public that:

     1.     It’s true the FUFA President Mr. Lawrence Mulindwa on Monday addressed his Executive Committee members at FUFA House and hinted on his intentions not to seek another term of office in the forthcoming elections scheduled for 30th August 2013.

    2.      An official statement to this effect will be released to the public if found necessary in the near future.

    3.      The President’s decision to opt out of football administration [if later confirmed] is however purely a personal choice and he is not succumbing to any pressure.

     4.     The Media is therefore requested to avoid creating statements that may damage the personality of the President or put him in conflict with any other party or individuals.

     

  • Kabagambe starts, APR storms quarter

    Results:

    Vital’O (1) Elman (1)

    APR (1) El-Merreikh (1)

    Today:

    3:00 pm: Al-Ahly Shandi Vs Al-Hilal (Kadguli)

    3:00 pm: Express Vs Rayon Sport

    5:00 pm: Electric Vs Ports

    Joseph Kabagambe (right) in action against Rwanda’s APR FC

    Uganda Cranes midfielder Joseph Kabagambe was a starter and key player as his club El-Merreikh played to a 1-all draw against APR in the fourth match of group ‘A’ of the Cecafa-Kagame Cup going on here in Darfur.

    The results put APR at four points and became the first club to qualify for this year’s quarter finals. Speaking about the game, Kabagambe said he was doing his best to win a call back into the Cranes team. “I shall continue working hard……I know Micho will one time call me back. I am still ready to play for my country”, he said.

    Uganda League champions Express FC returns to action today against Rwandese giants Rayon Sport FC in a match they have to win or pick a point to create chances of advancing to the knockout stage of this year’s Cecafa-Kagame Club Championship.

    Express played to a goalless draw against Djibouti’s Ports FC in their group ‘B’ opening match as Rayon Sport also all drew 3-3 with Electric FC, a guest club from Chad. The Ugandan side created many chances at the goal mouth but on many occasions shot off target. Coach Wasswa Bbosa has however promised ‘a better approach’ to today’s game.

    In Kadguli stadium, Al-Hilal that lost their first game to URA takes on Al-Ahly Shandi in a match that determines the two group winners. URA with 3 points have since Thursday pitched camp in Khartoum City as they await the results in today’s game.

    In yesterday’s fixtures, stubborn Elman FC from the war ravaged Somalia forced a 1-1 draw against favorites Vital’O of Burundi. The Somalis were awarded a penalty in the 86th minute which was converted by striker Jibril Hassan Mohammed. Vital’O had earlier scored through Amis Tambwe in the 40th minute.

    In the second game, Uganda’s Joseph Kabagambe was a starter for El-Merreikh against APR and was a key player as the two clubs shared points after a 1-all draw. APR with 4 points from two games became the first club to qualify for the quarter finals.

    Former Proline FC mid fielder Andrew Butera featured for APR.

  • The Uganda Cranes Brand

    Uganda Cranes is the undisputed leading sporting and national brand that breaks the barriers of ethnicity, religion, socio-economic class, political, age and gender. The celebrations, joy and happiness that I witnessed on Saturday after Uganda Cranes beating Angola cannot be caused by just 90 minutes of anything else in this country but football.

    As FUFA the body that prepares the national football team, we work in extremely adverse environment to compete and overcome well facilitated opposition. There will always be opposition forces in Uganda against any sitting Federation, there will be no financial support from government, there will be taxation on the meagre revenue, there will be no facilities to blossom development and talent identification, there will be demand to watch football at the lowest of fees or free of charge for certain thousandokwis of people, FUFA will have to pick national team players from amateur clubs and FUFA will have to pay for government services like police, ambulances and the stadium in order to prepare and present the national football team that is the undisputed and only remaining pride of the true nationals.

    Despite the circumstances, the current management at FUFA has managed to take on the best on the continent and Mandela National Stadium is a dreaded site to visit by any African football opposition. The Uganda Cranes has grown in bounds to become the most popular brand with kids, women, foreigners living in Uganda, the elite, the celebrities and the corporate world who hitherto did know or wish to identify with the Uganda Cranes. Look at the Uganda Cranes replica jersey litter all over Uganda and the diaspora! Not even the players have been spared by the Uganda Cranes bug. Tonny Mawejje said that when he looked at the crowds still believing in the team, he had one option to give his all and this culminated into the 90th minute winner. “How could we disappoint such a passionate crowd again? I surged forward” said Mawejje after the game

    The current management of FUFA, who are the unsung heroes in victory and the punching bag in times of bad results, has persevered personal abuses, misalignment, distortion of facts, disappointment of near misses, lack of appreciation by authorities and sections of the media. We have however kept riding on the passion to deliver, unanimous approval from the FUFA constituent Members, MTN, Nile Breweries, NIC, FIFA, CAF and sections of the public that will always support the Uganda Cranes despite the tides

    As the dust of the Uganda Cranes world cup home game victories fast settles down, you will not fail to hear a few permanently disgruntled Ugandans raising the ghost of FUFA and its legality. Where was the legality when we need a goal from Okwi and Mawejje to cause such jubilation? It is unfortunate but this happens only in this part of the world where some nationals are not happy when their nation wins.

    The more disturbing trend, is the fixed list of individual media persons who were personal beneficiaries of the USL setup that have taken up arms using their privilege of mass communication tools of the media houses to poison the public. It does not matter to some of these gentlemen whether this breaks apart the painfully built brand of the Uganda Cranes for as long as the persons behind the Uganda Cranes success story leave the stage. They will always bring up failure to qualify for big tournaments as total failure riding on the back of the emotions of the fans watering down the brand that the Cranes have become. In football success cannot be based on 100% results of the day otherwise how come the biggest clubs in the world are still supported despite mediocre performance over the years?

    The gentlemen who did not give the Uganda Cranes any chance before the back to back games are the same masters predicting how Uganda Cranes cannot overcome Senegal. They are public and proud. How are we going to build the will and steel of the players when such comments are being traded? It is not about beating Senegal but look at the new look cranes with more young players whom these same pessimists did not give chance after the retirement of Ibrahim Sekajja, David Obua and Nestroy Kizito. Look at how these “experts” of oral football dismissed Micho!

    As FUFA, we shall take on Senegal fighting for a place in the final 10 of Africa and we believe in our team and we believe in our nation but we shall not lose focus on the main agenda of the 2015 and thereafter AFCON qualifications. This new-look Uganda cranes team is more for the future than now and beating Senegal in September is just part of the game plan. It is up to Senegal to prove they still belong to the best in Africa. We are calling it “Uganda Cranes Project-Work in Progress”

  • URA humbles Al-Hilal in Cecafa opening match

    Results: Al-Hilal (0) URA (1)

    Today: Elman Vs APR (3:00pm)

    El-Merriekh Vs Vitalo (5:00pm)

    School children marching as they wave Uganda flags during the opening ceremony of this year’s Cecafa- Kagame Cup in Kadguli, Sudan

    Substitute James Kasibante scored URA’s sole goal in the 90th minute of their opening match against the home side Al-Hilal here in Kadguli on Tuesday afternoon to walk away with a crucial win that puts them in an advantageous position to qualify for the quarter finals.

    Kasibante who came in for Owen Kasule in the 75th minute well utilized a cross from captain Augustine Nsumba to put the goal behind the net as the Sudanese goalkeeper Hafiz Ahmed looked stranded between goal posts.

    URA will now look for a draw in their next engagement against Al-Ahly Shandi on Thursday as a minimum requirement for them to advance into the quarter finals of this year’s Cecafa Kagame Club Championship. The two qualifying teams will be airlifted to El-Fasher City in Darfur where the entire knock out matches will be staged.

    URA won the first game without their head coach Paul Nkata who was reportedly left behind for having possessed an expired passport. Assistant coach Ibrahim Kirya to charge and his win silenced the mammoth home crowd that turned up in the newly constructed stadium.

    URA Football club that played Al-Hilal in Kadugli

    Kasibante wrote history as being the first scorer of an international goal in this new stadium while URA is the first club to win an international match here.

    Express FC that also travelled without their temporally coach Sam Simbwa will be in action tomorrow (Thursday) when they take on lowly ranked Ports FC from Djibouti at 3:00pm in El-Fasher stadium here in the state of North Darfur.

    Cecafa President Eng. Leodgar Tenga, the Sudanese Speaker of Council of States Gen. Adam Hamid, the sports minister of the federal government Sedeeg Mahammed, Kadguli governor Ahmed Harouna and Cecafa General Secretary Nichola Musonye were among the dignitaries that watched the opening match.

  • FUFA Electoral Portal

    The 2012 FUFA Statutes

    The FUFA Electoral Code

    The FUFA Electoral and Electoral Appeals Committee

    The List of FUFA General Assembly Delegates

    The FUFA Executive Committee Elections Guidelines

    Nomination Forms for the FUFA Excom Elections

  • URA, Express in Khartoum, Kadguli stadium ready for opener

    Cecafa General Secretary Nicholas Musonye being received in Kadguli by the Governor of South Kordafan.

    Both URA FC and Express FC landed safely in Khartoum City Sunday evening and will be dispatched off this Monday to their respective stations.

    Elsewhere Cecafa General Secretary Nicholas Musonye led a team of officials to Kadguli City for the final inspection of the facilities ahead of the official opening tomorrow. Musonye commended the Loal Organising Committee (LOC) for the impressive works on the ground.

    The opening match will be hosted in a newly erected magnificent stadium constructed on funds from both the hosting state and the federal government of Khartoum. Musonye and his team were conducted around all the facilities to be used during the tournament.

    The official opening match is this Tuesday between Al-Hilal Kadguli and URA. Uganda’s URA FC is temporarily accommodated at Gobaa Hotel in Khartoum but flies to Kadguli City in the State of South Kordafan where group ‘C’ is camped this Monday evening.

    URA did not however travel with their head coach Paul Nkata and two players. The trio is expected here later.

    Cecafa will also airlift Express FC to El-Fasher City, North Darfur. Eight out of the eleven clubs are already in Khartoum ready for the task. APR FC, Rayon Sport FC (Rwanda) and Ports FC (Djibouti) are expected today. Chad’s Electric Sport FC is the only guest club in the tournament this year and connected directly to Darfur. 

  • Senegal wins 2-0 in Monrovia

    Senegal leading Liberia 2-0 (62’)

    Uganda (2) Angola (1)

    Liberia (0) Senegal (2) 

    Tonny Mawejje scored against Angola in Namboole yesterday.

    Senegal has picked the three maximum points away from Monrovia after edging Liberia 2-0 in a group ‘J’ match played in Samuel Doe Sports Complex stadium this Sunday.

    Liberia now leads the group with 9 points against 8 of Uganda. Kenyan Referee Davies Ongenche Omweno awarded a penalty to Senegal that was converted by Papiss Cisse in the 19th minute of the first half. Cisse netted the second for the Senegalese in the 54th minute before he was substituted ten minutes later by Salif Sane.

    Uganda fought from a goal down to beat Angola 2-1 in Namboole yesterday . The two teams meet in September for their last group match that will determine the winner into the last group of ten.