FUFA: Federation of Uganda Football Associations

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  • 14 club chairmen endorse new League statutes

    Anthony Kimuli chaired the committee that formulated the new statutes under the guidance of FIFA. He also briefed the media on the developments this Wednesday.

    A total of fourteen (14) Super Division club chairmen have so far complied with the new statutes that will be a basis in the running and the management of the National League starting this immediate season.

    The club chairmen have already appended their signatures on the new constitution and the Articles and Memorandum of Associations that will soon be presented to the Registrar of Companies for records. SC Villa and URA are the only two clubs that remain defiant to the process that was launched a month ago in presence of the world football governing body (FIFA) at Golf Course Hotel.

    The fourteen have also signed a set of resolutions that include forming a new league as guided by FIFA known as FUFA Premier League Ltd and engaging the services of the legal firm to register the newly adopted constitution and incorporate the new entity to run and manage the league under the supervision of FUFA.

    The chairmen include Mike Okua (KCC), Vincent Bbaale Mugera (Express), Hajji Habib Kagimu (Proline), Kitandwe Thadeus (Bunamwaya), Hon. Vincent Ssempijja (Masaka LC), Alias Sliver (Bidco), Kimuli Anthony (Entebbe Young), Asan Kasingye (Police), Simo Dubajic (Victoria University) and Rwamazi Tom (Victors). Others are Eng. Kibuuka Kyobe (Waters), Brig. Hussein Ada (Simba), Ochen Tommy (Maroons) and Lukwago Jimmy of Kiira Young.

    The General Assembly of Club Chairmen will soon convene to elect a board of 5 members tasked with the running of the league. The members of the board according to the new statutes must not be club chairmen/officials but a composition of independent professionals. The elected board will thereafter appoint the members of the secretariat. The League is tentatively expected to flag off on September 25.

     

  • FUFA confirms hosting Cecafa, committee named

    Eng. Magogo to chair LOC

    The Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) has confirmed its position to host this year’s Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup.

    The regional tournament that has for the last two years been hosted by Tanzanian Football Federation (TFF) will now come to Kampala in late November to mid December. FUFA Chief Executive officer Edgar Watson said they had finalized all the consultations and a confirmation letter already sent to the regional secretariat.

    Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup is sponsored by the East African Breweries Limited (EABL) through the Tusker brand. In a related development, the FUFA Executive has named a 10-man local organizing committee to start off the preparations of hosting the oldest Football Championship in East and Central Africa.

    FUFA Vice President in charge Administration Eng. Moses Magogo chairs the committee with Patrick Ogwel (VP-Youth) as his deputy. Edgar Watson is the committee secretary. Others are Mujib Kasule (VP USL), Livingstone Kyambadde (VP-Technical), Anthony Kimuli (VP-Finance), Rogers Mulindwa (Media), Lwere Sam (Security), Rogers Byamukama and Sam Mpiima (Marketing and sponsorship).

    As part of its first assignment, the committee is expected to meet with the Minister of state for Sports Hon Charles Bakabulindi to discuss the detailed program of the three week’s event. Uganda last hosted this championship in 2008 when they edged Kenya 1-0 in the finals. The Uganda Cranes are the defending champions after dumping Amavubi of Rwanda 2-1 in the finals played from the National Stadium of Dar es salaam last year.

  • FUFA’s Letti mourns dead brother

    West Nile FUFA Region Chairman Mike Letti with deep sorrow announces the death of his elder brother Captain William Letti of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday.

    “This is a trying moment for me and the entire Letti family. We are yet to come to terms with the reality that he is no more” writes the Regional chairperson in an official email to the Federation Communications department.

    Letti said both himself and the deceased brother supported KCC Football club since their childhood times. “Painful memories of our childhood growing together and supporting KCC FC at Nakivubo will for a long time linger in my mind” he added.

    Letti has called upon the football family to pray for him during this trying moment. “I am completely devastated and at a big loss. My pain is unbearable, but my belief lies in God the almighty provider who knows why it has happened so. Please consider my situation as a prayer item” he concluded.

    The deceased was a pilot attached to the air force department and they were travelling to Somalia on a peace keeping mission. May his soul rest in eternal peace.

    Mike Letti lost an army brother serving under UPDF

  • Progress on top tier League in Uganda

    Reference is made on the progress of the top tier league in the Uganda Super League since the FIFA panel’s visit in Uganda on 26th June 2012 at Golf course hotel. The meeting had a FIFA led panel of Mr. Primo Carvaro, Ashford Mamelodi, Tenga Leodegar, Bob Monro and Nicholas Valticos. The FUFA Executive, club chairmen and Officials of the super league were represented. The sanctioned officials thus Mr. Kavuma Kabenge and Ebil Segawa were invited by FIFA to witness the process.

    A committee headed by Mr. Kimuli Anthony composed of Clubs and FUFA representatives was constituted to embark on formulating new League Statutes and ensuring new order. A list of club chairmen was also identified, reviewed and registered with FUFA and the FIFA panel as the official link in the progress on the top tier league. It was also agreed in this meeting that no Super League activity should continue until the entire process is completed.

    This whole process was to ensure that before the new league 2012-13 starts, matters of contention, governance and association football regulations are realigned.

    The new League Statutes were formulated through a meeting of the chairmen of the super league clubs (as per the chairmen list obtained on 26th June 2012 at Golf course hotel) on Sunday 29th July 2012 at Hotel Africana; thirteen clubs have subscribed to the statutes.

    Thirteen chairmen have also signed resolutions to incorporate a new entity called FUFA Premier League Ltd that will run and manage the FUFA Premier League. FUFA has accepted to delegate the authority to run and manage the top tier League to this new entity. The Chairmen have also resolved to maintain their obligations, considerations, and the terms of the contracts with Uganda Breweries Limited, Eco-Bank, and Super Sport.

    The process of incorporation of the FUFA Premier League Ltd is currently on-going. The next course of action shall be election of the board by the clubs under the Premier League statutes before the new season begins

    This process has been communicated to FIFA and the sponsors to keep them abreast of the progress and FUFA is waiting for the approval of FIFA in this regard. The Clubs, stakeholders and entire public is henceforth advised to take note of this development.

    Federation of Uganda Football Associations

  • Ochaya set to play for Asante Kotoko

    Ochaya in action recently against Lugave club

    The Hippos left defender and KCC player Joseph Ochaya has passed the medical tests to join Asante Kotoko Football Club in Ghana.

    Asante Kotoko are the current champions of the Ghanaian Glo Premier League after collecting 63 points from the 30 matches played in the season. Their closest rival AshGold finished second with 49 points just two points better that Hearts of Oak who took the third position.

    The Ghanaian scouts spotted Ochaya during the Hippos first leg match of the Africa Youth qualifiers in Kampala two weeks ago. They immediately launched negotiations with the Kampala City Council Club officials.

    His superb performance in Tamale Sports Stadium on Saturday spiced up the earlier sealed position to sign the Ugandan youth player. Ochaya left the Hippos camp (on permission) on Sunday morning and flew to the club’s home in Kumasi City to undergo the medical tests. Uganda Team Manager Faisal Mohammad confirmed the developments.

    If the deal is written to the final dot, Ochaya will become the first Ugandan player to feature for a premier league team in Ghana. In 1999, there were attempts by Hearts of Oak to sign SC Villa’s Hakim Magumba but the deal never materialized.

    Ochaya flies back to Accra this afternoon to join the rest of the team before embarking on their trip back to Entebbe. He will thereafter arrange to travel back to Ghana before their league kicks off on October 7. Asante Kotoko officials are expected in Kampala shortly to sign the contract.

  • FUFA to keep Hippos focused

    The Hippos players celebrating one of their goals during the Africa Youth Championship a campaign.

    The Uganda U20 National team, the Hippos returns home Tuesday morning after painfully exiting from the African Youth Championship at Tamale Sports stadium on Saturday.

    The Hippos that travelled to Ghana with a 3-1 home win advantage succumbed to a 3-0 defeat to lose the slot to the Black Satellites on a 4-3 aggregate. Ghana will now play Morocco in the third and final round of the qualifiers.

    The team led by the Vice President Technical Stone Kyambadde left Tamale on Sunday morning and spent a night in Accra City. They will be on flight No. KQ 509T to Nairobi this Monday evening and are expected at Kenyata International Airport around 5:30am the following day. Their final flight to Entebbe (KQ 410T) leaves Nairobi at 07:55 and lands at Entebbe International Airport at 09:10am (Local Time).

    Future plans:

    FUFA wishes to congratulate the young Hippos players upon getting to this level and urging them to remain focused. The Federation is committed to maintaining this squad and exposing the young boys to more friendly matches as we prepare them for other engagements to come.

    To the Technical bench, we urge you to put right the mistakes committed in this particular tournament in order to avoid a repeat of the same in future. It’s obvious that a loss is a result of mistakes committed. We however commend the entire coaching staff for guiding this young side to the second round of the championship.

  • Eastern are 2012 FUFA-MTN Cup Champions

    Eastern Regional Chairman, Samuel Lwere coordinated his side well and the sweat earned him a title.

    Eastern are the champions of the 2012 FUFA-MTN Inter Region competitions after dumping Western 3-1 in the finals played at Arua Hills Primary School in West Nile.

    Determined Eastern Region took the lead in the 25th minute through Joseph Owino. Eleven minutes later the same player was on target to stretch the lead to 2-0 before Western pulled one back at the edge of the first half through Bashaya Hebert.

    Paul Emenyo scored Eastern Region’s third goal in the 70th minute that threw their fans into wild jubilations. FUFA Chief Executive Officer Edgar Watson crowned the champions with a glittering trophy and a cash prize of UGX 4m. The tournament sponsors, MTN gave out a fully connected cellular phone and an umbrella to each of the 18 players and two officials of the winning region.

    MTN Sponsorship coordinator M/s Rhona Namanya, the Communications Coordinator M/s Windi Angudeyo and the company Marketer Aggrey Kagonyera attended the closing ceremony. Western region walked off with UGX 2.5m.  MTN also donated an umbrella and a T-shirt to each of the 20 players and officials of the first runners-up.

    Two goal- scorer Owino Joseph was voted the man of the match to earn himself a phone and an umbrella from the sponsors. The best Goal keeper of the tournament was Wekiya Samuel from the Eastern Region while the Fair play award went to the Western Region.

    Earlier on, hosts West Nile edged defending champions Kampala region 1-0 to book the third place and a cash prize of UGX 1.5m. The losers took UGX 1m.

  • Hippos takes on Ghana in Tamale stadium this Saturday

    The Uganda Hippos on Friday morning took their second flight from Accra to Tamale over 400Kms north of the Ghanaian City where they will play the hosts in the return leg of the second round of the Africa U20 Youth Championship qualifiers this Saturday.

    The team left Hotel M-Plaza in Accra where they had spent a night around 6:00am in the morning and by 8:15am they had already embarked on their flight that lasted 45 minutes. In Tamale, the team in hosted at M-AS Hotel a short distance to Tamale Sports Stadium.

    The Leader of delegation and Vice President in charge of Technical matters, Mr. Stone Kyambadde says, the team was well received by their hosts and that the environment is very friendly to them.

    The game that will be broadcast live on Central Broadcasting Services (CBS 89.2) FM will kick off at 3:00pm (6:00pm UG Time). The team will have an early lunch before proceeding to the stadium. Kyambadde has called for prayers in the task Uganda is undertaking this evening.

    Meanwhile, the people of Ghana continue mourning their fallen Head of State as the majority don the black and red colours.

  • Its Western VS Eastern FUFA-MTN final

    Defending champions Kampala Region lost 1-0 to determined Western region to miss out in this year’s FUFA-MTN Inter Region finals to be played this Saturday in Arua.

    Kampala who were targeting a third consecutive title after emerging champions in 2010 (Tororo) and 2011 (Kabaale), lost the battle in the second half of the extra time. Western Region will now be looking to winning their first cup since the inauguration of this tournament in 2009. Buganda region were the pioneer champions. This is the second time Kampala is missing out in the finals in four years.

    In the second semi finals, hosts West Nile were also dumped by Eastern Region after a 1-0 result in a match played to big crowd of spectators. West Nile would have pushed the game into an extra time if Madilu Ezra had converted a penalty awarded to them in the last minutes of the second half. The youthful player however shot over the bar to deny the home team an important equalizer. No home team in the history of this tournament has ever lifted this title. West Nile therefore joins Northern, Eastern and Western in hosting and missing out in the finals.

    Kampala will play West Nile in the classification game at 10am on Saturday before Western battles Eastern in the finals. The winner takes UGX 4.000.000, the first runners-up UGX 2.500.000, the third best team takes home UGX 1.500.000 while the fourth team pockets UGX 1.000.000. The prize money is part of the UGX 70.000.000 sponsorship package by MTN.

  • Uganda not Kenya will host the Challenge Cup-Musonye

    Cecafa General Secretary Nicholas Musonye (left) and the FUFA president Lawrence Mulindwa. Musonye has rubbished claims that this year’s Challenge Cup goes to Nairobi.

    Cecafa secretary general Nicholas Musonye has cast aspersions on Kenya hosting this year’s Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup insisting that it will be hosted by Uganda starting mid November.

    On Thursday, Football Kenya Federation (FKF) issued a statement indicating that sponsors EABL were happy with the event being held in Kenya but Musonye rubbished the claims.

    “This year’s Cecafa will be hosted by Uganda as we said before. We have no further communication to the contrary from our sponsors. Those talking about Kenya hosting are missing the point,” Musonye told journalists in Nairobi.

    Tanzania hosted the last two editions in 2010 and 2011 as Kenya hosted in 2009 but the tournament in Nairobi suffered a poor fans turnout in the stadium.

    Meanwhile FUFA has written to the Government through the National Council of Sports (NCS) seeking political permission to host the tournament. “A tournament of that magnitude where twelve nations convene in one country, you automatically have to seek government clearance” said Edgar Watson, the Federation Chief Executive Officer.

    Edgar however added that FUFA had the will and that the government officials contacted verbally had also sounded supportive to the move. Uganda Cranes are the defending champions of Cecafa-Tusker Senior Challenge Cup.

  • FUFA-MTN Inter Region tourney enters semis

    Western Chairman, Abass Ssendyowa
    West Nile chairman, Mike Letti
    Eastern Chairman, Sam Lwere
    Kampala Chairman, Mid Juma

    Four superior regions will this Friday afternoon battle for the two slots in this year’s finals of the FUFA-MTN Inter Regional competitions at Arua Hills Primary School ground.

    In the first semi final to be played at 1:00pm, defending champions Kampala takes on Western Region in a highly anticipated thriller. Eastern will play hosts West Nile in the second semi final to determine the second finalist.

    Hosts West Nile, advanced into the semis after edging both Kitara and Mid North on a 1-0 margin. They however lost their last group stage match 2-1 to Western Region but the six points at hand had already assured them of a slot into today’s semi finals.

    Buganda, Mid North, Northern and Kitara regions are already on their way back home after failing to go past the group stages.

    The finals will be played on Saturday with a curtain raiser match coming first between FUFA 11 and the staff of Arua One FM. The classification game will be played at noon on the same day.

  • Malawi-Uganda friendly match called off

    The Cranes players will continue training as the federation makes an attempt to secure another friendly match before playing Zambia

    FUFA has this afternoon received an official communication from our counterparts in Malawi indicating an abrupt cancellation of the earlier planned international friendly match in Blantyre on August 15.

    FUFA is however making an effort to secure another friendly match before we play Zambia in the final round of the Afcon 2013 qualifiers.

    We shall keep the team training as we also push for an alternative. Meanwhile the team trained at Namboole this morning with creative midfielder Dan Wagaluka on pitch.

    Emmanuel Okwi and Johnson Bagoole are expected to train with the rest of the team tomorrow (Friday).

     

  • Uganda Hippos off to Ghana

    FUFA Vice President in charge of Technical Matters Livingstone Kyambadde led the Uganda delegation to Ghana this Thursday morning.

    The Uganda Hippos left this Thursday morning for Ghana to play their second leg match against the Black Satellites in the second round of the Africa U20 Youth Championship due this Saturday.

    The 25-man contingent left aboard Kenya Airways at 5:07am with FUFA Vice President in charge of Technical matters Stone Kyambadde leading the delegation. The delegation comprised 18 players and seven officials.

    Magoola Salim (Express) and Kalyowa Emmanuel (Simba) travelled as goalkeepers. The defenders on the squad are Ssenkoomi Samuel (URA) Namwanja Simon (Proline), Ochaya Joseph (KCC), Katende Miisi (SC Villa), Makoba Denis (Proline), Wadada Nicholas (Bunamwaya) and team Captain Mukisa Lubowa from Proline.

    The Mid Field department has Mpande Joseph (Bunamwaya), Omonuk Robert (Simba), Ogwang Julius (Express), Nkata Fred (Bombo Utd), Kizito Geofrey (Vietnam),  Gigi Abubaker (Proline) and Aucho Khalid (Simba SC). Ssekisambu Eriasi (URA) and Wadri William (Proline) travelled as strikers.

    Ndugga Geoffrey will be in Ghana on Saturday to bring us the game live from Tamale Sports Stadium on Central Broad Casting Services (CBS 89.2).

     

  • Sserunkuuma scores against Simba in TZ

    Sserunkuuma scored against Simba above

    Uganda International Bruno Sserunkuuma scored a third goal for Nairobi City Stars Football Club this Wednesday to beat Tanzania champions, Simba SC 3-1 in a friendly match played at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam.

    Sserunkuuma’s goal came after teammate Duncan Owiti and Boniface Onyango in the 50th and 68th minute respectively. Sserunkuuma netted in the 81st minute. The game was part of the celebrations to mark the annual Simba day.

    Nairobi City Stars shocked the home team by recovering from an eighth minute goal to register an emphatic win. Sserunkuuma is one of the three known Ugandan players featuring in the Kenya Premier League clubs. Nairobi City Stars are placed 13th in the Kenyan League.

    Meanwhile India has threatened to drag Kenya to FIFA and the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) for allegedly pulling out of the Nehru Cup competition.

    Kenya decided to pull out of the tournament in order to prepare for an international friendly against Jamaica on August 25.

    But The All India Football Federation (AIFF) are displeased by Kenya’s move to backtrack on their word.

    On the other hand however, FKF has maintained that they never confirmed participation but only received an invitation from India.

  • Cecafa confident Uganda will host this year’s Challenge Cup

    Cecafa President Eng. Leodgar Tenga (C) chats with FUFA President Lawrence Mulindwa (R) and Kenya FA Leader Samuel Nyamweya. Tenga will have an adminstrative role of calming down Nyamweya to respect the sponsor’s decision

    Cecafa Secretary General Nicholas Musonye has reacted to criticism leveled against the regional body by Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Chairman Sam Nyamweya accusing the leadership of plotting to change the venue for this year’s Senior Challenge Cup.

    Musonye says Cecafa had to abide by the sponsors’ wish to move this year’s tournament to Kampala in Uganda. Cecafa-Tusker senior challenge cup kicks off late November and ends mid December of every year. Tanzania has hosted this lucrative tournament twice since the Tanzanian franchise of East Africa Breweries Limited (EABL) started sponsoring the tourney in 2010. The sponsor’s contract expires after this year’s tournament.

    Nyamweya accused Cecafa of diverting from the earlier position of having the tournament held in Nairobi. Musonye however laughed off the accusations saying that it was important to take the tournament where sponsors were willing to give out cash instead of relying on ‘empty promises’.

    “The sponsors preferred this year’s Challenge Cup to be taken to Kampala and that is what we will abide with. Nyamweya can say whatever he wants but the decision is final and we will not bend low to start throwing words through the press.” Musonye hit back.

    Uganda Cranes are the defending champions of Cecafa-Tusker Senior Challenge Cup and will now have an advantage to defend the title they last hosted in 2008.

  • FUFA delegates to brainstorm on statutes

    FUFA President Lawrence Mulindwa in consultation with some of his executive members. On left is Vice President in charge of Administration, Eng. Moses Magogo.

    FUFA has organized several sessions between the Executive members and the delegates to brainstorm on the proposed changes within the constitution a head of the General Assembly scheduled for August 25.

    The sessions will be conducted this weekend at various centres. Delegates from FUFA zones 8, 12 and 13 will convene at the federation headquarters this Saturday at 9:00am prompt.  Vice President in charge of Technical matters Livingstone Kyambadde travels to Masaka on the same day to meet the zone 7 delegates.

    Elsewhere, Samuel Mpiima will be in Masindi on Saturday to meet the zone 5 delegates before proceeding to Arua on Sunday.  Rogers Byamukanma travels to zone 6 with a meeting scheduled for Mbarara and he winds up the trip with a session in Fortportal (zone 11) the following day.

    The Vice President Administration Eng. Moses Magogo will meet the zone 9 and the interest groups delegates at FUFA House on Saturday afternoon (3pm). On Sunday, Magogo drives to Mbale where he will face delegates from zone 2 before connecting to Jinja for another meeting with zone 10 delegates at 3pm.

    Commenting about the development, Magogo said the arrangement to meet in smaller units was to enable every delegate get an opportunity to speak out his views.

     

  • Benin refs for Hippos return leg

    Tamale Sports Stadium with a capacity of 21,017 spectators will be the venue for the Hippos return leg in Ghana on August 11.

    The Continental Football body, CAF has appointed a set of four referees from Benin to be in charge of the return leg of the Africa U20 Championship between Ghana and the Uganda Hippos.

    In a related development, the Ghanaian Football Federation has also confirmed that the game will be played on Saturday 11th August 2012.  The hosts have however pushed the match out of Accra city to Tamale Sports stadium.

    Kiagou Moumouni is the centre referee to be assisted by Kouton G. Narcisse and Dina Babadjide Bienvenu as 1st and 2nd assistants respectively. Tohouegnon Gustave travels as the reserve referee. The match commissioner is Bolaji Ojo-Oba from Nigeria.

    Uganda will face either Morocco or Gambia in the ultimate qualifier if they dispatch off Ghana in the second leg match. The Hippos won the first leg 3-1 in Nakivubo stadium a week ago.

    Tamale Sports stadium was completed in 2008 by the Chinese construction company and it was one of the venues for the Africa Cup of Nations matches the same year. It also serves as the home stadium for Real Tamale United Football Club.

    The Hippos are now playing their trial game against newly promoted Super Division side, Victoria University at Namboole stadium. They will also take on Maroons in their next trial game.

  • Kizito, Kiiza on the Cranes squad against Malawi

    Hamis ‘Diego’ Kiiza was key in guiding Yanga SC to its second consecutive Cecafa-Kagame club championship in Tanzania last month

    Cranes Head Coach Bobby Williamson has this Wednesday August 1st 2012 released a squad of 25 players who will start training next week in preparation for an International friendly match against Malawi in Blantyre City on August 15.

    Bobby who is currently on a short holiday in Scotland issued the list through the Federation Vice President in charge of Technical matters Stone Kyambadde. The list has three U20 players getting elevated to the National team ‘A’ after their brilliant performance against Ghana last weekend. The Uganda Hippos beat visiting Ghana 3-1 in the first leg of the Africa U20 youth championship.

    The three players making it to the senior side are Nicholas Wadada (Bunamwaya), Joseph Ochaya (KCC) and Geoffrey Kizito who plays his professional football in Vietnam. Bobby returns early next week before the team convenes on Wednesday August 8.

    The full squad has Denis Onyango, Hamza Muwonge, Ali Kimera, Massa Simeon, Guma Denis, Mwesigwa Andy, Kalungi Henry, Isinde Isaac, Owino Joseph, Walusimbi Godfrey, Ochaya Joseph, Oloya Moses, Wagaluka Dan, Mawejje Tonny, Kizito Geoffrey and Wasswa Hassan.

    Others are Bengo Steven, Matovu Sula, Massa Geoffrey, Umony Brian, Okwi Emmanuel, Ssentongo Robert, Hamis Kiiza, Sserumaga Mike and Nicholas Wadada.