FUFA: Federation of Uganda Football Associations

Category: Uganda Cup

  • Buganda League opens Nov 26

    BRFA Joseph Mwanje being consulted by members shortly after the meeting on Saturday

    Buganda Regional Football Association Executive (BRFA) committee sitting this Saturday at FUFA headquarters in Mengo has fixed November 26 as the kick off date for the Regional League.

    The committee chaired by its head and FUFA zone 13 chairperson Joseph Mwanje has also produced a tentative fixture for the 18 clubs set to participate in the league.

    The Federation of Uganda created the regional leagues as promotional league into the big league.

    The committee has categorized the teams into two groups named after the famous seasonal rivers in the region of Katonga and Sezibwa. Katonga group will comprise teams from the FUFA zone 7 and 8. These include Bwala, Kinoni, Iodi, Kasensero, Lukaya, Banaansi, Nkumba, Redcross and Katabi FC.

    Sezibwa Group covers FUFA zone 12 and 13. The teams here include Luwero Utd, Young Simba, Agape, Kiwoko, UCU, Seeta Utd, Mpooma, Bugerere/Lweza and Mukono United. The regional chairperson, Joseph Mwanje urged the teams to be focused since this was the only route into the Super Division.

    Regional Competitions committee chairperson, Michael Kakande called for discipline among the players and their officials.In some of the opening matches, UCU hosts Bugerere on Saturday while Nkumba University hosts Kinoni on Saturday November 26.

  • Ssendyowa off to Djibouti

    Retired referee, Abbas Ssendyowa

    Western region and FUFA zone six chairperson, Abbas Ssendyowa will this weekend preside over the Somalia- Ethiopia World Cup qualifiers preliminary round match in Djibouti as the match commissioner.

    Ssendyowa, a retired referee who is also the chairperson of the federation standing committee on refereeing,  received the appointment from the CAF, a continental football body. The game to be played from a neutral ground due to the persisted insecurity in Somalia is scheduled for the weekend of November 11-13.

    Speaking to the federation communications department on Wednesday afternoon before his departure, Ssendyowa said he would be meeting all the FUFA referees’ instructors on Monday November 14 shortly after returning from his CAF assignment. The meeting is scheduled for 3:00pm, local time. The following day, the FRSC chairman has also invited all the FIFA referees and their assistants for another crucial and administrative meeting starting 9:00am. Both meetings will take place at FUFA house.

    In a related development, Ugandan referees Denis Batte, Sonko Mark, Musa Balikoowa and Ali Kalyango left Tuesday evening to Seychelles to officiate the world cup qualifiers preliminary round match between the hosts and visiting Kenya. The match is slated for Saturday November 12.

  • Okhuti extends stay at Bunamwaya

    Ceaser Okhuti in action during one of the Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup tournaments
    Cranes prolific striker Ceaser Okhuti has this Monday extended his stay at Bunamwaya SC for two more years until 2014.

    Okuthi signed the extension contract from the club headquarters in Zana, Wakiso district in presence of Bunamwaya club secretary Haruna Kyobe.

    The development ends media speculations that the Cranes striker had the intentions to join SC Villa.

    Okhuti joined Bunamwaya SC from Ediofe Hills in 2008 after a scramble by many Super Division Clubs to sign him. During last season, the player was loaned to Vietnamese club, Ninh Binh for three months. Kyobe said the period elapsed at the end of September prompting Bunamwaya to repossess him.

    “The Vietnamese club was reluctant to recruit him on a permanent deal and he is now back home” said the club secretary.

    While playing for Ediofe, Okhuti exhibited rare skills that landed him an invitation to the Cranes team that featured for the 2007 Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup held in Tanzania.

    He guided Uganda to a third place in the tournament with two goals brilliant scored.

  • Mudde in, Okwi,Kiiza for tomorrow

    The Rt. Hon Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda, Rebecca Kadaga visited the Cranes Camp in October and rewarded the players with UG Shs.10m

     

    The Cranes and Sofapaka FC midfielder Musa Mudde is already in the country ahead of Uganda’s preparations for the LG Cup scheduled for Morocco next weekend, November 11-13.The Kenya based player arrived in the country this morning.

    The Tanzanian duo comprising Emmanuel Okwi (Simba SC) and Kiiza Diego (Yanga SC) are expected this Saturday.

    Meanwhile Mamelodi Sundowns Football club has cleared Cranes number one custodian, Denis Onyango to take part in the same tournament. “We confirm that we will release the player as requested” writes the club Administrative Manager Belinda Ndlovu from South Africa.

    In another similar development, the Vietnam Football Federation has also responded positively towards the release of Moses Oloya who features for Club Sai Gon Xuan Thanh. “Our affiliated club is pleased to release player Moses Oloya to play for your National team” reads part of the response letter signed by Duong Nghiep Khoni the Federation deputy General Secretary.

    FUFA CEO, Edgar Watson wrote to all concerned federations and he says the responses so far received were very good. Oloya’s team has however insisted that their player returns shortly after the game. “We wish you the great success in the forth coming matches and kindly request player Oloya Moses to return to our club right after 13th November 2011”, Duong Nghiep emphasized.

    The Cranes team starts training this Saturday under assistant Coach Jackson Mayanja and may have to leave Entebbe on Monday evening without Head Coach Bobby Williamson currently in Scotland. The Federation is considering booking his flights straight from Scotland to Morocco.

    (Posted by Rogers Mulindwa-Head of Communications)

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