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Uganda
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)The Cranes
AssociationFederation of Uganda Football Associations
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationCECAFA (East & Central Africa)
Head coachMilutin Sredojević
CaptainGeofrey Massa
Home stadiumMandela National Stadium
FIFA codeUGA
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current72 Steady (5 May 2016)
Highest62 (January 2016)
Lowest121 (July 2002)
First international
 Kenya 1–1 Uganda Uganda
(Nairobi, Kenya; 1 May 1926)
Biggest win
Uganda Uganda 13–1 Kenya 
(Uganda; unknown date 1932)
Biggest defeat
 Egypt 6–0 Uganda Uganda
(Alexandria, Egypt; 30 July 1995)
 Tunisia 6–0 Uganda Uganda
(Tunis, Tunisia; 28 February 1999)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances5 (first in 1962)
Best resultSecond; 1978

The Uganda national football team, nicknamed The Cranes, is the national team of Uganda and is controlled by the Federation of Uganda Football Associations. Their best finish in the Africa Cup of Nations was second in 1978. Serbian Milutin Sredojević is their manager.

Achievements

CECAFA Cup :

Competition records

World Cup record

Africa Cup of Nations record

Host nation(s) / Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
Sudan 1957 to
United Arab Republic 1959		 Did Not Enter
Ethiopia 1962 Fourth Place 4th 2 0 0 2 1 5
Ghana 1963 Withdrew
Tunisia 1965 Did Not Qualify
Ethiopia 1968 Group Stage 8th 3 0 0 3 2 8
Sudan 1970 to
Cameroon 1972		 Did Not Qualify
Egypt 1974 Group Stage 6th 3 0 1 2 3 5
Ethiopia 1976 Group Stage 8th 3 0 0 3 2 6
Ghana 1978 Second Place 2nd 5 3 0 2 9 7
Nigeria 1980 to
Libya 1982		 Withdrew
Ivory Coast 1984 to
Morocco 1988		 Did Not Qualify
Algeria 1990 Withdrew
Senegal 1992 to
Equatorial Guinea 2015		 Did Not Qualify
Libya 2017 to
Guinea 2023		 TBD
Total 2 Titles 21/29 86 39 25 22 128 91

Other tournaments

Year Round
Kuwait 1989 Peace and Friendship Cup Runner Up

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

18 May 2014 2015 Africa Cup of
Nations qualificiation		 Madagascar  2–1  Uganda Stade Rabemanajara, Mahajanga
15:00 Andriatsima 9' (pen.)
Andriamatsinoro 29'		 Report Kiiza 90' (pen.) Referee: Victor Gomes, (South Africa)
30 May 2014 2015 Africa Cup of
Nations qualificiation		 Uganda  1–0  Madagascar Mandela National Stadium, Kampala
13:00 (GMT) Massa 12' Report Referee: Mohamed Farouk Mahmoud, (Egypt)
11 July 2014 International friendly Uganda  1–0  Seychelles Mandela National Stadium, Kampala
15:00 (GMT) Miya 21'
15 July 2014 International friendly Uganda  0–0  Malawi Mandela National Stadium, Kampala
14:00 (GMT)
20 July 2014 2015 Africa Cup of
Nations qualificiation		 Uganda  2–0  Mauritania Mandela National Stadium, Kampala
13:00 (GMT) Majwega 48'
Massa 70'		 Report Referee: Hudu Munyemnana, (Egypt)
6 September 2014 2015 Africa Cup of
Nations qualificiation		 Ghana  1–1  Uganda Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi
16:00 UTC±0 A. Ayew 50' (pen.) Report Mawejje 45' Referee: Mohamed Said Kordi (Tunisia)
10 September 2014 2015 Africa Cup of
Nations qualificiation		 Uganda  2–0  Guinea Mandela National Stadium, Kampala
19:30 UTC+3 Massa 21', 43' Report Referee: Tessema Bamlak (Ethiopia)
25 March 2015 International friendly Nigeria  0–1  Uganda Akwa Ibom Stadium, Uyo
19:30 UTC+1 report Miya 81' Referee: William Agbovi (Ghana)
9 June 2015 International friendly Uganda  1–1  Gambia Mandela National Stadium, Kampala
Sentogo 61' Jagne 73'
13 June 2015 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Uganda  2–0  Botswana Mandela National Stadium, Kampala
16:00 UTC+3 Massa 55'
Umony 65'		 Report Referee: Israel Mujuni (Tanzania)
19 June 2015 2016 African Nations Championship qualification Tanzania  0–3  Uganda Amaan Stadium, Zanzibar City
Ssekisambu 40', 66'
Miya 90' (pen.)		 Referee: Hudu Munyemana (Rwanda)
3 July 2015 2016 African Nations Championship qualification Uganda  1–1  Tanzania Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala
Kizito 83' Bocco 59' (pen.)
5 September 2015 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Comoros  0–1  Uganda Stade Said Mohamed Cheikh, Mitsamiouli
Report Tony Mawejje 36'
12 November 2015 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) Togo  0–1  Uganda Stade de Kégué, Lome
15:30 (GMT) Miya 39'
15 November 2015 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) Uganda  3–0  Togo Mandela National Stadium, Kampala
13:00 (GMT) Massa 4'
Miya 41'
Miya 45+1'

Uganda all-time record against all nations

[1]

Coaches

[2][3]

Current squad

The following squad was selected for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against  Mauritania on 20 July 2014.[4]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Denis Onyango (1985-05-15) 15 May 1985 (age 39) 35 0 South Africa Bidvest Wits
1GK Robert Odongkara (1989-09-02) 2 September 1989 (age 35) 17 0 Ethiopia Saint George
1GK Harraya Saltini (1989-09-18) 18 September 1989 (age 35) 9 0 Uganda Victoria University
1GK Ismail Watenga (1995-05-15) 15 May 1995 (age 29) 2 0 Uganda Vipers
1GK Hamza Muwonge (1982-11-06) 6 November 1982 (age 42) 27 0 Kenya Thika United
2DF Andrew Mwesigwa (1984-04-24) 24 April 1984 (age 40) 64 6 Vietnam Ha Noi FC
2DF Godfrey Walusimbi (1989-07-03) 3 July 1989 (age 35) 55 3 Kenya Gor Mahia
2DF Isaac Isinde (1991-04-16) 16 April 1991 (age 33) 29 2 Ethiopia Saint George
2DF Denis Iguma (1994-02-10) 10 February 1994 (age 30) 27 1 Uganda Victoria University
2DF Joseph Ochaya (1994-05-02) 2 May 1994 (age 30) 10 0 Ghana Asante Kotoko
2DF Henry Kalungi (1987-11-25) 25 November 1987 (age 37) 16 0 United States Richmond Kickers
2DF Savio Kabugo (1995-01-20) 20 January 1995 (age 29) 12 1 Uganda Victoria University
3MF Hassan Wasswa (1988-02-14) 14 February 1988 (age 36) 37 0 Uganda KCCA
3MF Moses Oloya (1992-10-22) 22 October 1992 (age 32) 27 0 Vietnam Bình Dương
3MF Brian Majwega (1992-11-07) 7 November 1992 (age 32) 25 3 Uganda KCCA
3MF Geoffrey Kizito (1993-02-02) 2 February 1993 (age 31) 22 3 Kenya Gor Mahia
3MF Ivan Ntege (1994-09-08) 8 September 1994 (age 30) 8 0 Albania KF Tirana
3MF Luwagga Kizito (1993-12-20) 20 December 1993 (age 31) 6 0 Portugal Sporting Covilhã
3MF Farouk Miya (1995-11-26) 26 November 1995 (age 29) 19 9 Uganda Vipers
3MF Allan Kyambadde (1996-01-15) 15 January 1996 (age 28) 2 0 Uganda Express
3MF Tonny Mawejje (1986-12-15) 15 December 1986 (age 38) 57 7 Iceland Þróttur
3MF Brian Majwega (1992-11-07) 7 November 1992 (age 32) 22 2 Uganda KCCA
3MF Khalid Aucho (1984-08-21) 21 August 1984 (age 40) 7 1 Kenya Tusker
3MF Martin Kayongo-Mutumba (1985-06-15) 15 June 1985 (age 39) 7 0 Iran Rah Ahan
4FW Emmanuel Okwi (1992-12-15) 15 December 1992 (age 32) 41 17 Tanzania Young Africans
4FW Geofrey Massa (1986-02-19) 19 February 1986 (age 38) 40 12 South Africa University of Pretoria
4FW Hamis Kiiza (1990-10-10) 10 October 1990 (age 34) 26 5 Tanzania Young Africans
4FW Brian Umony (1988-12-12) 12 December 1988 (age 36) 24 9 Unattached
4FW Yunus Sentamu (1994-08-13) 13 August 1994 (age 30) 7 3 Tunisia CS Sfaxien
4FW Dan Sserunkuma (1993-12-14) 14 December 1993 (age 31) 8 3 Armenia FC Ulisses
4FW Francis Olaki (1994-08-24) 24 August 1994 (age 30) 5 1 Uganda Soana
4FW Nathaniel Gumbo (1989-09-23) 23 September 1989 (age 35) 1 0 Republic of Ireland Cobh Ramblers

References

  1. ^ Competitions, Head-to-Head, FIFA, accessed 14 June 2015
  2. ^ Zziwa, Hassan Badru (2009-05-25). "Rise and fall of Cranes coaches". The Observer. Uganda. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
  3. ^ "Rise and fall of Uganda Cranes tacticians". Soccer256 online. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
  4. ^ "Uganda VS Mauritania: Micho releases three from Camp". Federation of Uganda Football Associations.
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