Vipers SC
| Full name | Vipers Sports Club | |
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| Founded | 1969 (as Bunamwaya F.C.) | |
| Ground | St Mary's Stadium, Wakiso Town | |
| Capacity | 20,000 | |
| Manager | Javier Martinez Espinoza[1] | |
| League | Ugandan Premier League | |
| 2017/18 | 1st | |
| Website | Club website | |
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Vipers SC is a football club in Wakiso Town, Uganda, having won the Ugandan championship three times.[2] They play in the top level of Ugandan professional football, the Ugandan Super League.
History
The club was founded as Bunamwaya FC in 1969.[3]
Vipers SC have played in the Uganda Premier League since 2006 after winning the Wakiso District and Super Mini League promotion league in 2005.[4] They have finished in the top half of the table every year since the 2006-07 season.
With the backing of the federation president Lawrence Mulindwa, the club signed several important players for the 2010 season, including seven members of the Ugandan National Team. Bunamwaya won their first ever Uganda Premier League title with two rounds to spare.[5][6] They did not participate in the 2011 CAF Champions League for financial reasons.[7]
Bunamwaya were unable to replicate their success, finishing 3rd in 2011 and finishing runners up in both the cup and the league in 2012.
On 21 August 2012, Bunamwaya was renamed to Vipers SC in order to elevate the status of the club and make them more nationally relevant.[8]
Vipers lost the 2013 Uganda Cup final in heartbreaking fashion. After taking the lead in the 78th minute on a Joseph Mprade penalty, Victoria University scored a goal in the final seconds of the match and then went on to win the penalty kick shootout 5-3.[9]
League success finally came again in the 2014-15 season after a league campaign which saw Vipers lose only once.[10] The championship found Vipers in continental competition for the first time. In the 2016 CAF Champions League, they lost their first ever continental tie 2-1 on aggregate to Enyimba FC of Nigeria in the preliminary round.
Vipers finished runners up in the 2015-16 season but saw their first ever success in the Uganda Cup, beating Onduparaka FC 3-1.[11] The win qualified them for the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup where they beat Volcan Club from Comoros 1-1 on away goals in the preliminary round but fell to South African Platinum Stars in the first round 3-2 on aggregate after conceding a 90th minute penalty.
They will participate in the 2018-19 CAF Champions League.
Stadium
They play at St Mary's Stadium Kitende, which has a capacity of 20,000.[12]
Achievements
- 2010, 2015, 2017-2018
- 2016
Current team
as of August 04th 2017[13]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Technical Team
| Head Coach | Javier Martinez Espinoza |
| Assistant Coach | Edward Golola |
| Assistant Coach | Edward Sali |
| Goalkeeper Trainer | Edward Kaweesa |
| Team Doctor | Mathias Kasagga |
| Physical Trainer | Richard Wasswa |
References
- ↑ Vipers
- ↑
- ↑ VIPERS FC PROFILE
- ↑ http://rsssf.com/tableso/oeg05.html
- ↑ http://www.observer.ug/component/content/article?id=9164:how-bunamwaya-became-ugandan-football-kings
- ↑ http://rsssf.com/tableso/oeg2010.html
- ↑ https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1276644/bunamwaya-caf-cash-woes
- ↑ "Bunamwaya FC renamed Vipers SC – New Vision". Archived from the original on 2012-08-25. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
- ↑ https://www.kawowo.com/2013/05/26/scvu-edge-vipers-sc-to-claim-the-2013-uganda-cup/
- ↑ http://rsssf.com/tableso/oeg2015.html
- ↑ https://upl.co.ug/vipers-claim-maiden-cup-to-end-onduparaka-fairytale/
- ↑ FIFA
- ↑ FUFA – Vipers SC
External links
Uganda Premier League 2018/19 | ||
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