Uganda national football team

Uganda
Nickname(s)	The Cranes
Association	Federation of Uganda Football Associations
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	CECAFA (East & Central Africa)
Head coach	Sébastien Desabre
Home stadium	Mandela National Stadium
FIFA code	UGA
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	83 1 (20 September 2018)
Highest	62 (January 2016)
Lowest	121 (July 2002)
Elo ranking
Current	101 4 (13 October 2018)
Highest	40 (March 1978)
Lowest	129 (June 2005)
First international
	Kenya 1–1 Uganda ; (Nairobi, Kenya; 1 May 1926)
Biggest win
	Uganda 13–1 Kenya ; (Uganda; unknown date 1932)
Biggest defeat
	Egypt 6–0 Uganda ; (Alexandria, Egypt; 30 July 1995) ; Tunisia 6–0 Uganda ; (Tunis, Tunisia; 28 February 1999)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	6 (first in 1962)
Best result	Runners-up, 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.

Achievements

CECAFA Cup :

14 Times Champion (1973, 1976, 1977, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015)
4 Times Runners-up

Competitive record

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record									FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930 to 1974	Did not enter								Did not enter
1978	Did not qualify								2	1	0	1	3	4
1982	Withdrew								Withdrew
1986	Did not qualify								2	1	0	1	1	3
1990	Did not qualify								2	1	0	1	2	3
1994	Withdrew during qualifying								Withdrew during qualifying
1998	Did not qualify								2	0	0	2	1	5
2002									2	0	1	1	4	7
2006									12	3	2	7	10	18
2010									6	3	1	2	8	9
2014									6	2	2	2	5	6
2018									8	4	3	1	7	2
2022	To be determined								To be determined
2026	To be determined								To be determined
Total		0/21							42	15	9	18	42	47

Africa Cup of Nations record

Host nation(s) / Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1957 to 1959	Did not enter
1962	Fourth Place	4th	2	0	0	2	1	5
1963	Withdrew
1965	Did not qualify
1968	Group Stage	8th	3	0	0	3	2	8
1970 to 1972	Did not qualify
1974	Group Stage	6th	3	0	1	2	3	5
1976	Group Stage	8th	3	0	0	3	2	6
1978	Runners-Up	2nd	5	3	0	2	9	7
1980 to 1982	Withdrew
1984 to 1988	Did not qualify
1990	Withdrew
1992 to 2015	Did not qualify
2017	Group Stage	13th	3	0	1	2	1	3
2019 to 2023	To be determined
Total	Runners-Up	6/31	19	3	2	14	18	34

Other tournaments

Year	Round
1989 Peace and Friendship Cup	Runners-Up

African Games

Football at the African Games has been an under-23 tournament since 1991.

African Games Record
Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1965	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1973	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991–present	See Uganda national under-23 football team
Total	4/4	0	0	0	0	0	0

Results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss

2017

14 July 2017 2018 CHANQ	South Sudan	0–0	Uganda	Juba, South Sudan
16:30 EAT		Report		Stadium: Juba Stadium Referee: Idris Mehammed Osman (Eritrea)

22 July 2017 2018 CHANQ	Uganda	5–1 (5–1 agg.)	South Sudan	Kampala, Uganda
16:00 EAT	Nsibambi 33' Mucureezi 43', 49', 53', 57'	Report	Khamis 90'	Stadium: Phillip Omondi Stadium Referee: Elly Ally Sasii (Tanzania)

12 August 2017 2018 CHANQ	Uganda	3–0	Rwanda	Kampala, Uganda
16:00 EAT	Mutyaba 14' (pen.), 25' Muwanga 51'	Report		Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)

19 August 2017 2018 CHANQ	Rwanda	2–0 (2–3 agg.)	Uganda	Kigali, Rwanda
15:30 CAT	Mukunzi 8' Manzi 15'	Report		Stadium: Stade Régional Nyamirambo Referee: Hafiz Abdelghani Alamen (Sudan)

31 August 2017 2018 WCQ	Uganda	1–0	Egypt	Kampala, Uganda
16:00 EAT	Okwi 51'	Report		Stadium: Mandela National Stadium Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)

5 September 2017 2018 WCQ	Egypt	1–0	Uganda	Alexandria, Egypt
20:00 EET	M. Salah 6'	Report		Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

4 October 2017 Friendly	Uganda	1–2	Madagascar	Kampala, Uganda
	Muzamir 22'		Andriamatsinoro 49' (pen.) Andriamatsinoro 89'	Stadium: StarTimes stadium Lugogo

7 October 2017 2018 WCQ	Uganda	0–0	Ghana	Kampala, Uganda
16:00 EAT		Report		Stadium: Mandela National Stadium Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

12 November 2017 2018 WCQ	Congo	1–1	Uganda	Brazzaville, Congo
15:30 WAT	Baudry 10'	Report	Karisa 11'	Stadium: Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat Referee: El Fadil Mohamed (Sudan)

4 December 2017 2017 CECAFA Cup GS	Uganda	0–0	Burundi	Kakamega, Kenya
16:00 EAT		Report		Stadium: Bukhungu Stadium Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)

8 December 2017 2017 CECAFA Cup GS	Uganda	5–1	South Sudan	Kakamega, Kenya
14:00 EAT	Karisa 8' Kaweesa 11' Nsibambi 31', 58' Wadada 86'	Report	Atak Lual 27'	Stadium: Bukhungu Stadium Referee: Mfaume Ali Nassoro (Zanzibar)

10 December 2017 2017 CECAFA Cup GS	Ethiopia	1–1	Uganda	Kakamega, Kenya
16:00 EAT	Sanni 23'	Report	Nsibambi 87'	Stadium: Bukhungu Stadium Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)

15 December 2017 2017 CECAFA Cup SF	Uganda	1–2	Zanzibar	Kisumu, Kenya
15:00 EAT	Nsibambi 29'	Report	Makame 23' Mohammed Issa 58' (pen.)	Stadium: Moi Stadium Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)

17 December 2017 2017 CECAFA Cup TP	Burundi	1–2	Uganda	Machakos, Kenya
13:30 EAT	Kwizera 24'	Report	Juma 49', 76'	Stadium: Kenyatta Stadium Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)

2018

14 January 2018 2018 CHAN GS	Zambia	3–1	Uganda	Marrakech, Morocco
19:30 WET	Kambole 38' Mulenga 63' Kapumbu 71'	Report	Nsibambi 40'	Stadium: Stade de Marrakech Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)

18 January 2018 2018 CHAN GS	Uganda	0–1	Namibia	Marrakech, Morocco
19:30 WET		Report	Nekundi 90+2'	Stadium: Stade de Marrakech Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt)

22 January 2018 2018 CHAN GS	Uganda	0–0	Ivory Coast	Marrakech, Morocco
19:00 WET		Report		Stadium: Stade de Marrakech Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)

24 March 2018 Friendly	Uganda	3–1	São Tomé and Príncipe	Kampala, Uganda
16:30 EAT	Ochaya 21' Juuko 45+2' Ndugwa 82'	Report	Zé 90+1'	Stadium: Mandela National Stadium Referee: Elly Ally Sasii (Tanzania)

27 March 2018 Friendly	Uganda	0–0	Malawi	Kampala, Uganda
17:00 EAT		Report		Stadium: Mandela National Stadium Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)

2 June 2018 Friendly	Niger	2–1	Uganda	Niamey, Niger
21:00 WAT	Adje 27', 56'	Report	Miya 88'	Stadium: Stade Général Seyni Kountché Referee: Yanissou Bebou (Togo)

8 September 2018 2019 AFCONQ	Uganda	0–0	Tanzania	Kira, Uganda
16:00 EAT		Report		Stadium: Mandela National Stadium Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

13 October 2018 2019 AFCONQ	Uganda	3–0	Lesotho	Kira, Uganda
16:00 EAT	Okwi 11', 64' Miya 37' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Mandela National Stadium Referee: Amin Mohamed Omar (Egypt)

16 October 2018 2019 AFCONQ	Lesotho	v	Uganda	Maseru, Lesotho
18:00 SAST		Report		Stadium: Setsoto Stadium

16 November 2018 2019 AFCONQ	Uganda	v	Cape Verde	Uganda
		Report

2019

22 March 2019 2019 AFCONQ	Tanzania	v	Uganda	Tanzania
		Report

All-time team record

Completely updated and corrected per the cited source on 4 July 2017 ^[1]

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Algeria	9	2	4	3	8	13	−5
Angola	8	3	2	3	10	10	0
Benin	2	1	0	1	3	5	−2
Bahrain	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Botswana	5	3	2	0	7	2	+5
Burkina Faso	6	1	3	2	4	6	−2
Burundi	9	5	2	2	16	7	+9
Cameroon	4	1	1	2	5	9	−4
Cape Verde	3	2	0	1	2	1	0
Chad	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Comoros	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2
Congo	5	3	0	2	10	6	+4
DR Congo	11	4	1	6	8	22	−14
Djibouti	4	4	0	0	30	2	+28
Ecuador	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Egypt	16	1	2	13	12	33	−21
Eritrea	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3
Ethiopia	30	13	8	9	44	36	+8
Gabon	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1
Gambia	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Ghana	11	3	4	4	8	11	−3
Guinea	6	2	1	3	10	12	−2
Guinea-Bissau	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
Iran	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
Iraq	2	0	2	0	2	2	0
Ivory Coast	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1
Kenya	52	19	23	11	60	56	+4
Kuwait	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Lebanon	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Lesotho	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3
Liberia	4	2	0	2	2	4	−2
Libya	3	1	1	1	6	6	0
Madagascar	5	3	0	2	9	4	+5
Malawi	26	11	7	8	31	29	+2
Mali	3	0	2	1	4	8	−4
Mauritania	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6
Mauritius	5	3	1	1	13	5	+8
Morocco	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2
Niger	5	2	1	2	5	6	−1
Nigeria	7	4	1	2	6	5	+1
Rwanda	30	12	10	8	38	24	+14
Saudi Arabia	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2
Senegal	4	0	2	2	2	6	−4
Seychelles	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6
Somalia	19	15	3	1	59	7	+52
South Africa	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2
South Sudan	2	1	1	0	6	2	+4
Sudan	24	12	8	4	35	20	+15
Tanzania	51	28	16	7	92	49	+43
Togo	8	2	1	5	5	10	−5
Tunisia	5	0	0	5	1	16	−15
Yemen	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
Zambia	35	11	7	17	38	45	-7
Zimbabwe	15	2	8	5	10	13	−3
Total	468	194	132	142	647	517	+130

Players

Current squad

The following players have been selected in the final squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier matches vs. Egypt 31 August 2017 and 5 September 2017.^[2]

Caps and goals as of 10 June 2017, after the match vs. Cape Verde.^[3]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
18	1GK	Denis Onyango (captain)	(1985-05-15) 15 May 1985	57	0	Mamelodi Sundowns
	1GK	Robert Odongkara	(1989-09-02) 2 September 1989	29	0	Saint George
1	1GK	Benjamin Ochan	(1989-09-18) 18 September 1989	11	0	KCCA
19	1GK	Ismail Watenga	(1995-05-15) 15 May 1995	7	0	Vipers

	2DF	Godfrey Walusimbi	(1989-07-03) 3 July 1989	84	3	Gor Mahia
5	2DF	Isaac Isinde	(1991-04-16) 16 April 1991	55	2	Buildcon
12	2DF	Denis Iguma	(1994-02-10) 10 February 1994	52	1	Al-Ahed
	2DF	Nicholas Wadada	(1992-08-15) 15 August 1992	30	0	Vipers
4	2DF	Murushid Juuko	(1994-04-14) 14 April 1994	26	0	Simba
20	2DF	Isaac Muleme	(1992-10-10) 10 October 1992	18	0	Alassiouty Sport
3	2DF	Bernard Muwanga	(1993-08-25) 25 August 1993	14	0	SC Villa
	2DF	Timothy Awany	(1996-08-06) 6 August 1996	11	0	KCCA
	2DF	Paul Musamali	(1994-10-20) 20 October 1994	0	0	KCCA

16	3MF	Hassan Wasswa	(1988-02-14) 14 February 1988	60	0	El-Geish
2	3MF	Joseph Ochaya	(1993-12-14) 14 December 1993	42	1	Lusaka Dynamos
	3MF	Geoffrey Kizito	(1993-02-02) 2 February 1993	40	3	Sài Gòn
8	3MF	Khalid Aucho	(1993-08-08) 8 August 1993	34	2	Churchill Brothers
10	3MF	William Luwagga	(1993-12-23) 23 December 1993	33	1	Politehnica Iași
6	3MF	Ivan Ntege	(1994-09-08) 8 September 1994	21	0	KCCA
22	3MF	Muzamir Mutyaba	(1993-10-10) 10 October 1993	18	0	KCCA
	3MF	Moses Waiswa	(1997-04-20) 20 April 1997	2	1	Lusaka Dynamos
21	3MF	Shafiq Kagimu	(1998-05-28) 28 May 1998	1	0	URA
13	3MF	Tom Masiko		1	0	URA

7	4FW	Emmanuel Okwi	(1992-12-25) 25 December 1992	56	18	SC Villa
17	4FW	Farouk Miya	(1995-11-26) 26 November 1995	47	17	Gorica
9	4FW	Geoffrey Sserunkuma	(1983-07-06) 6 July 1983	47	13	KCCA
23	4FW	Milton Karisa	(1995-07-27) 27 July 1995	3	0	Vipers
11	4FW	Derrick Nsibambi	(1994-06-19) 19 June 1994	2	0	KCCA

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Jamal Magoola	(1995-05-27) 27 May 1995	5	0	Al-Merrikh	v. Tunisia, 4 January 2017

DF	Dennis Okot	(1990-12-01) 1 December 1990	16	0	KCCA	v. Cape Verde, 10 June 2017

MF	Robert Kakeeto	(1995-05-19) 19 May 1995	0	0	AaB	v. Cape Verde, 10 June 2017
MF	Tony Mawejje	(1986-11-15) 15 November 1986	82	8	Tirana	2017 Africa Cup of Nations
MF	Moses Oloya	(1992-10-22) 22 October 1992	50	1	Hà Nội	2017 Africa Cup of Nations
MF	Micheal Azira	(1987-08-22) 22 August 1987	5	0	Montreal Impact	2017 Africa Cup of Nations

FW	Muhammad Shaban	(1998-01-01) 1 January 1998	8	0	Onduparaka	v. Cape Verde, 10 June 2017
FW	Geoffrey Massa^[4]^RET	(1986-02-19) 19 February 1986	69	21	Baroka	2017 Africa Cup of Nations
FW	Yunus Sentamu	(1994-08-13) 13 August 1994	18	4	Tirana	2017 Africa Cup of Nations
FW	Edrisa Lubega	(1998-04-17) 17 April 1998	4	0	Floridsdorfer	2017 Africa Cup of Nations^PRE

Notes

^DEC Player refused to join the team after the call-up.
^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
^PRE Preliminary Squad.
^RET Player has retired from international football.
^SUS Suspended from the national team.

Managers

^[5]^[6]

Alan Rogers (1965–1966)
Robert Kiberu (19??–1969)
Burkhard Pape (1969–1972)
David Otti (1973–1974)
Otto Westerhoff (1974–1975)
Peter Okee (1976–1981)
Bidandi Ssali (1982)
Peter Okee (1983)
George Mukasa (1984–1985)
Barnabas Mwesiga (1986–1988)
Robert Kiberu (1988–1989)
Polly Ouma (1989–1995)
Timothy Ayieko (1995–1996)
Asuman Lubowa (1996–1999)
Paul Hasule (1999)
Harrison Okagbue (1999–2001)
Paul Hasule (2001–2003)
Pedro Pasculli (2003)
Leo Adraa (2003–2004)
Mike Mutebi (2004)
Mohammed Abbas (2004–2006)
Csaba László (2006–2008)
Bobby Williamson (2008–2013)
Milutin Sredojević (2013–2017)
Moses Basena (Interim, 2017)
Sébastien Desabre (2017–present)

References

↑ FIFA.com. "FIFA Tournaments - Compare Teams - FIFA.com". FIFA.com. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
↑ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia qualifiers: Coach Basena releases 27 man squad for Egypt double header - FUFA: Federation of Uganda Football Associations". FUFA: Federation of Uganda Football Associations. 2017-08-23. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Uganda (2017)". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
↑ https://www.kawowo.com/2017/03/29/massa-retires-from-uganda-cranes/
↑ Zziwa, Hassan Badru (25 May 2009). "Rise and fall of Cranes coaches". The Observer. Uganda. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
↑ "Rise and fall of Uganda Cranes tacticians". Soccer256 online. Archived from the original on 2 February 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2011.

External links

Federation Of Uganda Football Associations
Uganda at FIFA.com

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[1] FIFA.com. "FIFA Tournaments - Compare Teams - FIFA.com". FIFA.com. Retrieved 2018-05-31.

[2] "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia qualifiers: Coach Basena releases 27 man squad for Egypt double header - FUFA: Federation of Uganda Football Associations". FUFA: Federation of Uganda Football Associations. 2017-08-23. Retrieved 2018-05-31.

[3] Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Uganda (2017)". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-05-31.

[4] ttps://www.kawowo.com/2017/03/29/massa-retires-from-uganda-cranes/

[5] Zziwa, Hassan Badru (25 May 2009). "Rise and fall of Cranes coaches". The Observer. Uganda. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2011.

[6] "Rise and fall of Uganda Cranes tacticians". Soccer256 online. Archived from the original on 2 February 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2011.

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National football teams of Africa (CAF)
North Africa (UNAF)	Algeria Egypt Libya Morocco Tunisia
West Africa (WAFU)	Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo
East Africa (CECAFA)	Burundi Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda Somalia South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zanzibar¹
Central Africa (UNIFFAC)	Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo DR Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon São Tomé and Príncipe
Southern Africa (COSAFA)	Angola Botswana Comoros Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Swaziland Zambia Zimbabwe
Non-regional Members	Réunion¹
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Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations
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International Competitions	CECAFA Senior Championship CECAFA U-20 Championship CECAFA U-17 Championship CECAFA Women's Championship
Club Competitions	CECAFA Club Cup CECAFA Nile Basin Cup
Current members	Burundi Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda Somalia South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zanzibar
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