Uganda national football team

Uganda

Nickname(s)	The Cranes
Association	Federation of Uganda Football Associations
Sub-confederation	CECAFA (East & Central Africa)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Milutin Sredojević
Captain	Andrew Mwesigwa
Home stadium	Mandela National Stadium
FIFA code	UGA
FIFA ranking	72 2 (9 April 2015)
Highest FIFA ranking	63 (September, October 2010)
Lowest FIFA ranking	121 (July 2002)
Elo ranking	79 (31 March 2015)
Highest Elo ranking	40 (March 1978)
Lowest Elo ranking	129 (June 2005)
First colours Second colours
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	5 (First in 1962)
Best result	Second; 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 :

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

Competition records

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1974 – Did not enter
• 1978 – Did not qualify
• 1982 – Withdrew
• 1986 to 2014 – Did not qualify

Africa Cup of Nations record

• 1957 to 1959 – Did not enter
• 1962 – Fourth place
• 1963 – Withdrew
• 1965 – Did not qualify
• 1968 – Round 1
• 1970 to 1972 – Did not qualify
• 1974 – Round 1
• 1976 – Round 1
• 1978 – Second place
• 1980 to 1982 – Withdrew
• 1984 to 1988 – Did not qualify
• 1990 – Withdrew
• 1992 to 2013 – Did not qualify
• 2015 – In progress

Other Tournaments

Year	Round
1989 Peace and Friendship Cup	Runner Up

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualificiation 18 May 2014	Madagascar	2–1	Uganda	Stade Rabemanajara, Mahajanga
15:00	Andriatsima  9' (pen.) Andriamatsinoro  29'	Report	Kiiza  90' (pen.)	Referee: Victor Gomes, (South Africa)

2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualificiation 30 May 2014	Uganda	1–0	Madagascar	Mandela National Stadium, Kampala
13:00 (GMT)	Massa  12'	Report		Referee: Mohamed Farouk Mahmoud, (Egypt)

International friendly 11 July 2014	Uganda	1–0	Seychelles	Mandela National Stadium, Kampala
15:00 (GMT)	Miya  21'

International friendly 15 July 2014	Uganda	0–0	Malawi	Mandela National Stadium, Kampala
14:00 (GMT)

2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualificiation 20 July 2014	Uganda	2–0	Mauritania	Mandela National Stadium, Kampala
13:00 (GMT)	Majwega  48' Massa  70'	Report		Referee: Hudu Munyemnana, (Egypt)

2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualificiation 6 September 2014	Ghana	1–1	Uganda	Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi
16:00 UTC±0	A. Ayew  50' (pen.)	Report	Mawejje  45'	Referee: Mohamed Said Kordi (Tunisia)

2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualificiation 10 September 2014	Uganda	2–0	Guinea	Mandela National Stadium, Kampala
19:30 UTC+3	Massa  21', 43'	Report		Referee: Tessema Bamlak (Ethiopia)

Uganda all-time record against all nations

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Algeria	8	2	4	2	8	11	−3
Angola	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2
Benin	2	1	0	1	3	5	−2
Botswana	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Burkina Faso	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2
Burundi	7	4	2	1	13	5	+8
Cameroon	4	1	1	2	5	9	−4
Cape Verde	2	1	0	1	1	1	0
Chad	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Congo	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1
DR Congo	6	2	1	3	4	15	−11
Ivory Coast	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1
Djibouti	4	4	0	0	30	2	+28
Ecuador	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Egypt	11	1	2	8	10	22	−12
Eritrea	2	1	0	1	4	4	0
Ethiopia	24	8	8	8	32	28	+4
Gabon	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1
Ghana	7	2	2	3	6	9	−3
Guinea	4	1	1	2	8	10	−2
Iran	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
Iraq	2	0	2	0	2	2	0
Kenya	56	20	19	17	64	54	10
Kuwait	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Lebanon	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
Lesotho	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3
Liberia	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1
Libya	3	1	1	1	6	6	0
Madagascar	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5
Malawi	24	11	6	7	30	27	+3
Mali	1	0	0	1	1	5	−4
Mauritania	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Mauritius	5	3	1	1	13	5	+8
Morocco	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Netherlands	1	0	0	1	0	8	−8
Niger	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1
Nigeria	6	3	1	2	5	5	0
Peru	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3
Rwanda	26	11	7	8	33	20	+33
Saudi Arabia	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2
Scotland	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Senegal	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3
Seychelles	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5
Somalia	17	13	3	1	48	6	+42
South Africa	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2
South Sudan	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
Sudan	20	9	7	4	30	20	+10
Tanzania	41	23	11	7	71	40	+31
Togo	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6
Tunisia	4	0	0	4	1	14	−13
Zaire	4	1	0	3	3	7	−4
Zambia	30	15	7	8	36	30	−4
Zimbabwe	11	1	6	4	8	10	−2
Total	369	157	105	108	524	431	+93

Coaches

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Current squad

The following squad was selected for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against  Mauritania on 20 July 2014.^[3]

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Denis Onyango (1985-05-15) 15 May 1985 35 0 Bidvest Wits 1GK Robert Odongkara (1989-09-02) 2 September 1989 17 0 Saint George 1GK Benjamin Ochan (1989-09-18) 18 September 1989 9 0 Victoria University 1GK Ismail Watenga (1995-05-15) 15 May 1995 2 0 Vipers 2DF Andrew Mwesigwa (1984-04-24) 24 April 1984 64 6 Ordabasy 2DF Godfrey Walusimbi (1989-07-03) 3 July 1989 55 3 Gor Mahia 2DF Isaac Isinde (1991-04-16) 16 April 1991 29 2 Saint George 2DF Denis Iguma (1994-02-10) 10 February 1994 27 1 Victoria University 2DF Joseph Ochaya (1994-05-02) 2 May 1994 10 0 Asante Kotoko 3MF Hassan Wasswa (1988-02-14) 14 February 1988 37 0 KCCA 3MF Moses Oloya (1992-10-22) 22 October 1992 27 0 Bình Dương 3MF Brian Majwega (1992-11-07) 7 November 1992 25 3 KCCA 3MF Geoffrey Kizito (1993-02-02) 2 February 1993 22 3 Gor Mahia 3MF Ivan Ntege (1994-09-08) 8 September 1994 8 0 KF Tirana 3MF Luwagga Kizito (1993-12-20) 20 December 1993 6 0 Sporting Covilhã 3MF Farouk Miya 3 1 Vipers 3MF Allan Kyambadde (1996-01-15) 15 January 1996 2 0 Express 3MF Tonny Mawejje (1986-12-15) 15 December 1986 57 7 Valur 3MF Brian Majwega (1992-11-07) 7 November 1992 22 2 KCCA 3MF Khalid Aucho (1984-08-21) 21 August 1984 7 1 Tusker 3MF Martin Kayongo-Mutumba (1985-06-15) 15 June 1985 7 0 Rah Ahan 4FW Emmanuel Okwi (1992-12-15) 15 December 1992 41 17 Young Africans 4FW Geofrey Massa (1986-02-19) 19 February 1986 40 12 University of Pretoria 4FW Hamis Kiiza (1990-10-10) 10 October 1990 26 5 Young Africans 4FW Brian Umony (1988-12-12) 12 December 1988 24 9 Unattached 4FW Yunus Sentamu (1994-08-13) 13 August 1994 7 3 CS Sfaxien

References

External links

• Federation Of Uganda Football Associations
• Uganda at FIFA.com

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