Uganda national football team

Uganda
	Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	The Cranes
Association	Federation of Uganda Football Associations
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	CECAFA (East & Central Africa)
Head coach	Milutin Sredojević
Captain	Geofrey Massa
Home stadium	Mandela National Stadium
FIFA code	UGA
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	72 (2 June 2016)
Highest	62 (January 2016)
Lowest	121 (July 2002)
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),2014 CECAFA Cup
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

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	Second Place	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 to 2023	TBD
Total	2 Titles	21/29	86	39	25	22	128	91

Other tournaments

Year	Round
1989 Peace and Friendship Cup	Runner Up

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

9 June 2015 Friendly	Uganda	1–1	Gambia	Mandela National Stadium, Kampala
	Sentogo 61'		Jagne 73'

13 June 2015 2017 ACN Q	Uganda	2–0	Botswana	Mandela National Stadium, Kampala
	Massa 55' Umony 65'	Report		Referee: Israel Mujuni (Tanzania)

5 September 2015 2017 ACN Q	Comoros	0–1	Uganda	Stade de Beaumer, Moroni
		Report	Tony Mawejje 36'

12 November 2015 2018 WC Q	Togo	0–1	Uganda	Stade de Kégué, Lomé
			Miya 39'

15 November 2015 2018 WC Q	Uganda	3–0	Togo	Mandela National Stadium, Kampala
	Massa 4' Miya 41' Miya 45+1'

26 March 2016 2017 ACN Q	Burkina Faso	1–0	Uganda	Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou
	Pitriopa 60' (pen.)	Report		Referee: Gehad Grisha, (Egypt)

29 March 2016 2017 ACN Q	Uganda	0–0	Burkina Faso	Mandela National Stadium, Kampala
		Report		Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza, (Madagascar)

31 May 2016 Friendly	Zimbabwe	2–0	Uganda	National Sports Stadium, Harare
	Hadebe 4', 30'

4 June 2016 2017 ACN Q	Botswana	1–2	Uganda	Francistown Stadium, Francistown
	Makgantai 49'	Report	Kizito 9' Aucho 52'	Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

30 August 2016 Friendly

Uganda

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Kenya

Mandela National Stadium, Kampala

3 September 2016 2017 ACN Q

Uganda

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Comoros

Mandela National Stadium, Kampala

Uganda all-time record against all nations

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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
Botswana	4	2	2	0	5	1	+4
Burkina Faso	4	1	2	1	4	5	−1
Burundi	9	5	2	2	16	7	+9
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	4	2	0	2	9	6	+3
DR Congo	11	4	1	6	8	22	−14
Ivory Coast	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1
Comoros	1	0	0	0	1	0	+1
Djibouti	4	4	0	0	30	2	+28
Ecuador	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Egypt	15	1	2	12	12	32	−20
Eritrea	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3
Ethiopia	29	13	8	8	44	32	+12
Gabon	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1
Gambia	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Ghana	9	3	3	3	8	10	−2
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
Kenya	51	19	21	11	59	55	+4
Kuwait	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Lebanon	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Lesotho	2	1	0	1	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	25	11	7	7	31	28	+3
Mali	1	0	0	1	1	5	−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
Somalia	18	14	3	1	52	6	+46
South Africa	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2
South Sudan	2	1	1	0	6	2	+4
Sudan	22	10	8	4	31	20	+11
Tanzania	49	27	15	7	88	48	+40
Togo	6	2	0	4	0	8	−8
Tunisia	4	0	0	4	1	14	−13
Zambia	33	11	7	15	38	43	−5
Zimbabwe	13	2	7	4	9	10	−1
Total	434	180	121	133	611	491	+120

Coaches

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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)
Muhammed Abbas (2004–2006)
Csaba László (2006–2008)
Bobby Williamson (2008–2013)
Milutin Sredojević (2013–)

Current squad

The following players were called up for 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matche against Botswana on 4 June 2016.

Caps and goals as of 26 June 2016.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Denis Onyango	(1985-05-15) 15 May 1985 (age 39)	52	0	Mamelodi Sundowns
1GK	Robert Odongkara	(1989-09-02) 2 September 1989 (age 35)	23	0	Saint George
1GK	Jamal Salim	(1995-05-27) 27 May 1995 (age 29)	2	0	Al-Merrikh

2DF	Godfrey Walusimbi	(1989-07-03) 3 July 1989 (age 35)	65	3	Gor Mahia
2DF	Isaac Isinde	(1991-04-16) 16 April 1991 (age 33)	44	2	Saint George
2DF	Denis Iguma	(1994-02-10) 10 February 1994 (age 30)	42	1	Al-Ahed Beirut
2DF	Joseph Ochaya	(1993-12-14) 14 December 1993 (age 30)	27	1	KCCA
2DF	Murshid Juuko	(1994-04-14) 14 April 1994 (age 30)	12	0	Simba

3MF	Tony Mawejje	(1986-12-15) 15 December 1986 (age 37)	65	8	Þróttur Reykjavík
3MF	Hassan Wasswa	(1988-02-14) 14 February 1988 (age 36)	43	0	Al-Shorta
3MF	Moses Oloya	(1992-10-22) 22 October 1992 (age 32)	37	0	Becamex Bình Dương
3MF	Khalid Aucho	(1993-08-08) 8 August 1993 (age 31)	22	2	Gor Mahia
3MF	Luwagga Kizito	(1993-12-20) 20 December 1993 (age 30)	22	1	Feirense
3MF	Micheal Azira	(1987-08-22) 22 August 1987 (age 37)	0	0	Colorado Rapids

4FW	Geofrey Massa	(1986-02-19) 19 February 1986 (age 38)	54	17	Bloemfontein Celtic
4FW	Emmanuel Okwi	(1992-12-25) 25 December 1992 (age 31)	46	17	SønderjyskE
4FW	Farouk Miya	(1997-11-26) 26 November 1997 (age 26)	29	11	Standard Liège
4FW	Erisa Sekisambu	(1995-08-28) 28 August 1995 (age 29)	13	2	Vipers
4FW	Edrisa Lubega	(1998-04-17) 17 April 1998 (age 26)	2	0	Proline
4FW	Melvyn Lorenzen	(1994-11-26) 26 November 1994 (age 29)	1	0	Werder Bremen
4FW	Davis Kasirye	(1994-07-15) 15 July 1994 (age 30)	1	0	Rayon Sports

References

^ Competitions, Head-to-Head, FIFA, accessed 14 June 2015
^ Zziwa, Hassan Badru (2009-05-25). "Rise and fall of Cranes coaches". The Observer. Uganda. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
^ "Rise and fall of Uganda Cranes tacticians". Soccer256 online. Retrieved 2011-07-29.

External links

Federation Of Uganda Football Associations
Uganda at FIFA.com

[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.

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