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	Johnny McKinstry
Captain	Denis Onyango
Most caps	Godfrey Walusimbi (105)
Top scorer	Emmanuel Okwi (26)
Home stadium	Mandela National Stadium
FIFA code	UGA
FIFA ranking
Current	79 (10 December 2020)[1]
Highest	62 (January 2016)
Lowest	152 (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	7 (first in 1962)
Best result	Runners-up, 1978

The Uganda national football team (nicknamed The Cranes), represents Uganda in men's international football and is controlled by the Federation of Uganda Football Associations, which is a part of CAF. 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

Africa Cup of Nations record
Host nation(s) / Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1957	Not affiliated to CAF
1959	Not affiliated to CAF
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	Did not qualify
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	Withdrew
1982	Withdrew
1984	Did not qualify
1986
1988
1990	Withdrew
1992 to 2015	Did not qualify
2017	Group stage	13th	3	0	1	2	1	3
2019	Round of 16	13th	4	1	1	2	3	4
2021	To be determined
2023
2025
Total	Runners-up	7/32	23	4	3	16	21	38

African Nations Championship record

African Nations Championship
Appearances: 5
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2009	Did not qualify
2011	Group stage	15th	3	0	0	3	1	5
2014		12th	3	1	1	1	3	4
2016		12th	3	0	2	1	3	4
2018		12th	3	0	1	2	1	4
2020		14th	3	0	1	2	3	7
2022	To be determined
Total	Group stage	5/6	15	1	5	9	10	24

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

Gossage Cup / CECAFA Cup

Gossage Cup Record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
1947	Fourth Place	4th	1	0	0	1	1	3
1948	Third Place	3rd	1	0	0	1	1	3
1949	Fourth Place	4th	1	0	0	1	2	3
1950	Fourth Place	4th	1	0	0	1	0	4
1951	Third Place	3rd	1	0	0	1	0	1
1952	Third Place	3rd	2	1	0	1	4	8
1953	Third Place	3rd	1	0	0	1	1	5
1954	Fourth Place	4th	1	0	0	1	0	5
1955	Third Place	3rd	1	0	0	1	-	-
1956	Third Place	3rd	2	1	0	1	5	7
1957	Third Place	3rd	2	0	1	1	4	8
1958	Fourth Place	4th	3	0	1	2	3	8
1959	Runners-Up	2nd	3	1	1	1	3	7
1960	Fourth Place	4th	3	0	0	3	3	11
1961	Fourth Place	4th	3	0	0	3	1	15
1962	Fourth Place	4th	3	0	0	3	0	19
1963	Fourth Place	4th	3	0	0	3	1	5
1964	Fourth Place	4th	3	1	0	2	5	10
1965	Fourth Place	4th	3	0	0	3	2	12
1966	Fourth Place	4th	3	0	1	2	1	7
Total	20/37	0 Titles	41	4	4	33	37	141

East and Central African Senior Challenge Cup Record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
1967	Third Place	3rd	3	1	0	2	3	8
1968	Fourth Place	4th	3	0	0	3	0	8
1969	Fourth Place	4th	3	0	0	3	1	12
1970	Third Place	3rd	3	1	0	2	4	5
1971	Fourth Place	4th	3	0	1	2	2	8
Total	5/5	0 Titles	15	2	1	12	10	41

CECAFA Cup Record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
1973	Group Stage	5th	2	0	0	2	0	6
1974	Third Place	3rd	2	1	0	1	3	3
1975	Group Stage	6th	2	0	0	2	1	7
1976	Group Stage	6th	3	1	0	2	1	4
1977	Group Stage	6th	3	1	0	2	1	4
1978	Did not enter
1979	Fourth Place	4th	4	0	2	2	3	8
1980	Group Stage	5th	3	1	0	2	2	5
1981	Group Stage	8th	3	0	0	3	3	9
1982	Fourth Place	4th	4	1	1	2	3	8
1983	Group Stage	8th	3	0	1	2	3	6
1984	Group Stage	8th	3	0	0	3	1	4
1985	Did not enter
1987	Fourth Place	4th	5	1	2	2	2	3
1988	Group Stage	7th	3	1	0	2	1	3
1989	Group Stage	6th	3	0	2	1	0	1
1990	Fourth Place	4th	5	1	1	3	3	5
1991	Group Stage	7th	3	0	0	3	4	7
1992	Group Stage	8th	4	1	0	3	2	14
1994	Did not enter
1995	Champions	1st	5	3	1	1	5	4
1996	Group Stage	5th	3	1	1	1	3	3
1999	Group Stage	10th	2	0	1	1	1	3
2000	Did not enter
2001	Group Stage	10th	2	0	0	2	0	8
2002	Group Stage	7th	4	1	1	2	1	3
2003	Group Stage	5th	2	0	1	1	2	6
2004	Group Stage	7th	4	1	0	3	7	11
2005	Third Place	3rd	6	3	2	1	7	6
2006	Group Stage	9th	2	0	1	1	0	4
2007	Quarter-Finals	7th	3	1	2	0	5	3
2008	Group Stage	8th	4	1	1	2	3	5
2009	Third Place	3rd	6	2	2	2	6	3
2010	Quarter-Finals	7th	4	1	2	1	4	3
2011	Quarter-Finals	7th	4	1	1	2	5	4
2012	Third Place	3rd	6	1	4	1	5	6
2013	Group Stage	9th	3	1	0	2	3	6
2015	Group Stage	10th	3	1	0	2	3	6
2017	Runners-Up	2nd	6	3	2	1	9	6
2019	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0	14	2
Total	35/39	2 Titles	127	35	31	61	113	183

Other tournaments

Year	Round
1989 Peace and Friendship Cup	Runners-up
1962 Ugandan Independence Tournament	Runners-up

Results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

2020

12 November 2021 AFCONQ	Uganda	1–0	South Sudan	Entebbe, Uganda
16:00 UTC±0	Lwaliwa 86'	Report		Stadium: St. Mary's Stadium-Kitende Referee: Messie Nkounkou (DR Congo)

16 November 2021 AFCONQ	South Sudan	1–0	Uganda	Nairobi, Kenya
16:00 UTC±0	Okello 35' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Nyayo National Stadium Referee: Louis Houngnandande (Benin)

2021

18 January 2020 CHAN	Rwanda	0–0	Uganda	Douala, Cameroon
22:00 UTC±0				Stadium: Stade de la Réunification Referee: Beida Dahane (Mauritania)

22 January 2020 CHAN	Uganda	1–2	Togo	Douala, Cameroon
22:00 UTC±0				Stadium: Stade de la Réunification Referee: Georges Gatogato (Burundi)

26 January 2020 CHAN	Uganda	2–5	Morocco	Douala, Cameroon
22:00 UTC±0	Orit 25' Kyeyune 84'		El Kaabi 45+4' (pen) Rahimi 51', 80' El Moussaoui 71' Lukwago 90+2' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade de la Réunification Referee: Boubou Traore (Mali)

22 March 2021 AFCONQ	Uganda	v	Burkina Faso
--:-- UTC±0

30 March 2021 AFCONQ	Malawi	v	Uganda
--:-- UTC±0

All-time team record

Completely updated and corrected per the cited source on 4 July 2017 [2]

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 called up for the 2021 AFCON Qualifier against South Sudan national football team on 28 March 2020 and 31 March 2020.[3][4]

Caps and goals as of 13 October 2019, after the match vs. Ethiopia.[5]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Denis Onyango (Captain)	(1985-05-15) 15 May 1985	78	0	Mamelodi Sundowns
1GK	Jamal Salim	(1995-05-27) 27 May 1995	6	0	Al-Hilal

2DF	Nicholas Wadada	(1994-07-27) 27 July 1994	59	1	Azam
2DF	Joseph Ochaya	(1993-12-14) 14 December 1993	55	2	TP Mazembe
2DF	Timothy Awany	(1996-08-06) 6 August 1996	34	0	Ashdod
2DF	Bevis Mugabi	(1995-05-01) 1 May 1995	10	0	Motherwell
2DF	Alex Kakuba	(1991-06-12) 12 June 1991	4	0	C.D. Cova da Piedade
2DF	Ronald Mukiibi	(1991-09-16) 16 September 1991	3	0	Östersunds
2DF	Elvis Bwomono	(1998-11-29) 29 November 1998	0	0	Southend United

3MF	Khalid Aucho	(1993-08-08) 8 August 1993	51	2	Misr Lel Makkasa SC
3MF	Allan Kyambadde	(1996-01-15) 15 January 1996	23	1	El Gouna
3MF	Taddeo Lwanga	(1994-05-21) 21 May 1994	19	1	Tanta
3MF	Micheal Azira	(1987-08-22) 22 August 1987	12	0	New Mexico United
3MF	Moses Waiswa	(1997-04-20) 20 April 1997	11	1	SuperSport United
3MF	Lumala Abdu	(1997-07-21) 21 July 1997	8	0	Pyramids
3MF	Allan Okello	(2000-07-04) 4 July 2000	2	1	Paradou
3MF	Jayden Onen	(2001-02-17) 17 February 2001	0	0	Reading

4FW	Emmanuel Okwi (Vice-Captain)	(1992-12-25) 25 December 1992	78	26	Al-Ittihad
4FW	Alexis Bbakka	(1995-09-13) 13 September 1995	1	0	Umeå FC
4FW	Uche Ikpeazu	(1995-02-28) 28 February 1995	0	0	Wycombe Wanderers

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for Uganda in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Robert Odongkara	(1989-09-02) 2 September 1989	31	0	Horoya AC	v. Malawi, 17 November 2019

DF	Hassan Wasswa	(1988-02-14) 14 February 1988	81	0	Jeddah	v. Malawi, 17 November 2019
DF	Murushid Juuko	(1994-04-14) 14 April 1994	41	1	Free Agent	v. Malawi, 17 November 2019
DF	Isaac Muleme	(1992-10-10) 10 October 1992	39	0	Nitra	v. Malawi, 17 November 2019
DF	Halid Lwaliwa	(1998-08-19) 19 August 1998	0	0	Vipers SC	v. Malawi, 17 November 2019

MF	Farouk Miya	(1997-11-26) 26 November 1997	65	22	Konyaspor	v. Malawi, 17 November 2019
MF	Luwagga Kizito	(1993-12-23) 23 December 1993	43	1	Hapoel Kfar Saba	v. Malawi, 17 November 2019

FW	Patrick Kaddu	(1995-10-09) 9 October 1995	15	6	Ismaily SC	v. Malawi, 17 November 2019
FW	Fahad Bayo	(1998-05-10) 10 May 1998	5	2	F.C. Ashdod	v. Malawi, 17 November 2019
^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. ^WD Player withdrew from the squad.

Records

As of 13 October 2019

Players in bold text are still active with Uganda.

Most Caps
#	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Godfrey Walusimbi	105	3	2009–
2	Tony Mawejje	83	8	2003–2017
3	Mawanda Wasswa	81	0	2006–
4	Denis Onyango	76	0	2005–
=	Emmanuel Okwi	76	26	2009–
6	Geoffrey Massa	72	22	2005–2017
7	Timothy Batabaire	65	0	2000–2008
8	Farouk Miya	63	22	2014–
9	Isaac Isinde	62	2	2010–
10	Denis Iguma	61	1	2012–

Top Goalscorers
#	Player	Goals	Caps	Career
1	Emmanuel Okwi	26	76	2009–
2	Geoffrey Massa	22	72	2005–2017
=	Farouk Miya	22	63	2014–
4	Geoffrey Sserunkuma	14	53	2002–2017
5	Brian Umony	12	36	2009–2015
6	Tony Mawejje	8	83	2003–2017
7	Derrick Nsibambi	7	21	2017–
8	Patrick Kaddu	6	14	2018–

Managers

[6][7][8]

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 (2017–2019)
Johnny McKinstry (2019–present)

References

"The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
FIFA.com. "FIFA Tournaments - Compare Teams - FIFA.com". FIFA.com. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
"AFCON 2021 Qualifiers: McKinstry Names Squad For Double Header Against South Sudan".
"AFCON 2021: The Road To Cameroon Is Clear".
"Uganda (2019)". national-football-teams.com.
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.
"Johnny McKinstry unveiled as Uganda Cranes coach". www.newvision.co.ug. Retrieved 2019-12-30.

External links

Federation Of Uganda Football Associations
Uganda at FIFA.com

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[FIFA_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.

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

[3] "AFCON 2021 Qualifiers: McKinstry Names Squad For Double Header Against South Sudan".

[4] "AFCON 2021: The Road To Cameroon Is Clear".

[5] "Uganda (2019)". national-football-teams.com.

[6] 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.

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

[8] "Johnny McKinstry unveiled as Uganda Cranes coach". www.newvision.co.ug. Retrieved 2019-12-30.

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 Eswatini Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe
Non-regional Members	Réunion¹
¹ Associate member of CAF but not member of FIFA

Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations
CAF FIFA
International Competitions	CECAFA Senior Championship CECAFA U-20 Championship CECAFA U-17 Championship CECAFA U-15 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
National Teams	Burundi Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda Somalia South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zanzibar