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Football national side
Uganda
National team · Uganda
«The Cranes»
76
Matches
27
wins
18
draws
31
losses
77–91
Goals
−14
Difference
1.0
Scored per game
Form
L
23 Dec 2025 · Away Tunisia · 1:3
D
27 Dec 2025 · Home Tanzania · 1:1
L
30 Dec 2025 · Home Nigeria · 1:3
D
24 Sep · Away Tunisia · 1:1
W
29 Sep · Home Libya · 1:0
W
2 Oct · Away Congo DR · 2:0
Kampala's football administrators organised themselves in 1924 as the Kampala Football Association, a body that would grow into the Federation of Uganda Football Associations and take charge of a national side that first took the field two years later, against Kenya. FUFA joined FIFA in 1960 and the Confederation of African Football a year after that.
The Cranes have never reached a World Cup, but the Africa Cup of Nations gave them their one final: 1978, a 2-0 defeat to Ghana. Sixteen years earlier they had gone out at the semi-final stage, finishing fourth.
Home games are played at Mandela National Stadium in Bweyogerere, outside Kampala, rebuilt and reopened in 2024 with capacity restored to 45,000 ahead of a further expansion planned for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations.
Under captain Khalid Aucho, Uganda returned to the Cup of Nations finals in 2025, extending a run of tournament appearances that has become more regular since 2017 after the long gap that followed 1978.
Latest results
Fixtures and results| 5 Oct | Friendlies |
Congo DR
H
|
||
| 2 Oct | Friendlies |
Congo DR
A
|
2:0 | W |
| 29 Sep | Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification |
Libya
H
|
1:0 | W |
| 24 Sep | Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification |
Tunisia
A
|
1:1 | D |
| 8 Jun | Friendlies |
Madagascar
H
|
||
| 5 Jun | Friendlies |
Tanzania
A
|
Standing
Africa Cup of Nations - QualificationGroup stage · Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification - Group H
| # | Team | M | W | D | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Uganda
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2:1 | 4 |
| 2 |
 Botswana
|
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4:4 | 2 |
| 3 |
Tunisia
|
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3:3 | 2 |
| 4 |
Libya
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2:3 | 1 |
Team statistics
matches counted in total: 76
76
Matches
27
wins
18
draws
31
losses
77–91
Goals
−14
Difference
1.0
Scored per game
wins
draws
losses
scored — above the line
conceded — below the line
| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 76 | 31 | 45 |
| Scored | 77 | 35 | 42 |
| Conceded | 91 | 34 | 57 |
| Scored per game | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
| Conceded per game | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| Difference | −14 | +1 | −15 |
Key players
by appearances over the last yearSquad of Uganda
by appearances over the last year| Number | Player | Position | Age | Matches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 A. Oiyrvot |
Midfielder | 2 | |||
 J. Bogere |
Forward | 2 | |||
 |
 Kelvin Owusu Boateng |
Forward | 26 | 2 | |
 T. Mutyaba |
Midfielder | 2 | |||
 K. Semakula |
Midfielder | 2 | |||
 Steven Mukwala |
Forward | 1 | |||
 |
 Abdoulaye Sissako |
Midfielder | 28 | 1 | |
 Toto Majub |
Defender | 1 | |||
 H. Mukundane |
Defender | 1 | |||
 F. Seboufu |
Forward | 1 | |||
 Allan Okello |
Midfielder | 1 | |||
 Gavin Kizito |
Defender | 1 | |||
 Herbert Achai |
Defender | 1 | |||
 Jonathan Odongo |
Defender | 1 | |||
 Denis Omedi |
Forward | 1 | |||
 Hannington Sebwalunyo |
Goalkeeper | 1 | |||
 David Lukwago |
Goalkeeper | 1 | |||
 Joseph Seremba |
Midfielder | 1 | |||
 R. Basangwa |
Forward | 1 | |||
| 15 |  Noble Okello Ayo |
Midfielder | 1 | ||
| 21 |  A. Okello |
Midfielder | 1 | ||
| 9 |  A. Vula |
Forward | 1 | ||
| 2 |  N. Asivibe |
Midfielder | 1 | ||
| 18 |  Denis Onyango |
Goalkeeper | 1 | ||
| 5 |  |
 Toby Sibbick |
Defender | 27 | 1 |
| 6 | |
 Baba Alhassan |
Midfielder | 26 | 1 |
| 7 | |
 Rogers Mato |
Forward | 23 | 1 |
| 3 |  R. Torach |
Defender | 1 | ||
| 23 |  Aziz Kayondo |
Midfielder | 1 |
Fixtures of Uganda
Honours of Uganda
- CECAFA Cup 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019 40
- Africa Cup of Nations 1962 1
- Africa Cup of Nations 1978 1