With 56 points in 29 ties and one more match to finish the league, Kaizer Chiefs are favorites to win the title.
Sundowns share points with chiefs but Title contenders have a greater goal difference. Both teams face relegation battle sides Baroka and Black Leopards on Saturday.
Chiefs forward Samir Nurkovic state, “We have the confidence and that is what we must take to this match. It will not be easy. It has not been since we returned. Baroka are fighting for their lives and this will make them a difficult side.”
“But Chiefs is a big club and it is not right that we have not won anything in five years. We need to put on a big performance. Our team has been on top of the log since the season started. We must finish what we started,” the Chiefs forward said.
Owned by a government institution that is created by an act of Parliament or a Government parastatal. This model is principally setup as a PR and or CSR tool for the institution.
URA FC
Uganda Revenue Authority Football Club is fully owned by the tax collecting body.
KCCA FC
Started 1963, the club belongs to Kampala Capital City Authority, the body that is responsible for operations in Uganda’s capital city.
Police FC
The 2005 league winners are fully owned by the Uganda Police Force.
BUL FC
The Jinja based club belongs to BIDCO Uganda Limited, a consumer goods company.
UPDF FC
Uganda People’s Defence Force Football Club (UPDF FC) formerly Simba FC is owned by the Army institution.
2. Private Clubs
Owned by a shareholding of natural and/or legal persons. This model is principally setup for football business purposes
Vipers SC
The four-time league champions are owned by three individuals. These include Dr. Lawrence Mulindwa (90%), Tadeus KItandwe (5%) and Haruna Kyobe (5%).
Bright Stars FC
Bright Stars FC is owned by five persons namely; Soltilo (U) Limited (70%), Ronald Mutebi (19%), Ahmed Hussein (6%), Joseph Mubiru (3%) and Tadec Miiro (2%).
Mbarara City FC
This is owned by Hon. Mwine Mpaka Rwamirama who is also the Member of Parliament representing the Youth in the Western region.
Wakiso Giants FC
Wakiso Giants FC is owned by two people namely; Hassan Lule and Ahmed Mbabi.
MYDA FC
The newly promoted side is owned by five people that include Andrew Matovu (55%), Abdulahi Mohamadi (30%), Baker Musaazi (5%), Elisha Madanda (5%) and Catherine Nabweteme (5%).
Onduparaka FC
Based in Arua City in the West Nile region, Onduparaka FC is owned by Benjamin Nyakuni with majority share of 60% while Joe Erema has 40% shares.
Community Club
Owned by a membership of more than 100 or so fans. This model is setup for sport but proven most suitable for posterity and sports business.
Express FC
Express FC is owned by Express Sports Club limited.
SC Villa
SC Villa are the league record champions with 16 titles. The Club is owned by Sports Club Villa Limited.
4. Hybrid Model
A combination of the above models. This model is normally a compromise position of various inherited ownership, challenging to find suiting governance model practices.
Kyetume FC
Kyetume FC has elements of private and Institution. The 5 owners include; Reuben Kimera((60%), Hogi Nsubuga(21%), Kyetume CBHC Programme(15%), Henry Titus Kayondo(3) and David S. Kikabi(1%).
Busoga United FC
The majority shareholder at Busoga United FC is Dinah H.T Nyago with 51% shares. Jinja SS (board) has 35% while Busoga Kindom, Dr. Joseph Muvawala, Fredrick Gume Ngobi, Godfrey Bwire Osodo, Daniel Oketch, Robert Adotu and Samuel Mugabi have 2% each.
Below is the ownership of clubs in the FUFA Big League
In a statement posted on the Futsal Association of Uganda FAU website, the body will hold an Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Saturday 12th September 2020.
The General Meeting will be held at Kenedia Hotel, Kampala with the following agenda not limited to:
A declaration that the General Assembly has been convened and composed in compliance with the constitution of FAU.
Consideration and approval of the agenda
Appointment of the members to check the minutes
Appointment of scrutineers
An address by the Chairman
Suspension or expulsion of Members where applicable.
Activity report containing activities of the previous calendar year(2019/2020) where applicable
Three-time African champions Nigeria to play friendly games against Cote d’Ivoire and Tunisia says the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
Nigeria will contend with Sierra Leone in two qualifying matches for the 2021 Cup of Nations scheduled for November. The matches were to have been played in March but were rescheduled due to COVID-19. Nigeria is in the lead of their qualifying group, including Benin, Lesotho and Sierra Leone, for the continental tournament, to be played in 2022 in Cameroon.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Confederation of African Football (CAF) made the decision to push the games to January 2022. The 33rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations will be held in Cameroon with Women’s Africa Cup of Nations cancelled.
The Spaniard, who has been coaching this club since the month of October last year, has parted ways with the club.
In a letter to the management of the Mukura VS, he informed them that he has resigned from his coaching duties in the Huye district based team for personal reasons. Few hours after his resignation, it became clear that he is going to continue his coaching career for Real de Minas in the first division in Honduras. He has been offered the role of head coach.
The tactician helped the senior team finish fourth behind APR FC, Rayon sports and Police FC.
Rwanda national volleyball team player Yakan Guma Lawrence has signed a two-year contract with Gisagara Volleyball club after nearly five years with Japanese side Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler.
This is not the first time he is going to play for Gisagara VC as he helped them in the 2019 Genocide Memorial Tournament and before the new season of 2019/2020 begun, it was announced by the team management that he will play for them even though Yakan ended up returning to Japan.
Yakan is currently the longest serving player in the men’s senior national team and had previously played for Uganda’s Sport-s, Kigali VC (Rwanda), APR VC (Rwanda), Etoile Sportif (Algeria), Palandoken Belediye (Turkey) and Oita Miyoshi weisse adler
In a press release, Rwanda Basketball Federation announced that Henry Mwinuka, a Tanzanian coach, has been named as the first assistant coach in the men’s national team.
The current REG BBC coach has replaced Maxime Mwiseneza and no other changes have been made with the head coach or the second assistant coach. The team will continue to be led by Vladimir Bosnjak as a head coach with Henry Mwinuka and Aimée Karim Nkusi the first and second assistant coaches.
These changes have no purpose other than to add Henry Mwinuka’s experience to the technical staff as Rwanda prepares for FIBA Afrobasket 2021. These preparations for the team will begin with the Qualifiers expected in November 2020 for Rwanda to host Group D ( Nigeria, Mali, Rwanda and Algeria).
As a reminder, coach Henry Mwinuka won 3 Rwandan league titles with Patriots.
Administrative body for African football, CAF has revealed the calendar for the interclub 2020/21 season. Member Associations (MA) are requested to register their representatives on the CAF Content Management System (CMS) guided by the following scenarios posted on the CAF official website.
Vipers SC for Champions League and KCCA for Confederation Cup are the representatives from Uganda. 2019/20 league titleholders Vipers SC were crowned when the league was ended due to COVID-19 thus a spot in the CAF Champions League qualifiers with the latter earning a ticket for the CAF Confederation Cup after a nomination from the FUFA committee.
Twelve MA’s, including Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, DR Congo, Algeria, South Africa, Zambia, Nigeria, Guinea, Angola, Sudan and Libya in this order based on rankings posted on the CAF official website are entitled to two representing teams in both competitions whereas others will only engage one.
For more details about matches look at the PDF file here
51 minutes was just enough for Ghanaian striker Micheal Sarpong after five months off the pitch to start the scoring counter and new winning streak for his new side Yanga Africans that is based in Dar-es-Salaam.
In a friendly encounter aimed at introducing the new coach Zlatko Krmpotic, the new players and also to mark the end of “Wiki Ya Mwananchi”, Benjamin Mkapa National stadium was filled to capacity as they hosted Burundian side, Aigle Noir in what was an entertaining match for the people’s team.
Yanga Africans squad for 2020/2021 season
In the 39th minute, Tuisila Kisinda opened the scoreboard before striker Micheal Sarpong in the 52nd minute for Yanga Africans, the latter a former Rayon Sports player.
Yanga Africans is set to start the new season on September, 6th 2020, facing Tanzania Prisons at Benjamin Mkapa National stadium.
With a string of signings, including Charles “Neymar” Lwanga, Stefano Mazengo, Ashraf Mugume, Brian Aheebwa and Andrew Samson early in time for the upcoming league, a promotion from the KCCA FC soccer academy has seen a new lad, Dominic Ayella join the kasasiro boys as they strive to strengthen the side as league contenders.
The 18-year-old was unveiled in style at the club home grounds at Lugogo, arriving in a personalized license plate vehicle. Talking to KCCA media, Ayella stated, “I am very grateful for the promotion, it is a dream come true and it has been hard work to reach here. I have put much effort to get this chance. As a forward, I hope to score many goals, and always make sure that I contribute more to the team to win.” The lad is a student at Masaka Secondary School and an admirer of Ugandan soccer star Allan Okello and world-renowned start Neymar.
KCCA FC coach Mike Mutebi has expressed confidence in the young player saying, “We have prepared them (Junior team players) to have confidence, they are young but they believe in themselves. He is a good addition, the game needs energetic players who can run 90 minutes nonstop and he will add something to the team. We lost creativity when Okello departed, we looked flat and we hope to look better next season”
