Uganda national football team

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History

The Uganda Cranes made their debut on 1 May 1926 against Kenya drawing 1–1. In 1962, they qualified for their Africa Cup of Nations debut in the third edition of the tournament, which included only 4 teams. In the semi-finals, the Cranes were defeated and eliminated by United Arab Republic (2–1), and then lost the third place match against Tunisia (3–0).

The Cranes returned to the Africa Cup of Nations in 1974, where they were eliminated in the first round following 2 defeats against Egypt and Zambia and a draw against Ivory Coast. In 1976, they were eliminated in the first round, being defeated by Ethiopia, Egypt and Guinea.

In the 1978 Africa Cup of Nations, the Cranes finished second in the group stages defeating the Republic of Congo (3–1) and Morocco (3–0) and lost 3–1 to Tunisia. In the semi-finals they eliminated Nigeria (2–1), and in the finals they were defeated by Ghana (2–0).

In 2017 the Cranes qualified for the African Cup of Nations again after 39 years. They finished the tournament in the first round after two consecutive 1–0 losses to Ghana and Egypt and a 1–1 draw against Mali.

In the qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup, the Cranes progressed to the second round with a 4–0 aggregate win against Togo, and were drawn into a group with Egypt, Ghana and the Republic of Congo. They finished the group with 2 0–0 draws against Ghana, a win and a draw against the Republic of Congo and a victory against Egypt followed by a defeat at the home of the Pharaohs. The 9 points won were not enough for Uganda to qualify against the 13 of the Egyptians who finished first in the standings.

In the qualifiers for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, the Cranes cruised through qualifiers against Tanzania, Cape Verde and Lesotho. In the competition proper, a 2–0 victory against DR Congo meant that the Uganda Cranes had won their first match in the competition for 41 years. In the other 2 games of the group Uganda obtained a draw against Zimbabwe (1–1) and a defeat against the hosts Egypt (2–0) qualifying in second place, to be eliminated in the round of 16 by Senegal (1–0). They qualified for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations after South Sudan beat Congo 3–2 on November 14, 2024.

Results and fixtures

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Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Template:Flagicon Paul Put
Assistant coach	Template:Flagicon Sam Ssimbwa
Performance manager	Template:Flagicon Sven De Wilde
Goalkeeper coach	Template:Flagicon Gery Oste
Physical coach	Template:Flagicon Mathieu Denis
Physiotherapist & Fitness coach	Template:Flagicon Arthur Naudts
Video analyst	Template:Flagicon Jelle Sevenhant
Team Doctor	Template:Flagicon Arnaud Depraetere

Coaching history

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• Template:Flagicon Alan Rogers (1965–1966)
• Template:Flagicon Robert Kiberu (19??–1969, 1988–1989)
• Template:Flagicon Burkhard Pape (1969–1972)
• Template:Flagicon David Otti (1973–1974)
• Template:Flagicon Otto Westerhoff (1974–1975)
• Template:Flagicon Peter Okee (1976–1981, 1983)
• Template:Flagicon Jaberi Bidandi Ssali (1982)
• Template:Flagicon George Mukasa (1984–1985)
• Template:Flagicon Barnabas Mwesiga (1986–1988)
• Template:Flagicon Polly Ouma (1989–1995)
• Template:Flagicon Timothy Ayieko (1995–1996)
• Template:Flagicon Asuman Lubowa (1996–1999)
• Template:Flagicon Paul Hasule (1999, 2001–2003)
• Template:Flagicon Harrison Okagbue (1999–2001)
• Template:Flagicon Pedro Pasculli (2003)
• Template:Flagicon Leo Adraa (2003–2004)
• Template:Flagicon Mike Mutebi (2004)
• Template:Flagicon Mohammed Abbas (2004–2006)
• Template:Flagicon Csaba László (2006–2008)
• Template:Flagicon Bobby Williamson (2008–2013)
• Template:Flagicon Milutin Sredojević (2013–2017)
• Template:Flagicon Moses Basena and Template:Flagicon Fred Kajoba (2017)
• Template:Flagicon Sébastien Desabre (2017–2019)
• Template:Flagicon Abdallah Mubiru (2019, 2021)
• Template:Flagicon Johnny McKinstry (2019–2021)
• Template:Flagicon Milutin Sredojević (2021–2023)
• Template:Flagicon Morley Beyekwaso (2023)
• Template:Flagicon Paul Put (2023-present)
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Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Group G matches against Botswana and Algeria on 9 and 14 October 2025.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Caps and goals are correct as of 9 October 2025, after the match against Botswana.

Recent call-ups

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Player records

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Players in bold are still active with Uganda.

Most appearances

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Godfrey Walusimbi	105	3	2009–2019
2	Emmanuel Okwi	95	28	2009–2023
3	Simeon Masaba	88	6	2002–2013
4	Tony Mawejje	86	8	2003–2018
5	Denis Onyango	83	0	2005–present
6	Hassan Wasswa	81	0	2006–2019
7	Farouk Miya	79	23	2014–2023
	Khalid Aucho	79	2	2013–present
9	Andrew Mwesigwa	75	7	2003–2014
10	Geoffrey Massa	72	22	2005–2017

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Emmanuel Okwi	28	95	{{#expr:28/95 round 2}}	2009–2023
2	Farouk Miya	23	79	{{#expr:23/79 round 2}}	2014–2023
3	Geoffrey Massa	22	72	{{#expr:22/72 round 2}}	2005–2017
4	Majid Musisi	20	29	{{#expr:20/29 round 2}}	1987–2000
5	Hassan Mubiru	18	63	{{#expr:18/63 round 2}}	1998–2007
6	David Obua	16	36	{{#expr:16/36 round 2}}	2003–2011
7	Geoffrey Sserunkuma	14	54	{{#expr:14/54 round 2}}	2002–2017
8	Brian Umony	12	36	{{#expr:12/36 round 2}}	2009–2015
9	Jackson Mayanja	10	27	{{#expr:10/27 round 2}}	1988–1999
10	Patrick Kaddu	9	21	{{#expr:9/21 round 2}}	2018–2022
	Fahad Bayo	9	29	{{#expr:9/29 round 2}}	2018–present
	Philip Obwiny	9	48	{{#expr:9/48 round 2}}	1994–2003

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip*	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip		Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
1930 to 1958	Not a FIFA member									Not a FIFA member
1962 to 1974	Did not enter									Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1978	Did not qualify									2	1	0	1	3	4
Template:Flagicon 1982	Withdrew									Withdrew
Template:Flagicon 1986	Did not qualify									2	1	0	1	1	3
Template:Flagicon 1990										2	1	0	1	2	3
Template:Flagicon 1994	Withdrew during qualifying									Withdrew during qualifying
Template:Flagicon 1998	Did not qualify									2	0	0	2	1	5
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2002										2	0	1	1	4	7
Template:Flagicon 2006										12	3	2	7	10	18
Template:Flagicon 2010										6	3	1	2	8	9
Template:Flagicon 2014										6	2	2	2	5	6
Template:Flagicon 2018										8	4	3	1	7	2
Template:Flagicon 2022										6	2	3	1	3	2
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2026										10	6	0	4	14	9
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2030	To be determined									To be determined
Template:Flagicon 2034
Total									58	23	12	23	58	68

Africa Cup of Nations

Africa Cup of Nations record
Year	Round	Position	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip*	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
Template:Flagicon 1957	Not affiliated to CAF
Template:Flagicon 1959
Template:Flagicon 1962	Fourth place	4th	2	0	0	2	1	5
Template:Flagicon 1963	Withdrew
Template:Flagicon 1965	Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 1968	Group stage	8th	3	0	0	3	2	8
Template:Flagicon 1970	Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 1972
Template:Flagicon 1974	Group stage	6th	3	0	1	2	3	5
Template:Flagicon 1976	Group stage	8th	3	0	0	3	2	6
Template:Flagicon 1978	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	0	2	9	7
Template:Flagicon 1980	Withdrew
Template:Flagicon 1982
Template:Flagicon 1984	Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 1986
Template:Flagicon 1988
Template:Flagicon 1990	Withdrew
Template:Flagicon 1992 to Template:Flagicon 2015	Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 2017	Group stage	13th	3	0	1	2	1	3
Template:Flagicon 2019	Round of 16	13th	4	1	1	2	3	4
Template:Flagicon 2021	Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 2023
Template:Flagicon 2025	Qualified
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2027	Qualified as co-hosts
Total	Runners-up	8/35	23	4	3	16	21	38

African Nations Championship

African Nations Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip*	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
Template:Flagicon 2009	Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 2011	Group stage	15th	3	0	0	3	1	5
Template:Flagicon 2014		12th	3	1	1	1	3	4
Template:Flagicon 2016		12th	3	0	2	1	3	4
Template:Flagicon 2018		12th	3	0	1	2	1	4
Template:Flagicon 2020		14th	3	0	1	2	3	7
Template:Flagicon 2022		11th	3	1	1	1	2	3
Template:FlagiconTemplate:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon 2024	Quarter-finals	8th	5	2	1	2	8	7
Total	Quarter-finals	7/8	23	4	7	12	21	34

African Games

Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Template:Flagicon 1965	6th place	5	1	1	3	10	14
1973–1987	Did not enter
Total	-	5	1	1	3	10	14

CECAFA Cup

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(1973–2023)

• CECAFA Cup – Template:Gold1 Gold medal 15 times

• CECAFA Cup – Template:Silver2 Silver medal 5 times

• CECAFA Cup – Template:Bronze3 Bronze medal 7 times

Other tournaments

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

Head-to-head record

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Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Template:Fb	14	2	4	8	11	24	−13
Template:Fb	8	3	2	3	10	10	0
Template:Fb	2	1	0	1	3	5	−2
Template:Fb	2	0	1	1	1	3	–2
Template:Fb	7	5	2	0	9	2	+7
Template:Fb	8	1	5	2	4	6	−2
Template:Fb	16	10	3	3	27	10	+17
Template:Fb	7	1	3	3	7	14	−7
Template:Fb	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Template:Fb	4	3	0	1	3	1	+2
Template:Fb	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Template:Fb	3	2	0	1	2	4	–2
Template:Fb	8	5	1	2	14	7	+7
Template:Fb	14	5	2	7	10	23	−13
Template:Fb	5	5	0	0	34	3	+31
Template:Fb	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Template:Fb	19	2	2	15	13	36	−23
Template:Fb	5	4	0	1	12	4	+8
Template:Fb	33	14	9	10	47	39	+8
Template:Fb	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1
Template:Fb	2	0	2	0	2	2	0
Template:Fb	13	3	6	4	10	13	−3
Template:Fb	9	4	1	4	15	14	+1
Template:Fb	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
Template:Fb	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Template:Fb	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
Template:Fb	2	0	1	2	2	3	–1
Template:Fb	5	1	2	2	5	7	–2
Template:Fb	55	19	26	11	62	58	+4
Template:Fb	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2
Template:Fb	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2
Template:Fb	5	3	2	0	8	0	+8
Template:Fb	4	2	0	2	2	4	−2
Template:Fb	3	1	1	1	6	6	0
Template:Fb	6	3	0	3	10	6	+4
Template:Fb	29	12	8	9	33	30	+3
Template:Fb	7	0	4	3	4	10	−6
Template:Fb	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6
Template:Fb	5	3	1	1	13	5	+8
Template:Fb	5	2	0	3	7	12	–5
Template:Fb	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1
Template:Fb	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2
Template:Fb	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Template:Fb	10	5	2	3	14	9	+5
Template:Fb	8	4	2	2	6	5	+1
Template:Fb	35	15	11	9	43	26	+17
Template:Fb	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2
Template:Fb	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2
Template:Fb	8	2	2	4	5	9	−4
Template:Fb	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6
Template:Fb	24	20	3	1	71	9	+62
Template:Fb	8	0	3	5	11	16	−5
Template:Fb	8	6	1	1	20	6	+14
Template:Fb	24	12	8	4	35	20	+15
Template:Fb	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Template:Fb	61	33	17	11	100	55	+45
Template:Fb	9	2	1	6	6	12	−6
Template:Fb	5	0	0	5	1	16	−15
Template:Fb	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Template:Fb	1	0	0	1	2	4	–2
Template:Fb	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
Template:Fb	38	12	7	19	41	51	-10
Template:Fb	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1
Template:Fb	16	2	9	5	11	14	−3
Total	590	244	161	185	791	634	+157

Note: Country in italic is not a member of FIFA.

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Honours

Continental

• CAF African Cup of Nations
  • Template:Silver2 Runners-up (1): 1978

Regional

• CECAFA Cup
  • Template:Gold1 Champions (15): 1973, 1976, 1977, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019
  • Template:Silver2 Runners-up (5): 1974, 1982, 1994, 1995, 2000
  • Template:Bronze3 Third place (7): 1983, 1984, 1987, 1991, 2007, 2010, 2017

Friendly

• Gossage Cup / Challenge Cup (25): 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1960 (shared), 1962, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1970

Awards

• African National Team of the Year (1): 2016

Summary

Competition	Template:Gold1	Template:Silver2	Template:Bronze3	Total
CAF African Cup of Nations	0	1	0	1
Total	0	1	0	1

External links

• Federation of Uganda Football Associations
• Uganda at CAF
• Uganda at FIFA

Template:Uganda national football team Template:Uganda squad 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Template:Uganda squad 2019 Africa Cup of Nations Template:Football in Uganda Template:CECAFA {{#invoke:navbox|navbox | name = CAF teams | title = National football teams of Africa (CAF) |listclass = hlist |group1 = North Africa (UNAF) |list1 =

• Algeria
• Egypt
• Libya
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• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Cape Verde
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Niger
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• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
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• Burundi
• Djibouti
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Rwanda
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• South Sudan
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• Uganda
• Zanzibar¹

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• Cameroon
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• Chad
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• DR Congo
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• Angola
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• Mauritius
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Seychelles
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• Zambia
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• Réunion¹

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