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| Nickname(s) | The Cranes | ||
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| Association | Federation of Uganda Football Associations |
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| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Head coach | Bobby Williamson | ||
| Home stadium | Mandela National Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | UGA | ||
| FIFA ranking | 75 | ||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 66 (April 1995) | ||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 121 (July 2002) | ||
| Elo ranking | T 74 | ||
| Highest Elo ranking | 40 (March 1978) | ||
| Lowest Elo ranking | 129 (June 2005) | ||
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| First international | |||
 Kenya 1 - 1 Uganda  (Nairobi, Kenya; 1 May 1926) |
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| Biggest win | |||
 Uganda 10 - 1 Djibouti  (Kigali, Rwanda; 9 December 2001) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
 Egypt 6 - 0 Uganda (Alexandria, Egypt; 30 July 1995)  Tunisia 6 - 0 Uganda (Tunis, Tunisia; 28 February 1999) |
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| African Nations Cup | |||
| Appearances | 5 (First in 1962) | ||
| Best result | Second place, 1978 | ||
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Uganda all time record against all nations
| Against | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD |
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 Algeria |
8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -3 |
 Angola |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 |
 Benin |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 |
 Botswana |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Burkina Faso |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 |
 Burundi |
7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 |
 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 |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 |
 Congo DR |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | -11 |
 Côte d'Ivoire |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 |
| Djibouti |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | +28 |
 Ecuador |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
| Egypt |
11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -12 |
 Eritrea |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
 Ethiopia |
24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 28 | +4 |
 Gabon |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
 Ghana |
7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 |
 Guinea |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 |
 Iran |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
 Iraq |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
 Kenya |
47 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 54 | 54 | 0 |
 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 |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
 Libya |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
 Madagascar |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 |
 Malawi |
23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 27 | +3 |
 Mali |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 |
 Mauritius |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 |
 Morocco |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 |
 Niger |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 |
 Nigeria |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
 Rwanda |
26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 20 | +13 |
 Saudi Arabia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 |
 Senegal |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 |
 Seychelles |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 |
 Somalia |
17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 6 | +42 |
 South Africa |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 |
 Sudan |
20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 20 | +10 |
 Tanzania |
41 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 71 | 40 | +31 |
 Togo |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -6 |
| Tunisia |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 | -13 |
 Zaire |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 |
 Zambia |
29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 39 | -4 |
 Zimbabwe |
11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -2 |
| Total | 361 | 144 | 102 | 115 | 516 | 430 | +86 |
The Uganda national football team, nicknamed The Cranes, is the national team of Uganda and is controlled by the Federation of Uganda Football Associations. They have never qualified for the World Cup finals; their best finish in the African Nations Cup was second in 1978.
Uganda Football Achievements
- CECAFA Cup :
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- 11 Times Champion (1973, 1976, 1977, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2003, 2008) and 2009
- 4 Times Runners-up
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World Cup record
- 1930 to 1974 - Did not enter
- 1978 - Did not qualify
- 1982 - Withdrew
- 1986 - Did not qualify
- 1990 - Did not qualify
- 1994 - Withdrew
- 1998 to 2010 - Did not qualify
African Nations Cup record
- 1957 - Did not enter
- 1959 - Did not enter
- 1962 - Fourth place
- 1963 - Withdrew
- 1965 - Did not qualify
- 1968 - Round 1
- 1970 - Did not qualify
- 1972 - Did not qualify
- 1974 - Round 1
- 1976 - Round 1
- 1978 - Second place
- 1980 - Withdrew
- 1982 - Withdrew
- 1984 to 1988 - Did not qualify
- 1990 - Withdrew
- 1992 to 2010 - Did not qualify
Current squad
The following players were called for 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification against Benin on 12 October 2008.
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Recent Call-ups
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List of Coaches
- Peter Okee
- Barnabas Mwesiga
- Polly Ouma
- Asumani Lubowa
- Timothy Ayeikoh
- Mike Mutebi
- Muhammad Abbas
- Harrison Okagbue
Csaba László
Bobby Williamson
External links
- Federation Of Uganda Football Associations
- Uganda at the FIFA website.
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