The Uganda Cranes carry the weight of a football-mad nation. These articles examine the team's AFCON campaigns, tactical identity, player development gaps, and the structural reforms — from the grassroots to FUFA — needed for Uganda to compete consistently at the continental level.
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Uganda may build world-class stadiums for Afcon 2027, but infrastructure alone will not create atmosphere, patriotism, or memorable hosting. The country already has a ready-made mobilisation network in Hellen Seku’s patriotism movement, one capable of turning ordinary citizens into passionate fans, volunteers, and ambassadors for the continent’s biggest football tournament.
Caf’s controversial Afcon ruling exposes deeper cracks in African football governance, while Uganda risks hosting a 2027 tournament without the unity, strategy, or public hype needed to make it a success.
Uganda’s national team does not lack talent; it lacks identity. The Afcon exit exposed a deeper crisis—players wearing the same jersey without a unifying soul to bind them as one.
With only 18 months to Afcon 2027, Uganda faces a defining moment: rebuild The Cranes on the strength of a revitalised domestic league or risk hosting the tournament without a team worthy of the occasion.
Uganda’s AFCON struggles are not tactical failures but symptoms of a domestic league weakened by poor leadership, limited exposure, and an overreliance on foreign-based players.
This is one of the most compelling things I have noted in the ongoing Euro tournament. Data from the tournament shows that the average height of players at the tournament is six feet, which is a testament that height is playing a significant role in the game.
It was a masterstroke for whoever convinced him to play for Uganda, and Fufa should make it part of its agenda to identify and persuade players with Ugandan roots to play for the Cranes. That’s how football has evolved.
It was a masterstroke for whoever convinced him to play for Uganda, and Fufa should make it part of its agenda to identify and persuade players with Ugandan roots to play for the Cranes.
The Cranes have nine months before resuming their 2026 World Cup qualification campaign away to Mozambique, a time long enough to rectify the glaring wrongs exhibited in the loss to Algeria in the…
He got this blip because he was not even sure whether some players are still even active and had last seen them in action more than four years ago.
Planning, security, marketing as well as the action on the pitch itself, are never-ending learning issues in hosting international football tournaments.
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I don’t think I have been glued to an Afcon tournament like this one going on in Ivory Coast. In fact, seeing 18-year-old defender Hugo Buyla put the final nail in the Ivoirians coffin was a joy to…
Firstly, it is refreshing to see hitherto unknown minnows like Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea and The Gambia playing good football.
Byekwaso is one of the fast-rising coaches in the country and has already proved he is an excellent handler of young talent.
Given that 24 nations in six groups will be participating in the tournament, logic suggests Uganda will host at least two round-robin groups, which means seven teams will be based here.
It is shocking because just last Friday, The Cranes had a chance to qualify for the 2023 Afcon but there was hardly anything trending about the match on social media.
Uganda's joint bid with Kenya and Tanzania to host the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) is a welcome development that, if successful, could greatly improve the potential of our sport on top of…
Longtime national team players such as Dennis Onyango, Tony Mawejje, Godfrey Massa et al, had held the national team as a tightly-knit group that was able to qualify for the 2017 and 2019 Afcon…
Uganda is growing into a genuine threat to the global powerhouses who have ruled the game for decades.
Over the past few days, debate around The Cranes’ poor performances has revolved around tactics and players’ poor attitude.
It is one thing to get a result from a struggling team or a young team but to achieve anything with the current Cranes side is a tall order because it is neither here or there.
One of the things about the ongoing AFCON that will stick in my memory is Dango Ouattara’s goal for Burkina Faso against Tunisia.
The on-going Africa Cup of Nations is so one-sided that it can easily be called West and North African Cup, with the likes of Ethiopia, Sudan, Zimbabwe and Malawi being guests.
Last week, The Cranes produced one the dullest displays in the goalless draw with Mali at St Mary’s stadium, Kitende.
News of the return of Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic hardly surprised me. I have said many times that the level of Ugandan football needs a pragmatic coach like Micho and he has proved over the years…
I was least surprised when The Cranes got ejected from the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers by unheralded Malawi. Uganda is simply not good enough.
In 2014 when I took over the reins as SC Villa supremo, I inherited a team without a technical structure.
At the time of writing this, Uganda was due to play Morocco in the on-going Africa Nations Championship, a tournament for local-based players.
Just like everything in life, every bad deed comes with a silver lining. Ever since the breakout of the coronavirus, sports – in particular football – has been hit hard.