Let us put our hands together for the mighty Uganda Cranes. They have once again put the country on the lead of their group, after scoring mercilessly against Cape Verde. This makes the country, for the second time in a row, qualify for the African Cup of Nations (AFCON)
The cranes lift up their coach after the win against Cape Verde
The first half of the match, was not a very pleasing one, but the professional team waited calmly for the second. Patrick Kaddu, shot on the 78th minute, bringing a 1-0 blessing for the Cranes. This brought a roar of celebrations, giving the team a 13 point lead in their group. The millions of people that filled Namboole Stadium on the 17th of November, did not return disappointed. Congratulations to the Cranes.
The 32nd edition of the AFCON, is dated for next year in Cameroon.
Despite the various exchange of letters between different bodies, the singer, and the management of Mandela National Stadium, Namboole, the fate of the Kyarenga concert is still unknown. Bobi Wine and his team, have been turned down by the sports stadium, in a letter that explained that they needed to leave the area ready for a Uganda Cranes match, set for the 17th of next month. This prompted many fans to make up their minds to boycott the soccer game.
Bobi shows he is good leader
Bobi Wine however, continues to show how good a leader he is.
“Friends, I don’t agree with the trending hashtag #boycottugandacranes. Uganda Cranes is our national team in which we should always take pride and support with all our abilities.” he posted.
He shared with the fans that it will not be meaningful to take another talent down, f the musical talent is being suffocated.
“Our national team is the mirror of the best and the worst in us as a nation so all they need is Love and understanding, not condemnation. We are all Uganda Cranes and Uganda Cranes is us.”
I don’t really know what you where dong over the weekend, but we were at Mandela National Stadium watching our very own country, Uganda take down Lesotho. Farouq Miya gave an amazing Penalty kick, that left the crowd roaring, as Uganda emerged successful in the match. One of our other favorites, Emmanuel Okwi, gave Uganda a lead in the 11th and 63rd minute of match, giving us something to boast about in the AFCON 2019 qualifiers.
Fans celebrate Uganda’s victory
This gives Uganda a lead in the Group L, with 7 points. Following is Cape Verde with 4, Lesotho 2 and Tanfootball 1. Uganda will now head to Lesotho for a return leg which will be played on Tuesday next week. Congratulations to the Uganda Cranes
The Uganda Cranes have surely put our name on the map. The National Football club was visited by the president, who unveiled their new Jersey. The Uniform and kit was manufactured by mafro sports 2009, and is just in time for their next match against Lesotho on October 13th this year.
The president had a chat with the Uganda cranes
We also learn that the kit was designed by Umar Mukasa, who has been gifted to watch the Carne’s home games free for a year with a Shs 2.5M token. Together with FUFA, the club unveiled their new outfit to the world.
She Cranes have made a bold mark on their maiden appearance at the Commonwealth, Australia. After whitewashing Wales on 76-40 in our third game of Pool B, the girls overcame Scotland 57-37.
With the star command of team captain Peace Proscovia, the team led by slim margins 14-11 and 12-10 in the first and second quarters respectively.
In the third and final quarters they bravely accomplished task with broadened margins of 15-9 and 16-7 respectively.
However, the result was not enough to see Uganda through to the semifinals. They needed a 39 or 40 points margin win since England beat New Zealand 54-45 earlier.
Just a few days ago, the shortlist for the coaching job of the Uganda Cranes football team was released. The winner was chosen and is to be unveiled just a few minutes from now. From our sources, we here that the new coach is non other than Sébastien Desabre. He is French, and FUFA is ready to tell us about him.
This year, the Uganda National team was brought to sadness when their coach, Micho resigned due to internal issues. This was a man who had led the team to their first Nations Cup finals in 38 years. He is indeed a man to remember.
The Uganda Cranes
THE SHORT LIST FOR UGANDA CRANES COACH
There were four experienced coaches from which the next great Uganda Cranes leader would be chosen from. These include; acting coach Moses Basena, former Rwanda national team coach John Mckinstry, Belgian tactician Emilio Ferrera and Desabre Sebastian from France.
FUFA has made a choice and today at 2.00pm, the new coach will be unveiled. This will bring great joy once again as the team will be blessed with a new coach, Sébastien, whose first task is to prepare the Uganda Cranes for the CHAN2018 that will take place in January.
A photo of Sebastien
According to the daily monitor, this is the first time that FUFA has involved government in the appointment process of the national team coach, who earn around US$20,000 (72 million Uganda Shillings) monthly.
We will keep you informed about the event. For now, congratulations to you Sébastien Lead our team to greatness.
Great news coming in for the Uganda Cranes, as one of the leading Telecommunications companies, Airtel Uganda has renewed it’s sponsorship for the next four years.
Receiving of the cheque
From our sources, we learnt that this was a renewal of the previous four year. 4 billion Uganda Shillings sponsorship that started on 23rd October 2013. Thos year, Airtel has given more than double. It offered a whooping 10 Billion Uganda shillings.
This news was passed on at Serena Hotel on Monday, in the presence of FUFA, Airtel and Uganda cranes representatives.
The managing director, Airtel Uganda, VG Somasekhar had something to say;
These are 4 more years to write a new history in Uganda’s football circles. The Shs 10 Billion contribution is to make a meaningful investment in football development.
The recognition of individuals at international level is success for the entire country. Life in Uganda can be summarized in three words.
The MD addressing people
Eat, Sleep and play football. To the players, play for the name on the front of the shirt and remember the name at the back. Airtel Uganda is committed to serve football for the next 4 years, like we have done for the previous 4 years.
Football has the power to unite the different cultures and social back grounds as well as develop communities’
Deal renewed
Dennis Onnyanga, the Uganda Cranes captain was also present to say the right words of thank you.
“Right from the Airtel Rising Stars (ARS) and regional tours, they have done a great deal. People are excited to see the local stars of national team through the regional tours.
Football brings hope to everyone. Airtel Uganda has done a lot for football in Uganda. Airtel Uganda has taken the team to the next level and steered us to the right direction”
Congratulations to you Uganda Cranes and good luck on the new partnership.
We were almost getting there, and I know that every step we take is towards our success. Thousands of Ugandans gathered up to watch the Uganda Cranes beat The Ghana team, Black stars in order to qualify for the World cup, 2017. It is said that FUFA had awarded each player a sum of 3000 dollars as a bonus if they won, but Ghana did not let this happen either.
All hopes were lost as the country’s National team failed to score a goal against Ghana. The first half ended in a
The Uganda Cranes
0-0 draw, and the crowd got ready for the second, hoping it would change the mood of the day and give Uganda an Independence Day worth celebrating.
The second half went 0-0 too, till Ghana scored in the last minutes. The goal was however cancelled, an offside declared, which was not pleasing to the Black Stars.
The Ghana Team
Our goal was cancelled I do not know why. I do not like criticizing referees but for the game to grow in Africa, we need good referees,’ said Coach Kwasi Appiah from Ghana side.
We were almost getting there, and I know that every step we take is towards our success. Thousands of Ugandans gathered up to watch the Uganda Cranes beat The Ghana team, Black stars in order to qualify for the World cup, 2017. It is said that FUFA had awarded each player a sum of 3000 dollars as a bonus if they won, but Ghana did not let this happen either.
All hopes were lost as the country’s National team failed to score a goal against Ghana. The first half ended in a 0-0 draw, and the crowd got ready for the second, hoping it would change the mood of the day and give Uganda an Independence Day worth celebrating.
The second half went 0-0 too, till Ghana scored in the last minutes. The goal was however cancelled, an offside declared, which was not pleasing to the Black Stars.
Our goal was cancelled I do not know why. I do not like criticizing referees but for the game to grow in Africa, we need good referees,’ said Coach Kwasi Appiah from Ghana side.
The match in summary
Ghana has asked FIFA for the match to be replayed and held a protest over what they called unfair refereeing. Having beaten Congo this Sunday, Egypt therefore emerges successful in qualifying for the World cup in the group E, and Ghana is out.
On the other hand, team Uganda Cranes were not the only team fighting for a win. Team #togikwatako was also present at the stadium, with their red head band on, perfectly tied.
#Togikwatako
Their opponents, the police, with Kale Kaihura present however stopped them from accessing the stadium with the red pieces of cloth.
Well played Uganda Cranes. Great, match it was.
in Africa, we need good referees,’ said Coach Kwasi Appiah from Ghana side.
Ghana has asked FIFA for the match to be replayed and held a protest over what they called unfai refereeing. Having beaten Congo this Sunday, Egypt therefore emerges successful in qualifying for the World cup in the group E, and Ghana is out.
On the other hand, team Uganda Cranes were not the only team fighting for a win. Team #togikwatako was also present at the stadium, with their red head band on, perfectly tied. Their opponents, the police, with Kale Kaihura present however stopped them from accessing the stadium with the red pieces of cloth.
We could be on our way to the Promised Land. The Uganda Cranes beat the Egypt Pharaohs 1-0 in the group E of the world cup. This was in record as Uganda’s first win against Egypt since 1965 and it came as a shock to the entire country.
Thw Uganda Cranes
Moses Basena, the stand in coach said, “I’m the Moses to lead Cranes to the Promised Land” after that win.
Uganda has not been to the world cup before, and this year, it will make great history. However, this can all happen if they manage to beat Ghana next month. This is after Uganda was beaten by Egypt in the return match that left all with hopes lost.
Well, I have good news for all of us Uganda Cranes fans. We have a chance next month at Namboole Stadium to beat the Black Stars of Ghana. However, the better news is that FUFA has announced that, and from 25th to 30th of September, they will be at a discounted price.
Discount
In the African Cup Qualifiers, we met with team Ghana, and they beat us with one goal to nil, with a goal from Andre Ayew. We meet with Ghana again and I know this time we are ready for whatever comes our way!
The original price for these ticket is 30,000 for regular, 70,000 for V.I.P and 150,000 for V.V.I.P. If you don’t have a jersey yet, better grab one, and go buy these discounted tickets before they get finished. Let us go and watch Uganda make history.
There were many rumors that Milutin “Micho” Sredojevic was leaving the Uganda Cranes, that were later confirmed with time. The coach had earlier on complained about delays in his pay and explained how disgruntled he was. This year, Micho decided to leave Uganda’s National club and seek greener pastures. He had however achieved a lot for the Uganda Cranes, and they had even managed to qualify for the AFCON.
Couch Micho and his team
Micho terminated his contract with FUFA as they failed to settle his salary for more than three months.
He returned to Orlando pirates a day after Kjell Jonevret resigned. This is his second time in the club however, since he first led it in 2006, and was sacked after just a few games in charge.
Uganda Cranes
We welcome back Milutin Sredejovic, coach Micho, A man whose integrity I respect. Said Irvin Khoza, Pirates owner. When he left, he left graciously. Now he comes back with a great record and experience throughout the continent.
There is good news coming in from South Africa with regards to Micho. In the South African Championships, his team, The Orlando Pirates are currently joint top of the table with Maritzburg United with seven points. Sources also say that regardless of his, the pirates are still ahead in goal difference.
They also still have an opportunity to go on top of the table if they travel to Maritz burg this Friday. Good luck Micho, and the Orlando Pirates, and thank you for the services you offered to our Uganda Cranes.
