The Ugandan Premier League, also known as the StarTimes Uganda Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is the top division of the Federation of Uganda Football Associations. The league was previously known as the Uganda Super League but changed in the 2014–15 season after new management taking over.[1] The league's roots date back to 1968 when the National First Division League was established.[2]
The genesis of club football in Uganda was an idea copied from England by Balamaze Lwanga and Polycarp Kakooza. The objective was to improve Uganda's performances in the Africa Cup of Nations after disappointing results in the finals in 1962 (fourth-place finish) and 1968 (lost all three group stage matches), both held in Ethiopia. The intention was to start a Uganda National League (the forerunner of the Uganda Super League) to create the foundation for a strong national team. At the same time, the identification of players from the grassroots would be made easier and systematic.[3]
Because there were no clubs to form a league, institutions and districts were contacted to form teams. The 1968 inaugural top-flight league was composed of Prisons, Army, Coffee, Express, Jinja, Masaka, Mbarara, and Mbale. There were three institutions and four districts and one club.[3] The league was known as the National First Division League, and the first league champions were Prisons FC Kampala (now known as Maroons FC).[2]
After four seasons, the political turbulence in Uganda impacted on the league. The 1972 and 1973 championships were not completed because of civil unrest. In 1974, the league became known as the National Football League and this title was used until 1982 when the league was trimmed to ten teams and was renamed the Super League (shortened to Super Ten in that inaugural season).[2]
Super League adventedit
The emergence of the Super League in 1982 saw the development of SC Villa as the country's leading club. Through the 1980s and a good part of the 1990s, competition between Express, KCC FC and SC Villa lit up the league and fans attended in hoards.[4]
SC Villa won the league for the first time in 1982 and over the next 22 years totalled 16 league titles. KCC FC and Express won the championship title in the intervening years.
Match-fixingedit
In 2003, football in Uganda hit its lowest ebb as SC Villa put 22 goals past Akol FC when the league title went down to goal difference with Express. This was one of the biggest scandals in Ugandan football and thereafter, there was a complete media shutdown in all matters pertaining to local football.[4] Fans became increasingly disillusioned and deserted the stadia thus affecting the teams financially.[5] The episode represented one of many that has plagued Ugandan football.[6]
Joy Ssebuliba was leading league scorer with 17 goals for Lint FC in 1973 but the league was not completed because of the dire political situation.[13]
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^Collins Nabiswa (20 May 2020). "OFFICIAL: Vipers SC declared Uganda Premier League champions after league is cancelled". futaa.com. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
^"Top 10 Strikers ever in the Ugandan Top Flight Football League". kawowo.com. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
^"KCCA's Ochaya is 2015–16 UPL Most Valuable Player". upl.co.ug. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
^. Kawowo.com. 2012-04-16. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
External linksedit
at FIFA.com (archived 22 June 2007)
RSSSF competition history
January 01, 1970
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The Ugandan Premier League also known as the StarTimes Uganda Premier League for sponsorship reasons is the top division of the Federation of Uganda Football Associations The league was previously known as the Uganda Super League but changed in the 2014 15 season after new management taking over 1 The league s roots date back to 1968 when the National First Division League was established 2 Uganda Premier LeagueFounded1968CountryUgandaConfederationCAFNumber of teams16Level on pyramid1Relegation toFUFA Big LeagueDomestic cup s Ugandan Cup Super 8International cup s Champions League Confederation CupCurrent championsVipers SC 6th title 2022 23 Most championshipsSC Villa 16 titles Top goalscorerMajid Musisi 113 goals Websitewww wbr upl wbr co wbr ugCurrent 2023 24 Uganda Premier League Contents 1 History 1 1 Original concept 1 2 Super League advent 1 3 Match fixing 2 Uganda Premier League 2 1 Participants and locations 3 Previous winners 4 Performances by club 5 Top scorers 6 Multiple hat tricks 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksHistory editOriginal concept edit The genesis of club football in Uganda was an idea copied from England by Balamaze Lwanga and Polycarp Kakooza The objective was to improve Uganda s performances in the Africa Cup of Nations after disappointing results in the finals in 1962 fourth place finish and 1968 lost all three group stage matches both held in Ethiopia The intention was to start a Uganda National League the forerunner of the Uganda Super League to create the foundation for a strong national team At the same time the identification of players from the grassroots would be made easier and systematic 3 Because there were no clubs to form a league institutions and districts were contacted to form teams The 1968 inaugural top flight league was composed of Prisons Army Coffee Express Jinja Masaka Mbarara and Mbale There were three institutions and four districts and one club 3 The league was known as the National First Division League and the first league champions were Prisons FC Kampala now known as Maroons FC 2 After four seasons the political turbulence in Uganda impacted on the league The 1972 and 1973 championships were not completed because of civil unrest In 1974 the league became known as the National Football League and this title was used until 1982 when the league was trimmed to ten teams and was renamed the Super League shortened to Super Ten in that inaugural season 2 Super League advent edit The emergence of the Super League in 1982 saw the development of SC Villa as the country s leading club Through the 1980s and a good part of the 1990s competition between Express KCC FC and SC Villa lit up the league and fans attended in hoards 4 SC Villa won the league for the first time in 1982 and over the next 22 years totalled 16 league titles KCC FC and Express won the championship title in the intervening years Match fixing edit In 2003 football in Uganda hit its lowest ebb as SC Villa put 22 goals past Akol FC when the league title went down to goal difference with Express This was one of the biggest scandals in Ugandan football and thereafter there was a complete media shutdown in all matters pertaining to local football 4 Fans became increasingly disillusioned and deserted the stadia thus affecting the teams financially 5 The episode represented one of many that has plagued Ugandan football 6 Uganda Premier League editThe 2018 19 Uganda Super League was contested by 16 teams Ndejje University FC and Nyamityobora FC were promoted after winning their FUFA Big League groups while Paidha Black Angels were promoted after winning the FUFA Big League promotion playoffs 7 Participants and locations edit nbsp nbsp Onduparaka nbsp Paidha Black Angels nbsp JinjaBul FCBusoga UnitedPolice FC nbsp Ndejje nbsp MbararaMbarara CityNyamityobora nbsp Vipers nbsp KampalaBright StarsExpressKCCAMaroonsSC VillaSoanaURA FCclass notpageimage Locations of the Uganda Premier League clubs Club Settlement Stadium Capacity Bright Stars Kampala Mwererwe Stadium 5 000 Bul FC Jinja Kakindu Municipal Stadium 1 000 Express Kampala Muteesa II Stadium 20 200 KCCA FC Kampala Lugogo Stadium 3 000 Busoga United FC Jinja Kakindu Municipal Stadium 1 000 Maroons FC Kampala Luzira Prisons Stadium 1 000 Mbarara City FC Mbarara Kakyeka Stadium 2 000 Ndejje University FC Ndejje Ndejje Stadium 2 000 Nyamityobora FC Mbarara Nyamityobora Playing Grounds 1 000 Onduparaka FC Onduparaka Arua Greenlight Stadium 2 000 Paidha Black Angels FC Paidha Zombo Okoro Stadium 6 000 Police FC Jinja Kavumba Recreation Centre 1 000 SC Villa Kampala Mandela National Stadium 45 202 Soana Kampala Kavumba Recreation Centre 1 000 Uganda Revenue Authority SC Kampala Lugazi Stadium 2 000 Vipers SC Wakiso St Mary s Stadium Kitende 20 000 Some of the Kampala clubs may on occasions also play home matches at the Mandela National Stadium 8 Previous winners editYears Champions 1968 1969 Prisons FC 1 1969 Prisons FC 2 1970 Coffee United Sports Club 1 1971 Simba FC 1 1972 Not held 1973 Not held 1974 Express FC 1 1975 Express FC 2 1976 Kampala City Council 1 1977 Kampala City Council 2 1978 Simba FC 2 1979 Uganda Commercial Bank FC 1 1980 Nile Breweries FC 1 1981 Kampala City Council 3 1982 Villa SC 1 1983 Kampala City Council 4 1984 Villa SC 2 1985 Kampala City Council 5 1986 Villa SC 3 1987 Villa SC 4 1988 Villa SC 5 1989 Villa SC 6 1990 Villa SC 7 1991 Kampala City Council 6 1992 Villa SC 8 1993 Express FC 3 1994 Villa SC 9 1995 Express FC 4 1996 Express FC 5 1997 Kampala City Council 7 1998 Villa SC 10 1999 Villa SC 11 2000 Villa SC 12 2001 Villa SC 13 2002 Villa SC 14 2002 2003 Villa SC 15 2004 Villa SC 16 2005 Police FC 1 2006 Uganda Revenue Authority SC 1 2006 2007 Uganda Revenue Authority SC 2 2007 2008 Kampala City Council 8 2008 2009 Uganda Revenue Authority SC 3 2009 2010 Vipers SC 1 2010 2011 Uganda Revenue Authority SC 4 2011 2012 Express FC 6 2012 2013 Kampala City Council 9 2013 2014 Kampala City Council 10 2014 2015 Vipers SC 2 2015 2016 Kampala City Council 11 2016 2017 Kampala City Council 12 2017 2018 Vipers SC 3 2018 2019 Kampala City Council 13 2019 2020 Vipers SC 9 4 2020 2021 Express FC 7 2021 2022 Vipers SC 5 2022 2023 Vipers SC 6 Performances by club editClub Previous names Settlement Titles Championship Seasons SC Villa Nakivubo Boys Nakivubo Villa Kampala 16 1982 1984 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1992 1994 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2002 03 2004 Kampala Capital City Authority FC Kampala City Council FC Kampala 13 1976 1977 1981 1983 1985 1991 1997 2007 08 2012 13 2013 14 2015 16 2016 17 2018 19 Express FC Express Red Eagles Kampala 7 1974 1975 1993 1995 1996 2011 12 2020 21 Vipers SC Bunamwaya SC Wakiso 6 2009 10 2014 15 2017 18 2019 20 2021 22 2022 23 Uganda Revenue Authority SC Kampala 4 2006 2006 07 2008 09 2010 11 Maroons FC Prisons FC Kampala 2 1968 69 1969 Simba FC Army Lugazi 2 1971 1978 Coffee United SC Kakira 1 1970 Nile Breweries Jinja 1 1980 Police FC Jinja 1 2005 Uganda Commercial Bank FC Kampala 1 1979Top scorers editYear Top scorers Team Goals 1968 69 John Owubwe Simba FC 1969 Ali Kitonsa 10 Express 36 1970 Erickson Matega Express 1971 Polly Ouma Simba FC 18 1972 Paschal Luwagga Express 1973 Joy Ssebuliba Lint FC 17 1974 Peter Kirumira Express 14 1975 Chris Ddungu KCC FC 12 1976 John Ntesibe Express 22 1977 Denis Obua Uganda Police FC 24 1978 Jimmy Kirunda KCC FC 32 1979 Davis Kamoga KCC FC 18 1980 Davis Kamoga KCC FC 21 1981 Issa Ssekatawa Nytil FC 18 1982 Issa Ssekatawa Express 22 1983 Issa Ssekatawa Express 21 1984 Frank Kyazze KCC FC 18 1985 Frank Kyazze KCC FC 28 1986 Charles Letti Tobacco FC 29 1987 Majid Musisi SC Villa 28 1988 Mathias Kaweesa Nsambya FC 17 1989 Majid Musisi SC Villa 15 1990 Majid Musisi SC Villa 28 1991 Mathias Kaweesa Coffee United SC 18 1992 Majid Musisi SC Villa 29 1993 Mathias Kaweesa SC Villa 20 1994 Adolf Bora Coffee United SC 21 1995 Ibrahim Kizito Uganda Electricity Board FC 20 1996 David Kiwanuka Uganda Electricity Board FC 21 Year Top scorers Team Goals 1997 Jackson Mayanja Charles Ogwang KCC FC Umeme FC 18 1998 Charles Kayemba SC Villa 18 1999 Andrew Mukasa SC Villa 45 2000 Andrew Mukasa SC Villa 27 2001 Hassan Mubiru Express 24 2002 Hassan Mubiru Express 22 2002 03 Hassan Mubiru Express 16 2004 Osborn Mundia Kinyara FC 13 2005 Martin Muwanga Geoffrey Sserunkuma Police FC KCC FC 8 2006 Dan Walusimbi Police FC 15 2006 07 Hamis Kitagenda Uganda Revenue Authority SC 20 2007 08 Brian Umony Olobo Bruno KCC FC Police FC 15 2008 09 Peter Ssenyonjo Police FC 22 2009 10 Tony Odur Bunamwya 21 2010 11 Diego Hamis Kiiza Uganda Revenue Authority SC 14 2011 12 Robert Ssentongo Uganda Revenue Authority SC 13 2012 13 Herman Wasswa SC Villa and KCC FC 20 2013 14 Tony Odur Francis Solaki KCC Soana FC 15 2014 15 Robert Ssentongo Uganda Revenue Authority SC 15 11 2015 16 Robert Ssentongo Uganda Revenue Authority SC 18 12 2016 17 Geoffrey Sserunkuma KCCA FC 20 2017 18 Dan Sserunkuma Vipers SC 17 2018 19 Juma Balinya Police FC 19 2019 20 Steven Mukwala Maroons FC 13 2020 21 Yunus Sentamu Vipers SC 16 2021 22 Cesar Manzoki Vipers SC 18 2022 23 Allan Kawiya Express 13 Notes Joy Ssebuliba was leading league scorer with 17 goals for Lint FC in 1973 but the league was not completed because of the dire political situation 13 Multiple hat tricks editRank Country Player Hat tricks 1 nbsp Olobo Bruno 3 2 nbsp Emmanuel Okwi 2 nbsp Peter Ssenyonjo 4 nbsp Moses Aduni 4 nbsp Oscar Kadenge nbsp David Kalungi nbsp Ismael Kigosi nbsp Hamis Kitagenda nbsp Hisborne Mundia nbsp Andrew Nkurunungi nbsp Augustine Nsumba nbsp Tony Odur nbsp Cesar Okhuti nbsp Denis Ojara nbsp Allan Okello nbsp Brian Omwony nbsp Denis OnyangoSee also editFederation of Uganda Football AssociationsReferences edit Richard M Kavuma 2009 05 05 Ugandan football struggles to compete with English Premier League Katine theguardian com Retrieved 2013 12 01 a b c FUFA Files History of the Uganda Super League Soccer256 Archived from the original on 2010 10 07 Retrieved 2014 01 08 a b Uganda Super League reaping from 1968 Sand Foundation FUFA 29 December 2011 Retrieved 2014 01 08 a b Origin of the Uganda Super League USL USL Ltd Retrieved 2014 01 09 HB ZZIWA Villa s 22 1 win over Akol killed Ugandan football The Observer Retrieved 2014 01 09 Top 10 List Match fixing episodes in Ugandan football The Observer Retrieved 2014 01 09 Uganda 2017 18 RSSSF Retrieved 13 November 2018 Ugandan Premier League Venues 2013 13 Soccerway Retrieved 2014 01 08 Collins Nabiswa 20 May 2020 OFFICIAL Vipers SC declared Uganda Premier League champions after league is cancelled futaa com Retrieved 24 May 2020 Top 10 Strikers ever in the Ugandan Top Flight Football League kawowo com 28 September 2014 Retrieved 13 November 2018 FUFA Monthly PDF fufa co ug 2015 Retrieved 2019 11 16 KCCA s Ochaya is 2015 16 UPL Most Valuable Player upl co ug 13 August 2016 Retrieved 13 November 2018 The Legends Uganda Super League top scorers since league inception Kawowo com 2012 04 16 Archived from the original on 2013 12 02 Retrieved 2014 01 24 External links editLeague at FIFA com archived 22 June 2007 RSSSF competition history Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Uganda Premier League amp oldid 1217941562, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
