All Africa Games Qualifiers (Not an Olympic Qualifier tournament):
1st Round:
1st Leg: Mozambique Vs Uganda (20th – 22nd February 2015)
Return leg: Uganda Vs Mozambique(6th – 8th March 2015)
2nd Round:
March – April 2015 : Winner between Uganda/Mozambique Vs Ghana.
Olympics Qualifiers: (To be played only by those players born on or after 1st January 1993)
The Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) has summoned One hundred (100) players for the upcoming All Africa Games qualifiers that kick off on the weekend of 20th – 22nd February 2015.
Juma Hamid presented the names to the media
The FUFA technical committee chairman Hamid Juma released the training programme for the youngsters during Wednesday’s FUFA Weekly press conference at FUFA House in Mengo.
Training sessions start on Saturday, 31st January 2015 at Villa Park, Nsambya. Another one will be held at KCCA Stadium, Lugogo on Sunday, 1st February 2015.
A final squad of 30 players will be selected from the main pool of the two training sessions who will enter residential training ahead of Mozambique clash.
‘We want to field the right age players for this tournament that is why we have an intention of having national technical consensus
Uganda Cranes head coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic will head the team and he will be assisted by Frank Anyau.
The two will work hand in hand with the FUFA technical committee chairman Hamid Juma.
The players have been picked from the various FUFA organized competitions (Uganda Premier League, FUFA Big League, regional leagues and lower division football leagues).
TRAINING PROGRAMME:
-Saturday, 31st January 2015 – First Training session at Villa Park (11 a.m)
– Sunday, 1st February 2015 – Second Training Session at KCCA Stadium, Lugogo
– Friday, 6th February 2015 – Third Training Session (To be Communicated)
– Saturday, 7th February 2015 – Fourth Training session (To be Communicated).
Format:
Uganda got a bye in the first round. The Kobs will start the campaign in the second round and will face the winner between Rwanda and Somalia.
The successful team between Rwanda/Somalia Vs Uganda faces Egypt in the third round before qualification to the qualifiers tournament that will be held in Congo Brazzaville.
MAIN PHOTO: Express Football Club midfielder, Tadeo Lwanga (left) against Bright Stars’ Anthony Bongole in the Uganda Premier League.
Lwanga is one of the players expected to undergo trials on Saturday.
PHOTO CREDITS: FUFA Communications Department
