The Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Her Excellency Ambassador Mai Taha Khalil has sent a congratulatory message to the FUFA President following the last week’s Glo CAF Awards where Uganda was named National team of the year 2016.
The Congratulatory message to the FUFA President Eng. Moses Magogo reads;
‘On the occassion of naming Uganda the best national football team for the year 2016, the Embassy has the great honor to extend its facilitation to the team on such a great occassion, and wishes them great and continous success.
The Embassy and people of Egypt are looking forward to our brothelry matches in the days to come and may the best team win’
At the same awards held in Abuja, Uganda Cranes goalkeeper Denis Onyango was voted the best player (based in Africa), becoming the first Ugandan and goalkeeper to win this award.
Uganda and Egypt avoided each other for the Project Cameroon 2019 as the draws for the 2019 AFCON qualifiers were conducted in Gabon on Thursday night. Both countries were placed in the same pot before the draws.
However both countries will face off in the 2017 AFCON finals in Gabon before back to back fixtures in August this year for the 2018 FIFA World cup qualifiers Russia.
MAIN PHOTO: FUFA President Eng Moses Magogo (2nd R) receives the Glo CAF Award from CEO Edgar Watson (L) after retruning from from Abuja, Nigeria last week. In the middle is FUFA Executive member Rasoul Ariga while 1st VP Justus Mugisha is on the extreme right
