9th June: Uganda vs Turkmenistan 10pm (Played behind Closed doors) at New York University in Abu Dhabi
15th June 2019: Uganda vs Ivory Coast (Open to public) –Venue to be communicated
Allan Kateregga is the latest player to join Uganda Cranes camp in Abu Dhabi as the team continues with preparations for the 2019 Total AFCON Finals in Egypt.
The South Africa based midfielder who plays for PSL side Maritzburg arrived on Tuesday morning but didn’t take part in the training session as the team had already left for the stadium.
Two more players Emma Okwi and Nicholas Wadada will jet later today (8.1pm Local time, 7.15pm EAST) to bring the number to 24 in camp.
Bbakka Alexis ( Carlstad United BK, Sweden), Lumala Abdu (Syrianska FC, Sweden), Kizito Luwagga (Shakhter Karagandy, Kazahstan) and Salim Jamal (Al Hilal-Sudan) are the players who have arrived in camp in the last 48 hours.
Luwagga and Jamal joined the rest of the team in training on Monday evening after undergoing the mandatory medcial tests. Kateregga, Bbakka and Lumala will also have to visit the medical personnel in Abdu Dhabi for the exercise. Okwi and Wadada completed their medicals in Kampala.
Salim Jamal after today’s training
‘It is a great opportunity for us to prove ourselves this time round. The goalkeeping department is very competitive and I look forward to welcoming my other teammates Charles Lukwago and Robert Odongkara in camp. We are having great training here and the camp is fantastic ’
Faruku Miya after today’s training
‘I think we are preparing very well. We are following the coach’s instructions and this helps the entire team. We shall be in great shape for the kickoff of the tournament. We looks forward to the group action’
The Squad in Abu Dhabi:
Goalkeepers: Denis Onyango (Mamelodi Sundowns, South Africa), Jamal Salim (Al Hilal-Sudan)
Defenders: Murushid Jjuuko (Simba, Tanzania), Bevis Mugabi (Yeovil Town, England),
Isaac Muleme (FK Viktoria Zizkov, Czech Republic), Hassan Wasswa Mawanda, Joseph Ochaya (TP Mazembe, DR Congo), Timothy Denis Awanyi (KCCA FC, Uganda), Godfrey Walusimbi
Midfielders: William Kizito Luwagga (Shakhter Karagandy, Kazahstan), Khalid Aucho (Church Hill Brothers, India), Faruku Miya (HNK Gorica, Croatia), Tadeo Lwanga (Vipers SC-Uganda), Kirizestom Ntambi- Coffee FC, Ethiopia), Allan Kateregga (Maritzburg, South Africa), Lumala Abdul (Syrianska FC, Sweden), Moses Waiswa Moses (Vipers SC, Uganda), Sadam Juma (KCCA FC-Uganda)
Strikers: Alexis Bbakka (Carlstad United, Sweden), Patrick Henry Kaddu (KCCA FC, Uganda), Derrick Nsibambi (Smouha, Egypt), Allan Kyambadde (KCCA FC Uganda)
MAIN PHOTO: Allan Kateregga at the Park Rotana Hotel in Abu Dhabi. He flew in on Tuesday morning
