The six day FIFA coaching course for women football teams and academies in Uganda rolled off today at the FUFA Technical centre Njeru.
The course is a follow up on the FIFA Com-Unity seminar held last year in Uganda that has since resulted into the start of the first ever FUFA Women Elite League.
FUFA Presidnent Eng. Moses Magogo performed the opening ceremony that was attended by the FUFA CEO Edgar Watson as as FIFA instructor Jacquiline Chipanga.
27 coaches are taking part in the course that will cover various aspects of the game including team selection, crisis management and team formation.
FUFA president revealed to the participants that the federation is in talks with companies to find sponsors for the women’s league.
‘There is a product that we are presenting to the sponsors. We are hopeful for positive results’ said Magogo.
He added ‘the media has played a key role in highlighting the activities of women football hence the attention it is getting now’
FIFA Instructor Chipanga said that ‘the challenge to support and develop women’s football lies in the hands of the administrators’.
She further said ‘I am here to give you guidance on how to handle players and I am sure it will be beneficial to the stakeholders’
The FUFA CEO Edgar Watson confirmed that the Technical department will be shifted from its current base at FUFA House to Njeru.
‘I am glad that the first course has been conducted inside one of the rooms of the Goal project IV. We shall have many more courses here’
MAIN PHOTO: FUFA President (red tie) Eng.Moses Magogo with CEOEDgar Watson and FIFA Instructor Jacquiline Chipanga in a group photo with the participants in Njeru.
