Uganda - List of Cup Finals


Uganda Cup

The Uganda Cup was first organised by FUFA in 1971, replacing the Kabaka's Cup, inaugurated in 1925 and later renamed Luwangula Cup. Between 1992 and 2010 the Uganda Cup was known as the Kakungulu Cup in honour of a former UFA vice president.

Uganda Cup
1971 Coffee SC               2-1 Army
1972-1975 competition suspended "due to rough play"
1976 Gangama United          0-0 Coffee SC      [4-2 pen]     
1977 Simba                   w/o Nytil FC
1978 Nsambya                 1-0 UCB
1979 KCC                     w/o UCB 
1980 KCC                     2-0 Maroons
1981 Coffee SC               1-1 UCB            [5-4 pen]
1982 KCC                     awd Nile           [Nile walked off in 75' at 1-0; KCC winners]
1983 SC Villa                1-0 KCC 
1984 KCC                     3-2 Coffee SC      
1985 Express                 3-1 KCC 
1986 SC Villa                2-0 Tobacco 
1987 KCC                     1-0 SC Villa 
1988 SC Villa                3-1 Express 
1989 SC Villa                4-2 Express 
1990 KCC                     3-0 SC Villa
1991 Express                 4-1 Nile 
Kakungulu Cup
1992 Express                 1-0 Nile 
1993 KCC                     2-1 Dairy Heroes 
1994 Express                 0-0 KCC            [4-3 pen]
1995 Express                 2-0 Posta          [aet]
1996 UEB                     1-0 Nile
1997 Express                 4-1 UEB
1998 Villa                   2-0 Simba
1999 Dairy Heroes            0-0 Lyantonde FC   [3-0 pen]
2000 Villa                   1-0 Military Police
2001 Express                 3-1 Villa
2002 Villa                   2-1 Express
2003 Express                 3-1 Police
2004 KCC                     1-1 Express        [aet, 3-2 pen]
2005 URA                     2-1 KCC
2006 Express                 2-0 Maji
2007 Express                 0-0 KCC            [aet, 4-2 pen]
2008 Victors                 1-0 Kinyara
2009 Villa                   2-1 URA
2010 Victors                 1-1 Simba          [aet, 5-4 pen]
Uganda Cup
2011 Simba                   2-1 URA
2012 URA                     1-0 Bunamwaya
2013 SCVU                    1-1 Vipers         [aet, 5-3 pen]
2014 URA                     2-2 KCCA           [aet, 4-2 pen]
2015 Villa                   3-0 KCCA
2016 Vipers                  3-1 Ondurapaka
2017 KCCA                    2-0 Paidha Black Angels
2018 KCCA                    1-0 Vipers      
2019 Proline                 1-1 Bright Stars   [5-4 pen (no extra time)]
2020   abandoned
2021 Vipers                  8-1 BUL
2022 BUL                     3-1 Vipers
2023 Vipers                  1-0 Police
2024 

Number of Wins [48; lost finals between square brackets]

10 [ 7] Kampala Capital City Authority [formerly Kampala City Council]
10 [ 4] Express (Kampala)

 9 [ 3] SC Villa (Kampala) [formerly Nakivubo Villa]

 3 [ 4] Vipers [includes Bunamwaya] (Wakiso)
 3 [ 2] Uganda Revenue Authority

 2 [ 3] Simba (Lugazi) [includes Army, renamed Simba in 1975]
 2 [ 2] Coffee SC
 2 [ 1] Dairy Heroes (Mbale) [formerly Gangama United; now Mbale Heroes]
 2      Victors (Jinja) [moved from Kampala to Jinja in 2008]

 1 [ 1] BUL
 1 [ 1] Uganda Electricity Board (aka Umeme)
 1      Nsambya (Kampala)
 1      Proline (Kampala)  
 1      SC Victoria University 

   [ 4] Nile (Jinja)
   [ 3] Uganda Commercial Bank 
   [ 2] Police (Jinja)
   [ 1] Bright Stars (Mwerewe)
   [ 1] Kinyara Sugar Works FC (Masindi)
   [ 1] Lyantonde
   [ 1] Maji
   [ 1] Maroons
   [ 1] Military Police (Kampala)
   [ 1] Nytil
   [ 1] Ondurapaka FC (Arua)
   [ 1] Paidha Black Angels
   [ 1] Posta 
   [ 1] Tobacco

Bika by'Abaganda Tournament (for clan representations)

Year Winners                 Runners-Up

1950 Mbogo
1951 Ngabi
1952 Mmamba
1955 Kkobe           
1956 Mmamba
1957 Nyonyi
1958 Ngeye
1959 Mmamba
1960 Ffumbe
1961 Balangira and Kkobe (shared) 
1962 Nkima
1963   not held
1964 Mmamba
1965 Mmamba
1966-86 not held
1987 Ngabi                3-1 Mutima      [only ever final Mutima]
1988 Lugave               5-0 Ngabi
1989 Mmamba
1990 Lugave
1991 Ngeye
1992 Ngeye
1993 Nkima
1994 Mmamba               2-1 Mpindi
1995 Lugave 
1996 Mpindi               bt  Mmamba
1997 Nyange               bt  Mmamba      [winners also given as Nyonyi]
1998 Lugave
1999 Lugave
2000 Lugave 
2001 Ngo 
2002 Mpologoma            3-2 Lugave
2003 Mmamba               1-0 Lugave
2004 Lugave               2-1 Ffumbe
2005 Ffumbe               1-0 Ndiga       [first ever final Ndiga]
2006 Mpindi               1-0 Mmamba
2007 Mpindi and Ngabi (shared)
2008 Kkobe                1-0 Ndiga
2009 Ffumbe               1-1 Mbogo       [6-5 pen]
2010 Nte                  1-0 Kkobe 
2011 Mmamba               bt  Mbogo
2012 Ngeye                bt  Mpeewo    
2013 Ngabi Nsamba         3-1 Mpindi
2014 Mmamba               2-1 Mbogo
2015 Mbogo                3-1 Nkima
2016 Nte                  0-0 Balangira   [5-4 pen]
2017 Nte                  1-0 Ffumbe
2018 Nkima                1-0 Mpindi 
2019 Mbogo                1-0 Kkobe
2020   not held
2021   not held
2022 Ndiga                1-0 Lugave      [final March 2023]
2023 Nggonge              2-0 Mbogo

Record Winners (50; 48 editions, 2 titles shared)

10 Mmamba 

 7 Lugave

 4 Ngeye
 4 Ngabi (1 shared) 

 3 Ffumbe
   Mbogo
   Nkima
   Nte
 3 Kkobe (1 shared)
   Mpindi (1 shared) 

 1 Mpologoma  
   Ndiga  
   Nggonge 
   Ngo
   Nyange 
   Nyonyi
 1 Balangira (shared)

Kiwere, Mutima, Nakinsige, Nsenene and Njove never won the competition;
Ffumbe did not win between 1960 and 2005.
Balangira did not reach the final between 1987 and 2005.

NB: the 2004 edition was reportedly the 30th, implying that one edition
    is included erroneously, presumably a win by Mmamba who are sometimes
    credited with 6 wins up to and including 2003; the 1950 edition was
    the first


Other Cup Tournaments

UFA Cup/Kabaka's Cup/Luwangula Cup

UFA Cup
1925 King's College Budo                4-1 Makerere College 
1926-40  not known
Kabaka Cup
1941 King's College Budo
1942-44  not known
1945 Kampala Railway African Club
1946 Kampala Railway African Club
1947 Kampala Railway African Club
1948-52  not known
1953 Kampala Technical Training School  2-1 Kampala Railway African Club
1954     not held
1955 Police                             4-2 Kampala Technical Institute
1956-58  not known
1959 Kampala Railway African Club       4-1 Aggrey
Luwangula Cup
1960     not known             
1961 Express                            3-0 Young Salumbey                [*]
1962-63  not known
1964 Express
1965-70  not known
[*] replay after protest Express, who had lost the first match 0-3

NB: tournament inaugurated in 1925 as UFA Cup, with teams for the first four
    division allowed to enter; both Budo School and Old Boys (apparently both
    from King's College) won the trophy on multiple occasions; later clubs like
    Public Works Department (PWD or Piida), Entebbe Government Printing Press 
    (Puleesi), and Kenya and Uganda Railways and Harbours (Leerwe) played a
    prominent role in the competition; in the 1950s, it was organised by the
    Uganda Football Association; after having been stopped in 1953 for political
    reasons the tournament resumed in 1955 with a record entry of 61 teams; the
    first matches were played on 8 Sep and the final between Police and KTI on 18 Nov;
    tournament later renamed Luwangula Cup and replaced by the Uganda Cup in 1971.

Super Cup

2005 Police                  2-1 URA
2006     apparently not held
2007 URA                     1-0 Express
2009     cancelled and replaced by Super 8 Cup
2013 KCCA                    1-1 SCVU                 [4-3 pen]
2014 KCCA                    2-0 URA
2015 Vipers                  0-0 Villa                [5-3 pen]
2016 KCCA                    1-0 Vipers
2017 KCCA                    3-0 Paidha Black Angels
2018 KCCA                    0-0 Vipers               [4-2 pen]
2019 KCCA                    4-1 Proline

NB: both the 2005 and 2007 editions were announced as the first ever...


Number of League-and-Cup Doubles (9)

 6 SC Villa                  [1986, 1988, 1989, 1998, 2000, 2002]

 1 Express                   [1995]
 1 KCCA                      [2017]
 1 Vipers                    [2023]


Super 8 Cup

2009 Villa                   3-2 URA
2018 KCCA                    2-0 Onduparaka 
2019 Vipers                  2-0 KCCA             
2023 BUL                     0-0 URA                  [3-1 pen]

Kyabazinga Cup

2000 Nile FC                 1-0 Buyengo Sunrise FC
2009 Bugembe United          3-0 Idudi FC

Phillip Omondi Invitational Tournament

2016 Proline
2017 Proline
2018 KCCA   


FUFA Drum Championship

2018 Buganda             1-0 1-1 West Nile
2019 Acholi                  0-0 Bukedi               [5-3 pen]  
2020   not held due to Covid-19
2021   not held due to Covid-19
2022 West Nile           2-0 1-2 Lango
2023 


Buganda Masaza Cup

NB: played between the 18 traditional counties of the Kingdom of Buganda 
    (which coincides with the Central Region of Uganda)

2004 Ggomba                  3-0 Mawogola
2005 Mawokota                4-1 Ggomba
2006 Kooki                   2-2 Bugerere             [4-2 pen]
2007 Mawokota                bt  Ggomba
2008 Kyaddondo               2-0 Ggomba
2009 Ggomba                  1-1 Mawogola             [5-4 pen]
2010   not organised 
2011 Buluuli                 2-1 Bulemeezi
2012 Bulemeezi               1-0 Buweekula   
2013 Mawokota                1-0 Ssingo
2014 Ggomba                  0-0 Ssingo               [4-3 pen]
2015 Ssingo                  5-0 Buddu
2016 Buddu                   1-1 Ggomba               [6-5 pen]
2017 Ggomba                  1-0 Ssingo
2018 Ssingo                  1-1 Buddu                [12-11 pen]
2019 Bulemeezi               1-0 Busiro               [aet]
2020   not organised 
2021 Ggomba                  3-1 Buddu  
2022 Buddu                   2-0 Buweekula 

NB: the 2004 edition was the first

Number of Wins (17, lost finals between square brackets)

 5 [ 4] Ggomba

 3      Mawokota  

 2 [ 3] Buddu
 2 [ 3] Ssingo
 2 [ 1] Bulemeezi

 1      Buluuli  
 1      Kooki   
 1      Kyaddondo   

   [ 2] Buweekula   

   [ 2] Mawogola
   [ 1] Bugerere  
   [ 1] Busiro  

NB: the following 6 counties are yet to reach the final:
    Busujju, Butambala, Buvuma, Kabula, Kyaggwe, Ssese

Busoga Masaza Cup

NB: played between the traditional counties of the Kingdom of Busoga

2016 Bukooli North           3-1 Bunha
2017 Butembe                 1-1 Bunha                [4-3 pen]
2018 Kigulu                  0-0 Butembe              [5-4 pen]
2019 Kigulu                  1-0 Bunha
2020-21 not played due to Covid-19 pandemic
2022 Bukooli Namayingo       1-0 Kigulu         
2023 Busiki                  1-0 Butembe

Luwangula Cup
NB: new tournament of the same name as Luwangula Cup in sixties

2016 Buweekula               1-0 Ssingo 

FUFA-MTN inter region tournament

2013 Buganda                 1-1 Eastern              [4-2 pen]

NRM Cup
2000 Iganga Town Council     1-0 Nile FC

Aspro Cup
NB: main football tournament in the 1950s, played between the four provinces
    Buganda, Western, Eastern and Northern.  Northern won in two consecutive
    years after beating Buganda in the semifinal; the 1957 edition was held
    in Gulu.
    Tournament known as Aspro Cup 1952-1966, Madhvani Cup 1966-1973, 
    F.A. General Insurance Company Cup 1974-1978.

1958 Buganda
1959 Buganda
1960 Buganda             1-1 3-2 Western Province 

Wardle Cup

1960   losing finalists: Express FC 
NB: Express won the tournament on at least one occasion in the sixties

Challenge Cup

1961 Express                 3-1 Uganda
NB: held after Express protested that none of their players were selected
    for Uganda's team in the Gossage Cup; they challenged the national
    team and beat them 2-1 but the (British) coach of the national side
    demanded a replay, for which a trophy was donated by Nile Breweries


About this document

Sources included: Express FC, SC Villa

Prepared and maintained by Mikael Jönsson, Ian King and Hans Schöggl for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Mikael Jönsson, Ian King and Hans Schöggl
Last updated: 10 Jan 2024

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