Uganda - Various Data 1960-1989


1960

Known Results (before introduction of league)
Express        17-0 Kitegombwa 
Express        15-0 Luo Union 
Express        14-0 Bayinda

1968

KCC (founded 1963) made their debut in the first division of the
Kampala and District Football League (KDFL), in which other clubs
included: Express FC, Army FC, Prisons, KDS, Railways, UEB and 
Nsambya.

1969

Known Results
Express        14-0 Kilembe
Kilembe         1-0 Express

(or 1968?)

1970

Top Final Table:

 1.Coffee
 2.Police (on goal difference)

1971

KCC (who did not enter the recently established National Football League)
were relegated to the second level of the KDFL.  However, the KDFL was
scrapped and a second national level was sent up, in which KCC entered
along with (among others) Nsambya and NIC.

1974

Top Final Table:

 1.Express   14                   22
 2.KCC       14                   21

NB: KCC were newly promoted

1975

Top Final Table:

 1.Express                        27
 2.KCC                            26

1976

Top Final Table:

 1.KCC                            35
 2.Express                        34

NB: other entrants included Kirembe

1977

Express beat Simba 2-0 in a crucial league match but were subsequently
banned for allegedly being involving in anti-government activities, by 
the Governor of the Central Province, Col. Abdallah Nasur, unhappy about 
his side's loss.  The ban was only lifted in 1979 after the regime of 
Idi Amin had ended. 

1978

In promotion play-offs, Mount of the Moon FC (an army side) pulled
out guns and shot randomly after Nakivubo Boys (SC Villa) scored a
winning goal.

1979

 1.Uganda Commercial Bank (Kampala)
 2.NIC

NB: NIC were promoted in 1977.
    Police had been relegated in 1978.

1980

Top Final Table:

 1.Nile Breweries Jinja  
 2.Nytil Jinja
 3.KCC

NB: Express returned to the league this season.

1981

KCC obtained the league title thanks to Uganda Commercial Bank 
conceding a walk-over in a late league match; in return, KCC
conceded a walk-over to UCB in the semi-final of the Kakungulu
Cup; however, UCB lost the cup final to Coffee after a penalty
shoot-out.

1982

Championship played by 'Super Ten'.

SC Villa unbeaten champions, dropping only 4 points.

10 clubs were relegated in 1981 from top level to 'Regular' (new 2nd level
below 'Super Ten'), including: NIC, Coffee, Nsambya and Bell 

1983

[Aug 13]
SC Villa        1-1 Millers

KCC won championship

1984

Known Result
Express         2-1 SC Villa [only loss Villa]

Top Final Table:

 1.SC Villa  30  24  5  1  74-19  53   Champions 
 2.KCC       30  21  7  2  67-19  49 
 3.Express   30  14  9  7  49-34  37 

Lint FC relegated

Results from September 1984
Nsambya FC     18-0 Wembley
Nsambya FC      1-0 Spear Motors 
Nsambya FC      awd Foods FC [awarded 2-0 to Nsyamba after Foods dns]

NB: Nsambya had to win their remaining 3 league matches with a total
    goal difference of +20 in order to overtake Cooperative and 
    qualify for the next stage (presumably this refers to the second
    level league and/or a promotion competition), and managed to do
    so thanks to fixing that 18-0 against Wembley; both Nsambya and
    Cooperative finished their program with 66 points.
    Nsambya FC beat State House 2-1 in promotion playoffs

1986

Top Final Table:

 1.SC Villa
 2.Tobacco (Bugembe)
 3.Coffee

Final Rounds included:
Airlines        1-0 KCC
Tobacco        12-0 Airlines

NB: thanks to Tobacco's final round win of 12-0 they dislodged Coffee
    from 2nd place

In promotion play-offs, KK Cosmos scored 6 goals in 25 minutes against
Gomba Motors, leading to crowd trouble by Mbarara United fans

1987

Top of Final Table:

 1.SC Villa
 2.Express

Maroons FC (Luzira) relegated

1988

Top of Final Table:

 1.SC Villa
 2.Express

1989

[Jul 22]
Express         2-1 SC Villa 

Top of Final Table:

 1.SC Villa  22  16  4  2  47-10  36   Champions  
 2.Express   22  14  7  1  37-21  35 

Miscellaneous Info

'Old-school' corporations like Lint Marketing Board, Coffee Marketing 
Board, BAT Uganda, Uganda Cement, Uganda Commercial Bank, Uganda
Airlines and Spear Motors all played in the league at one stage.


1992

list of champions.

list of cup winners.


About this document

Partial sources: Express FC, KCC, SC Villa

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Last updated: 26 Jun 2008

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