Uganda women's national football team

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This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Uganda national football team.


Uganda
Nickname(s)Crested Cranes
AssociationFederation of Uganda Football Associations
ConfederationCAF
Sub-confederationCECAFA (East & Central Africa)
Head coachBulega Faridah
FIFA codeUGA
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 156 Decrease 2 (10 December 2021)[1]
Highest112 (March 2017)
Lowest154 (April 2021)
First international
 Egypt 1–1 Uganda 
(Egypt; 29 March 1998)[2]
Biggest win
 Uganda 13-0 Djibouti 
(1 November 2021)
Biggest defeat
 DR Congo 4–0 Uganda 
(Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo; 28 January 2012)[3]
 Kenya 4–0 Uganda 
(Kisumu, Kenya; 3 July 2016)[4]
 Uganda 0–4 Kenya 
(Jinja, Uganda; 11 September 2016)[5]
World Cup
Appearances0
Olympic Games
Appearances0
African Women's Championship
Appearances1 (first in 2000)
Best resultGroup Stage (2000)

The Uganda women's national football team is the national women's football team of Uganda and is controlled by the Federation of Uganda Football Associations.

History[]

FUFA President Lawrence Mulindwa addressed this in 2007, saying, "We had a girls' tournament in Luweero earlier this year and top players are going to be assembled into a national team to contest at the inaugural CECAFA Women's Challenge Cup to be held in Zanzibar in October."[6] The tournament though was never played.

Team image[]

Nicknames[]

The Uganda women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Crested Cranes".

Results and fixtures[]

See also: 2022 in association football, 2022 in sports, and FIFA International Match Calendar

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2021[]

29 September COSAFA Women's Championship GS Group C Namibia  0–0  Uganda Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Report Stadium: Wolfson Stadium
3 October COSAFA Women's Championship GS Group C Eswatini  1–5  Uganda Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Stadium: Gelvandale Stadium
5 October COSAFA Women's Championship GS Group C Zambia  1–0  Uganda Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Stadium: Wolfson Stadium
20 October 2022 AFWCON qualification First round 1st leg Uganda  2–0  Ethiopia Kampala, Uganda
16:00 UTC+3
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 Report Stadium: St. Mary's Stadium-Kitende
Referee: Josephine Wanjiku (Kenya)
26 October 2022 AFWCON qualification First round 2nd leg Ethiopia  2–0
(2–2 agg.)
(1–2 p)		  Uganda Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
 Report Stadium: Bahir Dar International Stadium
Penalties
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Note: 2–2 on aggregate. Uganda won 2–1 on penalties.

2022[]

14 February 2022 AFWCON qualification Second round 1st leg Uganda  v  Kenya
23 February 2022 AFWCON qualification Second round 2nd leg Kenya  v  Uganda

Coaching staff[]

Current coaching staff[]

Position Name Ref.
Head coach

Manager history[]

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Players[]

See also: Category:Uganda women's international footballers

Current squad[]

The following players were called-up for two 2021 COSAFA Women's Championship.[7]
Caps and goals accurate up to and including 12 April 2021.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Uganda
19 1GK Uganda
3 2DF Uganda
4 2DF Uganda
5 2DF Uganda
6 2DF Uganda
13 2DF Uganda
14 2DF Uganda
7 3MF Uganda
11 3MF Uganda
12 3MF Uganda
17 3MF Uganda
21 3MF Uganda
22 3MF Uganda
23 3MF Uganda
8 4FW Sandra Nabweteme (1996-11-01) 1 November 1996 (age 25) Iceland FH
9 4FW United States New Jersey Copa
10 4FW Hasifah Nassuna Uganda
16 4FW Uganda
20 4FW Uganda

Recent call-ups[]

The following players have been called up to a Djibouti squad in the past 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up


Records[]

See also: Category:Uganda women's international footballers
As of 1 July 2021
Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

Competitive record[]

FIFA Women's World Cup[]

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year Result Pld W D* L GS GA GD
China 1991 Did not enter
Sweden 1995 Did not qualify
United States 1999
United States 2003
China 2007
Germany 2011
Canada 2015
France 2019
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 To be determined
Total 0/9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games[]

Summer Olympics record
Year Result Pld W D* L GS GA GD
United States 1996 Did not qualify
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020|
Total 0/7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Africa Women Cup of Nations[]

Africa Women Cup of Nations record
Year Round Pld W D* L GS GA GD
1991 did not qualify
1995
Nigeria 1998
South Africa 2000 Group stage 3 1 1 1 4 6 -2
Nigeria 2002 did not qualify
South Africa 2004
Nigeria 2006
Equatorial Guinea 2008
South Africa 2010
Equatorial Guinea 2012
Namibia 2014
Cameroon 2016
Ghana 2018
Republic of the Congo 2020 cancelled due to covid 19
Morocco 2022 TBD
Total Group stage 3
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

African Games[]

African Games record
Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA
Nigeria 2003 Did Not Enter
Algeria 2007
Mozambique 2011 Did Not Qualify
Republic of the Congo 2015 Did Not Enter
Morocco 2019 Did Not Qualify
Ghana TBD
Total 0/4 0 0 0 0 0 0

CECAFA Women's Championship[]

CECAFA Women's Championship
Year Round GP W D* L GS GA GD
Zanzibar
Uganda 2016 4th 3 0 0 3 0 33 -33
Rwanda 2018 runner uop 3 0 0 3 0 33 -33
Tanzania 2019 3rd 3 0 0 3 0 33 -33
Tanzania 2021 To be determined
Total 1/5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Honours[]

All−time record against FIFA recognized nations[]

The list shown below shows the Djibouti national football team all−time international record against opposing nations.
*As of xxxxxx after match against xxxx.

Key
  Positive balance (more wins than losses)
  Neutral balance (as many wins as losses)
  Negative balance (more losses than wins)
Against Pld W D L GF GA GD Confederation

Record per opponent[]

*As ofxxxxx after match against xxxxx.

Key
  Positive balance (more wins than losses)
  Neutral balance (as many wins as losses)
  Negative balance (more losses than wins)

The following table shows Djibouti's all-time official international record per opponent:

Opponent Pld W D L GF GA GD W% Confederation
Total —

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  2. ^ Egypt vs. Uganda – 29 March 1998 – FIFA WWC 1999 Prel. Comp. CAF
  3. ^ Congo DR vs. Uganda – 28 January 2012 – Women Soccerway
  4. ^ Kenya vs. Uganda – 3 July 2016 – Women Soccerway
  5. ^ Uganda vs. Kenya – 11 September 2016 – Women Soccerway
  6. ^ Bugingo, Douglas (August 29, 2007). "The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM: Investment in Youth Soccer Reaping Rewards - Mulindwa". The Monitor. Kampala, Uganda. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  7. ^ Tebandeke, Racheal (2 April 2019). "Bulega optimistic about Crested Cranes chances". PML Daily. Retrieved 7 April 2019.

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