Uganda national football team - Definition and Overview

Uganda

Uganda_FA.gif Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname	The Cranes
Association	Federation of Uganda Football Associations
Coach	Mohammed Abbas
Most caps	?
Top scorer	?
Home colours 　 Away colours
First International Kenya 1 - 1 Uganda (Nairobi, Kenya; 1 May, 1926)
Largest win Uganda 10 - 1 Djibouti (Kigali, Rwanda; 9 December, 2001)
Worst defeat Egypt 6 - 0 Uganda (Alexandria, Egypt; 30 July, 1995) Tunisia 6 - 0 Uganda (Tunis, Tunisia; 28 February, 1999)
World Cup
Appearances	none (First in -)
Best result	-
African Nations Cup
Appearances	5 (First in 1962)
Best result	Second place, 1978

The Uganda national football team, nicknamed The Cranes, is the national team of Uganda and is controlled by the Federation of Uganda Football Associations. They have never made the World Cup; their best finish in the African Nations Cup was second in 1978.

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1974 - Did not enter
• 1978 - Did not qualify
• 1982 - Withdrew
• 1986 - Did not qualify
• 1990 - Did not qualify
• 1994 - Withdrew
• 1998 - Did not qualify
• 2002 - Did not qualify

African Nations Cup record

• 1957 - Did not enter
• 1959 - Did not enter
• 1962 - Fourth place
• 1963 - Withdrew
• 1965 - Did not qualify
• 1968 - Round 1
• 1970 - Did not qualify
• 1972 - Did not qualify
• 1974 - Round 1
• 1976 - Round 1
• 1978 - Second place
• 1980 - Withdrew
• 1982 - Withdrew
• 1984 to 1988 - Did not qualify
• 1990 - Withdrew
• 1992 to 2004 - Did not qualify

Notable Players

• Tenywa Bonseu