2015 Kagame Interclub Cup

The 2015 Kagame Interclub Cup was the 40th edition of the Kagame Interclub Cup, which is organised by CECAFA. It took place in Tanzania from 18 July to 2 August.^[1]

2015 Kagame Interclub Cup

CECAFA Kagame Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Tanzania
Dates	July 18–August 2
Teams	13
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Azam (1st title)
Runners-up	Gor Mahia
Third place	Kampala C.C.A.
Fourth place	Al-Khartoum
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	55 (1.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Michael Olunga (5 goals)
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All times shown are in East Africa Time (UTC+3).

Broadcasting

South African sports channel SuperSport secured official rights to broadcast all matches played at the tournament, and this year secured a contract to broadcast the cup for the next 4 years.^[2][3]

Participants

The following 13 clubs took part in the competition:^[3]

Group A Yanga Gor Mahia Al-Khartoum KMKM Djibouti Télécom

Group B A.P.R. Al-Ahly Shendi LLB Académic Elman

Group C Kampala C.C.A. Azam Al-Malakia Adama City

Group stage

Tie-breaking criteria for group play
The ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria: Number of points obtained in games between the teams involved Goal difference in games between the teams involved Goals scored in games between the teams involved Away goals scored in games between the teams involved Goal difference in all games Goals scored in all games Drawing of lots

The group stage featured thirteen teams, with 5 teams in Group A and 4 teams in Group B and C. Three teams from Group A and B and two teams from Group C advanced to the knockout stage.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Gor Mahia	4	3	1	0	9	4	+5	10
Yanga	4	3	0	1	7	2	+5	9
Al-Khartoum	4	2	1	1	8	3	+5	7
KMKM	4	1	0	3	3	7	−4	3
Djibouti Télécom	4	0	0	4	1	12	−11	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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18 July 2015

16:00

Yanga	1–2	Gor Mahia
Glay 4' (o.g.)	Report	Shakava 16' Olunga 46'

National Stadium

Referee: Ssali Mashood (Uganda)

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18 July 2015

16:00

KMKM	1–0	Djibouti Télécom
Mbwana Faki ?'

Amaan Stadium

Referee: Issa Kagabo (Rwanda)

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20 July 2015

14:00

Djibouti Télécom	0–5	Al-Khartoum
	Report	Salah Osman 22' Salah Osman 36' Ousamalia 66' Wagdi 81' Murwan 87'

National Stadium

Referee: Ssali Mashood (Uganda)

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20 July 2015

14:00

Gor Mahia	3–1	KMKM
Kagere 2' Olunga 68', 80'	Report	Saimon 10'

National Stadium

Referee: Issa Kagabo (Rwanda)

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22 July 2015

14:00

Al-Khartoum	2–1	KMKM
Salah Osman ?' Akumu ?'	Report	Saimon ?'

National Stadium

Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)

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22 July 2015

16:00

Djibouti Télécom	0–3	Yanga
	Report	Mwashiuya ?', ?' Busungu ?'

National Stadium

Referee: Issa Kagabo (Rwanda)

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24 July 2015

14:00

Al-Khartoum	1–1	Gor Mahia
Baba 5'	Report	Ochieng 41'

National Stadium

Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)

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24 July 2015

16:00

KMKM	0–2	Yanga
	Report	Busungu 56' Tambwe ?'

National Stadium

Referee: Souleiman Ahmed Djama (Djibouti)

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26 July 2015

14:00

Gor Mahia	3–1	Djibouti Télécom
Odhiambo 12' Olunga 30' Agwanda 82'	Report	Said 76'

National Stadium

Referee: Ring Nyer Akech Malong (South Sudan)

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26 July 2015

16:00

Yanga	1–0	Al-Khartoum
Niyonzima 30'	Report

National Stadium

Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
A.P.R.	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9
Al-Ahly Shendi	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
LLB Académic	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
Heegan	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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18 July 2015

14:00

A.P.R.	1–0	Al-Ahly Shendi
Bizimana 64'	Report

National Stadium

Referee: Souleiman Ahmed Djama (Djibouti)

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19 July 2015

16:00

LLB Académic	0–0	Heegan
	Report[permanent dead link]

Amaan Stadium

Referee: Ring Nyer Akech Malong (South Sudan)

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21 July 2015

14:00

Al-Ahly Shendi	2–2	LLB Académic
Marghani ?' Marghani 70'	Report	Duhayindavyi 55' Nahimana 65'

National Stadium

Referee: Ring Nyer Akech Malong (South Sudan)

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21 July 2015

16:00

Heegan	0–2	A.P.R.
	report	Ndahinduka ?' Nkinzingabo ?'

Amaan Stadium

Referee: Souleiman Ahmed Djama (Djibouti)

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23 July 2015

14:00

Heegan	2–3	Al-Ahly Shendi
Haji ?' Alkhidir Ali ?'	report	Abakar ?' Abakar 05' Ahmed 29'

National Stadium

Referee: Ssali Mashood (Uganda)

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23 July 2015

16:00

A.P.R.	2–1	LLB Académic
Siwomana 59' Bigirimana 89'	report[permanent dead link]	Nahimana 53'

National Stadium

Referee: Martin Saanya (Tanzania)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Azam	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	9
Kampala C.C.A.	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1	6
Al-Malakia	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
Adama City	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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19 July 2015

14:00

Adama City	1–2	Al-Malakia
Elemayehu 30'	Report	Opera 36' Ssekamatte 76'

National Stadium

Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)

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19 July 2015

16:00

Azam	1–0	Kampala C.C.A.
Bocco 13'	Report

National Stadium

Referee: Davis Omweno (Kenya)

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21 July 2015

16:00

Al-Malakia	0–2	Azam
	Report	Bocco 25' Tche Tche 51'

National Stadium

Referee: Davis Omweno (Kenya)

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22 July 2015

16:00

Kampala C.C.A.	1–0	Adama City
Masiko 69'	Report

Amaan Stadium

Referee: Martin Sanya (Tanzania)

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25 July 2015

14:00

Kampala C.C.A.	1–0	Al-Malakia
Sserunkuma ?'	Report

National Stadium

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25 July 2015

16:00

Adama City	0–5	Azam
	Report[permanent dead link]	Tche Tche 7', 31' Mussa 31' Yahya 49' Morris 73'

National Stadium

Referee: Issa Kagabo (Rwanda)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, teams played against each other once. The losers of the semi-finals played against each other in a third place playoff where the winner was placed third overall in the entire competition.^[4]

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	28 July
	A.P.R.	0
					31 July 15:45
	Al-Khartoum	4
					Al-Khartoum	1
	28 July
					Gor Mahia	3
	Gor Mahia	2
									2 Aug 15:45
	Al-Malakia	1
									Gor Mahia	0
	29 July
									Azam	2
	Yanga	0 (3)
					31 July 13:45
	Azam	0 (5)
					Azam	1
	29 July
					Kampala C.C.A.	0			Third place
	Kampala C.C.A.	3
									2 Aug 13:45
	Al-Ahly Shendi	0
									Al-Khartoum	1
									Kampala C.C.A.	2

Quarter-finals

28 July 2015

14:00

A.P.R.	0–4	Al-Khartoum
	Report	Khalid 10' Ibrahim 21', 39' Salaheldin 71'

National Stadium

Referee: Ssali Mashood (Uganda)

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28 July 2015

16:00

Gor Mahia	2–1	Al-Malakia
Walusimbi 2', 68'	Report	Jacob ?'

National Stadium

Referee: Martin Saanya (Tanzania)

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29 July 2015

14:00

Kampala C.C.A.	3–0	Al-Ahly Shendi
Ochaya 16' Mutyaba 76' Masiko 77'	Report

National Stadium

Referee: Souleiman Ahmed Djama (Djibouti)

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29 July 2015

16:00

Azam	0–0 (90 min.)	Yanga
	Report
Penalties
Tche Tche Bocco Mao Wawa Morris	5–3	Salum Telela Haroub Mwashuya Mwyinyi

National Stadium

Referee: Davis Omweno (Kenya)

Semi-finals

31 July 2015

13:45

Al-Khartoum	1–3	Gor Mahia
Elmani 5'	Report	Olunga 24' (pen.) Wafula 26' Kagere 54'

National Stadium

Referee: Issa Kagabo (Rwanda)

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31 July 2015

15:45

Kampala C.C.A.	0–1	Azam
	Report	Musa 76'

National Stadium

Referee: Souleiman Ahmed Djama (Djibouti)

Third place play-off

2 August 2015

13:45

Al-Khartoum	1–2	Kampala C.C.A.
Baba 24'	Report	Birungi 7' Mutyaba 9'

National Stadium

Referee: Martin Saanya (Tanzania)

Final

2 August 2015

15:45

Azam	2–0	Gor Mahia
Bocco 17' Tche Tche 64'	Report

National Stadium

Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)

2015 Kagame Interclub Cup champions
Azam 1st title

Top scorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Michael Olunga	Gor Mahia	5
2	Osman Bilal Salaheldin	Al-Khartoum	4
	Kipre Herman Tche Tche	Azam F.C.
4	Malimi Busungu	Yanga F.C.	3
	Amin Ibrahim	Al-Khartoum
	Ousamalia Baba	Al-Khartoum
	John Bocco	Azam F.C.
8	Meddie Kagere	Gor Mahia	2
	Farid Mussa	Azam F.C.
	Aziz Abdoul Nahimana	LLB Académic
	Mateo Saimon	KMKM
	Godfrey Walusimbi	Gor Mahia
	Muzamir Mutyaba	K.C.C. Authority
	Tom Masiko	K.C.C. Authority
	Eid Abakar	Al-Ahly Shendi
	Mohamed Awad Marghani	Al-Ahly Shendi
17	Isaac Sserunkuma	K.C.C. Authority	1
	Samuel Ssekamatte	Al-Malakia
	Atif Khalid	Al-Khartoum
	Gael Duhayindavyi	LLB Académic
	Anthony Akumu	Al-Khartoum
	Takele Elemayehu	Adama City
	Elsadig Ahmed	Al-Ahly Shendi
	Mudathir Yahya	Azam F.C.
	Sadam Opera	Al-Malakia
	Michel Ndahinduka	A.P.R.
	Mohamed Mahad Haji	Heegan
	Aggrey Morris	Azam F.C.
	Donald Ngoma	Yanga F.C.
	Joseph Ochaya	K.C.C. Authority
	Fiston Nkinzingabo	A.P.R.
Source: Kawowo Sports[5]