2019 CECAFA Cup

The 2019 CECAFA Cup was the 40th edition of the annual CECAFA Cup, an international football competition consisting of the national teams of member nations of the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA). It took place in Uganda in December 2019.

2019 CECAFA Cup

CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Uganda[1]
Dates	7–19 December
Teams	9 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Uganda (15th title)
Runners-up	Eritrea
Third place	Kenya
Fourth place	Tanzania
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	40 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hassan Abdallah Oscar Musa Wamalwa Bright Anukani (3 goals each)
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Participants

The following teams were confirmed to be participating in the tournament. The national team of the Democratic Republic of Congo was announced to participate in place of Rwanda.^[2] Ethiopia, DR Congo and South Sudan all withdrew from the tournament in December 2019.^[3] The reason was the financial shortages of each respective federation which prevented them from meeting the $20,000 entry requirement.^[4]

National Team	FIFA Ranking (November 2019)
Burundi	151
Djibouti	184
Eritrea	205
Kenya	111
Somalia	196
Sudan	128
Tanzania	134
Uganda	77
Zanzibar	300N/A

Match officials

Referees[5] Mfaume Nassoro (Zanzibar) Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi) Anthony Ogwayo (Kenya) Ali Sabilla (Uganda) Omar Abdulkadir Artan (Somalia) Mohamed Diraneh Guedi (Djibouti) Tsegay Teklu Mogos (Eritrea) Sabri Mohamed Fadul (Sudan)

Assistant Referees Ferdinand Chacha (Tanzania) Nagi Subahi Ahmed (Sudan) Joshua Achilla (Kenya) Musa Balikoowa (Uganda) Bashir Sheikh Suleiman (Somalia) Liban Abdirazack Ahmed (Djibouti) Eyobel Michael Ghebru (Eritrea)

Venue

Kampala	Kampala
Lugogo Stadium
Capacity: 3000

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uganda (H)	4	4	0	0	10	2	+8	12	Advance to knockout stage
2	Eritrea	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2	7
3	Somalia	4	1	2	1	1	2	−1	5
4	Djibouti	4	1	1	2	3	8	−5	4
5	Burundi	4	0	0	4	2	6	−4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Djibouti	0–0	Somalia

7 December 2019 (2019-12-07)

11.30

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

Uganda	2–1	Burundi
Anukani 10' Bayo 23'		Rurasenga 63'

7 December 2019 (2019-12-07)

14.00

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Anthony Ogwayo (Kenya)

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Eritrea	1–0	Burundi
Kidane 45+2'

9 December 2019 (2019-12-09)

11.30

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Mfaume Nassoro (Zanzibar)

Somalia	0–2	Uganda
		Okello 28', 67'

9 December 2019 (2019-12-09)

14.00

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Mohamed Diraneh Guedi (Djibouti)

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Burundi	1–2	Djibouti
Ndikumana 14'		Mahabeh 10', 70' (pen.)

11 December 2019 (2019-12-11)

11.30

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Anthony Ogwayo (Kenya)

Eritrea	0–2	Uganda
		Kazozi 58' Kizza 76' (pen.)

11 December 2019 (2019-12-11)

14.00

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Omar Abdulkadir Artan (Somalia)

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Djibouti	0–3	Eritrea
		Okbay 11' Sulieman 65', 82'

13 December 2019 (2019-12-13)

11.30

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

Burundi	0–1	Somalia
		Mohamed 40'

13 December 2019 (2019-12-13)

14.00

StarTimes Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Sabri Mohamed Fadul (Sudan)

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Somalia	0–0	Eritrea

15 December 2019 (2019-12-15)

11.30

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Anthony Ogwayo (Kenya)

Uganda	4–1	Djibouti
Mutyaba 14' (pen.) Ojera 65' Ocen 79' Anukani 81'		Mohamed 69'

15 December 2019 (2019-12-15)

14.00

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Sabri Mohamed Fadul (Sudan)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kenya	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Tanzania	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
3	Sudan	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	Zanzibar	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Zanzibar	1–1	Sudan
Khamis 55'		Muntasir 90'

8 December 2019 (2019-12-08)

11.30

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Omar Abdulkadir Artan (Somalia)

Kenya	1–0	Tanzania
Abdallah 4'

8 December 2019 (2019-12-08)

14.00

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Ali Sabilla (Uganda)

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Sudan	1–2	Kenya
Namir 30'		Abdallah 65' Wamalwa 76'

10 December 2019 (2019-12-10)

11.30

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Tsegay Teklu Mogos (Eritrea)

Tanzania	1–0	Zanzibar
Ditram Nchimbi 38'

10 December 2019 (2019-12-10)

14.00

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

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Kenya	1–0	Zanzibar
Wamalwa 48'

14 December 2019 (2019-12-14)

11.30

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Ali Sabilla (Uganda)

Sudan	0–0	Tanzania

14 December 2019 (2019-12-14)

14.00

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Mohamed Diraneh Guedi (Djibouti)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	17 December – Kampala
	Kenya	1
					19 December – Kampala
	Eritrea	4
					Uganda	3
	17 December – Kampala
					Eritrea	0
	Uganda	1
	Tanzania	0
					Third place match
					19 December – Kampala
					Kenya	2
					Tanzania	1

Semi-finals

Kenya	1–4	Eritrea
Wamalwa 52'		Wamalwa 19' (o.g.) Okbay 49' Habte 66' Kidane 74'

17 December 2019 (2019-12-17)

11:00

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Sabri Mohamed Fadul (Sudan)

Uganda	1–0	Tanzania
Bayo 86'

17 December 2019 (2019-12-17)

13:45

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Mohamed Diraneh Guedi (Djibouti)

Third place match

Kenya	2–1	Tanzania
Muguna 19' Abdallah 36'		Kamagi 82' (pen.)

19 December 2019 (2019-12-19)

11:00

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Omar Abdulkadir Artan (Somalia)

Final

Uganda	3–0	Eritrea
Anukani 31' Kizza 68' Madondo 88'

19 December 2019 (2019-12-19)

13:45

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Sabri Mohamed Fadul (Sudan)

Goalscorers

3 goals

• Hassan Abdallah
• Oscar Musa Wamalwa
• Bright Anukani

2 goals

• Mahdi Houssein Mahabeh
• Robel Kidane
• Abel Okbay
• Ali Sulieman
• Kizza Mustafa
• Fahad Bayo
• Allan Okello

1 goal

• Landry Ndikumana
• Cedric Rurasenga
• Haroun Mohamed
• Michael Habte
• Kenneth Muguna
• Omar Mohamed
• Mohamed Abbas Namir
• Muntasir Osman
• Gadiel Kamagi
• Ditram Nchimbi
• Nicholas Kazozi
• Muzamir Mutyaba
• Ben Ocen
• Joakim Ojera
• Makame Khamis