2021 Kagame Interclub Cup

The 2021 CECAFA Kagame Interclub Cup was 43rd edition of the Kagame Interclub Cup, a football competition for clubs in East and Central Africa, which is organised by CECAFA. It took place in Tanzania from 1 to 14 August 2021.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

2021 Kagame Interclub Cup

CECAFA Kagame Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Tanzania
Dates	1–14 August 2021
Teams	8 (from 12 associations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Express FC (1st title)
Runners-up	Big Bullets FC
Third place	KMKM FC
Fourth place	Azam FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	32 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Paul Peter (Azam FC) Muzamiru Mutyaba (Express FC) Eric Kambale (Express FC) (3 goals each)
← 2019 2024 → All statistics correct as of 3 July 2024.

Participants clubs

The following eight teams will contest in the tournament.

Team	Appearances	Previous best performance
Azam FC	7th	Champions (2015, 2018)
Atlabara FC	4th	Quarter-finals (2014)
Big Bullets FC	Debut	n/a
Express FC	13th	Runner-up (1994, 1995)
KCCA FC	10th	Champions (1997, 2019)
KMKM FC	11th	Third place (1983)
Messager FC Ngozi	Debut	n/a
Young Africans FC	20th	Champions (1997, 1993, 1999, 2011, 2012)

Venues

The following two venues hosted for the matches of the tournament.

Dar es Salam	Dar es Salam	Dar es Salam
B. Mkapa Stadium		Azam Complex Stadium
Capacity: 60,000		Capacity: 10,000

Draw

The draw ceremony of the tournament were held on 28 July 2021 at Dar es Salam, Tanzania. Total eight team were divided into two groups.^[7]

Group summary

Group A	Group B
Young Africans SC Big Bullets FC Express FC Atlabara FC	KCCA FC Azam FC Messager Ngozi FC KMKM FC

Match officials

Referees Georges Gatogato (Burundi) Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi) Mfaume Nassoro (Zanzibar) Elly Ally Sasii (Tanzania) William Oloya (Uganda) Ring Malong (South Sudan)

Assistant Referees Mohamed Mkono (Tanzania) Frank Komba (Tanzania) Soud Iddi Lila (Tanzania) Willy Habimana (Burundi) Désiré Nkurunziza (Burundi) Gasim Muder Dehiya (South Sudan) Duwuki Robert Henry (South Sudan) Ronald Katenya (Uganda)

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

Key to colour in group tables
	The top finisher in each group will qualify for the Knockout-stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Express FC	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Advanced to Knockout stage
2	Big Bullets FC	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
3	Young Africans SC (H)	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2
4	Atlabara FC	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1

Source: Soccerway
(H) Hosts

1 August 2021

13:00 UTC+3

Young Africans SC	1–1	Big Bullets FC
J. Waziri 7'	Report	C. Msowoya 29'

B. Mkapa Stadium, Dar es Salam

Referee: Georges Gatogato (Burundi)

2 August 2021

13:00 UTC+3

Express FC	1–0	Atlabara FC
E. Kambale 4' (pen.)	Report

Azam Complex Stadium, Dar es Salam

Referee: Mfaume Nassoro (Zanzibar)

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4 August 2021

13:00 UTC+3

Big Bullets FC	1–1	Express FC
C. Msowoya 65'	Report	M. Mutyaba 4'

B. Mkapa Stadium, Dar es Salam

Referee: Elly Ally Sasii (Tanzania)

4 August 2021

16:00 UTC+3

Atlabara FC	0–0	Young Africans SC
	Report

B. Mkapa Stadium, Dar es Salam

Referee: William Oloya (Uganda)

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7 August 2021

13:00 UTC+3

Big Bullets FC	2–0	Atlabara FC
N. Nyasulu 2' H. Kajoke 34'	Report

Azam Complex Stadium, Dar es Salam

Referee: Mfaume Nassoro (Zanzibar)

7 August 2021

13:00 UTC+3

Young Africans SC	1–3	Express FC
G. Paul 70'	Report	G. Lwesibawa 14' M. Mutyaba 34' E. Kambale 53'

B. Mkapa Stadium, Dar es Salam

Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Azam FC (H)	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6	Advanced to Knockout stage
2	KMKM FC	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Messager Ngozi FC	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	KCCA FC	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3

Source: Soccerway
(H) Hosts

2 August 2021

15:30 UTC+3

Messager FC Ngozi	1–1	KMKM FC
A. Muderi 18'	Report	M. Mess 40'

Azam Complex Stadium, Dar es Salam

Referee: William Oloya (Uganda)

2 August 2021

18:00 UTC+3

KCCA FC	0–2	Azam FC
	Report	P. Peter 47' 63'

Azam Complex Stadium, Dar es Salam

Referee: Ring Malong (South Sudan)

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5 August 2021

13:00 UTC+3

Azam FC	1–0	Messager FC Ngozi
I. Kipagwile 22'	Report

Azam Complex Stadium, Dar es Salam

Referee: Ring Malong (South Sudan)

5 August 2021

16:00 UTC+3

KMKM FC	0–1	KCCA FC
	Report	H. Achai 20'

Azam Complex Stadium, Dar es Salam

Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

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7 August 2021

16:00 UTC+3

Azam FC	2–3	KMKM FC
I. Kipagwile 43' P. Peter 83'	Report	H. Salim 54' H. Ali 67' A. Ibrahim 73'

Azam Complex Stadium, Dar es Salam

Referee: Georges Gatogato (Burundi)

7 July 2021

16:00 UTC+3

KCCA FC	0–1	Messager FC Ngozi
	Report	E. Mbirizi 35'

B. Mkapa Stadium, Dar es Salam

Referee: Elly Ally Sasii (Tanzania)

Knockout stage

• In the knockout stage, extra-time and a penalty shoot-out will be used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	10 August—Dar es Salam
	Express FC	2
					14 August—Dar es Salam
	KMKM FC	1
					Express FC	1
	11 August—Dar es Salam
					Big Bullets FC	0
	Azam FC	2 (2)
	Big Bullets FC(p)	2 (4)
					Third place match
					14 August—Dar es Salam
					KMKM FC	1
					Azam FC	0

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Semi-finals

10 August 2021

19:00 UTC+3

Express FC	2–1	KMKM FC
M. Mutyaba 56' E. Kambale 90+3'	Report	I. Abdallah 45+2'

Azam Complex Stadium, Dar es Salam

Referee: Ring Malong (South Sudan)

11 August 2021

19:00 UTC+3

Azam FC	2–2	Big Bullets FC
N. Nyasulu 67' (o.g.) T. Evancy 74'	Report	B. Munthali 2', 78'
Penalties
	2–4

Azam Complex Stadium, Dar es Salam

Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

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Third place match

14 August 2021

14:00 UTC+3

KMKM FC	1–0	Azam FC
I. Mohamed 3'	Report

B. Mkapa Stadium, Dar es Salam

Referee: William Oloya (Uganda)

Final

14 August 2021

18:00 UTC+3

Express FC	1–0	Big Bullets FC
M. Kizza 22'	Report

B. Mkapa Stadium, Dar es Salam

Referee: Georges Gatogato (Burundi)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 32 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match.

3 goals

• Muzamiru Mutyaba (Express FC)
• Eric Kambale (Express FC)
• Paul Peter (Azam FC)

2 goals

• Bright Munthali (Big Bullets FC)
• Chiukepo Msowoya (Big Bullets FC)
• Idd Kipagwile (Azam FC)
• Abdallah Ibrahim (KMKM FC)

1 goal

• Junior Waziri (Azam FC)
• Akbar Muderi (Messager FC Ngozi)
• Muhammed Mess (KMKM FC)
• Herbert Achai (KCCA FC)
• Godfrey Paul (Young Africans FC)
• Godfrey Lwesibawa (Express FC)
• Nikson Nyasulu (Big Bullets FC)
• Hassan Kajoke (Big Bullets FC)
• Eric Mbirizi (Messager FC Ngozi)
• Haji Simba Salim (KMKM FC)
• Hasim Ramadhan Ali (KMKM FC)
• Tepsi Evancy (Azam FC)
• Iliyasa Mohamed (KMKM FC)
• Martin Kizza (Express FC)

1 own goal

• Nikson Nyasulu (against Azam FC)