TODAY March 26 - Burkina Faso v Uganda 9pm
March 29 - Uganda vs Burkina Faso
Group D Standings
Team P W D L F A Pts
Uganda 2 2 0 0 3 0 6
Burkina Faso 2 1 0 1 2 1 3
Botswana 3 1 0 2 1 3 3
Comoros 3 1 0 2 1 3 3
"Encounters between Burkina Faso Stallions and Uganda Cranes have been close, the Stallions picking four points from the two legs of the 2006 World Cup qualifiers, and Cranes winning at the 2014 Chan. One of the two draws between the two was a friendly in 2006. Today is hardly a sociable one. This is a fight for territory, a clash of purpose." CLICK HERE FOR FULL STORY.
Comoros, who are in Uganda's Group, stunned Botswana 1-0 in Thursday's Orange Africa Cup Of Nations Qualifiers first leg matches.
Comoros thus ended a 3,084-day wait for a first competitive international football victory. Ben Mohamed's goal on 56 minutes ended a 20-match winless run in World Cup and Cup of Nations qualifiers since 2007, when they were thrashed 6-2 by Madagascar in their first competitive international.
The big result yesterday saw Algeria hammer Ethiopia 7-1 while Nigeria were held 1-1. Saleh scored for the visitors in the last minute in Kaduna.
Difficult game, but the boys did very well. We should be proud of them. And congrats to Siasia for a good job in a short time— Victor Ikpeba (@V_Ikpeba) March 25, 2016
The Nigerians however face a huge fine from CAF for poor crowd control. Nearly 40,000 fans rushed into a 25,000 capacity stadium for the game.
In Ouagadougou, Cranes arrived in Burkina Faso and trained Friday at the stadium where the game will be hosted at 9pm Saturday.
(Full fixtures at bottom)
Disgraceful scenes of over crowded stadium in #Kaduna where #Nigeria is facing #Egypt in #afcon2017 qualifiers 👎🏾👎🏾⚽ pic.twitter.com/5i09MUy7Zp— Sulaiman Folarin (@sulaiman4real) March 25, 2016
In Ouagadougou, Cranes arrived in Burkina Faso and trained Friday at the stadium where the game will be hosted at 9pm Saturday.
#MujjeTulumbe Fufa President Eng Moses Magogo with KCCA FC C/Man Kabugo Watching Cranes last training in Burkina pic.twitter.com/HWxJ770LAW— Uganda Cranes (@UgandaCranes) March 25, 2016
(Full fixtures at bottom)
Tunisia 1 Togo 0
Standings P W D L F A Pts
Tunisia 3 2 0 1 9 2 6
Togo 3 2 0 1 4 2 6
Liberia 3 2 0 1 3 2 6
Djibouti 3 0 0 3 1 11 0
Group C
Mali 1 Equatorial Guinea 0
Standings
Mali 3 2 1 0 4 1 7
Benin 3 1 2 0 4 3 5
S. Sudan 3 1 0 2 2 4 3
E. Guinea 3 0 1 2 1 3 1
Group G
Nigeria 1 Egypt 1
Standings
Egypt 3 2 1 0 9 2 7
Nigeria 3 1 2 0 3 1 5
Tanzania 3 1 1 1 1 3 4
Chad 3 0 0 3 1 8 0
Group I
Ivory Coast 1 Sudan 0
Standings
I. Coast 2 1 1 0 1 0 4
Sudan 2 1 0 1 1 1 3
S. Leone 2 0 1 1 0 1 1
Group J
Algeria 7 Ethiopia 1
Standings
Algeria 3 3 0 0 14 2 9
Ethiopia 3 1 1 1 4 9 4
Seychelles 2 0 1 1 1 5 1
Lesotho 2 0 0 2 2 5 0
Group L
Swaziland 1 Zimbabwe 1
Guinea 0 Malawi 0
Standings
Swaziland 3 1 2 0 5 4 5
Zimbabwe 3 1 2 0 4 3 5
Malawi 3 0 2 1 3 4 2
Guinea 3 0 2 1 2 3 2
Group M
Mauritania 2 Gambia 1
Standings
Cameroon 2 2 0 0 2 0 6
Mauritania 3 2 0 1 5 3 6
Gambia 3 0 1 2 1 3 1
S. Africa 2 0 1 1 1 3 1
The President of Burkina Faso Roch Marc Christian Kaboré has met the Stallions ahead of their key match against Uganda's Cranes. He promised to attend the match.
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There were no surprises as Uganda Cranes coach Milutin 'Micho' Sredejovic Wednesday evening named 18 to take on Burkina Faso this weekend.
Included are star players, Farouk Miya of Standard Liege in Belgium, and Sundowns goalkeeper Dennis Onyango. Denmark-based Emmanuel Okwi, who has had a long spell outside Cranes as he settled into his club, is also back.
THIS IS THE TEAM picked to travel:
Goalkeepers: Onyango, Odongkara Defenders: Iguma, Awanyi, Jjuko, Isinde, Ochaya Midfielders: Waswa, Aucho, Mawejje, Azira, Oloya, Walusimbi, Luwagga Strikers: Massa, Miya, Okwi, Kiiza.
Belgium-based Miya (top) and Okwi (above) are in the team
(see related story CLICK HERE)
Uganda, who are top of Africa Cup of National 2017 qualifying Group D, play Burkina Faso on Saturday, jump on the next plane, arrive Monday evening for the "return match" on March 29 under floodlights at Namboole. Their opponents Burkina Faso, on a chartered flight, will be here on Sunday.
Left in camp for home game on Tuesday are:
Goalkeepers: James Alitho (Vipers, Uganda), Salim Jamal (El Merriekh, Sudan) Defenders: Joseph Nsubuga (Bright Stars, Uganda), Denis Okot Oola (KCCA, Uganda), Isaac Muleme (SC Villa, Uganda), Hassan Wasswa Mawanda (Al Shorta, Iraq), Bernard Muwanga (Bright Stars, Uganda). Midfielders: Yassar Mugerwa (Orlando Pirates, South Africa), Ivan Ntege (KCCA, Uganda), Mike Sserumaga (SC Villa, Uganda). Forwards: Ceasar Okhuti (KCCA, Uganda), Edrisa Lubega (Proline, Uganda), Erisa Ssekisambu (Vipers, Uganda).
The 30 who were in camp
Defenders: Denis Iguma (Al Itihad, Lebanon), Isaac Isinde (St George, Ethiopia), Joseph Nsubuga (Bright Stars, Uganda), Joseph Ochaya (KCCA, Uganda), Denis Okot Oola (KCCA, Uganda), Isaac Muleme (SC Villa, Uganda), Murushid Jjuuko (Simba, Tanzania), Hassan Wasswa Mawanda (Al Shorta, Iraq), Timothy Awanyi (KCCA, Uganda), Bernard Muwanga (Bright Stars, Uganda)
Midfielders: Mike Azira (Colorado Rapids, US), Aucho Khalid (Gor Mahia, Kenya), Moses Oloya, Yassar Mugerwa (Orlando Pirates, South Africa), Tonny Mawejje (Knattspyrnufélagið Þróttur, Iceland), Ivan Ntege (KCCA, Uganda), William Luwagga Kizito (Feirense, Portugal), Mike Sserumaga (SC Villa, Uganda), Godfrey Walusimbi (Gor Mahia), Farouk Miya (Standard Liege, Belgium)
Forwards: Geofrey Massa (Bloemfontein Celtics, South Africa), Emmanuel Okwi (Sonderjsyke, Denmark), Erisa Ssekisambu (Vipers, Uganda), Hamis ‘Diego’ Kiiza (Simba, Tanzania), Ceasar Okhuti (KCCA, Uganda), Edrisa Lubega (Proline, Uganda)
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Burkina Faso also recently named a strong team for the two games.
The Burkina Faso team
1- Abdoulaye SOULAMA: Heart of Oak (Ghana), 2- Daouda DIAKITE: Free State Stars FC (South Africa), 3-Koffi Kouakou: Asec Abidjan (Ivory Coast), 4-Bakary Kone: Olympique Lyonnais (France), 5-YAGO Steeve: Toulouse (France), 6-Abdoul Aziz Kabore: Valenciennes (France), 7-Bakary SARE: Guimarães (Portugal), 8-Abdoul Razak Traore: Konyaspor (Turkey), 9-Alain Traore: FC Lorient (France), 10-Aristide BANCE: Chippa United (South Africa), 11 Charles Kabore: FC Krasnodar (Russia), 12-Bakary Kone Dibba Al Fujayira (Emirates),
13-Jonathan Zongo: Almeria (Spain), 14-Yacouba MANDO: Kozaf (Burkina Faso), 15-Issouf DAYO: RC Berkane (Morocco), 16-Préjuce NAKOULMA Mersin Idmanyurdu Sport Klubu (Turkey), 17- Issa GOUO: ASFA (Ghana), 18. Jonathan PITROIPA: AL Nasr (Dubai), 19-Bertrand Traore: Chelsea (England), 20- Patrick MALO: JS Kabylie (Algeria), 21-Adama Guira: Sonderjyske (Denmark), 22 Cyril BAYALA: Daklyeh (Egypt), 23 Cyril kpan: USFA (Burkina Faso), 24-Yacouba Coulibaly: RCB (Burkina Faso), 25-Banu DIAWARA: JS Kabylie (Algeria)
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Africa Cup of Nations qualifying fixtures match day 3 and 4
Wednesday
South Sudan 1 Benin 2
Chad 0 Tanzania 1
Sao Tome e Principe v Libya
Guinea-Bissau 1 Kenya 0
Zambia 1 Congo Brazzaville 1
Thursday
Madagascar v Central African Republic
Comoros v Botswana
Djibouti v Liberia
Ghana v Mozambique
Friday
Swaziland v Zimbabwe
Nigeria v Egypt
Ivory Coast v Sudan
Mauritania v Gambia
Tunisia v Togo
Guinea v Malawi
Mali v Equatorial Guinea
Algeria v Ethiopia
Saturday
Mauritius v Rwanda
Seychelles v Lesotho
Burundi v Namibia
Democratic Republic of Congo v Angola
Cameroon v South Africa
Cape Verde v Morocco
Burkina Faso v Uganda
Senegal v Niger
Sunday
Mozambique v Ghana 1300
Kenya v G. Bissau 1300
Botswana v Comoros 1400
Congo v Zambia 1430
Benin v S. Sudan 1600
Monday
Tanzania v Chad 1300
Zimbabwe v Swaziland 1300
Central African Republic v Madagascar 1400
E. Guinea v Mali 1600
Libya v Sao Tome (TBA)
Tuesday
Malawi v Guinea 1230
Lesotho v Seychelles 1300
Rwanda v Mauritius 1330
Ethiopia v Algeria 1400
Niger v Senegal 1400
Namibia v Burundi 1500
Togo v Tunisia 1500
Liberia v Djibouti 1600
Angola v DR Congo 1600
Uganda v B. Faso 1600
Gambia v Mauritania 1630
Egypt v Nigeria 1700
S. Africa v Cameroon 1700
Sudan v Ivory Coast 1800
Morocco v Cape Verde 2000
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