Wednesday 23 March 2016

AFCON: D-Day for Uganda Cranes in Burkina Faso, Nigeria held and Algeria hammer Ethiopia 7-1



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.




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)

Group A

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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Cranes coach Micho 

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

Goalkeepers: Dennis Onyango (Mamelodi Sun Downs, South Africa), Robert Odongkara (St George, Ethiopia), James Alitho (Vipers, Uganda), Salim Jamal (El Merriekh, Sudan)

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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