CECAFA
Mustafa’s maiden goal sends Gor Mahia FC to Kagame Cup semis
Burundian Francis Mustafa scored the winner as Gor Mahia secured their place in the semi-finals of the Cecafa Kagame Cup after coming from behind to beat Ugandan champions Vipers 2-1 in a tightly contested quarterfinal match here at National stadium on Sunday.
Tadeo Lwanga broke the deadlock at the quarter-hour mark with a spectacular 25-yarder curling shot that caught Boniface Oluoch flat foot in the Gor goal, before Jacques Tuyisenge levelled for K’Ogalo in the 47th minute.
Mustafa, acquired from Rwandese side Kiyovu Sports last month, tapped home the 55th goal of this year’s edition of the competition 17 minutes to full time, after Vipers custodian Bashir Sekagya had parried Tuyisenge’s shot.
Gor faces the winner of the last eight clash between defending champions and home side Azam and Rwanda’s Rayon Sports, who faceoff on Monday afternoon, in the first semi-final set for Wednesday.
“Credit to my players they dominated the whole game, fought hard despite the fatigue, but just as I asked them before the match to show character, they came in and did just that,” an elated Gor coach Dylan Kerr told Nation Sport after the match.
Kerr started with George “Blackberry” Odhiambo and Francis Mustafa in place of Bernard Ondiek and Ephrem Guikan in the two changes made from the team that edged Djibouti side AS Ports 2-0 on Thursday.
Gor Mahia forward George Odhiambo (right) charges past Vipers’ Ibrahim Kiyemba during their Cecafa Kagame Cup quarter-final match at National Stadium, Dar es Salaam on July 8, 2018. PHOTO VINCENT OPIYO |NATION MEDIA GROUP
Mustafa had a first start half to forget for his new club after wasting five clear scoring chances.
Godfrey Walusimbi sent in a delightful cross from the left but the Burundian’s feeble shot was picked by Bashir Sekagya in Vipers goal and in the 34th minute, he was put through on goal by Innocent Wafula, but failed to beat Sekagya in a one-on-one situation.
Gor were dealt an injury blow two minutes to the breather after Ernest Wendo was stretchered off with Francis Kahata replacing him.
Gor were rewarded for their numerous attack four minutes after the restart as Jacques Tuyisenge deflected home Francis Mustafa’s shot towards goal after being fed by Innocent Wafula from the right flank.
Mustafa’s 64th minute goal was disallowed for offside and first assistant referee Salim Mkono coming under sharp criticism.
Gor continued with the onslaught that yielded the winner after Tuyisenge’s shot was parried by Sekagya with an unmarked Mustafa slotting home from close range.
AFCON U-20 QUALIFIERS
Ethiopia edge Djibouti in build-up ahead of AFCON U-20 qualifiers
Ethiopia’s U-20 side defeated Djibouti 2-0 in an international friendly match played at the Abebe Bikila Stadium on Monday.
The two teams used the match to prepare ahead of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) U-20 CECAFA qualifiers slated for October 6-20th in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Nathael Solomon gave the hosts the lead after 43 minutes, and Degfie Alemu made it 2-0 three minutes into the second half.
The Djibouti team tried to push ahead to find some goal but failed to beat the Ethiopian defending line.
The Zonal qualifiers will kick start with a Group A match between Sudan and Djibouti at the Azam Complex, while hosts Tanzania will battle Kenya in a Group A match at the KMC Stadium the same day.
The 2022 runners-up South Sudan will open their Group B campaign against Burundi at the KMC Stadium, while reigning champions Uganda face Ethiopia in a match to be played at the Azam Complex all on October 7th. Tanzania will return to action on October 8th against Djibouti, the same day Sudan face Rwanda.
Nine teams will participate in the tournament with the best two teams qualifying to represent the Zone at the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations U-20 2025.
Group A: Tanzania, Sudan, Rwanda, Djibouti, Kenya
Group B: Uganda, South Sudan, Burundi, Ethiopia
CECAFA
VAR Training for CECAFA members starts in Tanzania
A VAR workshop organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for members in the CECAFA Zone has today started in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Wallace Karia, the CECAFA President today officially opened the workshop taking place at the Peacock Hotel.
“CAF is carrying out VAR training for all Zones now and this a very good development. This training is very timely for our Zone and we thank CAF for making this happen,” added Karia.
CAF Director of Referee Department Desire Noumandiez Doue is facilitating the workshop which has attracted members from 11 countries including Libya and ends on October 5th, 2024.
Ali Ahmed, the CECAFA Referees Manager called upon the participants to make good use of the workshop because CAF is determined to have as many referees as possible able to handle the VAR system.
The participants attending the workshop are coming from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Somalia, Djibouti, South Sudan, Sudan, Ethiopia, Libya and hosts Tanzania.
AFRICAN NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP
One extra slot for CECAFA Zone in TotalEnergies African Nations Championship 2025
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced that the CECAFA Zone will have four teams participating in the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) 2025.
Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania will host the competition slated for February 1-28th, 2025.
“The CECAFA Zone, which includes the three host countries, will receive an additional slot due to their automatic qualification as hosts. As a result, the total number of teams qualifying for the final tournament will be increased to 19 teams,” the African Football body announced on Thursday.
CAF also announced that the road to CHAN 2025 will start with the first round of qualifiers running October 25-27, 20224 and the return leg to be played November 1-3, 2024.
The second round of the qualifiers will be played between December 20-22 for the first round, and the return legs December 25-27.
Besides the CECAFA Zone that will have four teams, all the other Zones COSAFA, WAFU A, WAFU B, UNAF and UNIFFAC have been allocated three teams in the competition.
CHAN is a competition that consists of players playing in their respective national Leagues competitions.
Uganda has qualified six times from the seven Editions of the CHAN competitions that have been held since 2009. Rwanda have qualified four times, while Sudan and Ethiopia have each qualified for CHAN three times.
CECAFA
CECAFA will continue building capacity in the Zone, says Auka Gecheo
The Executive Director of the Council of East and Central Africa Football Association (CECAFA) has made it clear that the regional body will keep building capacity in different areas in their quest for more football development.
John Auka Gecheo was speaking during the opening of the General Coordinators Workshop at the Swiss Lenana Mount Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya on Wednesday.
“We wish to build capacity for General Coordinators’ expertise in our member Associations who will not only be resourceful to their Federations in Football development but also to CECAFA, CAF and FIFA,” said Gecheo.
The workshop is being facilitated by CAF Match General Coordinator and Instructor, Mazen Marzouk, and moderated by Baraka Kizuguto, the CECAFA Football Development Manager.
Marzouk made it clear that the Workshop is very important because it is in line with developing a new crop of General Coordinators in CECAFA region to meet CAF and FIFA international standards.
The workshop which started yesterday and ends on Thursday forms part of the CECAFA objectives in building capacity of football match officials involved in match organization.
Apart from Sudan, all the other CECAFA Member Associations Kenya, Uganda, Somalia, Eritrea, Tanzania, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Rwanda and Zanzibar have sent two members to attend the Workshop.
Last month CECAFA also held Women’s Executive Leadership Workshop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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