WOMEN
Seven teams for CECAFA U-18 Women’s Championship

The CECAFA U-18 Women’s Championship 2023 is set to feature seven teams.
Kenya will host the first CECAFA tournament of the season between June 29th to July 11th in Nairobi.
Initially the tournament was meant to start on June 24th, but CECAFA and Football Kenya Federation (FKF) have pushed it forward by five days. “We are happy that finally we shall have seven teams taking part in this season opening tournament. We expect a very competitive event,” said Auka Gecheo, the CECAFA Executive Director.
The draw will be conducted this week with four teams placed in one of the groups and three others in the second group.
Kenya’s Junior Starlets, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda and Zanzibar will take part in the Championship.
After the CECAFA U-18 Women’s Championship Ethiopia will host the CECAFA U-23 Championship in July, while the Kagame CECAFA Club Championship takes place in August and the Zonal Women’s Champions League qualifier in Uganda.
The CECAFA U-18 Boys Championship and the CECAFA U-15 Boys Championship are also slated to take place.
South Sudan Football
Yei Joint Stars win South Sudan Women’s Super League title

Yei Joint Stars FC have been crowned champions of the 2024/2025 South Sudan Women’s Super League.
The Yei Joint Stars team defeated Wajuma FC 2-0 in their last League match played at the Juba National Stadium on Saturday.
Damalie Matama and Lillian Mutuuza netted the goals to ensure Yei Joint Stars completed the League unbeaten.
Yei Joint Stars completed with 30 points winning all the ten matches, while El-Merriekh Juba finished second with 23 points.
Yei Joint Stars FC will represent South Sudan in the TotalEnegies CAf Women’s Champions League CECAFA Zonal qualifiers.
WOMEN
Ethiopian coach Firew Hailegebreal celebrates winning title with Kampala Queens FC

Ethiopian coach Asefa Firew Hailegebreal has guided Kampala Queens FC to the 2024/25 FUFA Women Super League title.
The former head coach of Ethiopia’s national women’s team told cecafaonline.com that he is very happy to guide Kampala Queens FC to recapture the title.
Kampala Queens FC were officially crowned champions after their last League match that ended 1-1 against She Maroons at the Phillip Omondi Stadium on Tuesday.
Hailegebreal’s team finished top with 49 points from 22 matches played. They won 14 matches, settled for seven draws and lost only one match. The 2023/2024 champions Kawempe Muslims FC settled for second place with 45 points.
“It has been hard work since I joined the team late last year. I am very happy that the players have worked so hard and we have been able to achieve this as a team,” says Hailegebreal.
He made it clear that there is still a lot of work to be done so that the team prepares well ahead of the new season and also be in good shape for the CAF Women’s Champions League CECAFA qualifiers.
“We need to prepare a must stronger team that can also compete strongly at the continental stage,” added Hailegebreal.
Kampala Queens FC formed in 2016 had previously lifted the 2022/2023 FUFA Women Super League title.
International friendly
Tanzania’s Twiga Stars defeat DR Congo 3-1 in International friendly match

Twiga Stars have defeated the DR Congo women’s national team 3-1 in a second International friendly match played at the Azam Complex on Tuesday evening.
The Tanzanian women’s national team who picked a 2-1 victory in the first match played a few days ago where a much more hungry side as they attacked in numbers.
Mexico based forward and skipper Opa Clemet gave Twiga Stars the lead, and Julieth Singano made it 2-0. Clara Luvanga who netted a brace in the first match also got her name on the score line. The visiting DR Congo side pulled a goal back few minutes to full time.
The two teams used the two International friendly matches to prepare ahead of the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) 2025 that starts next month in Morocco.
Bakari Shime, the Twiga Stars head coach said he was happy that the team had got chance to play International matches which have given him opportunity to test the players.
Twiga Stars will also have the opportunity to prepare better when they participate in the CECAFA Women’s Senior Championship slated for June 12-22nd in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
CECAFA Senior Women's Championship
Tanzania to host 2025 CECAFA Senior Women’s Championship

The CECAFA Senior Women’s Championship will take place June 12-22nd, 2025 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Yusuf Mossi, the Competitions Director of the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) says it was decided that the competition takes place before the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) next month.
“The competition with help our representatives to the WAFCON Tanzania prepare better and the other teams also prepare for the WAFCON 2026 qualifiers which resume in October this year,” added Mossi.
He made it clear that already hosts Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi and South Sudan have confirmed participation, while more teams are expected to confirm in the next few days.
After the Women’s Senior Championship, the inaugural CECAFA Beach Soccer Championship will take place July 7-12th in Mombasa, Kenya.
The other competitions that CECAFA will organize in 2025 include; the CAF Women’s Club Champions League CECAFA qualifiers (Tanzania), Dar Port Kagame Cup (Tanzania), AFCON U-17 CECAFA qualifiers (Ethiopia) and the CAF African Schools Football Championship CECAFA qualifiers.
The CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup and the CECAFA U-20 Women’s Championship will not be held this year.
2025 calendar
CECAFA Senior Women’s Championship (June 12-22, Tanzania)
CECAFA Beach Soccer Championship (July 7-12th, Kenya)
CAF Women’s Clubs Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers (September 3-19th, Tanzania)
Dar Port Kagame Cup 2025 (September 13- 27, Tanzania) AFCON U-17 CECAFA Qualifiers 2026 (November 15-30th, Ethiopia)
African Schools Football Championship CECAFA Qualifiers (December 1-5th)
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