KCCA FC U20 / reserve team has traveled to Dar es salaam – Tanzania for Cambiasso and Rainbow U20 International Tournament.
The contingent includes 32 people with 21 players all under 20 years.
The tournament in Daresalaam will include 12 teams from different countries in Africa and Europe. It will start on the 22nd and until the 31st of July 2022.
Teams from Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, Zambia, and France are expected to grace the tournament.
The objective of the tournament is to give opportunity and grow youth soccer on an international stage.
Some of the clubs expected to grace the tournament are; Mtibwa Sugar (U20), Cambiasso Sports U20 (Tanzania), Azam FC U20 (Tanzania), Montpellier HSC U20 (France), Young Africans U20 (Tanzania), Simba SC U20 (Tanzania), Kiyovu Sports U20 (Rwanda), Zanzibar Combine U20 (Tanzania), Janza Soccer School (Zambia), Aigle Noir U20 (Burundi), Coastal Union U20 (Tanzania) and KCCA FC U20 (Uganda).
KCCA FC is the only side from Uganda that will take part in the inaugural tournament in Daresalaam.
The KCCA FC traveling U20 side has got 6 players that play on the club’s senior side namely; Juma Ibrahim, Andrew Kawooya, Elvis Mwanje, and the recently signed trio of teenagers Faisal Wabyoona, Saidi Mayanja, and Allan Enyou.
Juma Ibrahim has been named as the captain of the side. He has previously captained the U17 Uganda National men’s side. He will be deputized by Saidi Mayanja, Andrew Kawooya, and Dembe John Paul respectively.
The team will be coached by former KCCA FC players Richard Malinga who is assisted by Saka Mpiima.
Officials; Tom Lwanga (Board Member), Micheal Kirunga (Advance Team), Fathirat Kadala Zahara (Club Admin), Ivan Turyatunga (Media Officer), Yusuf Walugembe Yahya (Club Scout), Emmanuel Tusuubira (Team Doctor) Sam Ngati Timbiti (Official), Timothy Yateesa (official) and Adrian Lumala (Official)
FULL Travelling Team. (21 players)
| OPIO ABRAHIM | GOAL KEEPER |
| ENYOU ALLAN | DEFENDER |
| OGWANG JOSEPH | DEFENDER |
| JUMA IBRAHIM | DEFENDER |
| LUKWAGO HARUNA | DEFENDER |
| ANDINDA JOEL | MIDFIELDER |
| YIGA ALEX | MIDFIELDER |
| WABYOONA FAISAL | FORWARD |
| KISITU HABIB | MIDFIELDER |
| MWANJE ELVIS EDDY | MIDFIELDER |
| KAWOOYA ANDREW | MIDFIELDER |
| MAWEJJE JOVAN | MIDFIELDER |
| MAYANJA ABUBAKER | FORWARD |
| MAYANJA SAIDI | MIDFIELDER |
| SSEBULIME PIUS | MIDFIELDER |
| KITARIKO KIANO | DEFENDER |
| AYIKOBUA AMOS | MIDFIELDER |
| CHANDIA WALTER | GOAL KEEPER |
| MUBEEZI JAMES | DEFENDER |
| ANGUTI AMAGU LUIS | DEFENDER |
| DDEMBE JOHN PAUL | FORWARD |
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