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The Uganda National Football Team or also called as The Cranes football team. They started playing internationally in the year 1926. It is controlled and governed by the CAF (which stands for Confederation Africaine de Football). Their FIFA code is UGA. The president of this team is Mulindwa Lawrence, Vice President is Barigye Richard, General Secretary is Masembe Charles and Treasurer is Kyeyago Jowali.

The Uganda national football team started playing in the African Nations Cup from the 1962. Under the African Nations Cup, till now they have made five league game appearances. In 1978, the team reached till the 2nd place in this tournament. It did not get into this league a couple of times like in the years 1957 and 1959. Then for the 1962, they secured 4th place in this championship. For certain years, they withdrew themselves from the tournament like in 1963, 1980,1982 and 1990.

Under the World Cup, till now this team has never entered their finals. They did not enter the league from the 1930 to 1974. In 1978, the team was not qualified to play in this cup championship. Then it withdrew itself from this tournament in 1982. Later for the 1986, 1990 and 1998 - 2010, they were again not qualified to any play football match in this tournament. For the 1994, it withdrew itself from this cup league.





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