FUFA Drum 2019: Quarter finals (21st – 26th November)
Venues: Pece War Memorial Stadium, Gulu & Akii Bua, Lira
Busoga Province head coach Charles Lukula Ayiekho has named a strong 37 man provisional team that will play in the quarter finals of the 2019 FUFA Drum tournament.
The squad has a couple of foreign based players as the team skipper Isaac Isinde who is based in India and a couple of Kenya Premier and Nation Wide league players.
Swaziland based midfielder Yunus Sibira is also on the team as well as Uganda Cranes holding midfielder Khalid Aucho who turns out in Egypt.
The rest of the players ply their trade within Uganda with a lion’s share of them in the Uganda Premier League, regional leagues and Masaza.
The quarter final matches will be played at Pece War Memorial Stadium in the heart of Gulu and Akii Bua stadium in Lira between 21st -30th November 2019.
Busoga Province is in group B alongside West Nile, Lango and Bugisu.
Group A has Buganda, Acholi, Bukedi and Tooro.
The winning Province will pocket Shs 30M in prize money.
Busoga Province Provisional Team:
Goalkeepers: Sanon Mulabi (BUL), Muhammad Didi (Nairobi Stima), Michael Nantamu (Tooro United), Mathias Muwanga (Express), Amir Nalugoda (Bulemezi)
Defenders: Jimmy Kulaba (BUL), Bakali Magunda (Gaddafi), Aggrey Madoi (Wakiso Giants), Allan Munabba (Bul), Isaac Isinde (India), Junior Mukisa (Nairobi Stema), Halid Lwaliwa (Vipers), Wilson Makuro (Bul), Stephen Kagoda (Kyetume), Shafiq Kakeeto (Busoga United)
Midfielders: Yunus Sibira (Swaziland), Daniel Shabena (Express), George Kasonko (Busoga United), Hashim Ssempala (Tusker, Kenya), Deo Isejja (Kyetume), David Bagoole (Busoga United), Boban Zirintusa (Busoga United), Ibrahim Mugulusi (Busoga United), Richard Wandyaka (Bul), Khalid Aucho (Egypt), Vincent Zziwa (Buikwe Red Stars), Jeromy Kirya (Busoga United)
Forwards: Ibrahim Kizindula (Kyetume), Patrick Crespo Asiku (Nairobi Stima), Hamis Tibita (Bul), Joel Madondo (Busoga United), Anthony Mayanja (Busoga United), Braize Nkolo (Gaddafi), Isma Mugulusi (Busoga United), Emma Mwesigwa (Kyadondo), Laban Tibita (Maroons), Isaac Wagoina (Iganga)
How the teams qualified:
- Group A: Tooro, Busoga
- Group B: Lango, Buganda
- Group C: West Nile, Acholi
- Group D: Bukedi, Bugisu
Quarterfinal Groups:
- Group A: Buganda, Acholi, Bukedi, Tooro
- Group B: West Nile, Lango, Busoga, Bugisu