Overview:
Former Vipers and KCCA star Paul Mucureezi won the gong for the best forward player following his nine goals and six assists and was the club’s joint top scorer alongside Cromwell Rwothomio.
Jacob Okao has won NEC’s Player of the Season for the 2024/25 campaign.
The defender who arrived at NEC from Maroons last summer was a key factor in the team’s season as they finished second on the premier league table and also got a spot to represent Uganda at the next season’s Caf Confederation Cup.
Okao was outstanding through the season at the heart of defence and it explains why NEC conceded just 19 goals, only Vipers let in less (15).
At the club’s end of season dinner at Silver Springs, Bugolobi, Uganda Cranes goalkeeper Hannington Ssebwalunyo was also rewarded for his outstanding show between the posts.
Enock Ssebagala won double awards clinching the midfielder of the season award as well as the Players’ Player of the season gong.
Both Ssebagala and Ssebwalunyo were absent though as they are part of the Uganda Cranes team in Morocco for friendlies against The Gambia and Cameroon.
Former Vipers and KCCA star Paul Mucureezi won the gong for the best forward player following his nine goals and six assists and was the club’s joint top scorer alongside Cromwell Rwothomio.
South Sudan international Geriga Atendele won the defender of the season award.
Besides individual awards, each member of the playing staff and all coaches were rewarded with heavy envelopes.
The event, organised for a second successive year was attended by Lieutenant General James Mugira, the CEO National Enterprise Economy, the mother body of the team, former AIGP and current General Manager NEC Luwero Industries Maj. General Sabiiti Muzeyi, club chairman Brian Buhanda and FUFA 3rd Vice President Florence Nakiwala Kiyingi.
The Individual Awards
Midfielder of the season
- Enock Ssebagala
Goalkeeper of the season
- Hannington Ssebwalunyo
Defender of the season
- Geriga Atendele
Forward of the season
- Paul Mucureezi
Players’ Player of the Season
- Enock Ssebagala
Player of the Season
- Jacob Okao
