Overview:
The gala will be played by all the 16 clubs that featured in the 2024-2025 season (including the three relegated ones) over two days at the Kampala Quality Stadium in Kyebando.
- Event: 1st Platinum football fans association Uganda pre-season gala
- Dates: 19th & 20th July 2025
- Venue: Kampala Quality Stadium, Kyebando
- Entry fee: Free
- Number of teams: 16
- Prizes: Trophy, Medals (Gold, Silver & Bronze), Set of jersey
It is the football off-season in Uganda, like in many other parts of the world.
As the players are in recovery mood, the respective club boards are energizing and reorganizing their houses with key technical, administrative and players’ reinforcements.
Meanwhile, the fans are also steadily recharging for the new season.
The Platinum Football Fans Association Uganda Limited (PFFA), a duly registered organization that brings together the different fans of all the Uganda Premier League clubs has organized the first ever football gala for all the clubs.
This gala will be played by all the 16 clubs that featured in the 2024-2025 season (including the three relegated ones) over two days at the Kampala Quality Stadium in Kyebando.
Addressing the media during the press launch at Amicus Hotel (Kireka – Namugongo road) on Monday, 7th July 2025, the chairperson Sultan Hakim Kivumbi lauded the different clubs for wholesomely embracing the idea.
Kivumbi also saluted the Uganda Premier League who were represented by the CEO Bernard Bainamani, FUFA and well as all the supportive partners in this cause.
“This is a dream come true. I thank the club chairpersons and executive committees, fans’ leaders, FUFA, Uganda Premier League and all our sponsors for embracing this idea. We shall play over two days with the first day involving preliminaries and the second day for semi-finals, classification and finals. I urge all the fans to turn up in big numbers and support their respective clubs”
Bainmani lauded the initiative for the fans, one that he tagged as a step in the desired right direction.
“This is a very welcome initiative and as the Uganda Premier League, we wholesomely support it” Bainamani remarked.
“We shall provide the technical expertise, marketing and any other support. This tournament we believe will minimize and eliminate hooliganism. It will also bridge the communication gap between fans and the organizers of the league. This is also a good platform for the fans leadership to organize capacity building workshops as the FAMACO course and prepare media visits through fans’ leaders to engage referees’ leadership about the ever changing laws of the game” Bainamani added.
Registration to this tournament is entirely free but each of the teams will be tasked to contribute Ug.Shs 50,000 towards the match referees.
Only unlicensed players across the different FUFA competitions will be allowed to take part.
Prizes:
The winning team will take home a trophy, a set of jerseys and gold medals.
The second best team will take silver medals and bronze will be for the third teams.
Partners:
A cross section of partners have joined resources to make this gala eventful.
These include GK Safe Travels Limited, SBE Diaries, Kasmac Xpress and Kasmac logistics, Sultan Properties, Meddie Sports, Byfar Autos, Amicus Hotel, St Catherine Hospital and Laflaxy Boutique among others.
Platinum Football Fans Association Executive Committee:
- Chairman: Hakim Sultan Kivumbi
- Vice chairperson: Juma Hawa Kiteera
- Secretary: Agnes Kirabo
- Finance: Ronald Kasirye
- Brand Ambassador: Joseph Cwinya-ai
- Marketing head: Edward Sempijja Byabagabo
- Welfare: Flavia Ajambo
- Assistant welfare: Allen Namiya
- Members: Shakirah Namakula, Denis Okiror, Andrew Lusingah, Faith Anjayo, Ismail Kyeyune, Erick Kabagambe, Ronald Kawuki
