The CECAFA Club Cup is a football club tournament organised by CECAFA. It has been known as the Kagame Interclub Cup since 2002, when Rwandan President Paul Kagame began sponsoring the competition. It is contested by clubs from East and Central Africa.

Kagame Interclub Cup
Founded1974
RegionCECAFA
Current championsUganda Express F.C.
(1st title)
Most successful club(s)Tanzania Simba
(6 titles)
Television broadcastersSuperSport
2021 Kagame Interclub Cup

History edit

The tournament began in 1967, in which Lamba Lamba came out champions, but was not officially recognised. The competition was halted until 1974, where Mikia became the first official champions of the tournament.[1]

Previous winners edit

Finals edit

Key
* Match was won on a penalty shootout
Tournament not held or not officially recognised
List of CECAFA Club Cup and Kagame Interclub Cup winners
Year[1] Countryside Winners Score Runners-up Country Hosts
1967   Kenya Abaluhya 5–0[A] Sunderland   Tanzania
1968–73
Halted[B]
1974   Tanzania Simba 00 Abaluhya   Kenya   Tanzania
1975   Tanzania Young Africans 2–0 Simba   Tanzania   Zanzibar
1976   Kenya Luo Union 2–1 Young Africans   Tanzania   Uganda
1977   Kenya Luo Union 2–1 Horsed   Somalia   Tanzania
1978   Uganda Kampala City Council 0–0*[C] Simba   Tanzania   Uganda
1979   Kenya Abaluhya 1–0 Kampala City Council   Uganda   Somalia
1980   Kenya Gor Mahia 3–2 Abaluhya   Kenya   Malawi
1981   Kenya Gor Mahia 1–0 Simba   Tanzania   Kenya
1982   Kenya A.F.C. Leopards 1–0 Rio Tinto   Zimbabwe   Kenya
1983   Kenya A.F.C. Leopards 2–1 ADMARC Tigers   Malawi   Zanzibar
1984   Kenya A.F.C. Leopards 2–1 Gor Mahia   Kenya   Kenya
1985   Kenya Gor Mahia 2–0 A.F.C. Leopards   Kenya   Sudan
1986   Sudan Al-Merrikh 2–2*[D] Young Africans   Tanzania   Tanzania
1987   Uganda Villa 1–0 Al-Merrikh   Sudan   Uganda
1988   Kenya Kenya Breweries 2–0 Al-Merrikh   Sudan   Sudan
1989   Kenya Kenya Breweries 3–0 Coastal Union   Tanzania   Kenya
1990
Not held[E]
1991   Tanzania Simba 3–0 Villa   Uganda   Tanzania
1992   Tanzania Simba 1–1*[F] Young Africans   Tanzania   Zanzibar
1993   Tanzania Young Africans 2–1 Villa   Uganda   Uganda
1994   Sudan Al-Merrikh 2–1 Express   Uganda   Sudan
1995   Tanzania Simba 1–1*[G] Express   Uganda   Tanzania
1996   Tanzania Simba 1–0 Armée Patriotique Rwandaise   Rwanda   Tanzania
1997   Kenya A.F.C. Leopards 1–0 Kenya Breweries   Kenya   Kenya
1998   Rwanda Rayon Sports 2–1 Mlandege   Zanzibar   Zanzibar
1999   Tanzania Young Africans 1–1*[H] Villa   Uganda   Uganda
2000   Kenya Tusker 3–1 Armée Patriotique Rwandaise   Rwanda   Rwanda
2001   Kenya Tusker 0–0*[I] Oserian   Kenya   Kenya
2002   Tanzania Simba 1–0 Prince Louis   Burundi   Zanzibar
2003   Uganda Villa 1–0 Simba   Tanzania   Uganda
2004   Rwanda Armée Patriotique Rwandaise 3–1 Ulinzi Stars   Kenya   Rwanda
2005   Uganda Villa 3–0 Armée Patriotique Rwandaise   Rwanda   Tanzania
2006   Uganda Police 2–1 Moro United   Tanzania   Tanzania
2007   Rwanda Armée Patriotique Rwandaise 2–1 Uganda Revenue Authority   Uganda   Rwanda
2008   Kenya Tusker 2–1 Uganda Revenue Authority   Uganda   Tanzania
2009   Rwanda ATRACO 1–0 Al-Merrikh   Sudan   Sudan
2010   Rwanda A.P.R. 2–0 St. George   Ethiopia   Rwanda
2011   Tanzania Young Africans 1–0 Simba   Tanzania   Tanzania
2012   Tanzania Young Africans 2–0 Azam   Tanzania   Tanzania
2013   Burundi Vital'O 2–0 A.P.R.   Rwanda   Sudan
2014   Sudan Al-Merrikh 1–0 A.P.R.   Rwanda   Rwanda
2015   Tanzania Azam 2–0 Gor Mahia   Kenya   Tanzania
2018   Tanzania Azam 2–1 Simba   Uganda   Tanzania
2019   Uganda Kampala City Council 1–0 Azam   Tanzania   Rwanda
2021   Uganda Express FC 1–0 Nyasa Big Bullets   Malawi   Tanzania
Notes

A. ^ The tournament was not officially recognised.

B. ^ The tournament was halted.

C. ^ Score was 0−0 after 90 minutes and extra time. Kampala won the shootout 3−2.

D. ^ Score was 2−2 after 90 minutes and extra time. Al-Merreikh won the shootout 4−2.

E. ^ The tournament was not held.

F. ^ Score was 1−1 after 90 minutes and extra time. Simba won the shootout 5−4.

G. ^ Score was 1−1 after 90 minutes and extra time. Simba won the shootout 5−3.

H. ^ Score was 1−1 after 90 minutes and extra time. Young Africans won the shootout 4−1.

I. ^ Score was 0−0 after 90 minutes and extra time. Tusker won the shootout 3−0.

Winners and runners-up edit

Club Winners Runners-up Years won Years runners-up
  Simba 6 7 1974, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2002 1967, 1975, 1978, 1981, 2003, 2011, 2018
  A.F.C. Leopards1 3 1967, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1997 1974, 1980, 1985
  Young Africans 5 1975, 1993, 1999, 2011, 2012 1976, 1986, 1992
  Tusker 0 1988, 1989, 2000, 2001, 2008
  Armée Patriotique Rwandaise 3 5 2004, 2007, 2010 1996, 2000, 2005, 2013, 2014
  Al-Merrikh 3 3 1986, 1994, 2014 1987, 1988, 2009
  Villa 3 1987, 2003, 2005 1991, 1993, 1999
  Gor Mahia 3 2 1980, 1981, 1985 1984, 2015
  Re-Union2 2 0 1976, 1977
  Azam 2 1 2015, 2018 2012
  Kampala City Council 1 1 1978, 2019 1979
  ATRACO 0 2009 None
  Police 2006
  Rayon Sports 1998
  Vital'O 2013
  Express FC 0 2 None 1994, 1995
  Uganda Revenue Authority 2007, 2008
  ADMARC Tigers 1 1983
  Coastal Union 1989
  Horseed 1977
  St George 2010
  Mlandege 1998
  Moro United 2006
  Oserian 2001
  Prince Louis 2002
  Rio Tinto 1982
  Ulinzi Stars 2004

1 Includes titles as Abaluhya
2 Includes titles as Luo Union.

By nation edit

Performance by nation
Nation[1] Winners Runners-up Winning Clubs
  Kenya 16 7 3
  Tanzania 13 13 3
  Uganda 5 8 3
  Rwanda 5 5 3
  Sudan 3 3 1
  Burundi 1 1 1
  Malawi 0 1 0
  Somalia 0 1 0
  Zimbabwe 0 1 0

See also edit

References edit

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