Uganda

Uganda are in AFCON 2027 as co-hosts. It will be their ninth Africa Cup of Nations and their first at home. Their best finish is runners-up in 1978.

Figures up to and including AFCON 2025.

World CupNever qualified for a World Cup.

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  Kampala (Namboole)

  Mandela National Stadium

  Capacity not yet published

  Proposed
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  Hoima

  Hoima City Stadium

  Capacity: 20,000

  Proposed
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  Lira

  Akii-Bua Olympic Stadium

  Capacity: 20,000

  Proposed

CAF has not confirmed the stadiums or the match schedule, so where the team plays is not known yet. These are the proposed venues in the country.

1. 1962

   First Africa Cup of Nations, in Ethiopia, and fourth place in a four-team tournament.

2. 1978

   Runners-up in Ghana, Uganda's best finish. They lose the final 2–0 to the hosts.

3. 2017

   Back at the finals in Gabon after 39 years away. Out in the group stage.

4. 2019

   Round of 16 in Egypt, Uganda's first knockout round since 1978.

5. 2025

   Out in the group stage in Morocco, with one point from three matches.

6. 2027

   First Africa Cup of Nations at home, co-hosted with Kenya and Tanzania from 19 June to 17 July 2027.

• Goalkeeper

  Denis Onyango

  CAF's Africa-based Player of the Year for 2016, the year he won the CAF Champions League with Mamelodi Sundowns.

• Defender

  Godfrey Walusimbi

  Uganda's most-capped player, with 105 caps.

• Forward

  Emmanuel Okwi

  Uganda's record scorer, with 28 goals.

• Good

  As a co-host, Uganda have a guaranteed place, so you can start planning around Kampala before qualifying ends in March 2027.

  Watch out

  CAF has not confirmed the stadiums or where Uganda play, and Hoima and Lira are hours from Kampala by road. Book only what you can cancel for free.

• Good

  A match in Hoima puts you two to three hours from Murchison Falls National Park, one of the best safari trips in the region.

  Watch out

  Do not wear camouflage, which civilians are not allowed to wear in Uganda, and leave vapes at home: Uganda has banned them.