Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations

Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations
Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations

CECAFA logo
Formation 1927 / 1973
Type Sports organization
Headquarters PO Box 3178-00506,
Nyayo National Stadium
Nairobi, Kenya
Membership 11 national associations
Secretary General Kenya Nicholas Musonye
Affiliations CAF

The Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) is an association of the football playing nations in Eastern Africa. It is also an affiliate of CAF.

It is arguably the oldest sub-regional football organisation in Africa.

Contents

Members

History

Map showing CECAFA Nations

CECAFA was founded unofficially in 1927 and the competitions were sponsored by major Nairobi based soap-manufacturing firm Gossage (owned by Lever). The formation of CECAFA is often falsely attributed to William Gossage, founder of the Gossage company but he died in 1877[1], some 50 years before the first contest so it would not be possible.

What is known however, is that the tournament has very close links with Nairobi in Kenya and this is still where the CECAFA Office is based.

The first tournament was contested between Kenya and Uganda which saw Kenya win 3-1 on aggregate over the two legged affair.

The tournament became known as the "Gossage Cup" until the mid-sixties when it became known as the "East African Challenge Cup". Some sources suggest that the tournament had its name changed due to Kenya's new found independence in 1963.

Competitions

  • CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup - contested between CECAFA associated nations
  • CECAFA Club Cup - - contested between selected Clubs in CECAFA associated nations
  • CECAFA U-17 Championship - - contested between CECAFA associated nations under 17 teams.

Television Rights

Since 2007, the television rights for this competition have been sold to GTV. [2]

Defunct Competition History

Gossage Cup (1926-1966)

Year Winners Runner Up
1926
Kenya

Uganda
1927 N/A N/A
1928
Uganda

Kenya
1929
Uganda

Kenya
1930
Uganda

Kenya
1931
Kenya

Uganda
1932
Uganda

Kenya
1933 N/A N/A
1934 N/A N/A
1935
Uganda

Kenya
1936
Uganda

Kenya
1937
Uganda

Kenya
1938
Uganda

Kenya
1939
Uganda

Kenya
1940
Uganda

Kenya
1941
Kenya

Uganda
1942
Kenya

Uganda
1943
Uganda

Kenya
1944
Kenya

Uganda
1945
Uganda

Kenya
1946
Kenya

Uganda
1947
Uganda

Tanzania
1948
Uganda

Kenya
1949
Tanzania

Kenya
1950 N/A N/A
1951
Tanzania

Kenya
1952
Uganda

Kenya
1953
Kenya

Uganda
1954
Uganda

Kenya
1955
Uganda

Tanzania
1956
Uganda

Kenya
1957
Uganda

Kenya
1958
Kenya

Uganda
1959
Kenya

Uganda (shared)
1960
Kenya

Uganda
1961
Kenya

Uganda
1962
Uganda

Kenya
1963
Uganda

Kenya
1964
Tanzania

Kenya
1965
Tanzania

Uganda
1966
Kenya

Uganda

Challenge Cup (1967-1971)

Year Winners Score Runner Up Hosts
1967
Kenya

Uganda
Kenya
1968
Uganda
Tanzania
1969
Uganda

Tanzania
Uganda
1970
Uganda

Tanzania
Tanzania
1971
Kenya
Kenya
1972 N/A N/A

CECAFA Cup (1973-Present Day)

See CECAFA Cup for past winners.

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References



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