{"id":2992,"date":"2021-06-30T05:25:54","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T05:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spicefmhoima.com\/?p=2992"},"modified":"2022-01-19T12:05:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T12:05:17","slug":"uganda-cranes-team-off-to-saudi-arabia-for-build-up-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/2021\/06\/30\/uganda-cranes-team-off-to-saudi-arabia-for-build-up-matches\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda Cranes Team Off to Saudi Arabia for Build-up Matches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Leilah Bbaale<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Uganda Cranes team last night traveled to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for a training camp where they will also play two international friendly matches against the Saudi Arabia national team, The Falcons.<\/p>\n<p>A contingent of 35 people, including 25 players and 10 officials left Entebbe International Airport at 11:00PM aboard a Qatar Airways flight.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement from FUFA, the trip is funded by the Saudi Arabian Football Association. The Cranes team which has majority of the players U-23 will play two games against The Falcons on July 2nd and July 5th July in Riyad.<\/p>\n<p>The training camp is intended to help Uganda Cranes prepare for the forthcoming CECAFA U-23 Challenge Cup starting on July 17th in Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p>The team is under the guidance of coach Morley Byekwaso, assisted by Simeon Massa while Stephen Billy Kiggundu is the goalkeeping coach.<\/p>\n<p>Byekwaso had earlier summoned players to kickoff preparations for the CECAFA tournament, however the preparations were frustrated by the COVID-19 lockdown which has all sporting activities suspended.<\/p>\n<p>Goalkeepers: Lukwago Charles (KCCA FC), Eric Kibowa (UPDF FC),\u00a0Matovu Hassan Muyomba (KCCA FC),<\/p>\n<p>Defenders: Enock Walusimbi (Express FC),\u00a0Abdu Aziiz Kayondo (Vipers SC),\u00a0George Kaddu (Wakiso Giants FC),\u00a0Musa Ramathan (KCCA FC),\u00a0Kenneth Ssemakula (BUL FC),\u00a0Magambo Peter (KCCA FC)<\/p>\n<p>Midfielders: Bobosi Byaruhanga (Vipers SC),\u00a0Abdul Karim Watambala (Vipers SC),\u00a0Kyeyune Saidi (Unattached),\u00a0Steven Sserwadda (KCCA FC),\u00a0Bright Anukani (KCCA FC),\u00a0Isma Mugulusi (Busoga United FC),\u00a0Salim Abdallah (SC Villa).<\/p>\n<p>Forwards: Mukwala Stephen Dese (URA FC),\u00a0Ivan Bogere (Wakiso Giants FC),\u00a0Saddam Masereka (SC Villa),\u00a0Julius Poloto (KCCA FC),\u00a0Richard Bassangwa (Vipers SC),\u00a0Najib Yiga (Vipers SC),\u00a0Hakim Kiwanuka (Proline FC),\u00a0Derrick Kakooza (Police FC),\u00a0Samuel Ssenyonjo (KCCA FC)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Leilah Bbaale The Uganda Cranes team last night traveled to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for a training camp where they will also play two international friendly matches against the Saudi Arabia national team, The Falcons. A contingent of 35 people, including 25 players and 10 officials left Entebbe International Airport at 11:00PM aboard [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2992","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2992"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3354,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2992\/revisions\/3354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}