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, Uganda, that competes in the

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Overview

Sports Club Villa had humble beginnings in 1975, playing under the name Nakivubo Boys. The club was renamed Nakivubo Villa in 1981 and is a professional football club based in Kampala, Uganda, that competes in the Uganda Premier League. SC Villa vs CBE SA in CAF Champions league first preliminary round 1 at Nakivubo stadium

SC Villa vs CBE SA in CAF Champions league first preliminary round 1 at Nakivubo stadium

SC Villa had won promotion to the topflight of Ugandan football in 1979 and has won 17 Uganda Super League Titles,
Ugandan Cup
Titles and 3

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Clubs Cup Titles. Today there is no single local or regional trophy on which SC Villa's name is not inscribed, thus the most successful club in Ugandan football history. The club trains at East High Grounds in

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, Kampala.

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Name history

*1975–1979: Nakivubo Boys *1980: Nakivubo Villa *1981–Present: Sports Club Villa

Club legal owners

*Villa Members' Trust

Past patrons

*Kezekiah Ssegwanga Musisi *George Faison Ddamulira *Henry Balamaze Lwanga *Gerrald Kasozi *Franco Mugabe (Present)

Board of Trustees

*Gerrald Ssendawula *McDusman Kabega *Omar Ahmed *Franco Mugabe *Fredrick Ivan Kawuma *Moses Matovu *William Nkemba

Past presidents

1. 1975 - 1979 : Daniel Musoke Kiwalabye (Assumed office as Founding Chairperson of Nakivubo Boys) 2. 1979 - Dec 1993 : Patrick Edward Kawooya (Assumed office through consensus with founding members) 3. Dec 1993 - July 2010 : Franco Mugabe (Assumed office through Club Delegates' Election) 4. Aug 2010 - Jul 2012 : Fred Muwema (Assumed office through Club Elders' Appointment) 5. Aug 2012 - Jul 2014 : Salim Ssemanda (Assumed office through Club Elders' Appointment on Interim Basis) 6. Aug 2014 - Jul 2018 : Ben Immanuel Misagga (Assumed office through Club Delegates' Election) 7. Jul 2018 - Nov 2021 : William Nkemba (Assumed office through Club Elders' Appointment on Interim Basis) 8. Nov 2021 - To date : Omar Ahmed (Assumed office through Villa Members' Trust Club Election)

Current Club Executive Committee Members

Club Record in the Top Tier

2024–25 Playing Staff

Head Coaches since 1975

Updated: July 2023 * Joseph Kabundi (1975–1977) * Fred Sekasi (1977–1978) * Charles Jaggwe (1978–1981) * George Mukasa (1981–1983) * David Otti (1983–1985) * Timothy Ayiekoh (1985) * Polly Ouma (1986–1988) * Geoff Hudson (1988–1991) * Timothy Ayiekoh (1992–1994) * David Otti (1995) * Timothy Ayiekoh (1995–1996) * Eddie Butindo (1996) * David Otti (1997) * Paul Edwin Hasule (1998–2001) * Paul Nkata (2001) * Moses Basena (2002) * Milutin Sredojević (2002–2004) * Sam Timbe (2004–2006) * Ibrahim Kirya (2006) *

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(2006–2008) * Sula Kato (2008–2010) * Srđan Živojnov (2010–2011) * Mike Mutebi (2011–2012) * Paul Nkata (2012–2013) * Hussein Mbalangu (2013) * Steven Bogere (2013–2014) * Sam Ssimbwa (2014–2015) *

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(2015) * Ibrahim Kirya (2015–2016) * Deo Sserwadda (2016) *

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(2016–2017) * Wasswa Bbossa (2017–2018) * Moses Basena (2018) * Douglas Bamweyana (2018–2019) * Edward Kaziba (2019–2021) * Petros Koukouras (2021–2022) * Jackson Magera (2022–2023) * Dušan Stojanović (2023–2024) * Morley Byekwaso (2024– )

Achievements

Updated: May 2024 * Ugandan Premier League: 17 ::Champions: 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2023–24 :: Runner-up: 1981, 1991, 1993, 2007, 2008, 2015, 2017 * Ugandan Cup: 9 :: Winner: 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2009, 2015 :: Runner-Up: 1987, 1990, 2001 *

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: 3 ::1987, 2003, 2005

Performance in CAF Competitions

Updated: August 2024 * African Cup of Champions Clubs: 6 Appearances ::

1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

– Quarter-Finals ::

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a n ...

– First Round ::

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

– Second Round :: 1988 – Second Round ::

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

– ''Finalist'' ::

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

– Quarter-Finals *

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: 8 Appearances ::

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

– Second Round ::

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

– Preliminary Round ::

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

– Second Round ::

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

– First Round ::

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

– First Round ::

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

– First Round ::

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

– First Round ::

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

– First Round *

CAF Confederation Cup The CAF Confederation Cup, known as the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual association football football team, club competition established in 2004 and organized by Confederation of African Football, CAF ...

: 2 Appearances ::

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

– Preliminary Round ::

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

– Second Round *

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: 2 Appearances ::1992 – ''Finalist'' ::1994 – Disqualified in First Round *

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: 3 Appearances ::1984 – Quarter-Finals ::1989 – First Round ::1990 – First Round

Notable players

Updated: August 2024 * Paul Hasule (Most Decorated Player) * Abbey Mutanda * Mike Mukasa * Jamil Kasirye * Geoffrey Kisitu * Shaban Mwinda * Moses Ndaula * Rogers Nsubuga * Davis Kamoga * Livingstone Kyobe * Dan Kitalo * Zaid Tebesiggwa * Edward Nansamba * Ronald Vvubya * Sunday Mokili * Godfrey Kateregga * Sam Mubiru * Twaha Kivumbi * Sula Kato * William Nkemba * Stephen Bogere * George Otto * Joseph Dramiga * Adam Semugabi * Idi Batambuze * Robert Semakula * Enock Kyembe * Said Abedi * Adam Semugabi * Charles Katumba * John Kawesi * Yusuf Ssonko * Issa Kawooya * Alex Olum * Robert Ssemakula * Paul Mukatabala * Magid Musisi * Wilson Nsobya * Sam Tamale * George Mukasa * Timothy Ayiekoh * Hakim Magumba * Andy Mwesigwa * Edgar Watson * Hassan Mubiru * Denis Onyango * Andrew Mukasa * Mathias Kaweesa * Ali Kayongo * Isaac Kirabira * Steven Bengo * Emmanuel Okwi * Geofrey Bukohore * Godfrey Walusimbi * Tonny Ndolo * Timothy Batabaire * Kenneth Semakula

References

External links

* {{Ugandan Premier League

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