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	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.

Members

•  Burundi - 1998
•  Djibouti - 1994
•  Eritrea - 1994
•  Ethiopia - 1983
•  Kenya - 1973
•  Rwanda - 1995
•  Somalia - 1973
•  Sudan - 1975
•  Tanzania - 1973
•  Uganda - 1973
•  Zanzibar - 1973

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
1968		Uganda
1969		Uganda				Tanzania
1970		Uganda				Tanzania
1971		Kenya
1972		N/A				N/A

CECAFA Cup (1973-Present Day)

See CECAFA Cup for past winners.

External links

• www.cecafa.net - Official CECAFA Website
• CECAFA Facebook Fan Page
• Palmares Gossage Cup on RSSSF

References

1. ^ pharmj.com
2. ^ CECAFA gets a boost from GTV