- Villa SC
Football club infobox
clubname = Villa SC
fullname = Villa Sports Club
nickname =
founded = 1975
ground =Nakivubo Stadium Kampala ,Uganda
capacity = 20,000
chairman =
manager =
league =Ugandan Premier League
season = 2006/07
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leftarm2=00ffff|body2=00ffff|rightarm2=00ffff|shorts2=00ffff|socks2=ffffffVilla Sports Club is a football club from
Kampala inUganda . They play their home games at Villa Park. They are named after English sideAston Villa FC .Villa SC is Uganda's leading football club, having won more laurels than all others put together. They won 13 league titles and 7 Ugandan Cup titles. SC Villa was the first Ugandan club to clinch a local 'Double'. That record was extended to six 'Doubles' in 2002. From 1998 through 2004, they won 7 consecutive championship titles.
Villa SC had humble beginnings as Nakivubo Boys. The club was renamed Nakivubo Villa, and finally SC Villa, a.k.a. Jogoo (Big Cockerel). SC Villa won promotion to the top flight of Ugandan football in 1979, storming the local soccer scene hitherto dominated by
Express FC ,Simba FC andKampala City Council FC .Today there is no single local or regional trophy on which SC Villa's name is not inscribed. The club is the most consistent on the continent, featuring in two consecutive finals of the
CECAFA Clubs Cup and theCAF Cup in 1991 and 1992, respectively.Achievements
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Ugandan Premier League : 131982, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004*
Ugandan Cup : 71983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1998, 2000, 2002*
CECAFA Clubs Cup : 31987, 2003, 2005*
East African Hedex Super Cup : 11999-00Performance in CAF competitions
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CAF Champions League : 7 appearances::1999 - Second Round::2000 - Preliminary Round::2001 - Second Round::2002 - First Round::2003 - First Round::2004 - First Round::2005 - First Round
*African Cup of Champions Clubs : 6 appearances::1983: Quarter-Final::1985: First Round::1987: Second Round::1988: Second Round::1991: "Finalist"::1993: Quarter-Final
*CAF Cup : 2 appearances::1992 - "Finalist"::1994 - disqualified in First Round*
CAF Cup Winners' Cup : 3 appearances::1984 - Quarter-Final::1989 - First Round::1990 - First RoundNotable players
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Paul Hasule
*Majid Musisi
*Hassan Mubiru
*Andrew Mwesigwa External links
* [http://www.sc-villa.com/ Official club site]
current players 2008 squadYasin Mugabi,Robert Saaka,Yusuf Juuko,,Andrew Nkurunungi,Jerry Sebuyira,stvene Bengo,kizito geofrey,odonkara,okwi emmanuel,arishe ali,ndolo tony,jaja walu,simon masaba,agaba,chrisestom ntambi,muleme ausi,bwete,kisujju,sentongo robert,kirabilla,
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