CECAFA Cup

Infobox sports league
title = CECAFA Cup
current_season = 2007_CECAFA_Cup

pixels =
caption = CECAFA Cup Logo
sport = Football
founded = 1926
inaugural = 1926
teams =
champion = fb|Sudan

The CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup is the oldest football (soccer) tournament in Africa. It is a tournament of FIFA and the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA), and includes national teams from Central and East Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Zanzibar, Somalia, Rwanda, Burundi and Djibouti). In 2005 and 2006 the tournament was sponsored by Ethiopian/Saudi billionaire Sheikh Mohammed Al Amoudi, and was dubbed the Al Amoudi Senior Challenge Cup [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/4471526.stm] .

It is the successor tournament of the Gossage Cup, held 37 times from 1926 until 1966, and the East and Central African Senior Challenge Cup, held 7 times between 1965 and 1971.

Gossage Cup

The Gossage Cup was contested between Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika and Zanzibar. Tanganyika participated since 1945, Zanzibar since 1949. It was sponsored by soap manufacturer William Gossage.

CECAFA Cup

Previous Winners

References

* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/eastcentrafr.html RSSSF - East and Central African Championship (CECAFA)]