KCCA FC will play CAF Champions’ League group stages for the year 2018 at Mandela National Stadium, Namboole.

In a letter from CAF Deputy General Secretary Football and Development Anthony Baffoe addressed through Federations Of Uganda Football Associations to KCCA FC, he said; “With regards to the inspection visit conducted by CAF for the stadiums in Uganda for the next phase of the 2018 Champions League season. CAF decided to approve the Mandela Stadium as the stadium that will host all the matches of KCCA FC during their participation in the competition, Anthony Baffoe.”

KCCA FC is seeded in group A of the CAF Champions league with Esperance (Tunisia), Al Ahly (Egypt) and Township Rollers (Botswana). KCCA FC start their Champions League group stage campaign against Township Rollers.

In her reaction about the Namboole experience, the club CEO said; “Mandela National Stadium comes with a couple of positives and opportunities among these; the club has an opportunity to host a vast number of the football faithful in Uganda given that Namboole is big enough and also the players will acclimatize to the kind of environment they will experience when they travel away to play the other teams in the group. Josephine Namukisa.”

REPORT/KCCA FC MEDIA