Kagame Interclub Cup

Kagame Interclub Cup

Founded	1974
Region	CECAFA
Current champions	Red Arrows (1st title)
Most successful club(s)	Simba (6 titles)
Television broadcasters	SuperSport
2024 Kagame Interclub Cup

The CECAFA Club Cup is a football club tournament organised by CECAFA. It has been known as the Kagame Interclub Cup since 2002, when Rwandan President Paul Kagame began sponsoring the competition. It is contested by clubs from East and Central Africa.

History

The tournament began in 1967, in which Lamba Lamba came out champions, but was not officially recognised. The competition was halted until 1974, where Mikia became the first official champions of the tournament.^[1]

Previous winners

Finals

Key

*	Match was won on a penalty shootout
†	Tournament not held or not officially recognised

List of CECAFA Club Cup and Kagame Interclub Cup winners

Year[1]	Countryside	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Countryside	Hosts
1967	Kenya	Abaluhya	5–0^†^[A]	Sunderland	Tanzania
1968–73	Halted^†^[B]
1974	Tanzania	Simba	0–0	Abaluhya	Kenya	Tanzania
1975	Tanzania	Young Africans	2–0	Simba	Tanzania	Zanzibar
1976	Kenya	Luo Union	2–1	Young Africans	Tanzania	Uganda
1977	Kenya	Luo Union	2–1	Horsed	Somalia	Tanzania
1978	Uganda	Kampala City Council	0–0^*^[C]	Simba	Tanzania	Uganda
1979	Kenya	Abaluhya	1–0	Kampala City Council	Uganda	Somalia
1980	Kenya	Gor Mahia	3–2	Abaluhya	Kenya	Malawi
1981	Kenya	Gor Mahia	1–0	Simba	Tanzania	Kenya
1982	Kenya	A.F.C. Leopards	1–0	Rio Tinto	Zimbabwe	Kenya
1983	Kenya	A.F.C. Leopards	2–1	ADMARC Tigers	Malawi	Zanzibar
1984	Kenya	A.F.C. Leopards	2–1	Gor Mahia	Kenya	Kenya
1985	Kenya	Gor Mahia	2–0	A.F.C. Leopards	Kenya	Sudan
1986	Sudan	Al-Merrikh	2–2^*^[D]	Young Africans	Tanzania	Tanzania
1987	Uganda	Villa	1–0	Al-Merrikh	Sudan	Uganda
1988	Kenya	Kenya Breweries	2–0	Al-Merrikh	Sudan	Sudan
1989	Kenya	Kenya Breweries	3–0	Coastal Union	Tanzania	Kenya
1990	Not held^†^[E]
1991	Tanzania	Simba	3–0	Villa	Uganda	Tanzania
1992	Tanzania	Simba	1–1^*^[F]	Young Africans	Tanzania	Zanzibar
1993	Tanzania	Young Africans	2–1	Villa	Uganda	Uganda
1994	Sudan	Al-Merrikh	2–1	Express	Uganda	Sudan
1995	Tanzania	Simba	1–1^*^[G]	Express	Uganda	Tanzania
1996	Tanzania	Simba	1–0	Armée Patriotique Rwandaise	Rwanda	Tanzania
1997	Kenya	A.F.C. Leopards	1–0	Kenya Breweries	Kenya	Kenya
1998	Rwanda	Rayon Sports	2–1	Mlandege	Zanzibar	Zanzibar
1999	Tanzania	Young Africans	1–1^*^[H]	Villa	Uganda	Uganda
2000	Kenya	Tusker	3–1	Armée Patriotique Rwandaise	Rwanda	Rwanda
2001	Kenya	Tusker	0–0^*^[I]	Oserian	Kenya	Kenya
2002	Tanzania	Simba	1–0	Prince Louis	Burundi	Zanzibar
2003	Uganda	Villa	1–0	Simba	Tanzania	Uganda
2004	Rwanda	Armée Patriotique Rwandaise	3–1	Ulinzi Stars	Kenya	Rwanda
2005	Uganda	Villa	3–0	Armée Patriotique Rwandaise	Rwanda	Tanzania
2006	Uganda	Police	2–1	Moro United	Tanzania	Tanzania
2007	Rwanda	Armée Patriotique Rwandaise	2–1	Uganda Revenue Authority	Uganda	Rwanda
2008	Kenya	Tusker	2–1	Uganda Revenue Authority	Uganda	Tanzania
2009	Rwanda	ATRACO	1–0	Al-Merrikh	Sudan	Sudan
2010	Rwanda	A.P.R.	2–0	St. George	Ethiopia	Rwanda
2011	Tanzania	Young Africans	1–0	Simba	Tanzania	Tanzania
2012	Tanzania	Young Africans	2–0	Azam	Tanzania	Tanzania
2013	Burundi	Vital'O	2–0	A.P.R.	Rwanda	Sudan
2014	Sudan	Al-Merrikh	1–0	A.P.R.	Rwanda	Rwanda
2015	Tanzania	Azam	2–0	Gor Mahia	Kenya	Tanzania
2018	Tanzania	Azam	2–1	Simba	Uganda	Tanzania
2019	Uganda	Kampala City Council	1–0	Azam	Tanzania	Rwanda
2021	Uganda	Express FC	1–0	Nyasa Big Bullets	Malawi	Tanzania
2024	Zambia	Red Arrows	1–1^*^[J]	APR FC	Rwanda	Tanzania

Notes

A. ^{^} The tournament was not officially recognised.

B. ^{^} The tournament was halted.

C. ^{^} Score was 0−0 after 90 minutes and extra time. Kampala won the shootout 3−2.

D. ^{^} Score was 2−2 after 90 minutes and extra time. Al-Merreikh won the shootout 4−2.

E. ^{^} The tournament was not held.

F. ^{^} Score was 1−1 after 90 minutes and extra time. Simba won the shootout 5−4.

G. ^{^} Score was 1−1 after 90 minutes and extra time. Simba won the shootout 5−3.

H. ^{^} Score was 1−1 after 90 minutes and extra time. Young Africans won the shootout 4−1.

I. ^{^} Score was 0−0 after 90 minutes and extra time. Tusker won the shootout 3−0.

J. ^{^} Score was 1–1 after 90 minutes and extra time. Red Arrows won the shootout 10–9.

Winners and runners-up

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
Simba	6	7	1974, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2002	1967, 1975, 1978, 1981, 2003, 2011, 2018
A.F.C. Leopards^1		3	1967, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1997	1974, 1980, 1985
Young Africans	5		1975, 1993, 1999, 2011, 2012	1976, 1986, 1992
Tusker		1	1988, 1989, 2000, 2001, 2008	1997
Armée Patriotique Rwandaise	3	6	2004, 2007, 2010	1996, 2000, 2005, 2013, 2014, 2024
Al-Merrikh	3	3	1986, 1994, 2014	1987, 1988, 2009
Villa	3		1987, 2003, 2005	1991, 1993, 1999
Gor Mahia	3	2	1980, 1981, 1985	1984, 2015
Re-Union^2	2	0	1976, 1977
Azam	2	2	2015, 2018	2012, 2019
Kampala City Council	1	1	1978, 2019	1979
ATRACO		0	2009	None
Police			2006
Rayon Sports			1998
Vital'O			2013
Red Arrows			2024
Express FC	0	2	None	1994, 1995
Uganda Revenue Authority				2007, 2008
ADMARC Tigers		1		1983
Coastal Union				1989
Horseed				1977
St George				2010
Mlandege FC				1998
Moro United				2006
Oserian				2001
Prince Louis				2002
Rio Tinto				1982
Ulinzi Stars				2004

¹ Includes titles as Abaluhya
² Includes titles as Luo Union.

By nation

Performance by nation

Nation[1]	Winners	Runners-up	Winning Clubs
Kenya	16	7	3
Tanzania	13	13	3
Uganda	5	8	3
Rwanda	5	5	3
Sudan	3	3	1
Burundi	1	1	1
Malawi	0	1	0
Somalia	0	1	0
Zimbabwe	0	1	0

See also

• CECAFA Cup
• CECAFA Nile Basin Cup

References

1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cecafa.html

External links

• MySoccer24.com