Stanbic Uganda Cup Quarter Final Draws: The Jogoos Fall in Vipers’ Pit
Early on the day, the quarter final draws for the 47th edition of Stanbic Uganda Cup were held at FUFA House Mengo.
The nine time Championship winners, Sports Club Villa fell in the Vipers’ path at the quarter final level.
The record winners (10 times each) , Express FC and KCCA met at this level, while the 2019 winners, Proline FC to wait fo the winner between BUL FC and Kigezi Homeboys.
Wakiso Giants and Police FC are to face again.
Legends Charles Ogwang and midfielders Sharif Samanya were invited by FUFA to grace the ceremony.
Both players featured in the 1996 Uganda Cup final won by UEB FC captained by Ogwang who went on to score the game’s solitary goal. Samanya played for Nile FC captained by Peter Nsaba in a match won by UEB FC 1-0 at Nakivubo stadium.
Charles Ogwang, as an invited Guest at the draws, he said it’s such a pleasure to win Uganda and he went through briefly the history of his footballing journey.
“It was a great moment to win the Uganda cup. I scored 8 goals and won the top accolade as leading scorer. Captaining the team to victory was so sweet as the usual captain was injured. I thank the sponsors Stanbic and Plascon for injecting money in the tournament.“
Sharif Samanya revealed that it’s a dream for every player to reach the final of this tournament started way back in 1971.
“It is a dream for every player to play in a Cup final. I felt bad losing but we had many injuries heading into this game. It always a nice feeling ejecting teams from such tournaments. I’m happy that FUFA invited me to be part of this draw.” Said Sharif Samanya.
The matches will be played between 25th May-2nd June 2021 over two legs.
Full Draws:
Match No. 49 Vipers SC vs Sc Villa
Match No. 50 Express Vs KCCA FC
Match No. 51 Proline Vs Kigezi Home Boyz FC or BUL FC
Match No.52 Police FC Vs Wakiso Giants FC