Kagame Cup

Sudan El Merreikh crowned Cecafa Kagame Club Championships champions after beating Rwanda’s APR FC 1-0 in the Championship final

Sudan El Merreikh Kagame C up Winners 2014

The lone goal was netted by Kenyan striker Allan Wanga on the 27th minute after converting a through pass from captain Ahmed Elbasha . In a packed stadium that also had Rwandan President Paul Kagame in attendance, the Sudanese club held on to the end after Wanga’s early strike to claim glory. President Kagame entered the stadium just before second half when the home side were already trailing courtesy of Wanga’s 25th-minute strike.

It is a consecutive second year that APR have lost in the Cup final after losing to Vital’O from Burundi last year in Sudan. It is the third regional title for the Sudanese giants, who last won it in 1988, while the Rwandan army side was looking to win for the fourth time on home soil, following successes in 2004, 2007 and 2010. The competition has attracted a record 14 teams from 11 countries in the Cecafa region. Police Football Club clinched third position on their debut appearance in the annual regional tournament after both side draw 1-1 in normal time.

El Merreikh’s most outstanding player, Omar Salim Magoola, who has only been at the club for two months having transferred from KCCA of Uganda in June admitted, that he was extremely impressed with his team’s performance. “I am so happy that we are champions of Cecafa. It means a lot to me because this is my first trophy with El Merreikh and for sure we played outstanding football here in Kigali,” explained the 19-year-old Magoola after the final.

Prize monies

The win saw Al Merreikh bag the top prize of US$ 30,000 while APR, by virtue of being second, bagged US$ 20,000 then Police, another Rwandese side, who finished third took home US$10,000.

Kagame Cup Championships

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

List of CECAFA Club Cup and Kagame Interclub Cup winners
Year^[1]	Country	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Country	Hosts
1967	Kenya	Abaluhya	5–0^[A]	Sunderland	Tanzania
1968–73	Halted^[B]
1974	Tanzania	Simba	–	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	Sudan	ATRACO	1–0	Al-Merrikh	Sudan	Sudan
2010	Not held^[J]
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