The CECAFA championship succeeded the Gossage Cup, held 37 times from 1926 until 1966, and the East and Central African Senior Challenge Cup, held 5 times between 1967 and 1971.
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.
Available data
year winner runners-up venue
1926 Kenya 1-1 2-1 Uganda Nairobi
1927 not held due to hosting dispute
1928 Uganda 4-0 Kenya Kampala
1929 Uganda 5-3 Kenya [aet] Nairobi
1930 Uganda 5-0 Kenya Kampala
1931 Kenya 2-1 Uganda [aet] Nairobi
1932 Uganda 13-1 Kenya Kampala
1933 not held
1934 not held
1935 Uganda 5-1 Kenya Kampala
1936 Uganda 3-1 Kenya Nairobi
1937 Uganda 9-5 Kenya Kampala (in May)
1938 Uganda 3-1 Kenya Nairobi
1939 Uganda 5-2 Kenya Kampala
1940 Uganda 6-3 Kenya Nairobi
1941 Kenya 4-3 Uganda Kampala
1942 Kenya 4-3 Uganda Nairobi
1943 Uganda 2-1 Kenya Kampala
1944 Kenya 2-1 Uganda Nairobi
1945 Uganda 4-1 Kenya Kampala
1946 Kenya 2-1 Uganda Nairobi
1947 Uganda 4-2 Tanganyika Dar es Salaam
1948 Uganda 2-1 Kenya Kampala
1949 Tanganyika 2-0 Kenya Zanzibar
1950 Tanganyika 1-1 2-1 Kenya Nairobi
1951 Tanganyika 3-2 Kenya Dar es Salaam
1952 Uganda 6-3 Kenya Kampala
1953 Kenya 6-2 Uganda Zanzibar
1954 Uganda 2-2 4-1 Kenya Nairobi
1955 Uganda 5-1 Tanganyika Dar es Salaam
1956 Uganda 3-2 Kenya Kampala
1957 Uganda 2-1 Kenya Zanzibar
1958 Kenya Uganda Nairobi
1959 Kenya Zanzibar Dar es Salaam
1960 Kenya, Uganda (shared) Kampala
1961 Kenya Tanganyika Mombasa
1962 Uganda Tanganyika various venues
1963 Uganda Kenya Nairobi
1964 Tanganyika Kenya Dar es Salaam
1965 Tanzania Kenya Kampala
1966 Kenya Uganda Zanzibar
NB: data in italics are reported conflictingly in sources (reports
in various East African newspapers).
Number of Titles (39 (38 tournaments))
22 Uganda (1 shared)
12 Kenya (1 shared)
5 Tanzania (includes Tanganyika)
year winner runners-up venue 1967 Kenya Uganda Kenya 1968 Uganda Kenya Tanzania 1969 Uganda Tanzania Uganda 1970 Uganda Tanzania Zanzibar 1971 Kenya Nairobi Number of Titles (5) 3 Uganda 2 Kenya
year winner runners-up venue
1973 Uganda 2-1 Tanzania Uganda
1974 Tanzania 1-1 Uganda [5-3pen] Tanzania
1975 Kenya 0-0 Malawi [5-4pen] Zambia
1976 Uganda 2-0 Zambia Zanzibar
1977 Uganda 0-0 Zambia [5-3pen] Somalia
1978 Malawi 3-2 Zambia Malawi
1979 Malawi 3-2 Kenya Kenya
1980 Sudan 1-0 Tanzania Sudan
1981 Kenya 1-0 Tanzania Tanzania
1982 Kenya 1-1 Uganda [5-3pen] Uganda
1983 Kenya 1-0 Zimbabwe Kenya
1984 Zambia 0-0 Malawi [3-0pen] Uganda
1985 Zimbabwe 2-0 Kenya Zimbabwe
1986 not held (Somalia withdrew as hosts)
1987 Ethiopia 1-1 Zimbabwe [4-3pen] Ethiopia
1988 Malawi 3-1 Zambia [aet] Malawi
1989 Uganda 3-3 Malawi [2-1pen] Kenya
1990 Uganda 2-0 Sudan Zanzibar
1991 Zambia 2-0 Kenya Uganda
1992 Uganda 1-0 Tanzania B Tanzania
1993 not held (Uganda backed out of organisation)
1994 Tanzania 2-2 Uganda [4-3pen] Kenya
1995 Zanzibar 1-0 Uganda B Uganda
1996 Uganda 1-0 Sudan B Sudan
1997 not held
1998 not held (suspension of CECAFA) Rwanda
1999 Rwanda B 3-1 Kenya Rwanda
2000 Uganda 2-0 Uganda B Uganda
2001 Ethiopia 2-1 Kenya Rwanda
2002 Kenya 3-2 Tanzania Tanzania
2003 Uganda 2-0 Rwanda Sudan
2004 Ethiopia 3-0 Burundi Ethiopia
2005 Ethiopia 1-0 Rwanda Rwanda
2006 Zambia 0-0 Sudan [*] [11-10pen] Ethiopia
2007 Sudan 2-2 Rwanda [4-2pen] Tanzania
2008 Uganda 1-0 Kenya Uganda
2009 Uganda 2-0 Rwanda Kenya
2010 Tanzania 1-0 Ivory Coast B Tanzania
2011 Uganda 2-2 Rwanda [3-2pen] Tanzania
2012 Uganda 2-1 Kenya Uganda
2013 Kenya 2-0 Sudan Kenya
2014 not held (Ethiopia backed out of organisation)
2015 Uganda 1-0 Rwanda Ethiopia
[*] Zambia won the tournament, but as they were a guest team, Sudan
were awarded the trophy.
14 [ 5] Uganda 6 [ 7] Kenya 4 Ethiopia 3 [ 5] Tanzania 3 [ 4] Zambia 3 [ 3] Malawi 2 [ 4] Sudan 1 [ 6] Rwanda 1 [ 2] Zimbabwe 1 Zanzibar [ 1] Burundi [ 1] Ivory Coast B [number of runners-up finishes between brackets]
NB: 81 titles in 80 tournaments; the 1960 Gossage Cup was shared. 39 Uganda (1 shared) 20 Kenya (1 shared) 7 Tanzania (includes Tanganyika) 4 Ethiopia 3 Malawi 3 Zambia 2 Sudan 1 Rwanda 1 Zanzibar 1 Zimbabwe
at Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam Group A 27-11-2010 Burundi 2-0 Somalia [Claude Nahimana 18, Jean-Paul Habarugira 72] 27-11-2010 Tanzania 0-1 Zambia [Kennedy Mdenda 17] 30-11-2010 Zambia 0-0 Burundi 30-11-2010 Tanzania 3-0 Somalia [Henry Joseph 43 [pen], John Boco 76, Nurdin Bakari 89] 03-12-2010 Somalia 0-6 Zambia [Felix Sunzu 25,27,43,49 [pen] Allan Makuka 28, Venecious Mapande 80] 04-12-2010 Tanzania 2-0 Burundi [Nurdin Bakari 20,77] [Sent Off: Nzeyimana Hussein [B]] Group B 28-11-2010 Sudan 0-2 Zanzibar [Ali Shibou 11,66] 28-11-2010 Rwanda 2-1 Ivory Coast [Daddy Birori 44, Peter Kagabo 77 - Fabrice Kouadio 19] 01-12-2010 Sudan 0-0 Rwanda 01-12-2010 Ivory Coast 1-0 Zanzibar [Kipre Bolou 61] 03-12-2010 Zanzibar 0-0 Rwanda 05-12-2010 Ivory Coast 3-0 Sudan Group C 29-11-2010 Ethiopia 1-2 Uganda [Bekele Godo 24 - Simeon Masaba 33 [pen], Henry Kisseka 46] 29-11-2010 Malawi 3-2 Kenya [Victor Nyirenda 1, David Banda 26,3-2 - Bob Mugalia 34, Fred Ajwang 45] 02-12-2010 Uganda 1-1 Malawi [Emmanuel Okwi 82 - Victor Nyirenda 2] 02-12-2010 Kenya 1-2 Ethiopia [Fred Ajwang 85 - Shemeles Bekele 24,45] 04-12-2010 Malawi 1-1 Ethiopia 05-12-2010 Uganda 2-0 Kenya [Emmanuel Okwi 84, Andrew Mwesigwa 92 [pen]] [Sent Off: Boniface Oluoch [K] 91 mins] Quarter-Finals 07-12-2010 Zambia 1-2 Ethiopia 07-12-2010 Ivory Coast 1-0 Malawi 08-12-2010 Uganda 2-2 Zanzibar [5-3 pens] [Mike Sserumaga 13, Emmanuel Okwi 47 [pen] - Mcha Khamis 36, Aggrey Morris 86] 08-12-2010 Tanzania 1-0 Rwanda [Shadrack Nsajigwa 62 [pen]] Semi Final 10-12-2010 Ethiopia 0-1 Ivory Coast [Kipre Tchetche 72] 10-12-2010 Uganda 0-0 Tanzania [4-5 pens] Third Place 12-12-2010 Ethiopia 3-4 Uganda [Umed Ukuri 2,33 Tesfaye Alebachew 67 - Henry Kisseka 5, Okwi Emmanuel 48, Tony Mawejje 53, Sula Matovu 72] Final 12-12-2010 Ivory Coast 0-1 Tanzania [Shadrack Nsajigwa 41 [pen]]Tanzania, November-December 2011
at Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam at Chamazi Stadium, Chamazi [*] Group A [in Dar es Salaam] 26-11-2011 Tanzania 0-1 Rwanda [Olivier Karekezi 22] 27-11-2011 Zimbabwe 2-0 Djibouti [Donald Ngoma 9, Qadr Amini 73] 29-11-2011 Rwanda 2-0 Tanzania 29-11-2011 Tanzania 3-0 Djibouti 02-12-2011 Rwanda 5-2 Djibouti 03-12-2011 Tanzania 1-2 Zimbabwe Group B [in Dar es Salaam] 25-11-2011 Burundi 4-1 Somalia [Floribert Ndayisaba 22, Amis Cedric 45,60,68 - Khalid Ali 92 [pen]] 25-11-2011 Uganda 2-1 Zanzibar [Dan Wagaluka 40, Mike Serumanga 77 - Badru Ali 47] 27-11-2011 Zanzibar 0-0 Burundi 28-11-2011 Somalia 0-4 Uganda [*] 01-12-2011 Somalia 0-3 Zanzibar 01-12-2011 Burundi 1-0 Uganda Quarter Final 05-12-2011 Burundi 0-2 Sudan [Amir Ramei Abdelnabi 41, Mohammed Musa 60] 05-12-2011 Rwanda 2-1 Zanzibar [Jean Baptist Mugiraneza 39, Meddie Kagere 86 - Mohd Abdulrahman 46] 06-12-2011 Uganda 1-0 Zimbabwe 06-12-2011 Malawi 0-1 Tanzania Semi Final 08-12-2011 Rwanda 2-1 Sudan 08-12-2011 Uganda 3-1 Tanzania Third Place 10-12-2011 Sudan 1-0 Tanzania Final 10-12-2011 Rwanda 2-2 Uganda [2-3 pen]Uganda, November-December 2012
Group A [in Kampala] 24-11-2012 Ethiopia 1-0 South Sudan [Yonathan Kebede 60] 24-11-2012 Uganda 1-0 Kenya [Geoffrey Kizito 74] 27-11-2012 Kenya 2-0 South Sudan [David Ochieng 13, Clifton Miheso 66] 27-11-2102 Ethiopia 1-0 Uganda [Brian Umony 9] 30-11-2012 Ethiopia 1-3 Kenya [Elias Mamo 30 - Rama Salim 19, Clifton Miheso 26, David Ochieng 72] 30-11-2012 South Sudan 0-4 Uganda [Brian Umony 24,40 Robert Ssentongo 47, Harris Kizza 79] Group B [in Kampala] 25-11-2012 Burundi 5-1 Somalia [Christophe Nduwaragira 34,84 Yussuf Ndikumana 41, Selemani Ndikumana 78,88 - Hassan Mohammed 51 [pen]] Group C [in Kampala] 26-11-2012 Zanzibar 0-0 Eritrea 26-11-2012 Rwanda 2-0 Malawi [Jean Baptist Mugiraneza, Haruna Niyonzima 79]Ethiopia, November-December 2015
NB: Eritrea did not enter. Malawi were invited. Group A (in Addis Ababa (Nov 21 and 22) and Awassa) 1.Tanzania 3 2 1 0 7- 2 7 2.Rwanda 3 2 0 1 5- 2 6 3.Ethiopia 3 1 1 1 3- 2 4 4.Somalia 3 0 0 3 0- 9 0 21-11-2015 Ethiopia 0-1 Rwanda [Tuyisenge 54] 22-11-2015 Somalia 0-4 Tanzania [Bocco 11pen, 55, Maguli 17, 53] 24-11-2015 Rwanda 1-2 Tanzania [Tuyisenge 88; Juma 23, Msuva 78] 25-11-2015 Ethiopia 2-0 Somalia [Nasser 14, Girma 82] 27-11-2015 Rwanda 3-0 Somalia [Habimana 6, Tuyisenge 52, Ngomirakiza 58] 28-11-2015 Ethiopia 1-1 Tanzania [Mbonde 90+2og; Msuva 51] Group B (in Addis Ababa (Nov 21 and 22) and Awassa) 1.Uganda 3 2 0 1 5- 2 6 2.Kenya 3 1 1 1 4- 4 4 3.Burundi 3 1 1 1 2- 2 4 4.Zanzibar 3 1 0 2 3- 6 3 21-11-2015 Burundi 1-0 Zanzibar [Kavumbagu 39] 22-11-2015 Kenya 2-0 Uganda [Keli 29, Olunga 48] 24-11-2015 Zanzibar 0-4 Uganda [Miya 10, 17pen, Ssekisambu 48, Okhuti 79] 25-11-2015 Kenya 1-1 Burundi [Olunga 41; Amissi 11] 27-11-2015 Zanzibar 3-1 Kenya [Kassim 45+1, 74, Khamis 57; Keli 90+2] 28-11-2015 Uganda 1-0 Burundi [Kalanda 67] Group C (in Bahir Dar) 1.South Sudan 3 2 1 0 4- 0 7 2.Malawi 3 2 0 1 5- 3 6 3.Sudan 3 1 1 1 5- 2 4 4.Djibouti 3 0 0 3 0- 9 0 23-11-2015 Sudan 1-2 Malawi [A. El Tahir 16; Sayileon 13, Msowoya 29] 23-11-2015 South Sudan 2-0 Djibouti [Martinez 28, Abuyo 72] 25-11-2015 South Sudan 0-0 Sudan 25-11-2015 Malawi 3-0 Djibouti [Phiri 38pen, Banda 40, Msowoya 76] 27-11-2015 South Sudan 2-0 Malawi [Moga 8, Martinez 90+2] 27-11-2015 Djibouti 0-4 Sudan [A. El Tahir 16, 68, 81, Mamoun 25] NB: Burundi eliminated as worst 3rd place team Quarterfinals (all in Addis Ababa; no extra time played after tie) 30-11-2015 Uganda 2-0 Malawi [Miya 5, Okhuti 48] 30-11-2015 Ethiopia 1-1 Tanzania [4-3 pen] [Panom 55pen; Bocco 24] 1-12-2015 South Sudan 0-0 Sudan [3-5 pen] 1-12-2015 Rwanda 0-0 Kenya [5-3 pen] Semifinals (all in Addis Ababa) 3-12-2015 Sudan 1-1 Rwanda [aet, 2-4 pen] [A. El Tahir 97; Mugiraneza 110] 3-12-2015 Ethiopia 0-0 Uganda [aet, 3-5 pen] Third Place Match (Addis Ababa) 5-12-2015 Ethiopia 1-1 Sudan [5-4 pen (no extra time)] [Mamo 56; Yagoub 83] Final (Yidnekachew Tessema Stadium, Addis Ababa) 5-12-2015 Uganda 1-0 Rwanda [Okhuti 14]
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