2015 CECAFA Cup

2015 CECAFA Cup
CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Ethiopia
Dates	21 November – 5 December
Teams	12 (from 2 sub-confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Uganda (14th title)
Runners-up	Rwanda
Third place	Ethiopia
Fourth place	Sudan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	52 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Athar El Tahir ; (5 goals)
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Last updated September 06, 2025

The 2015 CECAFA Cup is the 38th edition of the annual CECAFA Cup, an international football competition consisting of the national teams of member nations of the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA). It took place in Ethiopia from 21 November to 5 December 2015.^[1]

Participants

The following teams were confirmed to be participating in the tournament:

National Team	FIFA Ranking (November 2015)
Burundi	107
Djibouti	207
Ethiopia	114
Kenya	125
Malawi	97
Rwanda	96
Somalia	203
South Sudan	134
Sudan	128
Tanzania	135
Uganda	68
Zanzibar	300N/A

Notes

Eritrea national football team refused to participate due to the country's political tensions with hosts Ethiopia.^[3]
A draw containing Zambia was released to the press on 9 November 2015 but appeared to be inaccurate due to Malawi's inclusion.

Venues

Addis Ababa	Addis Ababa Hawassa Bahir Dar
Yidnekachew Tessema Stadium
Capacity: 35,000

Bahir Dar
Bahir Dar Stadium
Capacity: 60,000

Hawassa
Hawassa International Stadium
Capacity: 60,000

Match officials

Referees

Assistant referees

Group stage

The draw result was announced by CECAFA on 11 November 2015.^[4]

If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings (in descending order):

Number of points obtained in games between the teams involved;
Goal difference in games between the teams involved;
Goals scored in games between the teams involved;
Away goals scored in games between the teams involved;
Goal difference in all games;
Goals scored in all games;
Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tanzania (A)	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Rwanda (A)	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
3	Ethiopia (H, A)	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
4	Somalia (E)	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0

Updated to match(es) played on 28 November 2015. Source: Standings table
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (H) Hosts


21 November 2015 (2015-11-21)
Ethiopia	0–1	Rwanda	Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
22 November 2015 (2015-11-22)
Somalia	0–4	Tanzania	Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
24 November 2015 (2015-11-24)
Rwanda	1–2	Tanzania	Awassa, Ethiopia
25 November 2015 (2015-11-25)
Somalia	0–2	Ethiopia	Awassa, Ethiopia
27 November 2015 (2015-11-27)
Rwanda	3–0	Somalia	Awassa, Ethiopia
28 November 2015 (2015-11-28)
Tanzania	1–1	Ethiopia	Awassa, Ethiopia

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uganda (A)	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Kenya (A)	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Burundi (E)	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Zanzibar (E)	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 28 November 2015. Source: Standings table
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated


21 November 2015 (2015-11-21)
Burundi	1–0	Zanzibar	Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
22 November 2015 (2015-11-22)
Kenya	2–0	Uganda	Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
24 November 2015 (2015-11-24)
Zanzibar	0–4	Uganda	Awassa, Ethiopia
25 November 2015 (2015-11-25)
Kenya	1–1	Burundi	Awassa, Ethiopia
27 November 2015 (2015-11-27)
Zanzibar	3–1	Kenya	Awassa, Ethiopia
28 November 2015 (2015-11-28)
Uganda	1–0	Burundi	Awassa, Ethiopia

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Sudan (A)	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Malawi (G, A)	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	Sudan (A)	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	4
4	Djibouti (E)	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0

Updated to match(es) played on 27 November 2015. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (G) Guests


23 November 2015 (2015-11-23)
South Sudan	2–0	Djibouti	Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Sudan	1–2	Malawi	Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
25 November 2015 (2015-11-25)
Malawi	3–0	Djibouti	Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
South Sudan	0–0	Sudan	Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
27 November 2015 (2015-11-27)
South Sudan	2–0	Malawi	Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Djibouti	0–4	Sudan	Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Ranking of third-placed teams

The two best ranked third-placed teams also advance to the quarter-finals.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	C	Sudan	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	4	Advanced to knockout stage
2	A	Ethiopia	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4	Advanced to knockout stage
3	B	Burundi	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

30 November – Addis Ababa

Uganda	2
		3 December – Addis Ababa
Malawi	0
		Uganda (pen.)	0 (5)
30 November – Addis Ababa
		Ethiopia	0 (3)
Tanzania	1 (3)
				5 December – Addis Ababa
Ethiopia (pen.)	1 (4)
				Uganda	1
1 December – Addis Ababa
				Rwanda	0
Rwanda (pen.)	0 (5)
		3 December – Addis Ababa
Kenya	0 (3)
		Rwanda (pen.)	1 (4)
1 December – Addis Ababa
		Sudan	1 (2)	Third place
South Sudan	0 (3)
				5 December – Addis Ababa
Sudan (pen.)	0 (5)
				Ethiopia (pen.)	1 (5)

				Sudan	1 (4)

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Uganda	2–0	Malawi
Tanzania	1–1 (3–4 p)	Ethiopia
South Sudan	0–0 (3–5 p)	Sudan
Rwanda	0–0 (5–3 p)	Kenya

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Uganda	0–0 (5–3 p)	Ethiopia
Rwanda	1–1 (4–2 p)	Sudan

Third place match

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ethiopia	1–1 (5–4 p)	Sudan

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Uganda	1–0	Rwanda

Goalscorers

5 goals

Athar El Tahir

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

Salim Mbonde (playing against Ethiopia)

Source:

References

1 2 Andrew Jackson Oryada (29 June 2015). "2015 Cecafa: Ethiopia replace Rwanda as hosts". BBC Sport.
↑ "Challenge Cup coming to Rwanda ; Tanzania to host Kagame Cup". FERWAFA. 18 April 2015. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
↑ http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11543238 ^{[ dead link ]}
↑ "2016 Cecafa: Draw pits Sudans in the same group". BBC. 11 November 2015.

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[bbc-2015-6-29-1] 1 2 Andrew Jackson Oryada (29 June 2015). "2015 Cecafa: Ethiopia replace Rwanda as hosts". BBC Sport.

[2] "Challenge Cup coming to Rwanda ; Tanzania to host Kagame Cup". FERWAFA. 18 April 2015. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.

[3] ttp://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11543238 ^{[ dead link ]}

[4] "2016 Cecafa: Draw pits Sudans in the same group". BBC. 11 November 2015.

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