2025 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers

2025 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers

Tournament details
Host country	Kenya
City	Nairobi
Dates	4 -16 September 2025
Teams	9 (from 9 associations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	JKT Queens (2nd title)
Runners-up	Rayon Sports Women
Third place	Kenya Police Bullets
Fourth place	Kampala Queen
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	30 (2.31 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jamila Rajab (5 goals)
← 2024 2026 → All statistics correct as of 16 September 2025.

The 2025 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers is the 5th edition of CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers tournament organized by the CECAFA for the women's clubs of association nations. This edition will be held in Nairobi, Kenya from 4 to 16 September 2025. ^[1]

The winners of the tournament qualify for the 2025 CAF Women's Champions League final tournament.

Participating clubs

The following nine teams contested in the qualifying tournament.

Team	Appearances	Previous best performance
CBE	5th	Champion (2024)
Denden SC	1st	n/a
Top Girls Academy	1st	n/a
Kenya Police Bullets	2nd	Runner-up (2024)
Rayon Sports FC	2nd	Group stage (2024)
Yei Joint Stars	5th	Group stage (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
JKT Queens	2nd	Champion (2023)
Kampala Queen	2nd	Group stage (2023)
JKU Princess	1st	n/a

Venues

Nairobi		Nairobi
		Nyayo National Stadium	Ulinzi Sports Complex
		Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 10,000

Match officials

Referees

• Suad Mohamed (Djibouti)
• Lillian Nakitto (Uganda)
• Leticia Ndagire (Rwanda)
• Asha Said (Tanzania)
• Ruth Aturo (Uganda)
• Fatuma Hassan (Ethiopia)

Assistant Referees

• Halima Adan (Somalia)
• Jackline Nduku (Kenya)
• Amina Mohamed (Eritrea)
• Neema Mushi (Tanzania)
• Grace Nanyondo (Uganda)
• Rahma Osman (Sudan)

Draw

The draw for this edition of the tournament was held on 26 August 2025 at 13:00 UTC+3 (13:00 EAT) in Nairobi, Kenya. The nine participating teams were drawn into three groups of three. Only the group winners will advance to the semi-finals, where they will compete for the single CECAFA slot at the continental finals. ^{[2] [3]}

Group A

Kenya Police Bullets

FC Denden

Kampala Queens

Group B

CBE

Top Girls Academy

Rayon Sports

Group C

JKT Queens

Yei Joint Stars

JKU Princesses

Group stage

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings.

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
9. Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kenya Police Bullets	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6	Semi-finals
2	Kampala Queens	2	1	0	1	7	1	+6	3
3	Denden SC	2	0	0	2	0	9	−9	0

Source: CECAFA

4 September 2025 (2025-09-04)

16:00

Kenya Police Bullets	1–0	Kampala Queens
Kemunto 46'	Report

Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi

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7 September 2025 (2025-09-07)

15:00

Denden SC	0–7	Kampala Queens
	Report	Naigaga 4', 55' Lema 8', 47' Muduwa 30', 46' Namaganda 77'

Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi

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10 September 2025 (2025-09-10)

15:00

Kenya Police Bullets	2–0	Denden SC
Kemunto 7' Namuleme 34'	Report

Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rayon Sports	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Semi-finals
2	Top Girls Academy	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	Possible semi-finals
3	CBE	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 4 September 2025. Source: CECAFA

4 September 2025 (2025-09-04)

13:00

CBE	1–2	Rayon Sports
Matios 72'	Report	Gikundiro 4' Ngwema 55'

Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi

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8 September 2025

15:00

Top Girls Academy FC	0-0	Rayon Sports Women
	Report

Ulinzi Complex, Nairobi

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11 September 2025

15:00

CBE	0-0	Top Girls Academy FC

Ulinzi Complex, Nairobi

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JKT	YEI	JKU
1	JKT Queens	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	6	Semi-finals		—	5–2	5–0
2	Yei Joint Stars FC	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	3	Semi-finals			—	4–2
3	JKU Princess	2	0	0	2	2	9	−7	0					—

Updated to match(es) played on 8 September 2025. Source: CECAFA

5 September 2025 (2025-09-05)

13:00

JKT Queens	5–0	JKU Princess
Rajab 18', 36', 71' Gerald 27' Mlangwa 88'	Report

Ulinzi Complex, Nairobi

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8 September 2025 (2025-09-08)

16:00

Yei Joint Stars FC	4–2	JKU Princess
Grace 34' Immaculate 81' Lasuba 83' ??? 90+1' (.og)	Report	Mathias 1', 3'

Ulinzi Complex, Nairobi

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11 September 2025 (2025-09-11)

16:00

JKT Queens	2–0	Yei Joint Stars FC
Rajab 60' Marwa 68'	Report

Ulinzi Complex, Nairobi

Best runners-up ranking

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	Kampala Queens	2	1	0	1	7	1	+6	3	semi-finals
2	C	Yei Joint Stars FC	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	3
3	B	Top Girls Academy FC	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2

Updated to match(es) played on 2025-09-01. Source: CECAFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	September 14 –Ulinzi Complex
	Rayon Sports Women (p)	0 (4)
					September 16 –Ulinzi Complex
	Kampala Queens	0 (3)
					Rayon Sports Women	0
	September 14 –Ulinzi Complex
					JKT Queens	1
	Kenya Police Bullets	1 (2)
	JKT Queens (p)	1 (4)
					Third place
					September 16 –Ulinzi Complex
					Kampala Queens	0
					Kenya Police Bullets	1

Semi-finals

14 September 2025 (2025-09-14)

12:30

Rayon Sports Women	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Kampala Queens
	Report
Penalties
	4–3

Ulinzi Complex, Nairobi

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14 September 2025 (2025-09-14)

15:30

Kenya Police Bullets	1–1 (a.e.t.)	JKT Queens
Kunhira 16'	Report	Rajab 38'
Penalties
	2–4

Ulinzi Complex, Nairobi

Third Place Match

16 September 2025

12:00

Kampala Queens	0–1	Kenya Police Bullets
	Report	Kunhira 26'

Nyayo Stadium, Nairobi

Finals

16 September 2025

15:30

Rayon Sports Women	0–1	JKT Queens
	Report	Gerald 5'

Nyayo Stadium, Nairobi

Awards and statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 30 goals scored in 13 matches, for an average of 2.31 goals per match (as of 16 September 2025).

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Jamila Rajab	JKT Queens	5
2	Kamiyati Naigaga	Kampala Queens	2
	Tourist Lema Tone	Kampala Queens
	Peace Muduwa	Kampala Queens
	Emily Kemunto	Kenya Police Bullets
	Winfrida Mathias	JKU Princess
	Winfrida Gerald	JKT Queens
	Margaret Kunhira	Kenya Police Bullets
9	Zaina Namuleme	Kenya Police Bullets	1
	Rediet Assresahagn Matios	CBE
	Scholastique Gikundiro	Rayon Sports
	Odette Coralie Ngwema	Rayon Sports
	Asha Mlangwa	JKT Queens
	Zaituna Namaganda	Kampala Queens
	Aluka Grace	Yei Joint Stars FC
	Ambayo Immaculate	Yei Joint Stars FC
	Mariam Luis Lasuba	Yei Joint Stars FC
	Ester Maseke Marwa	JKT Queens

own goal

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	????????	JKU Princess	1

References

1. "Kenya to host CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA qualifiers". cecafaonline. 6 August 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
2. "Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers Groups Announced". MichezoAfrika. 26 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
3. "CAF Women Champions League CECAFA Qualifers 2025". CECAFAOnline. 26 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.