Full name | Busoga United Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Kingsmen | ||
Founded | 2012 | as Kirinya–Jinja Senior Secondary School FC||
Ground | Kakindu Stadium | ||
Capacity | 45,000 | ||
Coordinates | 00°28′01″N33°14′13″E / 0.46694°N 33.23694°E | ||
Chairman | Diana Hope Nyago | ||
Manager | Vincent Lukyamuzi | ||
Coach | Onen Peter | ||
League | Uganda Premier League | ||
2022/23 | 12th | ||
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Busoga United Football Club, also Busoga United FC, is a football team from the town of Jinja, Jinja District, in the Busoga sub-region, in the Eastern Region of Uganda, who currently play in the Uganda Premier League after their promotion, in the 2013/2014 season. [1]
Busoga United Football Club (BUFC) is a registered member of the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA), and a professional football club in the top flight league, the Startimes Uganda Premier League (SUPL), founded in 2012 as Kirinya-Jinja SSS.
Kirinya-Jinja SSS rebranded to Busoga United FC in 2019. The team is the most popular fan-based club in Busoga region, which comprises more than eight districts with over four million fans.
Busoga United FC has its offices at Kakindu Stadium in Jinja, and hosts its top flight home games at Kakindu Stadium, which has a capacity to seat a maximum of 45,000 fans.
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The current squad is as of October 18th 2022. [2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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The team uses Kakindu Stadium that has a seating capacity of 4,500 and this is shared with multiple clubs with in the Busoga Region such as Bul FC, Jinja Municipal Council Football Club. [4] [5]
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