 Kitara FC logo | |
| Full name | Kitara Football Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Royals |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Stadium | The Royals Park, Stadium |
| Capacity | 40,315 |
| Owner | Local Communities |
| Manager | Wasswa Bbosa |
| League | Ugandan Premier League |
| Website | kitarafc |
Kitara FC is also known as Kitara Football Club or The Royals, [1] is a Ugandan football club found in Hoima City. [2] [3] It plays among the top division of Uganda football league known as Uganda Premier League and Kitara fc is the current winner of Uganda cup. [4] [5] [6]
Kitara FC was founded in 2010 by the local communities in Bunyoro with inspiration from Kabalega [7]
The club is under the leadership of Deo Kasozi who serves as the club president who assumed the position in July 2022 replacing Godfrey Bamwenda was served as the club president for 4 years from 2018. [4] [2]
Kitara FC temporarily plays their home matches at Masindi Municipal stadium. [8]
Kitara FC fans are generally from Bunyoro region with some other supporters across Uganda. [2]
As of October 2023
Kitara FC include some of the players on there squad. [9] [4]
| No | Position | Nation | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | FW | UG | Jude Ssemugabi |
| 19 | FW | UG | Derrick Byabachwezi |
| 26 | DF | UG | Ibrahim Magandazi |
| 23 | MF | UG | Okello Donato |
| 04 | MF | UG | Frank Zaga |
| 30 | FW | UG | Sabira Yassinah |
| 11 | FW | UG | Brian Aheebwa |
| 17 | DF | UG | Benjamin Nyakoojo |
| 13 | GK | UG | Chrispus Kusiima |
Crowned FUFA Big League Champions 2022/23. [10] [11] [5] [12]
Crowned Stanbic Uganda Cup Champions 2023/24
Won Kiboga Young FC 1- 0 on 21-10-2020 at FUFA Technical Centre, Njeru which led to its promotion to the Uganda Premier League [13] [14]
Competed in the FUFA Big league 2019/2020 season [2]
2020/21 Season
Kitara FC was relegated during the 2020/21 Uganda premier league season prematurely after the COVID-19 outbreak in Uganda with 13 points in 27 games played. [1] [7] [4] [2]
2022/23
Won Kaaro Karungi FC 1- 0 on a match played at Kigaaya Primary School Ground. [2] [11]
2023/24 Season
Kitara FC entered into the new season with Head Coach Brian Ssenyondo won their first ever Uganda Cup trophy in May 2024 as they beat NEC FC 1-0 at Wankulukuku. A goal scored by second half substitute Solomon Okwalinga in the 73rd minute. [15] Their goalkeeper Jamil Kiyemba was voted both the Most Valuable Player and Best Goalkeeper of the entire tournament [16] as Uganda Cup was celebrating 50 years of existence. [15] [17] Winning the Uganda Cup guaranteed them to book a place in the CAF Confederation Cup preliminary round marking their debut at the continent. [15]
They finished 4th in the league with 54 points in 29 games, having won 16 games, 6 draws and 7 losses that saw them finishing just 3 points below league champions SC Villa. [18]
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ref>Kiyonga, Ismael (2024-05-25). "Kitara see off NEC to clinch Stanbic Uganda Cup". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 2024-09-04.