Full name | Kyetume Football Club | |
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Nickname(s) | The Slaughters [1] The Red Bulls | |
Ground | Nakisunga Saaza Ground, Mukono | |
Capacity | 1,000 | |
Manager | George Nsinga | |
League | Uganda Premier League | |
2018–19 | FUFA Big League, promoted | |
Kyetume FC is a football club from Mukono, Uganda currently playing in the Uganda Premier League.
With three months left in the 2018–19 FUFA Big League season, Kyetume FC hired coach Allen Kabonge on a three-month contract to push for promotion. Kabonge is best known for taking four different second division Ugandan sides to the top flight. [2]
Kyetume eventually qualified for the FUFA Big League playoffs. Robert Ssentongo scored a hat trick for Kyetume in the promotion playoff finals, which the club won 4–1 over Kansai Plascon, earning them a spot in the Ugandan top flight for the first time in their history. [3] [1]
Kyetume hired George "Best" Nsinga to be their coach for the 2019–20 top flight season. [4] Jackson Mayanja currently serves as their head coach. [5]
Kyetume plays at the Nakisunga Saaza Ground, which has a capacity of about 1,000. [6]
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