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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Kawempe Muslim will be the fourth team to represent Uganda at the Cecafa region\u2019s Caf Women\u2019s Champions League that starts this Saturday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.<\/b><\/p>\n

Previously, Lady Doves (Kenya 2021), She Corporate (Tanzania 2022) and Kampala Queens (Uganda 2023) have been to the regional qualifiers with varying degrees of success.<\/p>\n

Doves made the semis and finished third while Corporate reached the finals and lost to Tanzania\u2019s Simba Queens, who would later make the semis of the final tournament under Ugandan coach Charles Ayiekoh.<\/p>\n

KQ, on the other hand, were hosts but fell in the group stages with a highly regarded squad.<\/p>\n

Kawempe confront a group that has Simba, Burundi\u2019s 2021 representatives PVP Buyenzi and Djibouti\u2019s 2021 and 2023 representatives FAD.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to win the tournament, that is for sure,\u201d Kawempe coach Ayub Khalifa said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know that we face experienced sides but women\u2019s football is unpredictable. The most unexpected things happen there,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The history<\/b><\/p>\n

FAD have been the whipping girls for Ugandan teams and Kawempe will hope to keep the trend on August 24. Doves beat them 5-0 in Nairobi while KQ beat them 6-1 at Fufa Technical Centre, Njeru. She Corporate faced another Djibouti side in GRFC in Dar-es-Salaam and beat it 8-0.<\/p>\n

Doves beat PVP Buyenzi 3-0 but She Corporate did not get to meet a Burundian side. However, KQ lost 2-1 to Buja Queens last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cBurundian football has made a lot of progress if you look at their national team. Last year, their representative (Buja) had players from all over the region and that made them a tricky side too.<\/p>\n

“We do not know how they will approach the tournament this time but we are prepared for anything,\u201d Khalifa said.<\/p>\n

Ambitions galore<\/b><\/p>\n

Some of the players that represented Buja last year were on loan from Simba and have since returned to the Tanzania side. In fact, they are in the squad that Simba announced for the competition yesterday. Those include left back Ruth Ingosi, her Kenyan midfield counterparts Vivian Corazone and Elizabeth Wambui plus Burundi\u2019s Asha Djafari.<\/p>\n

Kenyan forward Jentrix Shikangwa is also back for Simba that has included Congolese defender Daniela Ngoyi and Nigerian midfielders Mary Saiki and Precious Onyanyeshi to their squad. Now that is a squad with a continental flavor built with an eye on the final prize.<\/p>\n

Khalifa and his assistant Moses Nkata come with a lot of knowledge about the Cecafa-born players and although they need to first make the knockout stages, they are mostly concerned by the competitiveness of the Kenyans. Kenya will be represented by Police Bullets.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe scouting on our (Ugandan) side is a bit lacking so you cannot easily build such a squad and ours is definitely a bit thin for the final tournament. Unfortunately, the transfer window closes a few days before the end of the qualifiers. If it was closing earlier, maybe we would know the right players from the region to add to the squad in preparation for the final tournament,\u201d Khalifa explained.<\/p>\n

Central Bank of Ethiopia have also lost two finals and a semifinal \u2013 to Corporate \u2013 so come to a home competition with a lot to fight for.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot stress enough how much we want to win and keep pioneering the growth of women\u2019s football in Uganda. It would be nice to be the first Ugandan team to make the final tournament but also, no one has sent us there to win. It will not be a crime if we do not,\u201d Khalifa added.<\/p>\n

Caf Women\u2019s Champions League<\/b>
\nCecafa Qualifiers \u2013 Ethiopia (August 17 \u2013 September 4)<\/b><\/p>\n

Stadiums: Addis Ababa, Abebe Bikila<\/p>\n

Group A: Central Bank Ethiopia, Kenya Police Bullets, Yei Joint Stars (South Sudan), Warriors Queens (Zanzibar), Rayon Sports (Rwanda)<\/p>\n

Group B: Simba Queens (Tanzania), Kawempe Muslim (Uganda), PVP Buyenzi (Burundi), FAD Djibouti<\/p>\n

Kawempe Fixtures<\/b><\/p>\n

August 18: PVP Buyenzi \u2013 Abebe Bikila, 1pm<\/p>\n

August 21: Simba Queens \u2013 Abebe Bikila, 1pm<\/p>\n

August 24: FAD Djibouti \u2013 Addis Ababa, 3pm<\/p>\n

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