2005 Uganda Super League

Uganda Super League

Season	2005
Champions	Police FC
Top goalscorer	Martin Muwanga, Police FC Geoffrey Sserunkuma, KCC FC (8)
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The 2005 Ugandan Super League was the 38th season of the official Ugandan football championship, the top-level football league of Uganda.

Overview

The 2005 Uganda Super League used a different format with 15 teams divided into 3 groups with 8 qualifying teams then progressing to the knock-out phase. The championship playoff was won by Police FC who defeated SC Villa 3-1 on penalties following a 0-0 draw in the final at Namboole Stadium. Those teams that failed to qualify for the knock-out phase entered a relegation pool but some teams failed to complete their league fixtures.^[1]

League standings

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	SC Villa (Q)	8	6	2	0	11	1	20	Qualified
2	Masaka Local Council FC (Q)	8	3	3	2	9	9	12	Qualified
3	Uganda Revenue Authority SC (Q)	8	2	5	1	8	4	11	Qualified
4	Lugazi United	8	1	2	5	8	15	5	Relegation Pool
5	Mbarara United FC	8	1	2	5	6	13	5	Relegation Pool

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Police FC (Q)	8	5	3	0	12	2	18	Qualified
2	Victors FC (Q)	8	4	3	1	11	7	15	Qualified
3	Kampala City Council FC (Q)	8	4	2	2	18	9	14	Qualified
4	Mityana UTODA	8	1	1	6	12	14	4	Relegation Pool
5	Gulu United FC	8	1	1	6	4	25	4	Relegation Pool

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Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Express FC (Q)	8	5	2	1	10	4	17	Qualified
2	SC Simba (Q)	8	5	1	2	15	6	16	Qualified
3	Kampala United	8	3	1	4	7	12	10	Relegation Pool
4	Kinyara Sugar Works FC	8	2	2	4	4	7	8	Relegation Pool
5	Kakira Sugar	8	1	2	5	6	13	5	Relegation Pool

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Championship playoff

Quarter-finals

First leg

Kampala City Council FC v SC Simba

26 July 2005	Kampala City Council FC	3–2	SC Simba

Police FC v Masaka Local Council FC

27 July 2005	Police FC	4–2	Masaka Local Council FC

Express FC v Uganda Revenue Authority SC

July 2005	Express FC	1–1	Uganda Revenue Authority SC

SC Villa v Victors FC

July 2005	SC Villa	1–0	Victors FC

Second leg

SC Simba v Kampala City Council FC

29 July 2005	SC Simba	0–2 (2 – 5 agg.)	Kampala City Council FC

Masaka Local Council FC v Police FC

30 July 2005	Masaka Local Council FC	0–0 (2–4 agg.)	Police FC

Victors FC v SC Villa

1 August 2005	Victors FC	0–1 (0–2 agg.)	SC Villa

Uganda Revenue Authority SC v Express FC

August 2005	Uganda Revenue Authority SC	3–3 (4–4a agg.)	Express FC

Semi-finals

First leg

Kampala City Council FC v SC Villa

2 August 2005	Kampala City Council FC	0–2	SC Villa

Express FC v Police FC

3 August 2005	Express FC	1–1	Police FC

Second leg

Police FC v Express FC

8 August 2005	Police FC	2–1 (3–2 agg.)	Express FC

SC Villa v Kampala City Council FC

9 August 2005	SC Villa	2–1 (4–1 agg.)	Kampala City Council FC

Final

SC Villa v Police FC

23 September 2005	SC Villa	0–0 (1-3 p)	Police FC	Namboole Stadium

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Leading goalscorer

The top goalscorers in the 2005 season were Martin Muwanga (Police FC) and Geoffrey Sserunkuma (Kampala City Council FC) with 8 goals each.^[2]

Relegation pool

Kinyara Sugar Works FC and Kampala United finished top of the table and avoided relegation from the Super League. Mbarara United FC, Lugazi United, Kakira Sugar, Gulu United FC and Mityana UTODA were relegated, the latter two clubs having failed to fulfill their fixtures.^[1]

Footnotes

1. "Uganda 2005 - RSSSF (Hans Schöggl)". RSSSF Archive. 2005–2010. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
2. "The Legends: Uganda Super League top scorers since league inception". Kawowo.com. 2012-04-16. Retrieved 2014-01-26.

External links

• Uganda - List of Champions - RSSSF (Hans Schöggl)
• Ugandan Football League Tables - League321.com