CECAFA


The Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations is an association of the football playing nations in mostly East Africa and a bit of Central Africa. An affiliate of the Confederation of African Football, CECAFA is the oldest sub-regional football organisation on the continent.

History

CECAFA was founded unofficially in 1927. The competition was sponsored by the major Nairobi-based soap-manufacturing firm Gossage, owned by the British Lever Brothers. Its formation is often misattributed to William Gossage, founder of the Gossage company. However, he died 50 years before the CECAFA was established.
The tournament was known as the "Gossage Cup" until the mid-sixties, when it was redubbed the "East African Challenge Cup".
CECAFA's head offices are in Nairobi, Kenya. The first tournament was contested between Kenya and Uganda, which saw the Kenyan squad win the two legs 3-1 on aggregate.

Broadcasting rights

In 2007, television rights for the tournament were sold to GTV. Since 2009, broadcasting of CECAFA competitions has been taken over by SuperSport.

Competitions

CompetitionHoldersLast Event
CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup2019
CECAFA U-20 Championship2019
CECAFA U-17 Championship2018
CECAFA U-15 Championship2019
CECAFA Club Cup KCCA2019
CECAFA Women's Championship2019
CECAFA U17 Women's Championship2019

Current members

All associations that joined in 1973 were founding members of CECAFA.
CountryGoverning body
1998Football Federation of Burundi
*1994Djiboutian Football Federation
1994Eritrean National Football Federation
1983Ethiopian Football Federation
1973Football Kenya Federation
1995Rwandese Association Football Federation
*1973Somali Football Federation
2012South Sudan Football Association
*1975Sudan Football Association
1973Tanzania Football Federation
1973Federation of Uganda Football Associations
1973Zanzibar Football Association

* Union of Arab Football Associations members are marked with an asterisk