FIFA WORLD CUP 2026: Paul Put Names Cranes Squad for Mozambique & Guinea Games.
FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers Fixtures-Group G
20th March, 2025-Mozambique vs Uganda 4pm (EAT)
25th March, 2025- Uganda vs Guinea 7pm (EAT)
Uganda Cranes Head Coach Paul Put has announced a 26-man squad that will face Mozambique and Guinea in the FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifiers.
The provisional squad, comprised of 3 goal keepers, 8 defenders, 7 Midfielders and 8 forwards, was released at a press conference on Monday 10th March 2025 at FUFA Complex in Mengo.
On form NEC Midfielder Ssebagala Enock, Vipers SC trio Watambala Abdu Karim, Allan Okello, Torach Rogers, KCCA FC defender Gavin Kizito, BUL goalie Mutakubwa and Kitara forward Jude Semugabi are the seven local based players that have made cut.
Uganda will play the first game on 20th March away to Mozambique in Cairo Egypt and will play the home game against Guinea on 25th at Mandela National stadium, Namboole.
Uganda is currently 5th placed with the same number of points (6) as 4th and 3rd placed Guinea and Botswana. Algeria tops the log with 9 points toes with second placed Mozambique.
Uganda Cranes summoned full squad;
Goalkeepers
Watenga Isma, Golden Arrows FC (South Africa), Alionzi Nafian, Defence Forces FC (Ethiopia) and Mutakubwa Joel, BUL FC (Uganda).
Defenders
Bwomono Elvis, St. Mirren FC (Scotland), Kizito Gavin, KCCA FC (Uganda), Mugabi Bevis, Anorthosis Famagusta FC (Cyprus), Awany Timothy, FC Ashdod (Israel), Sibbick Toby, Wigan Athletic FC (England), Torach Rogers, Vipers SC (Uganda), Kayondo Abdu Aziizi, FC Slovan Liberec (Czech Republic) and Muleme Isaac, FK Viktoria Zizkov (Czech Republic)
Midfielders
Ssekiganda Ronald, SC Villa (Uganda), Semakula Kenneth, Club Africaine (Tunisia), Aucho Khalid, Young Africans SC (Tanzania), Ssebagala Enock, NEC FC (Uganda), Watambala Abdu Karim, Vipers SC (Uganda), Allan Okello, Vipers SC (Uganda) and Mutyba Travis, Girondins Bordeaux (France)
Forwards
Omedi Denis, APR FC (Rwanda), Kiwanuka Hakim, APR FC (Rwanda), Ssemugabi Jude, Kitara FC (Uganda), Mato Rogers, FK Vardar (North Macedonia), Mukwala Steven, Simba FC (Tanzania), Muhammad Shaban, Al Anwar Al Abyar SC (Libya), Kabuye Calvin, Mjaliby AIF (Sweden) and Kakande Patrick, SC Villa (Uganda