This will be the second time the East African giants feature at the youth tournament that serves as a Qualifier for the FIFA U-17 World Cup.
The Uganda U-17 national football team, Uganda Cubs, have commenced training at FUFA Technical Center a day after reporting for residential camp.
The Junior side is in preparations for the upcoming 2025 Total Energies CAF U-17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament in North Africa.
Speaking to the media, head Coach Brian Ssenyondo maintained that the goal of this group is to qualify for the FIFA World Cup showpiece in Qatar.
โYou know our goal is the World Cup. This is the information we onto everyone around this environment because we want to make history with this team.
โSo far the boys are on. you can see from their attitude that they are ready and pumped for the task. So we only wait for the few days we are in camp & then when the tournament starts to see that we really achieve our target.โ
The CECAFA champions were pooled in group A that has hosts Morocco, Zambia, and regional neighbors, Tanzania.
The U-17 competition is scheduled to take place from 30th March-19th April, 2025. Uganda’s first and last appearance came at the 2019 edition in Tanzania.
