Uganda national team head coach Paul Put has named a 27-man squad for their upcoming matches in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers this month, Afrosport reports.
Put included three new faces in the Uganda Cranes squad that will play South Africa and Congo Brazzaville in their final two games, with goalkeeper Mutwalibi Mugolofa, Sweden-based John Paul Dembe, and defender Geofrey Wasswa handed callups.
BK Haken forward Dembe enjoyed a successful outing at the AFCON U20 CECAFA Zonal Qualifiers in Tanzania, where he finished as the top scorer with six goals.
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The Team will enter residential camp on Sunday at Cranes Paradise, Kisasi, with foreign based players joining as well, when they arrive in the country.
Uganda will host South Africa at the Mandela National Stadium in Kampala on Friday, November 15, before visiting the Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat in Brazzaville to take on the Red Devils of Congo four days later.
The undefeated Cranes currently sit atop Group K with ten points having won three games and drawn one, and they enter the final two games knowing that a draw all but secures their participation in next year’s AFCON finals in Morocco.
FULL SQUAD LIST FOR UGANDA CRANES
Goalkeepers: Isima Watenga (Golden Arrows FC, South Africa), Nafian Alionzi (Defence Forces FC, Ethiopia), Charles Lukwago, Venda FC, South Africa), Mutwalibu Mugolofa (KCCA FC, Uganda)
Defenders: Gavin Kizito Mugweri (KCCA FC, Uganda), Kenneth Semakula (Club Africaine, Tunisia), Isaac Muleme (Victoria Zizkov, Czech Republic), Abdu Aziizi Kayondo (FC Slovan Liberec, Czech Republic), Bevis Mugabi (Famagusta Anorthosis, Greece), Timothy Awany (FC Ashdod, Israel), Halidi Lwaliwa (Al Ain SC, Saudi Arabia), Geofrey Wasswa (Ethiopian Coffee FC, Ethiopia)
Midfielders: Khalid Aucho (Yanga SC, Tanzania), Bobosi Byaruhanga (Austin II, USA), Taddeo Lwanga (APR FC, Rwanda), Ronald Ssekiganda (SC Villa, Uganda), Allan Okello (Vipers SC, Uganda), Travis Mutyaba (Girondins Bordeaux, France), Saidi Mayanja (KCCA FC, Uganda)
Forwards: Denis Omedi (Kitara FC, Uganda), Jude Ssemugabi (Kitara FC, Uganda), Shafik Nana Kwikiriza (KCCA FC, Uganda), Rogers Mato (FC Brera Strumica), Derrick, Steven Mukwala (Simba SC, Tanzania), Calvin Kabuye (Sandvikens IF, Sweden), Hakim Kiwanuka (SC Villa,Uganda), John Paul Dembe (BK Hacken, Sweden)
