Kirinya Jinja SS
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- Busoga United FC
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Wikipedia - Busoga United FC
Busoga United Football Club, also Busoga United FC, is a football team from the town of Jinja, Jinja District, in the Busoga sub-region, in the Eastern Region of Uganda, who currently play in the Uganda Premier League after their promotion, in the 2013/2014 season.
History
Busoga United Football Club (BUFC) is a registered member of the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA), and a professional football club in the top flight league, the Startimes Uganda Premier League (SUPL), founded in 2012 as Kirinya-Jinja SSS.
Kirinya-Jinja SSS rebranded to Busoga United FC in 2019. The team is the most popular fan-based club in Busoga region, which comprises more than eight districts with over four million fans.
Busoga United FC has its offices at Kakindu Stadium in Jinja, and hosts its top flight home games at Kakindu Stadium, which has a capacity to seat a maximum of 45,000 fans.
Kirinya Jinja SS har vunnet den ugandiske FA-cupen to ganger, i 2015 og 2016. De har også deltatt i CAF Confederation Cup, den nest øverste afrikanske klubbturneringen, ved to anledninger.
I 2018 ble Kirinya Jinja SS utestengt fra all fotball i tre år av Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) på grunn av brudd på FIFAs regelverk om overføringer av mindreårige spillere. Utestengelsen ble imidlertid senere opphevet av Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
Noen av de mest kjente spillerne som har spilt for Kirinya Jinja SS inkluderer:
* Shaban Muhammad
* Allan Kyambadde
* Robert Ssentongo
* Brian Umony