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2021 Kagame Interclub Cup

CECAFA Kagame Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Tanzania
Dates	1–14 August 2021
Teams	8 (from 12 associations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Express FC (1st title)
Runners-up	Big Bullets FC
Third place	KMKM FC
Fourth place	Azam FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	32 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Paul Peter (Azam FC) Muzamiru Mutyaba (Express FC) Eric Kambale (Express FC) (3 goals each)
← 2019 2024 → All statistics correct as of 3 July 2024.

The 2021 CECAFA Kagame Interclub Cup was 43rd edition of the Kagame Interclub Cup, a football competition for clubs in East and Central Africa, which is organised by CECAFA. It took place in Tanzania from 1 to 14 August 2021.

Participants clubs

The following eight teams will contest in the tournament.

Team	Appearances	Previous best performance
Azam FC	7th	Champions (2015, 2018)
Atlabara FC	4th	Quarter-finals (2014)
Big Bullets FC	Debut	n/a
Express FC	13th	Runner-up (1994, 1995)
KCCA FC	10th	Champions (1997, 2019)
KMKM FC	11th	Third place (1983)
Messager FC Ngozi	Debut	n/a
Young Africans FC	20th	Champions (1997, 1993, 1999, 2011, 2012)

Venues

The following two venues hosted for the matches of the tournament.

Dar es Salam	Dar es Salam	Dar es Salam
B. Mkapa Stadium		Azam Complex Stadium
Capacity: 60,000		Capacity: 10,000

Draw

The draw ceremony of the tournament were held on 28 July 2021 at Dar es Salam, Tanzania. Total eight team were divided into two groups.

Group summary

Match officials

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Express FC	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Advanced to Knockout stage
2	Big Bullets FC	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
3	Young Africans SC (H)	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2
4	Atlabara FC	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1

Young Africans SC	1–1	Big Bullets FC
J. Waziri 7'	Report	C. Msowoya 29'

Express FC	1–0	Atlabara FC
E. Kambale 4' (pen.)	Report

Big Bullets FC	1–1	Express FC
C. Msowoya 65'	Report	M. Mutyaba 4'

Atlabara FC	0–0	Young Africans SC
	Report

Big Bullets FC	2–0	Atlabara FC
N. Nyasulu 2' H. Kajoke 34'	Report

Young Africans SC	1–3	Express FC
G. Paul 70'	Report	G. Lwesibawa 14' M. Mutyaba 34' E. Kambale 53'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Azam FC (H)	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6	Advanced to Knockout stage
2	KMKM FC	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Messager Ngozi FC	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	KCCA FC	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3

Messager FC Ngozi	1–1	KMKM FC
A. Muderi 18'	Report	M. Mess 40'

KCCA FC	0–2	Azam FC
	Report	P. Peter 47' 63'

Azam FC	1–0	Messager FC Ngozi
I. Kipagwile 22'	Report

KMKM FC	0–1	KCCA FC
	Report	H. Achai 20'

Azam FC	2–3	KMKM FC
I. Kipagwile 43' P. Peter 83'	Report	H. Salim 54' H. Ali 67' A. Ibrahim 73'

KCCA FC	0–1	Messager FC Ngozi
	Report	E. Mbirizi 35'

Knockout stage

• In the knockout stage, extra-time and a penalty shoot-out will be used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	10 August—Dar es Salam
	Express FC	2
					14 August—Dar es Salam
	KMKM FC	1
					Express FC	1
	11 August—Dar es Salam
					Big Bullets FC	0
	Azam FC	2 (2)
	Big Bullets FC(p)	2 (4)
					Third place match
					14 August—Dar es Salam
					KMKM FC	1
					Azam FC	0

Semi-finals

Express FC	2–1	KMKM FC
M. Mutyaba 56' E. Kambale 90+3'	Report	I. Abdallah 45+2'

Azam FC	2–2	Big Bullets FC
N. Nyasulu 67' (o.g.) T. Evancy 74'	Report	B. Munthali 2', 78'
Penalties
	2–4

Third place match

KMKM FC	1–0	Azam FC
I. Mohamed 3'	Report

Final

Express FC	1–0	Big Bullets FC
M. Kizza 22'	Report

Statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 32 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match.

3 goals

• Muzamiru Mutyaba (Express FC)
• Eric Kambale (Express FC)
• Paul Peter (Azam FC)

2 goals

• Bright Munthali (Big Bullets FC)
• Chiukepo Msowoya (Big Bullets FC)
• Idd Kipagwile (Azam FC)
• Abdallah Ibrahim (KMKM FC)

1 goal

• Junior Waziri (Azam FC)
• Akbar Muderi (Messager FC Ngozi)
• Muhammed Mess (KMKM FC)
• Herbert Achai (KCCA FC)
• Godfrey Paul (Young Africans FC)
• Godfrey Lwesibawa (Express FC)
• Nikson Nyasulu (Big Bullets FC)
• Hassan Kajoke (Big Bullets FC)
• Eric Mbirizi (Messager FC Ngozi)
• Haji Simba Salim (KMKM FC)
• Hasim Ramadhan Ali (KMKM FC)
• Tepsi Evancy (Azam FC)
• Iliyasa Mohamed (KMKM FC)
• Martin Kizza (Express FC)

1 own goal

• Nikson Nyasulu (against Azam FC)

References

1. "Kenya's Tushkers FC withdraw, group changed-CECAFA Football". Cecafaonline. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
2. "Young Africans to face Uganda's Express FC in CECAFA Kagame Cup". Cecafaonline. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
3. "CECAFA Kagame Cup: Tushkers participation still in doubt". Mozzartsportke.com. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
4. "CECAFA Kagame Cup:KCCA FC to launch title defence against Ngozi KMKM". Football256.com. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
5. "Cecafa Kagame: Tusker have not withdrawn, await FKF direction". Goal.com. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
6. "APR FC to participate in 2021 CECAFA Kagame Cup". Newstime.co.rw. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
7. "Express, KCCA learn Kagame opponents". Chimpreports. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

External links

• Kagame Interclub Cup
• 2020 in African football
• 2021 in Tanzanian sport
• International association football competitions hosted by Tanzania