URA FC Football: Kampala, Their Titles and African Kick Off Times

URA FC are a football club from Kampala who first played in Uganda's top flight in 2002. Founded in 1997, they have been Ugandan champions four times, in 2006, 2006-07, 2008-09 and 2010-11, and have won the Uganda Cup three times. For South African readers who know the game as soccer, URA's history includes meetings with opponents from across Africa. Their African opponents have included Cameroon's Coton Sport in 2007 and 2013, and South Africa's Orlando Pirates in 2015.

URA merged with Lyantonde FC in 2002 and took over its league place, beginning their first top flight season that year.

Who Are URA FC of Kampala?

URA FC stands for Uganda Revenue Authority Football Club. The club was founded in 1997 and is based in Kampala.

Where Is the Latest URA FC News and Squad Talk?

The latest URA FC news lives in dated reports, while the squad, results and fixtures modules above update themselves after every match. Uganda Premier League clubs reshape their squads between seasons, and URA first played in the top flight in 2002. So, when a story mentions a new head coach or a new ground, check its date before you treat it as current. The written guide holds what stays true from one season to the next: the titles with their years, the African campaigns, the rivals and the people who shaped the club.

How Do You Follow URA FC Fixtures, Results and the Table From Africa?

The Urа fixtures page and the modules above carry every URA match, every result and the Uganda Premier League table, all updating after each game. Read the table (the log, to many readers) using its points column and the competition's published ranking rules. Use the results module to see how a side earned its place. Readers in Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Ghana can compare the fixture times shown in WAT, EAT, SAST and GMT. Kick off times show in WAT, EAT, SAST and GMT together.

How Is the URA FC Squad Set Out?

The URA FC squad module lists the current players by position, goalkeepers first and forwards last, and it changes as players arrive and leave. Use the squad module to check each player's nationality and position.

What Have URA FC Won?

URA FC have won the Uganda Premier League four times, in 2006, 2006-07, 2008-09 and 2010-11, and the Uganda Cup three times, in 2005, 2011-12 and 2013-14. Two of those league titles carry a 2006 date, one for the 2006 season and one for 2006-07, so read the years carefully when you compare lists. They were also league runners up in 2012-13. Put together, that is seven major domestic trophies in under a decade, from the 2005 Uganda Cup to the 2013-14 Uganda Cup, which is a remarkable return for a club that only entered the top flight in 2002.

Regionally, URA reached the final of the CECAFA Kagame Interclub Cup in 2007 and again in 2008, finishing runners up both times. For Kenyan readers that is the most familiar yardstick, because the Kagame Cup is where clubs from across East Africa meet each other directly rather than through a CAF draw. In my opinion, two finals in successive years are the clearest sign of how strong URA were in that era, and they sit comfortably beside the league titles either side of them. The honours table below sets every trophy and final out with its year.

From Lyantonde to the Top Flight: The History in Brief

URA FC were founded in 1997 and reached the Ugandan top flight in 2002 through a merger with Lyantonde FC, taking over that club's place in the league. That route, a merger rather than a promotion, is not unusual in African football, and it gave a young club an immediate seat at the top table. It worked quickly, too. By 2006 URA were champions of Uganda, and they added three more league titles over the next five seasons, which is the kind of rise a Lagos viewing centre would argue about for years.

URA's domestic opponents include Vipers, KCCA and SC Villa. The records module separates league meetings from cup ties, and that split is the right way to read these games, because a Uganda Cup tie and a league fixture are different contests.

Where Have URA FC Met the Rest of Africa?

URA FC have played five CAF Champions League campaigns, in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2013, and two CAF Confederation Cup campaigns, in 2006 and 2015. In the Champions League they met Coton Sport of Cameroon in 2007 and again in 2013, when the tie went to penalties, ZESCO United of Zambia in 2008, Zanaco of Zambia in 2010 and Djoliba AC of Mali in 2012, a first round tie settled by walkover when URA did not make the trip to Mali. The 2006 Confederation Cup run ended in the Round of 32 against Al Merrikh of Sudan, 3-2 on aggregate.

The tie that matters most to South African readers came in 2015, when Orlando Pirates beat URA 4-3 on aggregate in the first round of the Confederation Cup. Seven goals across two legs against one of the best known clubs in southern Africa is a record any Ugandan side can stand behind, and it is the reason URA still turn up in Johannesburg searches. In my opinion, it is the defining match of URA's African story: a single goal in it over two legs, against a famous name, with the Ugandan side competing to the final whistle.

For Kenyan readers, URA are a near neighbour's club, met through the Kagame Cup as much as through CAF. For Nigerian and Ghanaian readers, the link runs through the CAF competitions alone, since the record above holds no meeting with a Nigerian or Ghanaian club. What would bring URA back into those draws is straightforward: a league title or a Uganda Cup, the routes into the Champions League and the Confederation Cup. The results module shows how close each season comes.

Who Built URA FC's Best Years? Alex Isabirye and the 2010-11 Title

The coach most closely tied to URA's peak is Alex Isabirye, who led the club to the 2010-11 Uganda Premier League title and the Uganda Cup in 2012. He returned as head coach in May 2024, which says plenty about the regard the club held him in, and his title wins connect his coaching career to the club's history. Coaching changes since then belong to dated news reports, so check the latest coverage for whoever is in the dugout today. Players move on even faster, and the squad module is the place to find the current names.

Which URA FC Games Matter Most, and What Time Do They Kick Off?

The URA FC games that matter most are the meetings with Vipers, KCCA and SC Villa, plus any CAF tie, because those are where titles and continental places are won and lost. Uganda plays on East Africa Time, so a 4pm kick off in Kampala, for example, is 2pm WAT in Lagos, 1pm GMT in Accra and 3pm SAST in Johannesburg, with Nairobi on the same clock as Kampala. Every fixture in the module shows all four times together, so there is no arithmetic to do before the match starts.

Where the match is played needs a second look, because URA's home ground has changed over the years. Nakivubo in Kampala, Mehta Stadium in Lugazi and Wankulukuku have all been linked to the club at different times, and published accounts do not agree on a single venue, so the fixtures module carries the ground for each game. Planning to watch URA in person starts with checking the stadium listed against your chosen match; an address from earlier coverage may refer to another chapter of the club's history.