Uganda’s senior women’s football national team, known as the Crested Cranes, is gearing up for the 2024 TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) qualifiers, and their coach, Ayub Khalifa Kiyingi, has unveiled a preliminary squad consisting of 36 players.
In the first round of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) qualifiers, Uganda is set to face Algeria in a two-leg encounter. The team’s preparations will commence on Wednesday, 6th September 2023, as they enter a residential camp at the FUFA Technical Centre in Njeru.
The first leg of this exciting encounter will take place on September 20th at the FUFA Technical Centre in Njeru, Uganda. A week later, the return leg will be held in Oran.
Uganda is determined to make its mark on the continental stage by qualifying for the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) for the third time and securing a second successive appearance following their participation in Morocco in 2022.
The winner between Uganda and Algeria will move on to face either Burundi or Ethiopia in the final qualification stage.
Provisional squad of the Crested Cranes
Goalkeepers:
1. Ruth Aturo (Vihiga Queens FC, Kenya)
2. Vanessa Edith Karungi (FC Nordsjaelland, Denmark)
3. Daisy Nakaziro (Kampala Queens FC, Uganda)
4. Sharon Kaidu (Uganda Martyrs Ladies FC, Uganda)
Defenders:
1. Jolly Kobusinge (Kawempe Muslim Ladies FC, Uganda)
2. Asia Nakibuuka (Kampala Queens FC, Uganda)
3. Sumaya Komuntale (Kampala Queens FC, Uganda)
4. Samalie Nakacwa (Kampala Queens FC, Uganda)
5. Shakira Nankwanga (Kawempe Muslim Ladies FC, Uganda)
6. Shadia Nankya (UCU Lady Cardinals FC, Uganda)
7. Bridget Nabisaalu (UCU Lady Cardinals FC, Uganda)
8. Dorcus Lwalisa (Olila High School WFC, Uganda)
9. Patricia Akiror (Kampala Queens FC, Uganda)
10. Desire Katisi Natooro (She Kataka FC, Uganda)
11. Aisha Nantongo (Aalborg BK, Denmark)
Midfielders:
1. Joan Nabirye (FK Minsk, Belarus)
2. Phiona Nabbumba (B93 FC, Denmark)
3. Phionah Nabulime (Kawempe Muslim Ladies FC, Uganda)
4. Josephine Nandigire (Makerere University WFC, Uganda)
5. Ritica Nabbosa (Simba Queens FC, Tanzania)
6. Shakirah Nyinagahirwa (Kampala Queens FC, Uganda)
7. Shamirah Nalugya (Kampala Queens FC, Uganda)
8. Hasifah Nassuna (Kampala Queens FC, Uganda)
9. Hadijah Nandago (Kampala Queens FC, Uganda)
10. Rhoda Nanziri (Kawempe Muslim Ladies FC, Uganda)
11. Tracy Jones Akiror (AFC Ann Arbor, USA)
Forwards:
1. Fazila Ikwaput (Kampala Queens FC, Uganda)
2. Sandra Nabweteme (Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor, Turkey)
3. Fauzia Najjemba (ZFK Dynamo Moscow, Uganda)
4. Joanita Ainembabazi (Simba Queens FC, Tanzania)
5. Catherine Nagadya (Kampala Queens FC, Uganda)
6. Elizabeth Nakigozi (Kampala Queens FC, Uganda)
7. Anita Namata (Vihiga Queens FC, Kenya)
8. Amina Nababi (Rines SS WFC, Uganda)
9. Margaret Kunihira (Kampala Queens FC, Uganda)
10. Viola Nambi (Pomigliano FC, Italy)
