Eastern Region League side Gadafi Football Club has set the bar high, landing a brand new state-of-the-art Tata Marcopolo bus.
The 250 million 75 seater is a gift from the UPDF engineering department congratulating the club upon leading the Nile group in their fight for promotion to the second division.
The development was confirmed by the club Chairman Kimera Richard on Monday afternoon.
“The UPDF department of engineering is so impressed by our performance. We assured them that we are capable of going unbeaten in the league and indeed it happened and so they presented us with that amazing gift,” Kimera noted.
He added, “I want to thank the team’s administration. We have been successful because of a clear vision and organizational structure. Our vision of playing in the Uganda premier league in the next two years is still clear.”
According to Kimera, the new bus will be available for the club’s upcoming qualification play-off fixture against Admin FC as the club seek to join the second division, FUFA Big league.
Following the premature ending of football activities, Gadafi FC which finished the season unbeaten in the Nile group will play Admin FC that topped the Bukedi group in a one-legged promotional playoff match to determine the Eastern region Champion.
The Eastern region winner will play against the Northern region champion in a two-legged final to determine the team that will storm the FUFA Big League next season.
About Gadafi FC
Gadafi FC is based in Jinja Municipality and features in the Eastern Region League, Uganda’s third division.
Christened as “The Soldier Boyz”, they are based in Gadafi Barracks, a military facility for the national keeping force, Uganda Peoples’ Defense Force (UPDF).
This club owned by its President, Afande Edwin Ochieng was founded in the year 2017, starting in the fifth division.
In just one season, they made the leap to the fourth division where they went on to attain promotion to the third division.
The club’s head coach is Michael Ssebagala, assisted by Salim Lubowa Munoga.