The Confederation of African Football (CAF) have announced the final nominees competing for the other categories of the 2016 Glo-CAF Awards.
Uganda’s national men’s football team, The Cranes had a stellar year playing at the 2016 Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) and then reaching the finals of the Africa Cup of Nation for the first time since 1978.
The Cranes are grouped alongside Egypt, Ghana and Mali for the 2017 Nations Cup and will be based in Port Gentil during the group phase.
Uganda is the only country that qualified for Gabon 2017 from the Council for East and Central African Football Associations (Cecafa) region and the Cranes are also still in contention for a place at the 2018 Fifa World Cup in Russia in a group topped by Egypt and also has Ghana and Congo Brazzaville.
Uganda are up against the Leopards of DR Congo, winners of CHAN, the Nigeria U-23 team that conquered the world, the Lions of Teranga that qualified for AFCON in Gabon with a 100% record and Guinea Bissau that shocked giants Zambia, Congo and Kenya to qualify for their first ever Africa Nations Cup finals.
The winners will be announced at the Glo-CAF Awards Gala scheduled for Thursday, January 5, 2017 in Abuja, Nigeria.
