Match-day 1 – 27 Uganda Premier League Secretariat Nelson Mandela National Stadium, Namboole Section 8, Ground Floor, Suite 8-1-07 P. O. Box 22518 Kampala, Uganda Governing Title Sponsor Player/ Coach Email: [email protected] Body Television Sponsor Awards Sponsor Tel: +256 70709637 Contents Page Overview 1 Key comparative Statistics & Indicators from 2014 – 2021 2 Notable Statistics from 2015 – 2021 3 Fixtures, Results 4 2020/21 Table Standings 12 Home & Away Standings 13 Match-day Club Performance Chart (Standings) 14 Summary on Wins, Draws & Losses 15 Summary on Winning Run, Winless Run, Clean Sheet, TV Schedule 16 Top Scorers, Pilsner Player & Coach Monthly Winners 17 Summary on Yellow and Red Cards 18 UPL Clubs of 2020/21 Season 19 1 Overview Executive Summary: The SUPL 2020/21 season kicked off on Thursday 3rd December 2020. Under normal circumstances, the league usually kicks off early September. This delayed kickoff was attributed to the COVID- 19 pandemic and the subsequent government lockdown. The league was scheduled to end on Wednesday 30th June 2021. However, the league was declared concluded on Tuesday 29th June 2021 due to the second wave of COVID 19 Pandemic and the government lockdown in force, among other reasons. The league was concluded in line with article 18(1) (c) & (d) of the FUFA Competitions Rules (Failure to complete the league due to force majeure situation). Fixture Stability: In 2020/21 the UPL Secretariat only made two (2) adjustments to the fixture compared to eight (8) in 2019/20 Season. Our Goal is to have a more stable fixture which runs the entire season without adjustments unless circumstances beyond our control dictate otherwise. The fixture congestion in both the first round and second round was due to the delayed kickoff that was attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic. Televised Matches: StarTimes-the official broadcaster of the Uganda Premier League aired the league games on Sanyuka TV. A total of 70 matches were televised out of the 213 matches played compared to 69 matches that were televised (Live on Sanyuka TV) out of the 200 matches in 2019/20, 75 matches televised in 2018/19 (Sanyuka TV), 63 matches televised in 2017/18 (Azam TV) and 51 matches televised in 2016/17 (Azam TV). The broadcaster’s target was to televise 130 matches in the 2020/21 season; however with the congested fixture and limited days allocated to the SUPL as per the FUFA calendar, this target was not realized. StarTimes (Sanyuka TV) provided a recording to the Clubs, Officials and UPL secretariat of every match televised. Cases: Twenty-six (26) petitions were referred to the FUFA Competitions Disciplinary Panel for action and were all handled and verdicts communicated. Most of these were attributed to non-compliance with the FUFA COVID-19 Rules and Regulation. Two (2) petitions were sent to the FUFA Referees Disciplinary Panel on poor officiating and all were handled and verdicts communicated. Player’s Data: The issue of player data/Information from FUFA Competitions was resolved by the creation of the FUFA COMPETITIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (CMS). Match Balls: Efforts to get an official match ball sponsor continues. State of Facilities: Compared to the previous seasons, this time round the issue of poor pitches didn’t affect our fixtures. Club and Player Licensing: Some clubs struggled with club and/or player licensing processes. Some clubs provided alternative home grounds few days to the league kickoff. This partly caused delayed fixture release. Relatedly, some clubs did not secure player licenses in time and this resulted into some teams having less substitute players on their technical benches. This is not good for the club and league brands. Moving forward, parties involved in these processes should endeavor to complete them in time. 2 KEY COMPARATIVE STATISTICS AND INDICATORS FROM 2014 – 2021 Matches 2020-2021 % 2019-2020 2018 -2019 2017 - 2018 2016 - 2017 2015 - 2016 2014 – 2015 Victories by 1 Goal 43 20 55 48 71 52 73 67 Victories by 2 Goals 41 19 54 69 63 58 52 65 Victories by 3 Goals 49 23 35 33 18 27 29 35 Victories by 4 Goals 13 6 8 7 7 9 15 8 Victories Above 4 Goals 13 6 5 5 4 3 3 2 Victories: Total 159 74 157 162 163 149 172 177 Draws: Total 54 26 43 78 77 91 68 63 Matches: Total 213 89% 200 240 240 240 240 240 1-Goal Victories + Draws 97 46% 98 125 148 143 141 130 Clubs Docked Points - 2 - 2 1 - 2 Forfeiture & (or) Walk-Overs - 5 - 2 4 - 7 Abandoned Matches - - - - 2 1 4 Matches Not Physically Played 27 43 - 1 1 - 2 TV (uninterrupted Matches) 70 70 - 63 51 43 15 TV (abandoned Matches) - 12 (Not Played) - - - 1 1 TV (overall Total) 70 33% 70 (35%) 75 (33%) 63 (26%) 51 (21%) 44 (18%) 16 (7%) Total Goals 602 465 525 446 515 488 495 Goals Per Match (Average) 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 Top-Scorer’s Goals Attained 16 13 19 17 21 18 15 Hat-tricks 14 4 3 3 2 2 3 Braces 58 21 33 31 35 34 31 Scored Penalties 55/106 9% 50 51 40 49 53 23 Own Goals 6 1% 11 8 4 7 9 8 Yellow Cards 644 619 694 656 647 610 680 Red Cards 23 19 22 15 28 33 36 Washed out 2 - 1 1 - 1 - Appeal Cases 2 1 - 3 1 - 1 Disciplinary Cases 26 16 18 29 6 - 11 Total Cases 30 16 19 33 7 1 12 3 Notable Statistics 2020-2021 2019-2020 2018-2019 2017-2018 2016-2017 2015-2016 Highest No. of Points attained 67 (Express) 54 (Vipers SC) 66 (KCCA FC) 65 (Vipers) 66 (KCCA) 57 (KCCA) Lowest No. of Points attained 14 (Kitara) 22 (Proline, Tooro U) 13 (Paidha Black Angels) 26 (Masavu FC) 7 (JMC Hippos) 16 (Maroons FC) Most Victories 17 (No. 1, 2 ,3) 16 (Vipers SC) 19 (KCA FC) 19 (Vipers SC) 20 (KCCA FC) 16 (KCCA FC) Most Draws 12 (Wakiso) 10 (URA FC) 15 (URA FC) 19 (Maroons) 16 (Bright Stars) 11 (5 Clubs) Most Losses 20 (Kitara) 15 (Tooro United FC) 21 (Nyamityobora, PBA) 16 (Proline FC) 20 (JMC Hippos) 21 (SC VU) Most Goals Scored 44 (Express) 42 (KCCA FC) 61 (KCCA FC) 54 (KCCA FC) 59 (KCCA FC) 47 (URA FC) Most Goals Against 80 (Kitara) 41 (Maroons FC) 57 (Nyamityobora) 41(UPDF, Masavu) 52 (JMC Hippos) 60 (SC VU) Best Goal Difference 35 (Vipers) 23 (Vipers SC) 38 (KCCA FC) 33 (KCCA FC) 34 (KCCA FC) 18 (KCCA FC) Least Victories 3 ( No. 15, 16) 6 (Maroons, Tooro U) 2 (Paidha Black Angels) 5 (Masavu FC) 0 (JMC Hippos) 3 (Maroons FC) Least Draws 4 ( No. 9, 12, 16) 3 (Busoga, Kyetume) 5 (Nyamityobora) 6 (BUL, Police) 6 (KCCA FC) 4 (SC VU) Least Losses 2 (Express) 3 (Vipers SC) 2 (KCCA FC) 3 (Vipers, KCCA) 4 (3 Clubs) 5 (KCCA/Vipers) Least Goals Scored 21 (Busoga) 18 (Tooro United FC) 17 (Paidha Black Angels) 17 (Mbarara City) 15 (JMC Hippos) 15 (Maroons FC Least Goals Against 13 (Express) 15 (Vipers SC) 13 (URA FC) 12 (SC Villa) 18 (Vipers SC) 21 (KCCA FC) Least Goal Difference -45 (No. 15, 16) -21 (Tooro United FC) -38 (Paidha Black Angels) -23 (Masavu FC) -37 (JMC Hippos) -43 (SC VU) Longest Winless Run 14 (MYDA) 10 (Bright Stars FC) 17 (Paidha Black Angels) 11 (UPDF FC) 7 (JMC Hippos) 13 (Maroons FC) Longest Winning Run 7 (No. 1, 2) 8 (Vipers SC) 4 (Vipers SC/ KCCA FC) 6 (SC Villa) 6 (KCCA FC) 5 (Sadolin Paints) Team with best Clean Sheet 15 (Express) 15 (Vipers SC) 17 (URA FC) 19 (Onduparaka) 15 (Vipers/Villa) 16 (Vipers/Sadolin) Total Points (All Clubs) 602 548 642 640 626 652 Relegated Clubs from Uganda Premier League to FUFA Big League Kyetume FC (24) Maroons FC (27) Ndejje University (29)UPDF FC (32)Lweza FC (32)Simba FC MYDA FC (22) Proline FC (17)Nyamityobora FC (28)Proline FC (26)Sadolin Paints (19)SC VU Kitara FC (22) Tooro United FC (13)Paidha Black Angels (26)Masavu FC (7) JMC Hippos (16)Maroons FC Promoted Clubs from FUFA Big League to Uganda Premier League Tooro United FC MYDA FC Proline FC Ndejje University FC Mbarara City FC Onduparaka FC Arua Hill SC UPDF FC Wakiso Giants FC Nyamityobora FC Maroons FC Proline FC To be Determined Kitara FC Kyetume FC Paidha BA SC Masavu FC Kirinya Jinja SSS 4 FIXTURES, RESULTS M# Date Time Home Team Score Away Team Match Venue NB Match-Day 1 TOTAL Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers 2021(Uganda Cranes vs. South Sudan). 1 Thurs, 03-Dec-2020 4:00 PM Soltilo Bright Stars FC 1 2 KCCA FC Kavumba Recreation Ground – Wakiso TV 2 Fri, 04-Dec-2020 4:00 PM Police FC 0 0 Wakiso Giants FC MTN Omondi Stadium – Lugogo TV 3 Fri, 04-Dec-2020 4:00 PM BUL FC 2 2 SC Villa Kyabazinga Stadium – Bugembe, Jinja 4 Fri, 04-Dec-2020 4:00 PM Mbarara City FC 1 1 URA FC Kakyeka Stadium – Mbarara City 5 Sat, 05-Dec-2020 3:00 PM Onduparaka FC 1 1 Express FC Green Light Stadium – Arua City TV 6 Sat, 05-Dec-2020 4:00 PM Kyetume FC 1 1 Kitara FC FUFA Technical Centre – Njeru 7 Sat, 05-Dec-2020 4:00 PM UPDF FC 3 0 Busoga United FC Bombo Military Barracks Grounds – Bombo 8 Sat, 06-Feb-2021 3:30 PM Vipers SC 7 0 MYDA FC St.