The Uganda Premier League (UPL) Secretariat has launched the first-round fixtures for the 2026/27 season, with solely 12 of the league’s 18 golf equipment included within the opening schedule.
In accordance with the Secretariat, the fixtures at the moment contain solely golf equipment which have fulfilled the mandatory necessities to take part within the competitors. The remaining six golf equipment—Blacks Energy FC, NEC FC, KCCA FC, Kitara FC, Kataka FC and Entebbe UPPC—are anticipated to be built-in into the fixture checklist as soon as they meet the required circumstances.
The 12 golf equipment confirmed for the opening spherical are BUL FC, Specific FC, Lugazi FC, Kigezi Homeboyz FC, Maroons FC, URA FC, Police FC, Mbarara Metropolis FC, Ntugasaze FC, SC Villa, Vipers SC and UPDF FC.
The brand new season will kick off on Friday, August 28, with BUL FC internet hosting Specific FC on the FUFA Technical Centre in Njeru. Matchday One continues on Saturday as Lugazi FC face Kigezi Homeboyz FC, whereas Maroons FC tackle URA FC. The opening spherical concludes on Sunday with Police FC internet hosting Mbarara Metropolis FC.
The launched schedule covers the primary 17 matchdays and has been aligned with the 2026/27 FUFA exercise calendar. The Secretariat mentioned the fixture checklist takes under consideration FIFA worldwide home windows, CAF interclub commitments involving Vipers SC, and the first participant registration interval.
In an replace, FUFA defined that the six excluded golf equipment are but to submit their authorised dwelling stadiums for the 2026/27 season as required underneath the Membership Licensing laws. All golf equipment had been required to submit their authorised venues by 30 July 2026, however FUFA has prolonged the deadline to 25 August 2026 as a remaining alternative to conform.
FUFA warned that golf equipment failing to satisfy the stadium requirement by the brand new deadline is not going to be included within the Uganda Premier League fixtures and can finally be excluded from the 2026/27 season in step with the Membership Licensing laws. The federation added that the affected golf equipment had already been formally notified of their exclusion from the present fixture checklist.
The Secretariat additionally emphasised that the launched fixtures stay topic to alter relying on tv broadcast preparations and the end result of the continued FUFA Membership Licensing course of.
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