CECAFA


The Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations is an association of the football playing nations in mostly East Africa and parts of Central Africa. An affiliate of the Confederation of [African Football], CECAFA is the oldest sub-regional football organisation on the continent.
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History

The competition that would later evolve into CECAFA began in 1926 with the establishment of an annual match known as the Gossage Cup, making it the oldest international football tournament in Africa. The first recorded contest took place that year, with Kenya emerging victorious over Uganda in a replay after the initial match ended in a draw.
CECAFA was founded unofficially in 1927. The competition was sponsored by the major Nairobi-based soap-manufacturing firm Gossage, owned by the British Lever Brothers. Its formation is often misattributed to William Gossage, founder of the Gossage company. However, he died 50 years before the CECAFA was established.
Tanganyika joined in 1945, and Zanzibar followed in 1949, expanding the field to four participating teams over time.
The tournament was known as the "Gossage Cup" until the 1960s, when it was redubbed the "East African Challenge Cup". This version of the tournament continued until 1971, after which the competition was reconstituted under the banner of the CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup. The organizational body was formally established as a regional football association in 1973.
CECAFA's head offices are in Nairobi, Kenya, under the governance of the Council, which is affiliated with both CAF and FIFA.

Member associations

All associations that joined in 1973 were founding members of CECAFA.
CountryGoverning body
1973Federation of Uganda Football Associations
*1975Sudan Football Association
1983Ethiopian Football Federation
1973Football Kenya Federation
1973Tanzania Football Federation
*1994Djiboutian Football Federation
1994Eritrean National Football Federation
1995Rwandese Association Football Federation
*1973Somali Football Federation
1998Football Federation of Burundi
2012South Sudan Football Association
1973Zanzibar Football Association

* Union of Arab Football Associations members are marked with an asterisk

New members

SMD
Somaliland Football Association plans to join CECAFA with FIFA membership In coming years

Broadcasting rights

In 2007, television rights for the tournament were sold to GTV Since 2009, broadcasting of CECAFA competitions has been taken over by South Africa Broadcaster SuperSport