Gor Mahia drawn in tough group in CECAFA Kagame Cup 2024

Record FKF Premier League champions Gor Mahia have landed in a group of death in the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) Kagame Cup.

The Kenyan representatives have been drawn in Group B alongside 2023/24 Zambian Super League champions Red Arrows FC, 10-time Sudani Premier League winners Al Hilal FC and Djibouti Telcom FC of Djibouti.

Newly appointed K’Ogalo head coach Leonardo Neiva will be seeking to end the club’s 39-year wait for the cup, as well as build a squad for next season’s CAF Champions League.

Gor Mahia last lifted the trophy back in 1985 after they defeated their perennial premier league rivals AFC Leopards 2-0 to lift their third Kagame Cup.

The draw was conducted on Tuesday at the Azam Complex in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, with 12 clubs drawn into three groups of four teams each.

The top teams in each group plus the best placed team in second place qualify for the semi-finals.

Baraka Kizuguto, the CECAFA Development Director who conducted the draw, said they expect a very competitive tournament since teams will be preparing for the CAF competitions that start in August.

The season opening tournament will take place between July 9th-21st at the Azam Complex in Chamazi and KMC Stadium in Kinondoni.

The last time the regional tournament was held in 2021 in Dar es Salaam, Uganda’s Express Fc beat Nyasa Big Bullets FC from Malawi 1-0.

Coastal Union FC (Tanzania)

Al Wadi FC (Sudan)

JKU SC (Zanzibar)

Dekedaha FC (Somalia)

Group B

Al Hilal (Sudan)

Gor Mahia FC (Kenya)

Red Arrows FC (Zambia)

Djibouti Telkom FC (Djibouti)

Group C

SC Villa (Uganda)

APR FC (Rwanda)

Singida Black Stars FC (Tanzania)

El Merreikh Bentiu (South Sudan)