The 2009 Orange CECAFA Senior Challenge tournament was the 33rd edition of the

CECAFA Cup The CECAFA Cup, is the oldest football tournament in Africa. It is organized by the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA). A FIFA competition, it includes participants of football playing national teams from the Eas ...

football tournament that involves teams from East and Central

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. The 2009 edition was hosted in Kenya.

Participants

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Information

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was left out due to missing the deadline for the draw. French telecommunications company Orange agreed to sponsor the tournament. Orange paid $175,000 USD for the privilege. The Kenyan Government also paid $80,000 USD to sponsor the tournament. It is the first time in 15 years that the CECAFA Cup has been hosted in Kenya. CECAFA unveiled tournament mascot Tembo, a friendly looking elephant in a black- and yellow-stripped jersey and orange shorts, standing with his left foot on a football. Tembo will spread the message "Uniting for Peace", the tournament's theme. Television rights were sold to

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in partnership with South-African owned Super Sport.

Group stage

*All times are

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(EAT) –

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Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Knockout stage

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

Eritreans seek refugee status

Following Eritrea's exit from the competition, the Eritrean national football team sought refugee status in Nairobi and then leave to Australia.

Goalscorers

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Mrisho Ngassa Mrisho Khalfani juma Ngasa (born 5 May 1989) is a Tanzanian professional footballer who plays for Tanzanian Championship League club Ndanda. He is the Tanzania national team most-capped player and top goalscorer. Club career In April 2009, ...

;4 goals * Yusuf Ndayishime ;3 goals *

James Chamanga James Chamanga (born 2 February 1980) is a Zambian professional football who plays as a striker for Red Arrows. Club career Chamanga's goal against Bafana Bafana earned him his first move abroad as the then South African Premier Soccer Leagu ...

* Kennedy Chola ;2 goals * Umed Ukuri * Allan Wanga * Tumayine Ndamuhanga * Dan Wagaluka * Charles Siyingwa ;1 goal * Isaias Andberhian * Testfaldet Goitom * Filmon Tseqay * Aklilu Ayenew * Adane Girma * Tefesse Tesfaye * John Baraza *

George Odhiambo George Odhiambo Ogutu is a Kenyan footballer currently playing for Gor Mahia in the Kenyan Premier League. He was featured in Goal.com's 100 Young Stars to Look Out for in 2011. Club career George Odhiambo attended Thur Gem High School. He ...

* Haruna Niyonzima * Mafisango Mutesa * Mohamed Hassan Ali * Musa Mugosi * Stephen Bengo * Owen Kasule *

Geoffrey Massa Geofrey Massa (born 19 February 1986) is a Ugandan footballer who plays for the KTFF Süper Lig side Küçük Kaymaklı in North Cyprus. Club career Born in Jinja, Massa began his career in 2004 with Police FC in the Ugandan Premier League b ...

Emmanuel Okwi Emmanuel Arnold Okwi (born 25 December 1992) is a Ugandan professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Egyptian Premier League club Al Ittihad Alexandria Club and the Uganda national team. Club career Okwi played for Uganda Super L ...

Mike Sserumaga Michael Sserumaga (born 3 August 1989 in Kampala) is a Ugandan football player, who plays for SC Villa. Career He began his career at Police Jinja before transferring in August 2007 to the youth side from Helsingborgs. He was promoted to the ...

* Robert Ssentongo * Felix Sunzu * Abdulla Abdulghani *

Abdi Kassim Abdi Kassim (born October 19, 1984 in Zanzibar) is a footballer from Tanzania. International career Also known as BABI or sometime Ballack of unguja, Kassim was the first player to score a goal in Tanzania's new stadium in Dar es Salaam, the Be ...

Aggrey Morris Aggrey Morris Ambros (born 12 March 1984) is a Tanzanian footballer from Zanzibar who plays for Azam in the Tanzanian Premier League and is member of the Tanzania national football team. Career Morris started his career of the Island of Zanzib ...

* Mangezi Tapiwa * Zhokinyi Guthrie * Lionel Mutizwa ;Own goal * Hassan Hakizimana (for Zanzibar) * Henry Mbazumutima (for Zanzibar) * Ermias Wolday (for Rwanda) * Moalim Bader (for Rwanda) * Yassin Ali Egal (for Eritrea) * Abdoulahi Hamoud (for Uganda)

References

External links

Official Site
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International association football competitions hosted by Kenya