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Maroons Football Club also known as Prisons Football Club, is a
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa
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football
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club from
Kampala
Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and Ruba ...
owned by Uganda Prisons Service, currently playing in the
FUFA Big League
The Ugandan Big League is the second tier of Ugandan football pyramid.
History
Original concept
The concept of re-structuring Ugandan football with the creation of a new second tier league was first mooted in October 2008 by the Federation ...
. Playing as Prisons FC, the club won the first two editions of the Ugandan Premier League
History
Prisons FC won the first two
Ugandan Super League
The Ugandan Premier League, also known as the StarTimes Uganda Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is the top division of the Federation of Uganda Football Associations. The league was previously known as the Uganda Super League but changed in ...
titles in 1968 and 1969, and were the first team to represent Uganda in international competition in the 1970 African Cup of Champions Clubs (a Ugandan team, Bitumastic, qualified in 1967 but withdrew before playing a match.)
The club declined during the 1980s and suffered their first relegation in 1987.
They were champions of the Second division of Ugandan football, the
Ugandan Big League
The Ugandan Big League is the second tier of Ugandan football pyramid.
History
Original concept
The concept of re-structuring Ugandan football with the creation of a new second tier league was first mooted in October 2008 by the Federation ...
, three times in the 2010s, gaining promotion to the
Ugandan Premier League
The Ugandan Premier League, also known as the StarTimes Uganda Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is the top division of the Federation of Uganda Football Associations. The league was previously known as the Uganda Super League but changed in ...
each time. Their most recent promotion came in the 2017/2018 football season.
Honours
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Ugandan Super League
The Ugandan Premier League, also known as the StarTimes Uganda Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is the top division of the Federation of Uganda Football Associations. The league was previously known as the Uganda Super League but changed in ...
::Champion (2): 1968, 1969
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FUFA Big League
The Ugandan Big League is the second tier of Ugandan football pyramid.
History
Original concept
The concept of re-structuring Ugandan football with the creation of a new second tier league was first mooted in October 2008 by the Federation ...
::Champion (3): 2010, 2015, 2017
Performance in CAF competitions
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African Cup of Champions Clubs
The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual football club competition organized by the Confederation of African Football and cont ...
: 1 appearance
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1970
Events
January
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* January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...
– Quarter-finals
References
External links
Team profilenbsp;– ''soccerway.com''
Football clubs in Uganda
Works association football teams
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