Stanbic Uganda Cup: Maroons dumped out, Villa and NEC sail to Round of 32

Maroons (YELLOW) were dumped by Busei|MAROONS FC IMAGE

Stanbic Uganda Cup: Maroons dumped out, Villa and NEC sail to Round of 32

Allan Damba 17:35 - 25.01.2024

Busei, thus, sailed through to the Round of 32 on an evening to remember at the Iganga Ssaza Grounds on Thursday.

Uganda Premier League side Maroons FC were stunned and eliminated from the Stanbic Uganda Cup by the lowly ranked Busei FC after a 1-0 defeat.

Busei, thus, sailed through to the Round of 32 on an evening to remember at the Iganga Ssaza Grounds on Thursday.

Felix Okot dejected after defeat|MAROONS FC IMAGE

The result came as a shock given Maroons' brilliant form in the Uganda Premier League, where they sit fourth with 28 points in 15 games.

In action elsewhere, nine-time champions SC Villa sailed through to the next round after a dominant 4-0 victory over SC Tawai.

Aslem Semakula, Elvis Ngonde, Abas Kyeyune and Charles Lwanga scored for the Jogoo to ease past Tawai.

On the other hand, NEC survived a scare to squeeze through to the next round after a 2-1 win over Northern Division FC.

Captain Marvin Kavuma and forward Brian Kayanja scored for the Army side on the evening.

Another UPL side, UPDF FC, got eliminated after a 1-0 defeat to Pajule Lions FC.

Round of 64 Results So Far

Thursday

Busei 1-0 Maroons

SC Tawai 0-4 Villa

Norther Division FC 1-2 NEC

Rwenzori Lions FC 2-0 Kiyinda Boys

Dove FC 1-0 Kataka

Pajule Lions 1-0 UPDF

Wednesday

Fort City FC 1-4 Kyetume FC

Kireka United 1-3 Young Elephants FC

Admin FC 0-2 KCCA FC

Synergy 1 (4) -1 (2) Mbarara City FC.

Tuesday

Bugarama FC 0 (5) -0 (4) Kigezi Homeboyz

Kyambogo FC 1-4 Wakiso Giants

Super E. Lugongwe (2) 1-1 (4) Jinja North United