Maroons FC
Maroons Football Club also known as Prisons Football Club, is a Ugandan football club from Kampala owned by Uganda Prisons Service, currently playing in the FUFA Big League. Playing as Prisons FC, the club won the first two editions of the Ugandan Premier League.
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| Full name | Maroons Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | Mbili Mbili |
| Short name | Maroons FC |
| Founded | 1965 |
| Ground | Luzira Maximum Security Prison, Kampala |
| Capacity | 1,000 |
| Manager | Ayieko Charles Lukula |
| League | Uganda Premier League |
| 2022-22 | 10th |
History
Prisons FC won the first two Ugandan Super League 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.[1])
The club declined during the 1980s and suffered their first relegation in 1987.[2]
They were champions of the Second division of Ugandan football, the Ugandan Big League, three times in the 2010s, gaining promotion to the Ugandan Premier League each time. Their most recent promotion came in the 2017/2018 football season.[3]
Honours
- Champion (2): 1968, 1969
- Champion (3): 2010, 2015, 2017
References
- "African Club Competitions 1967". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- Zziwa, Hassan Badru (15 May 2017). "Uganda: Maroons FC Return Breath of Fresh Air to Top-Flight League". Retrieved 13 November 2018 – via AllAfrica.
- Isabirye, David (25 April 2017). "Maroons promoted back to the Uganda Premier League". Kampala: Kawowo.com. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
