1979 Uganda National League

The 1979 Uganda National League was the 12th season of the Ugandan football championship, the top-level football league of Uganda.

Uganda National League
Season1979
ChampionsUganda Commercial Bank
Top goalscorerDavis Kamoga, Kampala City Council FC (18)
← 1978
1980 →

Overview

The 1979 Uganda National League was contested by 14 teams and was won by Uganda Commercial Bank FC, while Kilembe Mines FC, Lint Marketing Board and UT Mills were relegated.[1]

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1 Uganda Commercial Bank FC (C) 26 19 5 2 48 15 +33 43 Champions
2 Kampala City Council FC 26 15 6 5 56 28 +28 36
3 Nile Breweries FC 26 16 3 7 44 20 +24 35
4 Nytil FC 26 13 8 5 41 29 +12 34
5 Maroons FC 26 13 6 7 51 32 +19 32
6 NIC 26 11 7 8 33 32 +1 29
7 Coffee SC 26 11 3 12 40 38 +2 25
8 Tobacco 26 8 7 11 23 27 −4 23
9 Nakivubo Boys 26 7 8 11 28 32 −4 22
10 Nsambya Old Timers 26 9 4 13 35 40 −5 22
11 COOPS 26 8 5 13 25 39 −14 21
12 Kilembe Mines FC (R) 26 6 3 17 23 47 −24 15 Relegated
13 Lint Marketing Board (R) 26 5 4 17 21 56 −35 14
14 UT Mills (R) 26 4 5 17 21 52 −31 13
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. The previous season's champions Simba FC were excluded.[1]

Leading goalscorer

The top goalscorer in the 1979 season was Davis Kamoga of Kampala City Council FC with 18 goals.[2]

Footnotes
  1. "Uganda - Various Data 1960-1991 - RSSSF (Hans Schöggl)". RSSSF Archive. 2002–13. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  2. "The Legends: Uganda Super League top scorers since league inception". Kawowo.com. 2012-04-16. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
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