By James Robert Kayindi
After securing a second away win in sixteen years, Uganda Cranes qualified for the last stage of the Africa nations’ cup qualifier of the group stage where they will face Ghana, Guinea and Togo. Uganda Cranes will commence their AFCON 2015 qualifiers group stage campaign away to four time champions of Ghana.
The Cranes who matched to group E following a 3-0 aggregate win over Mauritania on Sunday will visit Ghana on match day one on the weekend of 5-6th, September before playing hosts to Guinea four days later on September 10th at Mandela national stadium.
A month later, Cranes will once again host their second game when they face Emmanuel Adebayor’s Togo on the weekend of 10-11th October, before flying to Lome where they will face Togo on October 15, 2014.
Thirty days later, The Cranes will host Asamoah Gyan’s Ghana at Namboole on the weekend of 14-15th November and four days later. The Cranes will end their campaign away to Guinea on November 19.
Uganda must finish in the top two to qualify for the finals scheduled for early next year in Morocco. Nevertheless, Cranes can also qualify only if they finish as the most ranked third team as compared to all groups which is equally not as that simple but they have all the potential to do it all.
Cranes AFCON QUALIFIER group fixtures:
M-Day 1: 5-6th Sept: Ghana vs Uganda
M-Day 2: 10th Sept: Uganda vs Guinea
M-Day 3: 10-11th Oct: Uganda vs Togo
M-Day 4: 15th Oct: Togo vs Uganda
M-Day 5: 14-15th Nov: Uganda vs Ghana
M-Day 6: 19th Nov: Guinea vs Uganda
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