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The Council for East and Central Africa Football Association (CECAFA) is an association of the football playing nations in Eastern Africa. It is also an affiliate of CAF. It is arguably the oldest sub-regional football organisation in Africa.
[edit] Members[edit] History CECAFA was founded unofficially in 1927 and the competitions were sponsored by major Nairobi based soap-manufacturing firm Gossage (owned by Lever). The formation of CECAFA is often falsely attributed to William Gossage, founded of the Gossage company but he died in 1877[1], some 50 years before the first contest so it would not be possible. What is known however, is that the tournament has very close links with Nairobi in Kenya and this is still where the CECAFA Office is based. The first tournament was contested between Kenya and Uganda which saw Kenya win 3-1 on aggregate over the two legged affair. The tournament became known as the "Gossage Cup" until the mid-sixties when it became known as the "East African Challenge Cup". Some sources suggest that the tournament had its name changed due to Kenya's new found independence in 1963. [edit] Competitions
[edit] Television RightsSince 2007, the television rights for this competition have been sold to GTV. [2] [edit] Defunct Competition History[edit] Gossage Cup (1926-1966)
[edit] Challenge Cup (1967-1971)
[edit] CECAFA Cup (1973-Present Day)See CECAFA Cup for past winners. [edit] External links[edit] References
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