Kitara football club custodian Chrispas Kusiima won the best goal keeper of the season gong at the Pilsener StarTimes Uganda Premier League Awards that were held on Saturday at the Sheraton Hotel in Kampala.
Kusiima had a great campaign with the Royals featuring in 25 games, maintaining 10 clean sheets and also helped them finish 4th in the league.
The shot stopper beat BUL FC’s Tom Ikara and Hannington Ssebwalunyo of Maroons FC to win the goalkeeper of the season gloves.
Meanwhile, Denis Omedi won the coaches’ player of the season award.
The Kitara striker was instrumental in his team’s superb league campaign scoring 15 goals and finished the second top scorer in his first top flight show.
Both Kusiima and Omedi made the team of the season returning home with two gongs each.
The award winners:
Coaches’ Player of the season – Denis Omedi
Chrispas Kusiima (Kitara FC) – Goalkeeper of the season
Ronald Otti (BUL FC) – Defender of the season
Ronald Ssekiganda (SC Villa) – Midfielder of the season
Tom Ikara (BUL FC) – Most Clean sheets (12)
Abraham Tusubira (Maroons FC) – Most Assists (10)
Muhammad Shaban (KCCA FC) – Top scorer (17 Goals)
Yunus Sentamu (Vipers SC) – Goal of the season (Against Wakiso Giants FC)
Dusan Stonjanovic – Coach of the season
Vipers SC – Fair Play Team of the Season (33 Yellow Cards and 1 Red Card)
Henry Balamaze Lwanga (RIP)- Platinum Award
Best XI of the Season
GK: Chrispas Kusiima (Kitara FC), Joseph Dhata (NEC FC), Nicholas Mwere (BUL FC), Ronald Otti (BUL FC), Kenneth Semakula (SC Villa), Ronald Ssekiganda (SC Villa), Joel Sserunjogi (KCCA FC), Abraham Tusubiira (Maroons FC), Muhammad Shaban (KCCA FC), Patrick Jonah Kakande (SC Villa), Denis Omedi (Kitara FC)