1980 Uganda National League

Football league season

Uganda National League
Season	1980
Champions	Nile Breweries
Top goalscorer	Davis Kamoga, Kampala City Council FC (21)
← 1979 1981 →

The 1980 Uganda National League was the 13th season of the Ugandan football championship, the top-level football league of Uganda.

Overview

The 1980 Uganda National League was contested by 16 teams and was won by Nile Breweries from Jinja, while COOPS, Mbarara and Bell FC were relegated.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Nile Breweries (C)	30	17	9	4	50	22	+28	43	Champions
2	Nytil FC	30	17	8	5	48	29	+19	42
3	Kampala City Council	30	16	8	6	51	26	+25	40
4	Uganda Commercial Bank	30	15	8	7	49	28	+21	38
5	Express FC	30	14	6	10	46	41	+5	34
6	Coffee SC	30	11	11	8	50	37	+13	33
7	Tobacco (Bugembe)	30	11	10	9	40	38	+2	32
8	Nakivubo Villa	30	11	9	10	40	36	+4	31
9	Mbale Heroes	30	11	6	13	34	33	+1	28
10	Maroons FC	30	9	10	11	29	37	−8	28
11	Masaka Union FC	30	10	8	12	37	51	−14	28
12	NIC	30	9	8	13	26	42	−16	26
13	Nsambya Old Timers	30	7	8	15	27	37	−10	22
14	COOPS (R)	30	6	7	17	27	45	−18	19	Relegated
15	Mbarara United FC (R)	30	8	3	19	26	53	−27	19
16	Bell FC (R)	30	6	5	19	28	54	−26	17

Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

The top goalscorer in the 1980 season was Davis Kamoga of Kampala City Council FC with 21 goals.

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"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.

v t e 1980 in African football (CAF)
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Domestic leagues	Algeria 79–80 Angola 80 Cameroon 80 Libya 79–80 Senegal 79–80 Tunisia 79–80 Uganda 80
Domestic cups	Algeria 79–80 Uganda 80
CAF competitions	African Cup of Champions Clubs CAF Cup Winners' Cup

v t e 1980 in Ugandan football
National League (Tier 1) Uganda Cup (Cup)

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