1977 CECAFA Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Somalia
Dates	November 25 – December 12
Teams	7 (from CECAFA confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Uganda (3rd title)
Runners-up	Zambia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	29 (2.23 per match)
← 1976 1978 →

The 1977 CECAFA Cup was the fifth edition of the tournament. It was held in Somalia, and was won by Uganda. All matches were played in Mogadishu Stadium, between November 25 and December 12.

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Kenya	4	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2
Uganda	3	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1
Somalia	3	3	1	1	1	2	2	0
Zanzibar	2	3	1	0	2	1	4	–3

November 25, 1977

Somalia	0–1	Kenya
		Adero

Mogadishu Stadium, Mogadishu

November 26, 1977

Zanzibar	1–0	Uganda

Mogadishu Stadium, Mogadishu

November 28, 1977

Uganda	3–1	Kenya

Mogadishu Stadium, Mogadishu

November 30, 1977

Somalia	1–0	Zanzibar

Mogadishu Stadium, Mogadishu

December 2, 1977

Kenya	3–0	Zanzibar

Mogadishu Stadium, Mogadishu

December 3, 1977

Somalia	1–1	Uganda

Mogadishu Stadium, Mogadishu

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Malawi	3	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Zambia	2	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1
Tanzania	1	2	0	1	1	2	4	–2

November 27, 1977

Zambia	4–2	Tanzania
Chola ? ?

Mogadishu Stadium, Mogadishu

November 29, 1977

Malawi	1–0	Zambia
Phiri

Mogadishu Stadium, Mogadishu

December 1, 1977

Malawi	0–0	Tanzania

Mogadishu Stadium, Mogadishu

Semi-finals

December 5, 1977

Kenya	2–4	Zambia
Thigo Adero		Chitalu ?

Mogadishu Stadium, Mogadishu

December 6, 1977

Malawi	0–1	Uganda

Mogadishu Stadium, Mogadishu

Third place match

December 8, 1977

Kenya	1–2	Malawi
Adero		Phiri Malefula

Mogadishu Stadium, Mogadishu

Final

December 9, 1977

Uganda	0–0	Zambia
Penalties
	5–3

Mogadishu Stadium, Mogadishu