2005 CECAFA Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Rwanda
Dates	November 26 – December 10
Teams	10 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Ethiopia (4th title)
Runners-up	Rwanda
Third place	Zanzibar
Fourth place	Uganda
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	73 (3.04 per match)
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The 2005 CECAFA Cup was the 29th edition of the tournament. It was held in Rwanda, and was won by Ethiopia. The matches were played between November 26 to December 10. All matches were played in Stade Amahoro in Kigali.

Kenya was disqualified for failure to pay fees to CECAFA.

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Zanzibar	10	4	3	1	0	7	2	+5
Rwanda	9	4	3	0	1	8	4	+4
Tanzania	7	4	2	1	1	5	5	0
Burundi	1	4	0	1	3	2	6	–4
Eritrea	1	4	0	1	3	2	7	–5

November 26, 2005

Rwanda	0–1	Zanzibar
		Joseph 12'

November 28, 2005

Eritrea	0–3	Zanzibar

November 28, 2005

Burundi	1–2	Tanzania

November 30, 2005

Burundi	1–2	Zanzibar
Ndahimana 61'		Juma 17' Ussi 72'

November 30, 2005

Eritrea	2–3	Rwanda
Mahmoud		Gatete Lomani

December 2, 2005

Tanzania	1–1	Zanzibar

December 2, 2005

Burundi	0–0	Eritrea

December 4, 2005

Eritrea	0–1	Tanzania
		Bakari 38'

December 4, 2005

Burundi	0–2	Rwanda

December 6, 2005

Rwanda	3–1	Tanzania
Lomani Gatete		Kesshy

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Uganda	10	4	3	1	0	16	1	+15
Ethiopia	10	4	3	1	0	12	2	+10
Sudan	6	4	2	0	2	7	12	–5
Somalia	3	4	1	0	3	6	10	–4
Djibouti	1	4	0	0	4	2	18	–16

November 27, 2005

Djibouti	1–2	Somalia
Okishi		Mohamed Sharki

November 27, 2005

Ethiopia	0–0	Uganda

November 29, 2005

Somalia	1–4	Sudan
Mohamed		Galag Agab Tambal

November 30, 2005

Djibouti	1–6	Uganda
?		Nsereko Masaba 12' (pen.) Sserunkuma Mawejje Muganga

December 1, 2005

Ethiopia	3–1	Sudan
Shegere		Galag

December 1, 2005

Somalia	0–7	Uganda
		Massa Nsereko Mubiru Kayuzi Byekwaso

December 3, 2005

Djibouti	0–6	Ethiopia
		Mebratu 12' Shegere 40' Atten Sesela 68' Pegpathen 86' Pirman 87'

December 3, 2005

Sudan	0–3	Uganda
		Massa 16' Sserunkuma Mubiru

December 5, 2005

Ethiopia	3–1	Somalia

December 5, 2005

Djibouti	0–4	Sudan
		Tambal Agab Yousif Jebril

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

December 8, 2005

Zanzibar	0–4	Ethiopia
		Ashenafi 14' Lemessa 46', 48', 82'

December 8, 2005

Uganda	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Rwanda
		Olivier Karekezi 115'

Third place match

December 10, 2005

Zanzibar	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Uganda
Penalties
	5–4

Final

December 10, 2005

Ethiopia	1–0	Rwanda
Andualem Negusse 59'  88'