Full name | BIDCO Uganda Limited Jinja Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Jinja Bulls | ||
Short name | BUL | ||
Founded | January 1, 2007 | ||
Ground | Kyabazinga Stadium Bugembe Jinja | ||
Capacity | 1,000 | ||
League | Uganda Premier League | ||
2018 | 6th | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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BIDCO Uganda Limited Jinja Football Club, also BUL Jinja FC, is a Ugandan football club from Jinja, in the Eastern Region of the country.[1] The club is owned by BIDCO Uganda Limited, based in Jinja, Uganda.[2] They play in the top division of Ugandan football, the Uganda Premier League.[3]
The club was started in 2006-2007[4] as Bidco Co. departmental competitions with an intent of Corporate social Responsibility to market and promote Bidco Products, through which they developed the idea of joining Fufa associated leagues.
The team played in the FUFA Super League for the first time in 2011 and finished thirteenth out of sixteen teams that participated in the league for that season.[5]
Currently the team plays at the 1,000 capacity Kakindu Municipal Stadium, which they share with another football club, Jinja Municipal Council Football Club.[10]
The head coach in the 2020/2021 Uganda Premier League season is Arthur Kyesimira,[11] at one time a left winger with the Uganda national football team, the Uganda Cranes.[12] The other team coaches include Peter Onen (assistant coach), David Kiwanuka (coach), and Bright Dhaira (goalkeeping coach).[12]