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.

2005 CECAFA Cup
Tournament details
Host countryRwanda
DatesNovember 26 – December 10
Teams10 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Final positions
Champions Ethiopia (4th title)
Runners-up Rwanda
Third place Zanzibar
Fourth place Uganda
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored73 (3.04 per match)
2004
2006

Kenya was disqualified for failure to pay fees to CECAFA.

Group stage

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Group A

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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
Rwanda  0–1  Zanzibar
Joseph   12'

Eritrea  0–3  Zanzibar

Burundi  1–2  Tanzania

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

Eritrea  2–3  Rwanda
Mahmoud     Gatete  
Lomani    

Tanzania  1–1  Zanzibar

Burundi  0–0  Eritrea

Eritrea  0–1  Tanzania
Bakari   38'

Burundi  0–2  Rwanda

Rwanda  3–1  Tanzania
Lomani    
Gatete  
Kesshy  

Group B

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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
Djibouti  1–2  Somalia
Okishi   Mohamed  
Sharki  

Ethiopia  0–0  Uganda

Somalia  1–4  Sudan
Mohamed   Galag    
Agab  
Tambal  

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

Ethiopia  3–1  Sudan
Shegere       Galag  

Somalia  0–7  Uganda
Massa    
Nsereko  
Mubiru  
Kayuzi    
Byekwaso  

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

Sudan  0–3  Uganda
Massa   16'
Sserunkuma  
Mubiru  

Ethiopia  3–1  Somalia

Djibouti  0–4  Sudan
Tambal  
Agab  
Yousif  
Jebril  

Knockout stage

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Semi-finals

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

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

Third place match

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

Final

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Ethiopia  1–0  Rwanda
Andualem Negusse   59'   88'

References

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