Ugandan futsal referees Brian Nsubuga Emmy and Isaac Sengendo proceed to earn continental recognition after being appointed to officiate matches within the 2026 CAF Futsal Qualifiers, underlining their rising profile in African futsal refereeing.
CAF match appointment data affirm that the 2 officers will deal with fixtures scheduled for early February throughout Southern and East Africa.
Nsubuga has been appointed First Referee, with Sengendo as Second Referee, for the Mozambique versus Mauritania qualifier slated for 8 February 2026 on the Pavilhão da Liga in Maputo. The duo may even participate within the Tanzania versus Côte d’Ivoire encounter on 3 February 2026 on the Amani Indoor Stadium in Zanzibar, the place Nsubuga will function Third Referee whereas Sengendo has been named Reserve Assistant Referee.
These appointments mark one other step ahead within the referees’ steadily advancing continental careers, as they’ve grow to be acquainted names on CAF futsal assignments in current seasons.
Their breakthrough got here in 2024 after they had been collectively chosen to officiate the CAF Futsal AFCON Qualifier between Namibia and Tanzania in Windhoek. The high-stakes match represented one in all Uganda’s earliest current appearances in elite continental futsal officiating and paved the best way for subsequent CAF belief.
In 2025, Brian Nsubuga Emmy additional enhanced his credentials after being chosen amongst 30 match officers from 12 African nations to officiate on the Futsal Ladies’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. A FIFA-certified futsal referee, Nsubuga labored as an assistant referee on the event, which additionally served as a qualifier for the FIFA Ladies’s Futsal World Cup within the Philippines.
Alongside their worldwide duties, each referees stay actively concerned in Uganda’s home futsal scene, officiating within the Futsal Tremendous League and supporting the expansion of refereeing requirements nationwide.
