Bullets beat Eretria’s DenDenFC 2-0 at Nyayo national stadium on Wednesday 10, September 2025, to storm into the Champions League Cecafa qualifiers semi-finals, to grab their semi finals ticket.
First half goals from Emily Kemunto and Zaina Namuleme were enough to overcome the hard fighting Eritrean champions.
Bullets who had overcame Kampala Queens 1-0 in their opening fixture on Thursday last week and to top pool A with six points, three ahead of Kampala Queens, while winless DenDen who crashed out.
Having lost 1-0 to Ethiopian giants CBE in last year’s finals in Addis Ababa, Ehiopia, Odemba remains cautious and will be taking one game at a time, with bragging rights, a title and champions league slot at stake.
“DenDen have improved from their first match and they gave us a tough challenge, we have to improve on our finishing to ensure we convert our chances. We had a lot of chances but we failed to bury them, but we have three days to improve on our weaknesses. Whoever we meet in the semis, we will execute our game plan and fight for the finals slot,” said Odemba.
Rezene Gebregiorgis Remoz, the Denden FC coach said although they failed to qualify for the knockout stage, he is happy that his young players got the exposure playing at the top cecafa region level.
Bullets will face the winner of Group C between Tanzania’s JKT Queens and Yei Joint Stars of South Sudan, who battle at 4pm.
Meanwhile, Top Girls Academy (Burundi) will battle 2024 champions Comercial Bank of Ethiopia in a Group B, while South Sudan’s Yei Joint Stars take on JKT Queens (Tanzania) in a Group C encounter.
The last four fixtures take place on September 14, while finals will be staged on September 16, 2025.
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