BUL and Vipers finished with eleven points, but BUL were declared champions because of their goals; they scored 11 to Vipers' ten.
BUL FC Junior Team were crowned the 2022/23 FUFA Junior League winners on Friday after emerging top in the national qualifiers that climaxed in Njeru on Friday.
The Eastern regional side won the title with the slightest of margins, snatching it from the hands of Vipers by a difference of one goal.
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The defending champions, BUL, rested on the opening day but were on fire thrashing Mbarara 5-0 with goals from Swabir Mpaasa and Richard Okello.
The former is the only player who managed to score a hattrick in the tournament.
They managed to scrape a slim 1-0 victory over Prosper Soccer Academy on match day three to go joint-top with Vipers on seven points.
Vipers beat the Jinja side 1-0 in what had been touted as a potential title decider on Thursday but saw their efforts go down the drainage on the final day on Friday after slipping to a goalless draw against Prosper.
Earlier on the same day, BUL had thumped Friends of Soccer 4-0.
The two giants finished with eleven points, but BUL were declared champions because of their goals; they scored 11 to Vipers' ten.
Individual Awards
Fairplay – Mbarara Sports Academy
Best Goalkeeper – Aziz Saleh (BUL FC Junior Team)
Top Scorer – Diarra Omar Muzungu (Prosper Soccer Academy)
MVP – Richard Okello (BUL FC Junior Team)
Matchday 1
Prosper SA 3-1 Friends of Soccer
Vipers 2-1 Mbarara SA
Matchday 2
Vipers 6-0 Friends of Soccer
Mbarara SA 0-5 BUL
Matchday 3
Mbarara SA 1-3 Friends of Soccer
BUL 1-0 Prosper SA
Matchday 4
Mbarara SA 0-7 Prosper SA
BUL 0-1 Vipers
Matchday 5
BUL 4-0 Friends of Soccer
Prosper SA 0-0 Vipers
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