[2] The genesis of club football in Uganda was an idea copied from England by Balamaze Lwanga and Polycarp Kakooza.
The objective was to improve Uganda's performances in the Africa Cup of Nations after disappointing results in the finals in 1962 (fourth-place finish) and 1968 (lost all three group stage matches), both held in Ethiopia.
The 1968 inaugural top-flight league was composed of Prisons, Army, Coffee, Express, Jinja, Masaka, Mbarara, and Mbale.
[2] The emergence of the Super League in 1982 saw the development of SC Villa as the country's leading club.
Through the 1980s and a good part of the 1990s, competition between Express, KCC FC and SC Villa lit up the league and fans attended in hoards.