Vipers SC have been declared the 2019/20 StarTimes Uganda Premier League (SUPL) champions after local soccer body, Fufa, invoked the 75 per cent rule of the Competitions Committee Rules to decide the season.
"The Fufa Executive has decided to apply the 75 per cent rule and declared Vipers the Uganda Premier League champions," announced Moses Magogo, the Fufa president, on Wednesday at Mengo.
"Maroons, Proline and Tooro United are (also) sportingly eligible to apply for club licensing for 2020/21 Fufa Big League Club License."
Article 18 (ii) of Fufa's competition rules on failure to complete the league due to force majeure states that "where all the clubs in the league have completed the first round fixtures but less than 75% league games have been played, the table standings at the end of the first round shall be considered as the final table standing of the league."
Currently, 83 per cent of games have been played; meaning that with the league unable to continue because of social distancing rules, Vipers are now champions for the fourth time, and bottom sides Proline, Tooro United and Maroons have been relegated.
