Gulu United FC
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| Full name | Gulu United Football Club |
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| Ground | Pece War Memorial Stadium, Gulu, Uganda |
| Capacity | 3,000 |
| Website | Club home page |
Gulu United Football Club is a Ugandan football club located in Gulu, Gulu District in Northern Uganda. The club was playing in the Ugandan Big League in the 2011–12 season but there is currently no FUFA records that confirm that the club is still operating at a senior level. However the club is active at a youth level.
Gulu United Football Club, (also known as Gulu Black Rangers Football Club) made their first appearance in the Ugandan Super League in the 1999 season. The club were relegated at the end of the season having finished in 19th position.
In the 2005 season Gulu again participated in the Super League which was run on a group and knock-out basis with the lower ranked teams dropping into a relegation pool. The club finished in last position in Group B and were subsequently moved into the relegation pool where they failed to complete their fixtures away to Kinyara, Kakira and Lugazi. They were as a result excluded by FUFA from the competition and their results annulled. The club found it difficult to sustain Super League football financially and also ran into transport problems. By late June 2005 the club had been put up for sale.
Further problems ensued and FUFA imposed a ban on the participation of Gulu District Football Association in national tournaments following the inability of the Gulu club to complete their fixtures in the 2005 Super League. The ban lasted for three years and was lifted in 2008 when Gulu District teams were again given the opportunity to progress to the Super League.
In the 2008–09 season Gulu United were winners of the Zone 3 Mini League and became one of the inaugural members of the Ugandan Big League for the 2009–10 season. Gulu had their most successful season in their history by finishing runners-up in the 2009–10 Big League by achieving top place in the Elgon Group and then meeting Maroons FC in the Championship Playoff at Masindi. Unfortunately the team gave a lethargic performance in the playoff going down by two goals to nil. Leo Adraa, the Gulu United coach, said his players were hungry and tired, having not eaten lunch and arriving late for the match because of the bad Masindi-Kigumba road.
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