The Margherita — Uganda Premier League Trophy

The Margherita trophy is conceived as a symbolic representation of Uganda’s top-flight football competition, drawing inspiration from the country’s hills and mountain ranges. In this narrative, each competing team is imagined as a rising landscape, striving toward the highest point in the sky. The champion ultimately claims the summit—symbolized by an elevation of 5.11 kilometres above sea level, the highest attainable peak. The form of the trophy originates from the geometry of a football, stretched vertically along its axis to express ascent and ambition. This elongation is intersected horizontally at its upper chord, giving rise to a crescent-like silhouette reminiscent of a young moon—an emblem of emergence, renewal, and victory. Hexagonal and half-pentagonal patterns, abstracted from the football’s surface, articulate the body and reinforce its sporting origin. The elongated form rests on a semi-spherical base detailed with dimpled ball patches, grounding the upward motion of the trophy. Beneath this, two tiers provide visual and symbolic stability: the first bears the engraved identity of FUFA and the Uganda Premier League, while the lower glossy black base anchors the object firmly to its stand, emphasizing permanence. Crafted in silver, the original trophy stands at 511 millimetres in height—a precise dimensional reference to the conceptual peak of 5.11 kilometres, the Margherita, the highest peak of the Rwenzori Ranges. Designed in 2023 for FUFA, The Margherita is envisioned not merely as a prize, but as a sculptural embodiment of aspiration, competition, and national sporting identity.