Arua Hill SC

According to club chairman Joel Aita, Arua Hill Sports Club rebranded in 2020 so as to have a local identity and also because of a strategic plan to accommodate "many talents" in other sports like basketball, volleyball, etc. In the first two years, they planned to qualify to the Ugandan Premier League and did it on 13 June 2021 plus have a strong academy by the fifth year. Arua Hill SC was founded in 2005 as Doves FC by coach Bosco Onama (who later joined Arua Hill as Head of Youth Development in 2020) but renamed Doves All Stars after a merger in 2014. Two years later, Doves beat Koboko Rising Stars 2–1 in the West Nile Regional League Playoffs to gain promotion to the StarTimes FUFA Big League; Doves then finished 8th, 6th, 7th and 6th in the 2020 Elgon Group of the BL. Challa Siva Koti and partners took over the club from Nasur Buga and Twaha Buga in 2018 with a vision of qualifying to Uganda's top tier in two years. Following the takeover, Challa the General Manager of Gittoe Pharmaceuticals renamed the club after Aziz Damani, the founder of the pharmacy. Doves still failed to qualify and was taken over by Aita in 2020.

Recruited players for the 2021 season included UPL veteran and Onduparaka FC legend Caesar Okhuti, former Ondu defender Muhammad Rashid, Express FC's relegation-surviving hero Alfred Leku, Vipers SC free agent Baden Mujahid Ogama, Dan Birikwalira, goalkeepers Isaac Mulindwa and Franco Oringa plus others. Their head coach was Hussein Mbalangu; his assistant was Joseph Kiwanuka.