Uganda coach Micho Sredojevic has been handed a three-year contract extension at local football’s highest tutoring job until 2018, local soccer body Fufa confirmed on Wednesday morning.

Fufa president Moses Magogo revealed the news at the federation’s weekly news conference in Mengo, in Micho’s presence.

“He has managed to get us some decent results in big games. No coach has put us in a position where we only needed one point from the final game,” said Magogo.

The administrator was referring to the 2015 Nations Cup final qualifying game where the Cranes needed a point against Guinea in Casablanca, Morocco to qualify but were beaten 2-0.

The result in Morocco left Uganda continuing the count of absence from the finals. Uganda last appeared at the finals in1978, then 2-0 losing finalists to hosts Ghana.

After being handed his new deal news, Micho pledged to continue the hard work to see to it that his and Uganda’s dreams are achieved.

“We will ensure dreams of our supporters are turned into reality by giving 100 per cent as I have done before,” said the 45-year old. The terms of the new deal were not disclosed.

Uganda’s Daily Monitor first revealed news of the three-year extension three weeks ago in the wake of intensified interest from Sudanese club Al Hilal, who had announced the Serb on their official social media accounts as their new acquisition.

Micho replaced Scotsman Bobby Williamson – now Kenya coach – as Cranes boss in May 2013.

The Serbian’s immediate task is to guide Uganda to the 2017 Nations Cup finals with qualification three months’ time. Uganda’s most recent victory was a famous 1-0 friendly triumph over Nigeria in Uyo last month.