in 2018 the team won their first major trophy as they returned to the federation cup final again beating sofapaka fc 3-2 with a brace from ugandan striker george abege and a goal from sydney lokale. in that same year sharks produced the league's most valuable player in erick kapaito. the striker won the league top scorer and the new player of the year and was also 2nd in the league fair play award of the season as he was never booked the entire season. the team finished 6th in the league.