2014 in Kenyan football

Football in Kenya
Season	2014
Men's football
Premier League	Gor Mahia
National Super League	Posta Rangers; (Zone A); Shabana (Zone B)
President's Cup	Sofapaka
Top 8 Cup	Tusker
Super Cup	Cancelled

The following article is a summary of the 2014 football season in Kenya, which is the 51st competitive season in its history.

The announcement of the men's under-17 national team's failure to participate in their 2015 African U-17 Championship qualification match against South Sudan was met very negatively by Kenyan football fans, and questioned the administration of current Football Kenya Federation president Sam Nyamweya.^[1]

Domestic leagues

Changes in the football league system

On 10 July 2013, it was announced that the Football Kenya Federation introduced a new league system to take effect from the beginning of the season.^[2] This involved the introduction and scrapping of a few leagues, and the re-organisation of the system. For the 2015 season, the Kenyan Premier League will be contested by 18 teams.^[3]

Level	League/Division(s)
1 Premier League	Premier League 16 clubs
2 Super League	Zone A 12 clubs				Zone B 12 clubs
3 Division One	Zone A 20 clubs				Zone B 20 clubs
4 Provincial Leagues	Nyanza League 20 clubs	Western League 20 clubs	Rift Valley League 20 clubs	Central League 20 clubs	Nairobi League 20 clubs	Eastern League 20 clubs	North Eastern League 20 clubs	Coast League 20 clubs
5 County Champions League	Baringo League	Bomet League	Bungoma League	Busia League	Embu League	Garissa League	Isiolo League	Kiambu League
	Elgeyo-Marakwet League	Homa Bay League	Kajiado League	Kakamega League	Kilifi League	Kirinyaga League	Kitui League	Kwale League
	Kericho League	Kisii League	Kisumu League	Laikipia League	Lamu League	Machakos League	Makueni League	Mandera League
	Migori League	Nakuru League	Nandi League	Narok League	Marsabit League	Meru League	Mombasa League	Murang'a League
	Nyamira League	Samburu League	Siaya League	Trans-Nzoia League	Nairobi A. League	Nairobi B. League	Nyandarua League	Nyeri League
	Turkana League	Uasin Gishu League	Vihiga League	West Pokot League	Taita-Taveta League	Tana River League	Tharaka-Nithi League	Wajir League
6 Sub-County Leagues	Sub-County Leagues

Promotion and relegation

Promoted to Premier League

Promoted from FKF Division One

Relegated from Premier League

Remaining in Division One

Premier League

The 2014 Kenyan Premier League season began on 15 February and ended on 8 November.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Gor Mahia (C)	30	17	9	4	43	21	+22	60	Qualification for 2015 CAF Champions League
2	Sofapaka	30	16	9	5	49	27	+22	57	Qualification for 2015 CAF Confederation Cup^[a]
3	Tusker	30	14	11	5	42	25	+17	53
4	Ulinzi Stars	30	12	15	3	33	20	+13	51
5	Chemelil Sugar	30	12	12	6	24	16	+8	48
6	SoNy Sugar	30	9	14	7	27	21	+6	41^[b]
7	A.F.C. Leopards	30	10	11	9	30	25	+5	41^[b]
8	Muhoroni Youth	30	10	10	10	23	28	−5	40

9	Thika United	30	9	12	9	31	31	0	39
10	Mathare United	30	10	8	12	19	25	−6	38
11	Western Stima	30	9	9	12	26	33	−7	36
12	Ushuru	30	10	3	17	22	40	−18	33
13	Bandari	30	5	15	10	23	29	−6	30
14	Kenya Commercial Bank	30	7	8	15	30	39	−9	29
15	Nairobi City Stars (R)	30	4	12	14	18	35	−17	24	Relegation to 2015 National Super League
16	Nakuru AllStars (R)	30	3	8	19	13	38	−25	17	Relegation to 2015 National Super League

Updated to match(es) played on 8 November 2014. Source: Kenyan Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Sofapaka qualified for the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup as winners of the 2014 FKF President's Cup.
^ ^a ^b Sony Sugar were awarded 3 points and 2 goals after AFC Leopards failed to turn up for their match scheduled for 10 December.

National Super League

The 2014 Kenyan National Super League season began on 15 March and concluded on 2 November.

Zone A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Posta Rangers (C, P)	22	17	3	2	40	13	+27	54	Promotion to 2015 Kenyan Premier League^[a]
2	Nakumatt (P)	22	13	5	4	26	10	+16	44	Promotion to 2015 Kenyan Premier League^[a]
3	FC Talanta	22	11	6	5	30	19	+11	39
4	Oserian	22	8	7	7	24	20	+4	31
5	Nairobi Stima	22	8	7	7	20	18	+2	31
6	Ligi Ndogo	22	6	10	6	21	21	0	28
7	Bidco United	22	6	9	7	17	18	−1	27
8	Kariobangi Sharks	22	5	9	8	19	25	−6	24
9	MOYAS	22	6	5	11	17	22	−5	23
10	Modern Coast Rangers	22	4	9	9	11	19	−8	21
11	Administration Police (R)	22	4	7	11	11	27	−16	19	Relegation to 2015 FKF Division One
12	Mahakama (R)	22	3	5	14	15	39	−24	14	Relegation to 2015 FKF Division One

Updated to match(es) played on 2 November 2014. Source: Kenyan National Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ The winners of the 2014 FKF President's Cup will qualify for the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup.

Zone B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Agrochemical	16	11	3	2	21	7	+14	36	Promotion to 2015 Kenyan Premier League^[a]
2	Kakamega Homeboyz	14	10	2	2	23	9	+14	32
3	Zoo Kericho	14	10	1	3	28	14	+14	31
4	Shabana	15	9	1	5	23	11	+12	28
5	West Kenya Sugar	16	8	4	4	19	12	+7	28
6	St. Joseph	14	6	6	2	13	9	+4	24
7	Finlays Horticulture	14	6	2	6	13	11	+2	20
8	Nzoia United	15	5	5	5	16	16	0	20
9	Busia United Stars	15	5	2	8	11	20	−9	17
10	G.F.C. 105	15	1	3	11	7	21	−14	6
11	Vegpro	14	0	3	11	7	26	−19	3	Relegation to 2015 FKF Division One
12	Rift Valley United	14	1	0	13	5	30	−25	3	Relegation to 2015 FKF Division One

Updated to match(es) played on 6 September 2014. Source: Kenyan National Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ The winners of the 2014 FKF President's Cup will qualify for the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup.

Domestic cups

President's Cup

The 2014 FKF President's Cup began on 26 April and ended on 15 November.

Third round		Fourth round		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

A.F.C. Leopards	3

Mathare United	2
		A.F.C. Leopards	2

		Ligi Ndogo	0
Ligi Ndogo	3

Zoo Kericho	0
				A.F.C. Leopards	3

				Tusker	2
Mumbi Nationale	0

Ulinzi Stars	6
		Ulinzi Stars	1 (3)

		Tusker	1 (5)
Nakumatt	2

Tusker	6
						A.F.C. Leopards	0

						Sofapaka	2
Top Fry AllStars	0

Intercity	2
		Intercity	0 (5)

		Administration Police	0 (6)
FC Talanta	1

Administration Police	2
				Administration Police	1

				Sofapaka	3
Nyakach United	1

Muhoroni Youth	3
		Muhoroni Youth	1

		Sofapaka	2
Sofapaka	6

Rift Valley United	0
								Sofapaka	2

								Posta Rangers	1
Gor Mahia	1 (2)

G.F.C. 105	1 (4)
		G.F.C. 105	0

		Bandari	2
Bandari (w/o)	2

Finlays Horticulture	0
				Bandari	0

				Posta Rangers	1
Posta Rangers	4

Ulinzi Warriors	0
		Posta Rangers	2

		Chemelil Sugar	0
Chemelil Sugar	1

MOYAS	0
						Posta Rangers	0 (10)

						West Kenya Sugar	0 (9)0
Kakamega Homeboyz	1 (0)

Shabana	1 (3)
		Shabana	1

		Agrochemical	3
Agrochemical	1

Nairobi Stima	0
				Agrochemical	0

				West Kenya Sugar	1
Nairobi City Stars	1

Wazito	2
		Wazito	1 (4)

		West Kenya Sugar	1 (5)
West Kenya Sugar	2

Imara United	0

Super Cup

The 2014 Kenyan Super Cup match to be contested by 2013 Kenyan Premier League champions Gor Mahia and the 2013 FKF President's Cup champions A.F.C. Leopards was cancelled by the Football Kenya Federation due to a lack of sponsors.^[4]^[5]

Top 8 Cup

The 2014 KPL Top 8 Cup began on 5 April and concluded on 15 June.

Quarterfinals		Semifinals				Finals

Sofapaka	1 (4)

Tusker	1 (5)
		Tusker	1	1	2

		Gor Mahia	0	1	1
Gor Mahia	2

Thika United	1
						Tusker	2

						A.F.C. Leopards	1
A.F.C. Leopards	1

Bandari	0
		A.F.C. Leopards	1	3	4

		K.C.B.	1	0	1
K.C.B.	2

Ulinzi Stars	1

International club competitions

Champions League

The 2014 CAF Champions League began on 7 February and is scheduled to end on 2 November. Gor Mahia represented Kenya in the competition, having won the 2013 Kenyan Premier League.

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, Gor Mahia faced 2012–13 Gabon Championnat National D1 champions US Bitam over two legs, played on 8 and 16 February.

8 February 2014	Gor Mahia	1 – 0	US Bitam	Madaraka Estate, Nairobi
16:00 UTC+3	Sserunkuma 75' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Nyayo National Stadium Referee: Denis Batte (Uganda)

16 February 2014	US Bitam	1 – 0 (2 – 4 p)	Gor Mahia	Bitam, Gabon
	Unidentified 12'	Report		Stadium: Stade Gaston Peyrille
	Penalties
			Walusimbi Salim Shakava Mutiso

1–1 on aggregate. Gor Mahia won the penalty shoot-out and advanced to the first round.

First round

In the first round, Gor Mahia faced 2012–13 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 runners-up and 2011 CAF Champions League winners Espérance de Tunis over two legs, played on 1 and 10 March. They were eliminated from the competition, having lost 8–2 on aggregate.

1 March 2014	Gor Mahia	2 – 3	Espérance de Tunis	Madaraka Estate, Nairobi
16:00 UTC+3	Sserunkuma 15' (pen.) Shakava 80'	Report	Akaichi 27' N'Djeng 64' Jouini 89'	Stadium: Nyayo National Stadium Referee: Bouchaib El Ahrach (Morocco)

10 March 2014	Espérance de Tunis	5 – 0	Gor Mahia	Radès, Tunis
16:00 UTC+1	Jouini 44', 48', 57' Afful 55' Mhirsi 75'			Stadium: Stade Olympique de Radès Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

Confederation Cup

The 2014 CAF Confederation Cup began on 7 February and is scheduled to end on 7 December. A.F.C. Leopards represented Kenya in the competition, having won the 2013 FKF President's Cup.

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, A.F.C. Leopards faced 2013 Ethiopian Cup champions Defence over two legs, played on 9 and 16 February.

9 February 2014	A.F.C. Leopards	2 – 0	Defence	Madaraka Estate, Nairobi
16:00 UTC+3	Imbalambala 18' Keli 43'	Report		Stadium: Nyayo National Stadium Referee: Gervais Munyanziza (Rwanda)

16 February 2014	Defence	1 – 2	A.F.C. Leopards	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
16:00 UTC+3	Tilahun 38'	Report	Wanga 46', 89'	Stadium: Addis Ababa Stadium Referee: Fuengi Claude Ntuntu (Congo DR)

First round

In the first round, A.F.C. Leopards faced 2012–13 Nedbank Cup runners-up SuperSport United over two legs, played on 1 and 9 March. They were eliminated from the competition, having lost 4–2 on aggregate.

1 March 2014	SuperSport United	2 – 0	A.F.C. Leopards	Atteridgeville, Pretoria
21:15 UTC+2	Mathebula 43' Chenene 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Lucas Moripe Stadium Referee: Jose Rachide (Mozambique)

9 March 2014	A.F.C. Leopards	2 – 2	SuperSport United	Madaraka Estate, Nairobi
16:00 UTC+3	Situma 48' Wanga 90'	Report	Phala 54' Doutie 79'	Stadium: Nyayo National Stadium Referee: Israel Mujuni (Tanzania)

Kagame Interclub Cup

The 2014 Kagame Interclub Cup began on 8 August and ended on 24 August. Gor Mahia represented Kenya in the competition.

Group stage

In the group stage, Gor Mahia were drawn in Group B alongside Ugandan club Kampala Capital City Authority, Rwandan giants A.P.R., Burundian side Atlético Olympic and Djibouti Télécom of Djibouti. They were eliminated from the competition, having garnered only 2 points from a possible 12 from 4 matches, and finished bottom of their group.

Group B
Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kampala C.C.A.	4	3	0	1	5	3	+2	9
A.P.R.	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	7
Atlético Olympic	4	2	0	2	3	3	0	6
Djibouti Télécom	4	1	1	2	5	6	−1	4
Gor Mahia	4	0	2	2	5	7	−2	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

8 August 2014	Gor Mahia	1–2	Kampala C.C.A.	Amahoro Stadium
15:00	Sserunkuma 27'	Report	Majwega 53' Umony 88'	Referee: Gervais Munyanziza (Rwanda)

11 August 2014	Gor Mahia	0–1	Atlético Olympic	Stade Régional Nyamirambo
15:00		Report	Hakizimana 72'	Referee: Israel Mujuni (Tanzania)

15 August 2014	A.P.R.	2–2	Gor Mahia	Stade Régional Nyamirambo
17:00	Mugiraneza 22' Mubumbvi 90'	Report	Kizito 60' Walusimbi 81'	Referee: Israel Mujuni (Tanzania)

17 August 2014	Djibouti Télécom	2–2	Gor Mahia	Stade Régional Nyamirambo
15:00	Djama 38' Andasanco 74' (pen.)	Report	Otieno 57' Mohammed 90'	Referee: Gervais Munyanziza (Rwanda)

National teams

Men's senior

Africa Cup of Nations qualification

The men's senior national team participated in qualification for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

First round

In the first round, Kenya faced Comoros over two legs, played on 17 and 31 May.

17 May 2014	Kenya	1 – 0	Comoros	Madaraka Estate, Nairobi
16:00 UTC+3	Omolo 35'	Report		Stadium: Nyayo National Stadium Referee: Wellington Kaoma (Zambia)

31 May 2014	Comoros	1 – 1	Kenya	Mitsamiouli, Grande Comore
15:00 UTC+3	Saandi 72'	Report	Masika 58'	Stadium: Stade Said Mohamed Cheikh Referee: Djamal Aden (Djibouti)

Second round

In the second round, Kenya faced Lesotho over two legs, played on 20 July and 3 August. Lesotho won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to Group C in the group stage.

20 July 2014	Lesotho	1 – 0	Kenya	Maseru, Maseru District
16:00 UTC+2	Moletsane 65'	Report		Stadium: Setsoto Stadium Referee: Samuel Chirindza (Mozambique)

3 August 2014	Kenya	0 – 0	Lesotho	Madaraka Estate, Nairobi
16:00 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Nyayo National Stadium Referee: Aurélien Juenkou (Cameroon)

Friendlies

The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's senior national team in 2014.

5 March 2014	Sudan	Cancelled	Kenya	Al-Fashir, Sudan
20:00 UTC+3

15 July 2014	Kenya	0 – 0	Burundi	Madaraka, Nairobi
17:00 UTC+3	Wanyama 59'	Report		Stadium: Nyayo National Stadium

30 August 2014	Egypt	1 – 0	Kenya	Aswan, Aswan
22:00 UTC+2	Gamal 55'	Report		Stadium: Aswan Stadium

Women's senior

African Women's Championship qualification

The women's senior national team participated in qualification for the 2014 African Women's Championship.

First round

In the first round, Kenya faced Rwanda over two legs, played on 16 February and 1 March. They were eliminated on away goals rule, after drawing 2–2 on aggregate.

16 February 2014	Rwanda	1 – 0	Kenya	Nyamirambo, Kigali
15:30 UTC+2	Niyoyita 29'	Report		Stadium: Stade Régional Nyamirambo

1 March 2014	Kenya	2 – 1	Rwanda	Machakos, Machakos
	Ogolla Amau	Report	Nyirahatashima	Stadium: Kenyatta Stadium

2–2 on aggregate. Rwanda win on away goals.

Men's under-20

African U-20 Championship qualification

The men's national under-20 team participated in qualification for the 2015 African U-20 Championship.

First round

In the first round, Kenya faced Tanzania over two legs, played on 6 and 27 April. They were eliminated, having lost the deciding penalty shoot-out after the match ended 0–0 on aggregate.

6 April 2014	Kenya	0 – 0	Tanzania	Machakos, Machakos
16:00		Report		Stadium: Kenyatta Stadium

27 April 2014	Tanzania	0 – 0 (4 – 3 p)	Kenya
		Report
	Penalties
	Husseini Yahya Friday Chagula Suleiman		Nzivo Makari Shiveka Wanyonyi Ndinya

0–0 on aggregate. Tanzania win the penalty shoot-out and advance to the second round.

Friendlies

The following is a list of friendlies (to be) played by the men's national under-20 team in 2014.

16 April 2014	Kenya	3 – 3	Italy Lega Pro U18	Madaraka Estate, Nairobi
	King'atua 40', 60' Wanyonyi 49'	Report	Moreo 9', 54' Zottino 20' (pen.)	Stadium: Nyayo National Stadium

Boys' under-17

African U-17 Championship qualification

The boys' national under-17 team was to participate in qualification for the 2015 African U-17 Championship, but the Football Kenya Federation withdrew the team from the competition, citing a "lack of funds" to send the team off to compete. The announcement was met very negatively by Kenyan football fans, who questioned the administration of current FKF president Sam Nyamweya. Among the concerned parties was former FC Talanta executive director Jérôme J. Dufourg, who claimed he was jailed and then deported from Kenya after speaking out against mismanagement of funds by the FKF in 2013.^[1] This followed earlier pushes for Nyamweya's removal from several others as early as 2012,^[6]^[7] and anti-corruption investigations carried out against him and other FKF officials in 2013.^[8]^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b Eliud Khaminwa (11 June 2014). "Blog: U-17 debacle is sad but not surprising". Futaa.com. Archived from the original on 14 June 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
^ Amos Abuga (10 July 2013). "New FKF soccer Structure to be implemented next year". MichezoAfrika.com. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
^ Kevin Teya (25 November 2014). "FKF: Decision on 18 - Team KPL is final and irreversible". Futaa.com. Archived from the original on 28 November 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
^ Dan Ngulu (5 December 2013). "Gor – Tusker modalities finalized". Futaa.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-12. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
^ Dan Ngulu (14 January 2014). "No Gor/AFC Super Cup faceoff". Futaa.com. Archived from the original on 2014-04-26. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
^ "Safaricom takes a principled stand against Nyamweya's greed". KenyaPage.net. 28 June 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
^ "Sam Nyamweya is a major hindrance to Kenya Football". KenyaPage.net. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
^ "Nyamweya denies FKF corruption accusation". The Star. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
^ "Nyamweya fights off CORRUPTION allegations at FKF… Ksh 35m SCANDAL". Kenyan-Post.com. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2014.

[table_note_res_CC0.68944618976184-4] Sofapaka qualified for the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup as winners of the 2014 FKF President's Cup.

[table_hth_SNY0.68944618976184-5] Sony Sugar were awarded 3 points and 2 goals after AFC Leopards failed to turn up for their match scheduled for 10 December.

[table_note_res_PRO0.35445988334457-6] The winners of the 2014 FKF President's Cup will qualify for the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup.

[table_note_res_PRO0.55481349842381-7] The winners of the 2014 FKF President's Cup will qualify for the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup.

[U17_reaction-1] Eliud Khaminwa (11 June 2014). "Blog: U-17 debacle is sad but not surprising". Futaa.com. Archived from the original on 14 June 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2014.

[2014_system-2] Amos Abuga (10 July 2013). "New FKF soccer Structure to be implemented next year". MichezoAfrika.com. Retrieved 11 July 2013.

[3] Kevin Teya (25 November 2014). "FKF: Decision on 18 - Team KPL is final and irreversible". Futaa.com. Archived from the original on 28 November 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.

[8] Dan Ngulu (5 December 2013). "Gor – Tusker modalities finalized". Futaa.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-12. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

[9] Dan Ngulu (14 January 2014). "No Gor/AFC Super Cup faceoff". Futaa.com. Archived from the original on 2014-04-26. Retrieved 25 April 2014.

[10] "Safaricom takes a principled stand against Nyamweya's greed". KenyaPage.net. 28 June 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2014.

[11] "Sam Nyamweya is a major hindrance to Kenya Football". KenyaPage.net. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2014.

[12] "Nyamweya denies FKF corruption accusation". The Star. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2014.

[13] "Nyamweya fights off CORRUPTION allegations at FKF… Ksh 35m SCANDAL". Kenyan-Post.com. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2014.

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