Kenyan Premier League

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The Kenyan Premier League is the top division of the Kenya Football Federation, it was created in 1963.

The Kenya Premier League was mostly stable until the late 1990s and since then its performance has not been even average. Until today many of the league clubs have mere finances to support themselves. The most successful clubs in the league are Gor Mahia FC who have won the league title 13 times, AFC Leopards 12 times and Tusker FC 8 times. Last season (2005-2006) saw the west side SONY Sugar FC win the title for the first time since joining the league.

The league has its division two known as the Nationwide League (NWL) (also known as National Super League) and below it the are provincial and district tiers.

Contents

1 Kenyan Premier League - 2007
2 Previous Winners
3 References
4 External links

The league was originally supposed to begin in 2006 autumn, but wrangles between two factions led to a parallel league situation. One of them, Kenya Premier League (KPL), had only seven teams, but were backed by the FIFA. Remaining teams formed the KFF-PL, supported the Kenyan government. Teams affiliated to KPL were private clubs, while teams affiliated to KFF-PL were traditional community clubs (like Gor Mahia and AFC Leopards) or teams belonging to government-owned organisations.

However, in March 2007 the two leagues were finally united into a 18-team league. Two relegated teams, AFC Leopards and Shabana Kisii were not readmitted, although there were some calls for a larger 20-team league.

The season finished in November 2007. Tusker FC won the title while Homegrown and Coast Stars got relegated ^[1]. Bandari from Mombasa has already confirmed promotion to KPL ^[2].

Agro-Chemical (Muhoroni)
Chemelil Sugar (Chemelil)
Coast Stars (Mombasa)
Gor Mahia (Nairobi)
Homegrown FC (Naivasha)
Kenya Commercial Bank (Nairobi)
Mahakama (Nairobi)
Mathare United (Nairobi)
Mathare Youth (Nairobi)
Red Berets FC (Nairobi)
Sher Agencies (Naivasha)
SoNy Sugar (Awendo)
Thika United (Thika)
Tusker FC (Nairobi)
Ulinzi Stars (Nairobi)
World Hope FC (Nairobi)

Mumias Sugar FC (Mumias) - disbanded on June 29
Kangemi United (Nairobi) -expelled on October 18

1963 : Nakuru All-Stars
1964 : Luo Union
1965 : Feisal FC
1966 : Abaluhya FC
1967 : Abaluhya FC
1968 : Gor Mahia
1969 : Nakuru All-Stars
1970 : Abaluhya FC
1972 : Kenya Breweries
1973 : Abaluhya FC
1974 : Gor Mahia
1975 : Luo Union
1976 : Gor Mahia
1977 : Kenya Breweries
1978 : Kenya Breweries

1979 : Gor Mahia
1980 : AFC Leopards
1981 : AFC Leopards
1982 : AFC Leopards
1983 : Gor Mahia
1984 : Gor Mahia
1985 : Gor Mahia
1986 : AFC Leopards
1987 : Gor Mahia
1988 : AFC Leopards
1989 : AFC Leopards
1990 : Gor Mahia
1991 : Gor Mahia
1992 : AFC Leopards
1993 : Gor Mahia

1994 : Kenya Breweries
1995 : Gor Mahia
1996 : Kenya Breweries
1997 : Utalii
1998 : AFC Leopards
1999 : Tusker FC
2000 : Tusker FC
2001 : Oserian Fastac FC
2002 : Oserian Fastac FC
2003 : Ulinzi Stars
2004 : Ulinzi Stars
2005 : Ulinzi Stars
2006 : SoNy Sugar
2007 : Tusker FC

^ Daily Nation, November 22, 2007: Mahakama survive relegation in league
^ Daily Nation, November 18, 2007: Brilliant brewers clinch crown

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