2008 in Kenyan football

Football in Kenya
Season 2008
Men's football
Premier League Mathare United
Nationwide League A.F.C. Leopards
(Zone A)
Sofapaka (Zone B)
KFF Cup Gor Mahia
← 2007 Kenya 2009 →

The following article is a summary of the 2008 football season in Kenya, the 45th competitive season in its history.

Premier League

The Premier League was sponsored by South African television channel SuperSport, meaning that it was broadcast live on TV after several years and offered financial benefits.[1] Francis Ouma, with 15 goals, finished as the top scorer.[2]

16 teams took part and Mathare United won its first league title. The season concluded on November 22, 2008.

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Mathare United (C) (Q) 30 18 9 3 47 22 +25 63 Qualification for 2009 CAF Champions League
2 Sony Sugar 30 17 9 4 34 17 +17 60
3 Agrochemical 30 13 9 8 28 24 +4 48
4 Ulinzi Stars 30 12 9 9 30 25 +5 45
5 Thika United 30 11 10 9 23 20 +3 43
6 Chemelil Sugar 30 10 10 10 28 22 +6 40
7 World Hope 30 11 7 12 25 31 −6 40
8 Tusker 30 9 12 9 36 36 0 39
9 Gor Mahia 30 10 9 11 20 23 −3 39 Qualification for 2009 CAF Confederation Cup 1
10 Sher Karuturi 30 8 14 8 17 19 −2 38
11 Kenya Commercial Bank 30 8 12 10 23 27 −4 36
12 Red Berets 30 8 9 13 26 31 −5 33
13 Bandari 30 9 6 15 28 36 −8 33
14 Western Stima 30 9 6 15 32 41 −9 33
15 Mahakama (R) 30 8 8 14 27 34 −7 32 Relegation to 2009 Nationwide League
16 Mathare Youth (R) 30 6 7 17 27 43 −16 25

Updated to games played on 22 November 2008.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Gor Mahia as winners of the 2008 FKL Cup qualified for the 2009 CAF Confederation Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Relegation

Mahakama and Mathare Youth were relegated from the league and were replaced by Nationwide League champions A.F.C. Leopards and Sofapaka, who were top in Zone A and Zone B respectively.[3]

Nationwide League

The Nationwide League was played in 2 zones. Zonal winners were A.F.C. Leopards and Sofapaka, who gained promotion for the following season.

Zone A

Team Name Town
AC Nakuru Nakuru
AFC Leopards Nairobi
Compel FC Webuye
Eldoret Mahakama Eldoret
Fluorspar FC Keiyo
Homegrown FC Naivasha
Kisumu Black Stars Kisumu
Laikipia Campus Nyahururu
Longonot Horticulture Longonot
Minicus Nairobi
Muhoroni Youth Muhoroni
Nairobi Stima Nairobi
Oserian Naivasha
Real Kisumu Kisumu
St. Andrews FC Molo
Strathmore University FC Nairobi

Zone B

Team Name Town
Administration Police FC Nairobi
Bidco United Thika
Dagoretti Santos Nairobi
Gachui Black Boots Gachui
Green Berets FC Ruiru
Kangemi United Nairobi
Kawangware Nairobi
Kenya Revenue Authority FC Nairobi
Kenyatta National Hospital FC Nairobi
Magongo Rangers Mombasa
Malindi United Malindi
Opera FC Sultan Hamud
Re-Union Nairobi
Sofapaka Nairobi
Super Eagles FC Mombasa
Vegpro Nairobi

Coast Stars from Mombasa were relegated from the Premier League in 2007, but refused to join the Nationwide League. They were replaced by Malindi United.[4] Shalimar of Naivasha were to compete in Zone A and had already played some games before pulling out of the league. They were replaced by Kisumu Black Stars which joined when the league was halfway done.[5]

KFF Cup

The President's Cup was renamed to the KFF Cup. The tournament was won by Gor Mahia, who beat Provincial League side Posta Rangers in the final. Apart from Gor Mahia, all other Premier League teams skipped the tournament due to high costs.[6]

National team

World Cup qualifiers – CAF Second Round (Group 2)

The national team played in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers and reached the 3rd qualifying round. The qualifiers also doubled as the 2010 African Cup of Nations qualifiers.

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Guinea 6 3 2 1 9 5 +411
 Kenya 6 3 1 2 8 5 +310
 Zimbabwe 6 1 3 2 4 6 −26
 Namibia 6 2 0 4 7 12 −56
  Guinea Kenya Namibia Zimbabwe
Guinea  — 3 – 2 4 – 0 0 – 0
Kenya  2 – 0 — 1 – 0 2 – 0
Namibia  1 – 2 2 – 1 — 4 – 2
Zimbabwe  0 – 0 0 – 0 2 – 0 —

2008 CECAFA Cup

2008 CECAFA Cup
Group B
Semi-finals
Kenya 1 - 0 Tanzania
Final
Kenya 0 - 1 Uganda

Kenya took part in the 2008 CECAFA Cup, which continued into 2009 due to postponements. They reached the final but were beaten 1-0 by Uganda. Shortly after the end of the tournament, Francis Kimanzi was sacked as the head coach due to disagreements with the Kenya Football Federation.[7]

Group stage

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Kenya 8422061+5
 Burundi 7421162+4
 Sudan 5412132+1
 Zambia 5412143+1
 Djibouti 14013213-11

Other matches

There were no other matches played by Kenya in 2008.

References

  1. ↑ Sportsbusiness.com, March 3, 2008: Supersport agrees TV rights deal with the Kenya Premier League
  2. ↑ BBC Sports, November 22, 2008: Mathare win first Kenya title
  3. ↑ Daily Nation, November 19, 2008: Leopards, Sofapaka confirmed
  4. ↑ The Standard, April 24, 2008: More woes for Coast Stars
  5. ↑ Kenyafootball.con, July 8, 2008: Nationwide: Shalimar results canceled
  6. ↑ The Standard, October 22, 2008: Gor cruise to cup WIN
  7. ↑ "Kimanzi sacked as Kenya coach". BBC. 2009-01-18. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
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