2017 Kenyan Premier League

Kenyan Premier League
Season	2017
Matches played	72
Goals scored	133 (1.85 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kepha Aswani Gilbert Fiamenyo Stephen Waruru (4 goals each)
Biggest home win	Ulinzi Stars 5–1 Mathare United (23 April 2017)
Biggest away win	2 matches Tusker 2–5 Nzoia Sugar (11 March 2017) Nakumatt 0–3 Leopards (19 March 2017)
Highest scoring	Tusker 2–5 Nzoia United (11 March 2017)
← 2016 2018 → All statistics correct as of 1 May 2017.

Domestic football in 2017

Premier League (Tier 1)

National Super League (Tier 2)

Division One (Tier 3)

President's Cup

Super Cup

Top 8 Cup

← 2016

2018 →

The 2017 Kenyan Premier League (known as the SportPesa Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the 14th season of the Kenyan Premier League since it began in 2003, and the 54th season of top-division football in Kenya since 1963. It begins on 11 February. Tusker are the defending champions, coming off their 11th league title.

The Kenyan Premier League expanded to 18 teams, of which 14 returned from the 2016 season. Kariobangi Sharks, Nakumatt, Nzoia Sugar (formerly Nzoia United) and Zoo Kericho were promoted from the second-tier National Super League.

Changes from last season

Nairobi

Locations of the 2017 Kenyan Premier League teams.

Locations of the 2017 Kenyan Premier League teams within Nairobi.

Relegated from Premier League

Promoted from National Super League

Teams

Seven of the participating teams are based in the capital, Nairobi, while Bandari is the only team based at the Coast.

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
A.F.C. Leopards	Nairobi	Nyayo National Stadium	7004300000000000000♠30,000
Bandari	Mombasa	Mombasa Municipal Stadium	7004100000000000000♠10,000
Chemelil Sugar	Chemelil	Chemelil Sports Complex	7003500000000000000♠5,000
Gor Mahia	Nairobi	Nairobi City Stadium	7004150000000000000♠15,000
Kakamega Homeboyz	Kakamega	Bukhungu Stadium	7004100000000000000♠10,000
Kariobangi Sharks	Nairobi	Nairobi City Stadium	7004150000000000000♠15,000
Mathare United	Nairobi	Kasarani Stadium	7004600000000000000♠60,000
Muhoroni Youth	Muhoroni	Muhoroni Stadium	7003500000000000000♠5,000
Nakumatt	Nairobi	Nyayo National Stadium	7004300000000000000♠30,000
Nzoia Sugar	Mumias	Mumias Sports Complex	7004100000000000000♠10,000
Posta Rangers	Eldoret	Kipchoge Keino Stadium	7004100000000000000♠10,000
Sofapaka	Nairobi	Nyayo National Stadium	7004300000000000000♠30,000
Sony Sugar	Awendo	Awendo Green Stadium	7003500000000000000♠5,000
Thika United	Thika	Thika Municipal Stadium	7003500000000000000♠5,000
Tusker	Nairobi	Kasarani Stadium	7004600000000000000♠60,000
Ulinzi Stars	Nakuru	Afraha Stadium	7003820000000000000♠8,200
Western Stima	Kakamega	Bukhungu Stadium	7003500000000000000♠5,000
Zoo Kericho	Kericho	Kericho Green Stadium	7003500000000000000♠5,000

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Posta Rangers	8	5	3	0	7	2	+5	18	Qualification for 2018 CAF Champions League
2	Gor Mahia	8	5	1	2	10	6	+4	16
3	Sofapaka	8	4	3	1	12	6	+6	15
4	A.F.C. Leopards	8	4	2	2	9	6	+3	14
5	Chemelil Sugar	8	3	4	1	7	3	+4	13
6	Ulinzi Stars	8	3	3	2	11	7	+4	12
7	Nzoia Sugar	8	3	3	2	12	9	+3	12
8	Tusker	8	3	3	2	9	11	−2	12
9	Bandari	8	3	2	3	10	6	+4	11
10	Kakamega Homeboyz	8	2	4	2	5	5	0	10
11	Kariobangi Sharks	8	3	1	4	6	7	−1	10
12	Mathare United	8	2	3	3	6	10	−4	9
13	Nakumatt	8	2	2	4	5	7	−2	8
14	Muhoroni Youth	8	2	2	4	4	7	−3	8
15	SoNy Sugar	8	2	2	4	4	8	−4	8	Relegation to National Super League
16	Thika United	8	2	1	5	7	11	−4	7
17	Western Stima	8	1	3	4	5	11	−6	6
18	Zoo Kericho	8	1	2	5	4	11	−7	5

Updated to games played on 1 May 2017.
Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) playoff
(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.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Team / Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Team / Round
Posta Rangers	5	6	7	2	2	1	1	1
Gor Mahia	2	1	3	1	1	2	2	2
Sofapaka	7	14	3	5	4	5	3	3
A.F.C. Leopards	7	7	2	6	5	2	4	4
Chemelil Sugar	3	3	9	3	6	6	5	5
Ulinzi Stars	7	12	11	7	7	4	6	6
Nzoia Sugar	1	2	8	12	8	8	7	7
Tusker	18	18	16	15	14	15	11	8
Bandari	5	5	1	3	3	7	8	9
Kakamega Homeboyz	7	11	6	11	12	13	9	10
Kariobangi Sharks	16	16	17	16	10	12	10	11
Mathare United	4	4	10	10	12	16	16	12
Nakumatt	14	17	14	13	15	9	13	13
Muhoroni Youth	7	9	15	14	16	10	12	14
SoNy Sugar	17	10	5	8	9	11	14	15
Thika United	13	8	12	9	11	14	15	16
Western Stima	7	12	13	16	17	17	17	17
Zoo Kericho	14	15	18	18	18	18	18	18

Last updated: 1 May 2017
Source: Futaa.com

	Leader
	Relegation to the 2018 Kenyan National Super League

Results

Home ╲ Away	A.F.C. Leopards !AFC	Bandari !BND	Chemelil Sugar !CHM	Gor Mahia !GOR	Kakamega Homeboyz !KHB	Kariobangi Sharks !KBS	Mathare United !MAU	Muhoroni Youth !MHY	Nakumatt !NKM	Nzoia Sugar !NZS	Posta Rangers !PRN	Sofapaka !SOF	SoNy Sugar !SNY	Thika United !THU	Tusker !TUS	Ulinzi Stars !ULS	Western Stima !WST	Zoo Kericho !ZOO
A.F.C. Leopards !A.F.C. Leopards				a				1–0		2–1		0–1				0–0
Bandari !Bandari				1–2				3–0	1–0					3–0
Chemelil Sugar !Chemelil Sugar	2–0	1–0			1–1	1–1
Gor Mahia !Gor Mahia	a				1–0		0–1								0–0			1–0
Kakamega Homeboyz !Kakamega Homeboyz								2–0		1–2	1–1					1–0
Kariobangi Sharks !Kariobangi Sharks				1–3					1–0					1–0		0–1
Mathare United !Mathare United			0–0								0–1	1–2		3–2
Muhoroni Youth !Muhoroni Youth						1–0	0–0						2–0		0–1
Nakumatt !Nakumatt	0–3				0–0								0–0				2–0
Nzoia Sugar !Nzoia Sugar						0–2	0–0						1–1					1–1
Posta Rangers !Posta Rangers	1–1	0–0				1–0											1–0
Sofapaka !Sofapaka		1–1			0–0								0–1		2–2
SoNy Sugar !SoNy Sugar			0–2	1–2							0–1			1–0
Thika United !Thika United	1–2														2–0		1–1	1–0
Tusker !Tusker			1–0						2–1	2–5						1–1
Ulinzi Stars !Ulinzi Stars		2–1					5–1											1–2
Western Stima !Western Stima			0–0	2–1						0–2		1–3
Zoo Kericho !Zoo Kericho								1–1	0–2		0–1	0–3

Updated to games played on 1 May 2017.
Source: Soccerway
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Scoring

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Aswani, KephaKepha Aswani	Nakumatt	4
	Fiamenyo, GilbertGilbert Fiamenyo	A.F.C. Leopards
	Waruru, StephenStephen Waruru	Ulinzi Stars
4	Okwemba, CharlesCharles Okwemba	Sofapaka	3
	Omondi, BonfaceBonface Omondi	Nzoia Sugar
	Rupia, ElvisElvis Rupia	Nzoia Sugar
	Sserunkuma, DanDan Sserunkuma	Bandari
8	20 players		2

Last updated: 1 May 2017^[1]

References

↑ "Kenyan Premier League: Top Scorers". Futaa.com.

Kenyan Premier League
2017 clubs	A.F.C. Leopards Bandari Chemelil Sugar Gor Mahia Kakamega Homeboyz Kariobangi Sharks Mathare United Muhoroni Youth Nakumatt Nzoia Sugar Posta Rangers Sofapaka Sony Sugar Thika United Tusker Ulinzi Stars Western Stima Zoo Kericho
Former clubs	Abaluhya Abiengo A.F.C. Kamili Agrochemical Alaskan Barclays Bank Baruti Bata Bullets Benham Black Mamba Blue Triangle Brooke Bond Bunyore Busia Simba Canons Coast Stars Coca-Cola Cook N' Lite Eldoret Eldoret Posta Eldoret United F.C. Kitale FC West Ham United Feisal Green Berets Hakati Sports Club Harambee Maseno Homa Bay Silver Stars Homegrown Kahawa United Kakamega Kakamega Black Stars Kangemi United Kari Karuturi Sports KCC Eldoret Kenya Commercial Bank Kenya Grain Growers Kenya Navy Kenya Pipeline Kenya Prisons Kenya Textile Mills Kimbo Kisima Bombers Kisumu AllStars Kisumu Hotstars Kisumu Posta Kisumu Telkom Lenana Warriors Luo Sports Club Luo Union Mahakama Maragoli United Marama Mathare Youth Maziwa Ministry of Works Kakamega Mombasa Cargo Mombasa Heroes Mombasa Liverpool Mombasa Warriors Motcom Muhoroni Mumias Sugar Nairobi City Stars Nairobi Heroes Nairobi Wanderers Nakuru AllStars Nakuru AllStars (1961) Nakuru Police Nakuru Transcom National Bank of Kenya Oserian Panpaper Webuye Ramogi Rarcom Raymonds Red Berets Reli Reunion Rivatex Samia Union Scarlet Securicor Shabana Kisii Shell Stima Umeme Ushuru Utalii Viatu Sportif Volcano Waterworks
Awards Seasons

Kenyan Premier League seasons
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

2017 in Kenyan football
« 2016
Domestic leagues	Premier League National Super League Division One
Domestic cups	President's Cup Super Cup Top 8 Cup
African competitions	Champions League Confederation Cup
Related to national team	CECAFA Cup

2017 in African Football (CAF)
« 2016 2018 »
Domestic leagues	Algeria 16–17 17–18 Angola 2017 2018 Benin 16–17 17–18 Botswana 16–17 17–18 Burkina Faso 16–17 17–18 Burundi 16–17 17–18 Cameroon Cape Verde Chad Congo Côte d'Ivoire 16–17 17–18 Democratic Republic of Congo 16–17 17–18 Djibouti 16–17 17–18 Egypt 16–17 17–18 Ethiopia 16–17 17–18 Gabon 16-17 17-18 Gambia 16–17 17–18 Ghana Guinea 16–17 17–18 Kenya Lesotho 16–17 17–18 Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali 16–17 17–18 Mauritania 16–17 17–18 Mauritius 16–17 17–18 Morocco 16–17 17–18 Mozambique Namibia 16–17 17–18 Nigeria men women Réunion Rwanda 16–17 17–18 Senegal 16–17 17–18 Somalia 16–17 17–18 South Africa 16–17 17–18 Sudan Swaziland 16–17 17–18 Tanzania 16–17 17–18 Togo Tunisia 16–17 17–18 Uganda 16–17 17–18 Zambia Zimbabwe
Domestic cups	Algeria 16–17 17–18 Angola 2017 Egypt 16–17 17–18 Kenya South Africa 16–17 17–18 Tunisia 16–17 17–18 Uganda 16–17 17–18
Supercups	Algeria Angola Egypt Kenya Mali
Regional cups	Arab Club Championship
CAF club competitions	CAF Champions League qualifying rounds group stage knockout stage final CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds group stage knockout stage final CAF Super Cup
International competitions	Africa Cup of Nations Africa U-20 Cup of Nations Africa U-17 Cup of Nations CECAFA Cup COSAFA Cup

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