2009 in Kenyan football

Football in Kenya
Season 2009
Men's football
Premier League Sofapaka
FKL Cup A.F.C. Leopards
Super Cup Gor Mahia
← 2008 Kenya 2010 →

The following article is a summary of the 2009 football season in Kenya, the 46th competitive season in its history.

Promotion and relegation

Premier League

The 2009 Kenyan Premier League began on 7 February 2009 and ended on 21 November 2009.

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Sofapaka (C) (Q) 30 16 11 3 39 21 +18 59 Qualification for 2010 CAF Champions League
2 Mathare United 30 15 8 7 39 23 +16 53
3 Thika United 34 13 12 9 31 19 +12 51
4 Tusker 30 14 6 10 47 30 +17 48
5 Gor Mahia 30 15 1 14 39 33 +6 46
6 Nairobi City Stars 30 11 10 9 30 29 +1 43
7 Karuturi Sports 30 9 13 8 19 17 +2 40
8 Chemelil Sugar 30 10 10 10 28 28 0 40
9 Sony Sugar 30 11 7 12 29 31 −2 40
10 Ulinzi Stars 30 8 15 7 24 26 −2 39
11 Western Stima 30 8 12 10 29 38 −9 36
12 Kenya Commercial Bank 30 8 10 12 32 39 −7 34
13 A.F.C. Leopards (Q) 30 8 10 12 28 36 −8 34 Qualification for 2010 CAF Confederation Cup 1
14 Red Berets 30 7 9 14 28 43 −15 30
15 Bandari (R) 30 7 8 15 25 41 −16 29 Relegation to 2010 Nationwide League
16 Agrochemical (R) 30 5 8 17 20 43 −23 23

Updated to games played on 21 November 2009.
Source: 2009 Kenyan Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 A.F.C. Leopards as winners of the 2009 FKL Cup qualified for the 2010 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

The two last teams, Bandari and Agrochemical, were relegated to the Nationwide League for the following season.

Awards

The end of season awards were held on 9 December 2009.[1]

Award Recipient Club
Player of the Year John Baraza Sofapaka
New Player of the Year George Odhiambo Gor Mahia
Golden Boot John Baraza Sofapaka
Joseph Emeka Tusker
Goalkeeper of the Year Wilson Oburu Sofapaka
Defender of the Year Edgar Ochieng
Midfielder of the Year Peter Opiyo Gor Mahia
Manager of the Year Benson Mutinda Sofapaka
Coach of the Year Robert Matano
Fair Play Player of the Year Dennis Okoth Nairobi City Stars
Fair Play Team of the Year
Sony Sugar
Special Award
Joe Kadenge

Nationwide League

In 2008, the Nationwide League was divided into 2 zones of 16 teams each. In 2009, the league was restructured to contain two levels: Division One and Division Two, representing the second and third levels of the Kenyan football league system. Division One had 16 teams and Division Two had 2 zones.[2]

Teams

The following 16 teams participated Division One.[3]

Team Name Town
AC Nakuru Nakuru
Administration Police Nairobi
Bidco United Thika
Compel Webuye
Dagoretti Green Santos Nairobi
Homegrown Naivasha
Kawangware Nairobi
Kenya Revenue Authority Nairobi
Magongo Rangers Mombasa
Mahakama Nairobi
Mathare Youth Nairobi
Nairobi Stima Nairobi
Opera FC Sultan Hamud
Posta Rangers Nairobi
Real Kisumu Kisumu
Strathmore University Nairobi

Promotion

The top two teams, Mahakama and Posta Rangers, were promoted to the Premier League for the following season.

FKL Cup

The KFF Cup had its name changed to the FKL Cup, in line with the takeover of Kenyan football by Football Kenya Limited.

Though most Premier League clubs boycotted the cup,[4] A.F.C. Leopards beat Congo JMJ United 4-1 in the final on 20 October at the Nairobi City Stadium.

Super Cup

The 2009 Kenyan Super Cup match was played on January 24, 2009 between Mathare United, the 2008 Kenyan Premier League winners, and Gor Mahia, who set a record for the most KFF Cup titles ever won by winning their ninth title that same year. Gor Mahia won 3−0 at full-time.

National team

Head coach Francis Kimanzi was sacked after the 2008 CECAFA Cup in January 2009 due to disputes between him and Kenyan football administrators.[5] Kimanzi was replaced on caretaker basis by Bobby Ogolla,[6] before Antoine Hey was appointed to coach Kenya in the World Cup Qualifiers. The latter resigned in November 2009, shortly before Kenya met Nigeria in their last World Cup qualifier match. Hey was replaced by Twahir Muhiddin.[7]

World Cup qualifiers – CAF Third Round (Group 2)

Kenya participated in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers third qualifying round, which also doubled as the 2010 African Cup of Nations qualifiers. Kenya finished last in its qualifying group winning only one match and missed both tournaments.

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Nigeria 633094+512
 Tunisia 632174+311
 Mozambique 621335−27
 Kenya 6105511−63
  Kenya Mozambique Nigeria Tunisia
Kenya  — 2 – 1 2 – 3 1 – 2
Mozambique  1 – 0 — 0 – 0 1 – 0
Nigeria  3 – 0 1 – 0 — 2 – 2
Tunisia  1 – 0 2 – 0 0 – 0 —

CECAFA Cup

2008 CECAFA Cup

Due to postponement, the 2008 CECAFA Cup continued into 2009. Kenya played their 3 remaining group stage matches, the semi-finals and the final, which they lost to Uganda. Francis Kimanzi was sacked as the head coach shortly after the end of the tournament due to disagreements with the Kenya Football Federation.[8]

Group stage
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Kenya 4 2 2 0 6 1 +5 8
 Burundi 4 2 1 1 6 2 +4 7
 Sudan 4 1 2 1 3 2 +1 5
 Zambia 4 1 2 1 4 3 +1 5
 Djibouti 4 0 1 3 2 13 −11 1
Source:
Semi-finals
Final

2009 CECAFA Cup

Kenya hosted the 2009 CECAFA Cup, but lost to the eventual tournament winners Uganda 1-0 in the quarter finals.[9]

Group stage
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Zambia 3 3 0 0 9 0 +9 9
 Kenya 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
 Ethiopia 3 1 0 2 5 3 +2 3
 Djibouti 3 0 0 3 0 13 −13 0
Source:
Quarter-finals

Other matches

The following is a list of all other matches played by Kenya in 2009.

References

  1. ↑ The Standard, December 19, 2009: Season’s best named
  2. ↑ Kenyafootball.com, February 4, 2009: FK splits Nationwide League in two Archived 2010-01-01 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Kenyafootball.com, March 3, 2009: KRA in double triumph as FKL Nationwide Div one kicks off Archived 2010-01-01 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Daily Nation, October 21, 2009: Leading clubs’ apathy in cup gifts Leopards
  5. ↑ "Kimanzi sacked as Kenya coach". BBC. 2009-01-18. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
  6. ↑ Daily Nation, January 18, 2009: I’m ready, says Bobby Ogolla
  7. ↑ BBC Sports, November 11, 2009: Kenya turmoil ahead of Nigeria match
  8. ↑ "Kimanzi sacked as Kenya coach". BBC. 2009-01-18. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
  9. ↑ RSSSF - CECAFA Cup 2009
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