Nairobi City Stars

Nairobi City Stars is an association football club based in Nairobi, Kenya. They currently compete in the second tier Kenyan National Super League.

Nairobi City Stars
Full nameNairobi City Stars
Nickname(s)Simba wa Nairobi
Founded2001
GroundHope Centre,
Kawangware, Kenya
Capacity5,000
OwnerJonathan Jackson Foundation
Chairman Jonathan Jackson
Head coach Sanjin Alagić
LeagueNational Super League
20191st
WebsiteClub website

The club was founded in 2001 as Kawangware United then renamed to World Hope Football Club in 2003 following the relegation of the original club. After one season in the Nationwide League, World Hope was promoted back to the Kenyan Premier League. The club was owned by World Hope International, a charitable organization.

In October 2008, the club was bought by Ambassadors in Sport (AIS Kenya), who renamed the club to Nairobi City Stars FC after the 2008 season.[1] The name is after Cleveland City Stars. Musa Otieno, Kenyan international footballer who has also played for Cleveland City Stars was one of the leading figures behind the new club. Nairobi City Stars retained the home ground Hope Centre, located in Kawangware suburb of Nairobi.[2]

After the take over Nairobi City Stars was initially coached by German manager Oliver Page, a former Bundesliga player.[3] He resigned from the post-half-season in June 2009 despite good results, citing personal issues[4]

After a short while under the new owners, the team reverted to Peter Jabuya who would struggle with the team till March 2019 when the club was fully acquired by Jonathan Jackson Foundation, a community focused setup named after its founder Jonathan Jackson who is a real estate mogul in Kenya and in Europe.[5][6][7][8][9][10]

Upon the change of hands the new owners roped in online journalist Patrick Korir as the CEO to streamline the clubs operations.[11] And in July 2019 the club went searching for a foreign Coach and hired Sarajevo-born Sanjin Alagic, a UEFA Pro licensed coach from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

For the new season starting September 2019, Sanjin onboarded some former players Anthony 'Muki' Kimani, Jimmy Bageya, among other 10 new faces.[12]

Achievements
  • Kenyan President's Cup: 1
2005

Performance in CAF competitions
2006 – Preliminary Round

Current squad
As of 14 January 2020.[13]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Ronny Kagunzi
23 GK Levis Opiyo
16 GK Jacob Osano
4 DF Salim Abdalla
5 DF Wesley Onguso
8 DF Calvins Masawa (Captain)
12 DF Edwin Buliba
17 DF Noah Abich
22 DF Wycliffe Otieno
28 DF Kevin Okumu
13 MF Eric Ochieng
2 MF Elvis Ojiambo
No. Position Player
3 MF Charles Otieno
7 MF Peter Opiyo
21 MF Oliver Maloba
25 MF David Gateri
30 MF Anthony Kimani
9 FW Vincent Otieno
18 FW Jimmy Bageya
17 FW Davis Agesa
27 FW Azizi Okaka
29 FW Ebrima Sanneh
10 FW Ezekiel Odera

Club officials

Board of directors
ChairmanJonathan Jackson
Chief ExecutivePatrick Korir
Financial DirectorFrancis Kamau

Management
PositionName
Head CoachSanjin Alagić
Assistant CoachJohn Amboko
Assistant CoachTiellen Oguta
Goalkeeping CoachZachary Onyango
TrainerArthur Museve
Team ManagerNeville Pudo
Sports scienceGrace Wang'ondu
PhysioDennis Mugisha

Past coaches
  • Zedekiah 'Zico' Otieno (2003, 2004)
  • Lord kenna (Jan 2009- Dec 2010)
  • John “Bobby” Ogolla (Jan 2008 - Nov 2008)
  • Oliver Page (Nov 2008 - May 2009)
  • Kennedy Odhiambo (May 2009-Aug 2011)
  • Gideon Ochieng (Aug 2011-Sep 2012)
  • Bai Malleh Wadda (Sep 2012-June 2013)
  • Charles 'Omondi' Korea (June 2013-Sep 2013)
  • Jan Koops (Sep 2013-Jan 2014)
  • Robinson Ndubuisi Ofwoku (Jan 2014-Apr 2014)
  • Tim Bryett (Apr 2014-Jul 2014)
  • Robinson Ndubuisi Ofwoku (Jul 2014- Dec 2014)
  • Paul Nkata (Jan 2015 - June 2015)
  • Gabriel 'Kingi' Njoroge (Jul 2015-Sep 2015)
  • Dennis 'Wise' Okoth (Sep 2015-Dec 2015)
  • John “Bobby” Ogolla (Jan 2016-June 2016)
  • Richard Pinto Tamale (Jul 2016-Dec 2016)
  • Robert Matano (Jan 2017-May 2017)
  • Abdul-Samadu Musafiri (Jul 2017 - Dec 2017)
  • John Amboko (Jan-Dec 2018)
  • Jimmy Kintu (Jan 2019 - Apr 2019)
  • John Amboko (Apr 2019 - Jun 2019)

Notable past players

References
  1. Daily Nation, October 16, 2008: New owners take over World Hope FC
  2. The Standard, October 17, 2008: Take over at Hope
  3. Daily Nation, November 20, 2008: City Stars unveil new German coach
  4. Kenyafootball, May 25, 2009: Nairobi City Stars Appoints new Head Coach
  5. The Standard, June 14, 2019: Jackson: Why we bought Nairobi City Stars squad
  6. Goal, May 1, 2019: Nairobi City Stars confirm takeover by Jonathan Jackson Foundation
  7. Citizen, May 1, 2019: City Stars has new owner; purchase coming after long financial struggles
  8. Futaa, June 13, 2019: Former KPL heavyweight owners make a vow ahead of new season
  9. Michezo Afrika, May 1, 2019: Hope as Nairobi City Stars gets new owner
  10. Daily Active Kenya, May 1, 2019: Just like Wazito, City Stars gets a new owner who will blow their problems away
  11. SportPesa News, May 1, 2019: Seasoned Local Football Journalist Korir In New City Stars Management Team
  12. Soka, August 27, 2019: Muki, Bageya back as City Stars reshape for NSL onslaught
  13. "Nairobi City Stars – Pro Team Roster". Nairobi City Stars. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
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