Kenyan national soccer team

Kenya
Republic of Kenya

Nickname (s)	Harambee Stars
Association	Football Kenya Federation
confederacy	CAF
Technical sponsor	Joma
Head coach	Francis Kimanzi (since 2019)
captain	Victor Wanyama
Record scorer	Dennis Oliech (34)
FIFA code	KEN
FIFA rank	107th (1199 points) (as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey Third jersey
statistics
First international match Kenya 1: 1 Uganda ( Nairobi , Kenya ; May 1, 1926 )
Biggest win Kenya 9-1 Djibouti ( Nairobi , Kenya ; August 15, 1998 )
Biggest defeat Kenya 0:13 Ghana ( Nairobi , Kenya ; December 12, 1965 )
Successes in tournaments
African Championship
Participation in the finals	6 ( first : 1972 )
Best results	Preliminary round 1972, 2004
(As of July 2, 2019)

The Kenyan national soccer team is the national soccer team of Kenya and is controlled by the local soccer association, the Kenya Football Federation.

Kenya has already qualified for the Africa Cup six times, most recently in 2019 , but was always eliminated in the first round. The country has never participated in a world championship .

The national players who work in Europe mostly play in the leagues of Sweden and Belgium . The country's most famous football player right now is Victor Wanyama , who plays for Tottenham Hotspur .

The team's nickname, "The Harambee Stars", is derived from the Swahili word " Harambee ", which roughly means "Let's all pull together".

Tournaments

Football World Cup

1930 - 1970	not participated
1974 - 2018	not qualified

African Cup of Nations

1962	not participated
1963	withdrawn
1965 - 1970	not qualified
1972	Preliminary round
1974 - 1982	not qualified
1984	not participated
1986	not qualified
1988 - 1992	Preliminary round
1994	not qualified
1996	withdrawn
1998 - 2002	not qualified
2004	Preliminary round
2006 - 2017	not qualified
2019	Preliminary round

African Nations Championship

• 2009 - 2016 : not qualified

East / Central African Championship

1973	Preliminary round
1974	Preliminary round
1975	East / Central African champions
1976	Semifinals
1977	Fourth
1978	Third
1979	Second
1980	Preliminary round
1981	East / Central African champions
1982	East / Central African champions
1983	East / Central African champions
1984	Fourth
1985	Second
1987	Preliminary round
1988	Semifinals
1989	Team A: Third - Team B: Preliminary Round
1990	Preliminary round
1991	Second
1992	Preliminary round
1994	Team A: Third - Team B: Preliminary Round
1995	Third
1996	Fourth
1999	Second
2000	Preliminary round
2001	Second
2002	East / Central African champions
2003	Third
2004	Fourth
2005	not participated
2006	suspended by FIFA
2007	Quarter finals
2008	Second
2009	Quarter finals
2010	Preliminary round
2011	Preliminary round
2012	Second
2013	East / Central African champions

South African Championship

2013	Preliminary round (participation as a guest)

Known players

• Joe Kadenge
• Joe Masinga
• Jonathan Niva
• Mike Okoth Origi father from Belgium "Divock"

Well-known trainers

• Ray Bachelor (1961)
• Jack Gibbons (1966)
• Elijah Lidonde (1967)
• Eckhard Krautzun (1970–1974)
• Jonathan Niva (1972)
• Ray Wood (1975)
• Peter Odera (1978)
• Stephen Yongo (1979)
• Gregory Palakov (1979)
• Marshall Mulwa (1980-1983)
• Bernard Zgoll (1984)
• Reinhard Fabisch (1987)
• Christopher Makokha (1988)
• Mohammed Kheri (1988–1990)
• Gerry Saurer (1992)
• Mohammed Kheri (1995)
• Vojo Gardasevic (1996)
• Reinhard Fabisch (1997)
• Christian Chukwu (1998)
• Abdul Majid (1998)
• James Siang'a (1999-2000)
• Reinhard Fabisch (2001-2002)
• Joe Kadenge (2002)
• Jacob Mulee (2003-2004)
• Twahir Muhiddin (2004-2005)
• Mohammed Kheri (2005)
• Jacob Mulee (2005)
• Bernard Lama (2006)
• Tom Olaba (2006)
• Jacob Mulee (2007-2008)
• Francis Kimanzi (2008-2009)
• Antoine Hey (2009)
• Twahir Muhiddin (2010)
• Zeddekiah Otieno (2010-2011)
• Francis Kimanzi (2011-2012)
• Henri Michel (2012)
• James Nandwa (2012-2013)
• Adel Amrouche (2013-2014)
• Bobby Williamson (2014-2016)
• Stanley Okumbi (2016-2017)
• Paul Put (2017-2018)
• Stanley Okumbi (2018)
• Sébastien Migne (2018-2019)
• Francis Kimanzi (since 2019)

Games against German-speaking national teams

	date	place	Home team	result	Visiting team
1.	December 6, 1983	Mombasa	Kenya	0-0	Switzerland

There have been no matches against Germany, Austria, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein so far.

Web links

• Information about football in Kenya (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 . 
2. ↑ valuable current soccer players. Retrieved November 18, 2018 . 
3. ↑ List of Harambee Stars Coaches