Kenyan Premier League

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Kenyan Premier League
Kenyan Premier League.pngTemplate: Infobox football competition / maintenance / logo format
abbreviation KPL
Association KFF
First edition 1963
hierarchy 1st League
Teams 18th
master Gor Mahia FC (2019)
Record champions Gor Mahia FC (18 ×)
Website www.kpl.co.ke
Qualification for CAF Champions League ,
CAF Confederation Cup

The Kenyan Premier League (KPL) is the top division in Kenyan men's football and has been played since 1963.

In the KPL, every club competes against every other club in home and return matches. The championship title and participation in the KPL Top 8 and the CAF Champions League will be played out. The last two teams relegate to the second division, the FKL Nationwide Division One.

The most successful club is Gor Mahia FC with 18 championships won.

mode

A championship year is divided into a round trip with 17 games each. The first half of the season is played from February to May and the second half, after a month's break, from July to November. During this season the 16 clubs of the KPL will meet twice; once in your own stadium and once in the opponent's stadium.

The team that finishes the championship year in first place becomes champions of the Kenyan Premier League. The last two teams are relegated to FKL Nationwide Division One, and their top two teams go straight to the KPL. At the same time, the participants in the African club tournaments are determined. The CAF five-year rating determines how many clubs from which national association participate in the CAF Champions League or the CAF Confederation Cup . Due to the current placement of Kenya in the five-year ranking, the champion takes part in the CAF Champions League.

After each game, the winning team receives 3 points and the defeated team receives 0 points; in the event of a tie, each team receives 1 point. The points achieved in a season are added up and thus result in a current ranking of the clubs for each game day.

history

The league was first played in April 1963 under the name Kenya National Football League . With ten participating teams were Luo Union , Maragoli United, Marama, Nairobi Heroes, Bunyore, Kakamega, Samia Union (all Nairobi ), Liverpool (now Mwenge) and Feisal FC (both Coast ) as well as Nakuru AllStars ( Rift Valley ). Between 1973 and 1997 it was called the Super League ; since 1998 it has the current name: Kenyan Premier League .

Current season

In 2018 the following 18 clubs play in the championship.

The masters of the KPL
society title Last title
Gor Mahia FC 18th 2019
AFC Leopards 12 1998
Tusker FC 11 2016
Ulinzi Stars 4th 2010
Nakuru AllStars 2 1969
Luo Union 2 1975
Oserian Fastac 2 2002
Feisal FC 1 1965
Utalii 1 1997
SoNy Sugar 1 2006
Mathare United 1 2008
Sofapaka FC 1 2009

Stages

Since many KPL clubs are from Nairobi and five stadiums were not approved for play at the beginning of the 2014 season, not every club has its home stadium, but plays in one of the stadiums currently available. The clubs are registered at the preferred stadium.

Surname societies city capacity
Moi International Sports Complex Mathare United , Tusker FC , KRA Nairobi 60,000
Nyayo National Stadium AFC Leopards , Sofapaka FC Nairobi 30,000
Nairobi City Stadium Gor Mahia , Kenya Commercial Bank FC Nairobi 15,000
Kenyatta Stadium Machakos 10,000
Mombasa Municipal Stadium Mombasa 10,000
Mumia's Sports Complex Mumias 10,000
Afraha Stadium Ulinzi Stars , Nakuru Top Fry AllStars Nakuru 8,200
Green Stadium SoNy Sugar Awendo 5,000
Hope Center Nairobi City Stars Nairobi 5,000
Muhoroni Stadium Muhoroni Youth Muhoroni 3,000
Mbaraki Sports Club Bandari Mombasa 3,000

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kenya - List of Champions. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, accessed June 28, 2011 .
  2. ^ The History of Football in Kenya. (No longer available online.) Kenya Page Online, archived from the original on August 14, 2011 ; accessed on June 28, 2011 (English).
  3. ↑ Five venues banned from hosting KPL matches. Goal.com, February 5, 2014, accessed February 5, 2014 .
  4. ↑ Kenya Venues. soccerway.com, accessed February 5, 2014 .