2016 Kenyan Premier League

Kenyan Premier League
Season	2016
Champions	Tusker 6th Premier League title 11th Kenyan title overall
Relegated	Ushuru Nairobi City Stars
Champ. League	Tusker
Confed. Cup	Ulinzi Stars (cup runners-up)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	456 (1.9 per match)
Top goalscorer	John Makwata (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Sofapaka 5–0 Nairobi City Stars (7 August 2016)^[1]
Biggest away win	2 matches Ushuru 0–4 Bandari (21 May 2016)^[2] Ushuru 0–4 Western Stima (3 August 2016)^[3]
Highest scoring	Sofapaka 2–5 Mathare United (27 February 2016)^[4]
← 2015 All statistics correct as of 19 November 2016.

Domestic football in 2016

Premier League (Tier 1)

National Super League (Tier 2)

Division One (Tier 3)

President's Cup

Super Cup

Top 8 Cup

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2017 →

The 2016 Kenyan Premier League (known as the SportPesa Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 13th season of the Kenyan Premier League since it began in 2003, and the 53rd season of top-division football in Kenya since 1963. It began on 13 February and ended on 19 November. Tusker won their eleventh league title, earning a place in the preliminary round of the 2017 CAF Champions League. Ulinzi Stars earned a place in the preliminary round of the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup as runners-up of the 2016 FKF President's Cup, which was also won by Tusker. The two teams will face each other at the 2017 Kenyan Super Cup.

A total of 16 teams competed for the Kenyan Premier League, of which 14 returned from the 2015 season. Posta Rangers and Kakamega Homeboyz were promoted from the second-tier FKF Premier League after spending three and two seasons away from the top flight, respectively.

Changes from last season

Locations of the 2016 Kenyan Premier League teams.

Locations of the 2016 Kenyan Premier League teams within Nairobi.

Relegated from Premier League

Promoted from FKF Premier 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
Mathare United	Nairobi	Kasarani Stadium	7004600000000000000♠60,000
Muhoroni Youth	Muhoroni	Muhoroni Stadium	7003500000000000000♠5,000
Nairobi City Stars	Nairobi	Hope Centre	7003500000000000000♠5,000
Posta Rangers	Eldoret	Kipchoge Keino Stadium	7004100000000000000♠10,000
Sofapaka	Nairobi	Nyayo National Stadium	7004300000000000000♠30,000
Sony Sugar	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
Ushuru	Nairobi	Public Service Grounds	7003500000000000000♠5,000
Western Stima	Kakamega	Bukhungu Stadium	7003500000000000000♠5,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Tusker (C, Q)	30	17	10	3	40	25	+15	61	Qualification to 2017 CAF Champions League
2	Gor Mahia	30	15	12	3	35	14	+21	54^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Ulinzi Stars	30	11	13	6	35	25	+10	46^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Qualification to 2017 CAF Confederation Cup
4	Posta Rangers	30	10	15	5	22	15	+7	45
5	Chemelil Sugar	30	12	9	9	24	24	0	45
6	Western Stima	30	10	14	6	32	24	+8	44
7	Mathare United	30	11	11	8	33	29	+4	44
8	Kakamega Homeboyz	30	10	12	8	27	25	+2	42
9	Sony Sugar	30	10	9	11	23	21	+2	39
10	Muhoroni Youth	30	10	8	12	26	32	−6	38
11	Bandari	30	9	10	11	28	31	−3	37
12	Thika United	30	8	10	12	24	32	−8	34
13	A.F.C. Leopards	30	8	9	13	32	38	−6	30^{[lower-alpha 1]}
14	Sofapaka	30	7	5	18	34	40	−6	26
15	Ushuru (R)	30	5	11	14	24	42	−18	26	Relegation to National Super League
16	Nairobi City Stars (R)	30	3	10	17	17	39	−22	19	Relegation to National Super League

Updated to match(es) played on 19 November 2016. Source: Kenyan Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1 2 On 26 May 2016 (matchday 15), A.F.C. Leopards and Gor Mahia were deducted 3 points each for hooliganism involved in their matches at home against Ulinzi Stars and away at Tusker, respectively.^[5]
↑ Ulinzi Stars qualified for the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup as runners-up of the 2016 FKF President's Cup, which was won by league champions Tusker.

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	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Team / Round
Tusker !Tusker	4	9	3	2	4	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Gor Mahia !Gor Mahia	10	11	11	12	12	13	6	8	9	8	6	4	3	2	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Ulinzi Stars !Ulinzi Stars	12	3	6	5	5	5	4	5	6	5	4	5	4	3	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	6	6	3	6	6	6	5	5	3
Posta Rangers !Posta Rangers	2	2	5	4	7	6	7	4	4	4	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	8	10	9	7	6	7	7	7	8	7	4
Chemelil Sugar !Chemelil Sugar	9	14	9	9	10	11	11	13	14	11	11	11	9	11	12	9	8	8	10	9	6	5	4	7	4	3	3	3	3	5
Western Stima !Western Stima	14	7	8	8	9	7	8	9	10	7	7	7	8	7	8	7	6	6	6	5	5	8	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	6
Mathare United !Mathare United	8	5	1	3	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	4	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	5	5	5	5	6	6	7
Kakamega Homeboyz !Kakamega Homeboyz	3	8	13	11	8	10	13	10	8	6	9	9	10	9	7	8	9	10	8	7	7	4	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8
Sony Sugar !Sony Sugar	11	13	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	12	11	12	9	12	13	9	12	12	12	11	12	11	10	9	9	9	10	9
Muhoroni Youth !Muhoroni Youth	16	10	4	7	6	8	10	7	7	9	8	8	6	6	6	6	7	5	5	6	8	7	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	10
Bandari !Bandari	5	1	7	6	3	4	5	6	5	10	10	10	12	10	10	11	12	13	11	10	11	12	11	10	11	11	11	11	9	11
Thika United !Thika United	13	12	14	14	15	15	14	14	13	14	12	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
A.F.C. Leopards !A.F.C. Leopards	7	4	2	1	2	1	3	3	3	3	5	6	7	8	11	13	11	12	9	11	9	10	10	12	12	12	13	13	13	13
Sofapaka !Sofapaka	1	6	12	13	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	14
Ushuru !Ushuru	15	16	10	10	11	9	12	12	11	12	13	14	13	14	13	10	10	11	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15
Nairobi City Stars !Nairobi City Stars	6	15	16	15	13	12	9	11	12	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	16

Last updated: 19 November 2016
Source: Kenyan Premier League

	Leader
	Relegation to the 2017 Kenyan National Super League

Results

Home ╲ Away	A.F.C. Leopards !AFC	Bandari !BND	Chemelil Sugar !CHM	Gor Mahia !GOR	Kakamega Homeboyz !KHB	Mathare United !MAU	Muhoroni Youth !MHY	Nairobi City Stars !NCS	Posta Rangers !PRN	Sofapaka !SOF	Sony Sugar !SNY	Thika United !THU	Tusker !TUS	Ulinzi Stars !ULS	Ushuru !UFC	Western Stima !WST
A.F.C. Leopards !A.F.C. Leopards		1–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	4–0	2–2	0–2^{^[2]}	3–2	0–1
Bandari !Bandari	2–1		0–1	0–2	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–3	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0
Chemelil Sugar !Chemelil Sugar	1–0	1–1		0–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–3	1–0	1–0	0–0
Gor Mahia !Gor Mahia	0–1	0–0	3–1		1–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–2
Kakamega Homeboyz !Kakamega Homeboyz	4–1	0–0	0–1	0–3		2–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–1
Mathare United !Mathare United	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–2	0–0		1–1	0–2	0–0	2–2	1–0	0–2	0–2	1–0	3–1	2–2
Muhoroni Youth !Muhoroni Youth	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	0–0		2–0	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	0–0
Nairobi City Stars !Nairobi City Stars	1–0	2–2	0–1	2–2	1–3	0–1	1–1		0–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–1
Posta Rangers !Posta Rangers	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–0		1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–1
Sofapaka !Sofapaka	3–2	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–5	2–1	5–0	0–1		0–1	5–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–2
Sony Sugar !Sony Sugar	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	1–2	1–0		1–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0
Thika United !Thika United	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1		1–2	1–1	1–0	0–0
Tusker !Tusker	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–2		0–2	2–2	1–1
Ulinzi Stars !Ulinzi Stars	2–2	4–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	3–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–2		3–2	1–1
Ushuru !Ushuru	1–1	0–4	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–1		0–4
Western Stima !Western Stima	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–3	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–3

Updated to games played on 19 November 2016.
Source: Kenyan Premier League
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2 ^{^} The match was called off in the 80th minute after A.F.C. Leopards fans protested a penalty awarded to Ulinzi Stars by the referee.^[6] The league awarded Ulinzi Stars a 2–0 win and 3 points.^[7]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Makwata, JohnJohn Makwata	Ulinzi Stars	15
2	Ochomo, WycliffeWycliffe Ochomo	Muhoroni Youth	12
3	Aswani, KephaKepha Aswani	A.F.C. Leopards	11
4	Tuyisenge, JacquesJacques Tuyisenge	Gor Mahia	10
5	Isuza, WhyvonneWhyvonne Isuza	Mathare United	8
6	Shimonyo, FredrickFredrick Shimonyo	Western Stima	7
6	Ndege, ObadiahObadiah Ndege	Mathare United	7
8	Asembeka, AmonAmon Asembeka	Sony Sugar	6
	Khamati, MichaelMichael Khamati	Tusker
	Kimani, Anthony "Muki"Anthony "Muki" Kimani	Bandari
	King'atua, DavidDavid King'atua	Bandari
	Mukangula, EugeneEugene Mukangula	Thika United
	Ndolo, EkalianaEkaliana Ndolo	Tusker
	Odhiambo, GeorgeGeorge Odhiambo	Gor Mahia
	Otieno, TimothyTimothy Otieno	Posta Rangers

Last updated: 19 November 2016^[8]

References

↑ "Sofapaka - Nairobi City Stars (07/08-2016 15:00)". Futaa.com. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
↑ "Ushuru FC - Bandari (21/05-2016 16:15)". Futaa.com. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
↑ "Ushuru - Western Stima (03/08-2016 14:00)". Futaa.com. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
↑ "Sofapaka - Mathare United (27/02-2016 14:00)". Futaa.com. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
↑ "Gor Mahia, AFC Leopards docked points over hooliganism". Daily Nation. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
↑ Luke Oluoch (23 April 2016). "Leopards-Ulinzi tie called off for security reasons". Futaa.com. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
↑ Wilson Mathu (25 April 2016). "Ulinzi awarded abandoned match against AFC Leopards". Futaa.com. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
↑ "Kenyan Premier League: Top Scorers". Futaa.com.

Kenyan Premier League

2016 clubs	A.F.C. Leopards Bandari Chemelil Sugar Gor Mahia Kakamega Homeboyz Mathare United Muhoroni Youth Nairobi City Stars Posta Rangers Sofapaka Sony Sugar Thika United Tusker Ulinzi Stars Ushuru Western Stima

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 Nzoia Sugar Oserian Panpaper Webuye Ramogi Rarcom Raymonds Red Berets Reli Reunion Rivatex Samia Union Scarlet Securicor Shabana Kisii Shell Stima Umeme Utalii Viatu Sportif Volcano Waterworks

Awards Seasons

Kenyan Premier League seasons

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

2016 in Kenyan football

« 2015

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

2016 in African Football (CAF)

« 2015 2017 »

Domestic leagues	Algeria 15–16 16–17 Angola Benin 15–16 16–17 Botswana 15–16 16–17 Burkina Faso 15–16 16–17 Burundi 15–16 16–17 Cameroon Cape Verde Chad Congo Côte d'Ivoire 15–16 16–17 Democratic Republic of Congo 15–16 16–17 Djibouti 15–16 16–17 Egypt 15–16 16–17 Ethiopia 15–16 16–17 Gabon 15-16 16-17 Gambia 15–16 16–17 Ghana Guinea 15–16 16–17 Kenya Lesotho 15–16 16–17 Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali 15–16 16–17 Mauritania 15–16 Mauritius 15–16 Morocco 15–16 16–17 Mozambique Namibia 15–16 Nigeria men women Rwanda 15–16 16–17 Senegal 15–16 16-17 Somalia 15–16 South Africa 15–16 16–17 Sudan Swaziland 15–16 Tanzania 15–16 Togo Tunisia 15–16 16–17 Uganda 15–16 16–17 Zambia Zimbabwe

Domestic cups	Algeria 15–16 16–17 Angola Egypt 15–16 16–17 Morocco South Africa 15–16 16–17 Tunisia 15–16 16–17 Uganda 15–16 16–17

Supercups	Algeria Angola Egypt Kenya Mali

Regional cups	Arab World Club Cup

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	Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics men's tournament women's tournament CECAFA Cup COSAFA Cup

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