2008 in Kenyan football

none Kenya 2008 Premier League Mathare United Nationwide League A.F.C. Leopards(Zone A)Sofapaka (Zone B) KFF Cup Gor Mahia 2007 2009 yes The following article is a summary of the 2008 football season in Kenya, the 45th competitive season in its history. Premier League The Premier League was sponsored by South African television channel SuperSport, meaning that it was broadcast live on TV after several years and offered financial benefits.Sportsbusiness.com, March 3, 2008: Supersport agrees TV rights deal with the Kenya Premier League Francis Ouma, with 15 goals, finished as the top scorer.BBC Sports, November 22, 2008: Mathare win first Kenya title 16 teams took part and Mathare United won its first league title. The season concluded on November 22, 2008. main WDL QR MAU Mathare United SNY Sony Sugar AGC Agrochemical ULS Ulinzi Stars THU Thika United CHM Chemelil Sugar NCS World Hope TUS Tusker GOR Gor Mahia KAR Sher Karuturi KCB Kenya Commercial Bank RBR Red Berets BND Bandari WST Western Stima MAH Mahakama MAY Mathare Youth 18 9 3 47 22 C,Q 17 9 4 34 17 13 9 8 28 24 12 9 9 30 25 11 10 9 23 20 10 10 10 28 22 11 7 12 25 31 9 12 9 36 36 10 9 11 20 23 8 14 8 17 19 8 12 10 23 27 8 9 13 26 31 9 6 15 28 36 9 6 15 32 41 8 8 14 27 34 R 6 7 17 27 43 R #ACE1AF Qualification for 2009 CAF Champions League CCL #97DEFF Qualification for 2009 CAF Confederation Cup Gor Mahia as winners of the 2008 FKL Cup qualified for the 2009 CAF Confederation Cup. CCC #FFCCCC Relegation to 2009 Nationwide League R R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. 22 November 2008 Relegation Mahakama and Mathare Youth were relegated from the league and were replaced by Nationwide League champions A.F.C. Leopards and Sofapaka, who were top in Zone A and Zone B respectively.Daily Nation, November 19, 2008: Leopards, Sofapaka confirmed https://web.archive.org/web/20111004191656/http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/football/-/1102/492790/-/yh2vg1/-/index.html 2011-10-04 Nationwide League The Nationwide League was played in 2 zones. Zonal winners were A.F.C. Leopards and Sofapaka, who gained promotion for the following season. Zone A Team name TownAC NakuruNakuruAFC LeopardsNairobiCompel FC WebuyeEldoret MahakamaEldoretFluorspar FC KeiyoHomegrown FCNaivashaKisumu Black StarsKisumuLaikipia CampusNyahururuLongonot HorticultureLongonotMinicus NairobiMuhoroni Youth Muhoroni Nairobi StimaNairobiOserianNaivashaReal KisumuKisumuSt. Andrews FCMolo Strathmore University FCNairobi Zone B Team name TownAdministration Police FC NairobiBidco UnitedThikaDagoretti SantosNairobiGachui Black BootsGachuiGreen Berets FCRuiruKangemi UnitedNairobiKawangware NairobiKenya Revenue Authority FCNairobiKenyatta National Hospital FCNairobiMagongo Rangers MombasaMalindi UnitedMalindiOpera FCSultan HamudRe-UnionNairobiSofapaka NairobiSuper Eagles FCMombasa Vegpro Nairobi Coast Stars from Mombasa were relegated from the Premier League in 2007, but refused to join the Nationwide League. They were replaced by Malindi United.The Standard, April 24, 2008: More woes for Coast Stars Shalimar of Naivasha were to compete in Zone A and had already played some games before pulling out of the league. They were replaced by Kisumu Black Stars which joined when the league was halfway done.Kenyafootball.con, July 8, 2008: Nationwide: Shalimar results canceled https://web.archive.org/web/20100101181714/http://kenyafootball.com/index.php?doc=story&id=2749&categ=1 2010-01-01 KFF Cup The President's Cup was renamed to the KFF Cup. The tournament was won by Gor Mahia, who beat Provincial League side Posta Rangers in the final. Apart from Gor Mahia, all other Premier League teams skipped the tournament due to high costs.The Standard, October 22, 2008: Gor cruise to cup WIN National team World Cup qualifiers – CAF second round (group 2) The national team played in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers and reached the 3rd qualifying round. The qualifiers also doubled as the 2010 African Cup of Nations qualifiers. Group 2 KEN Namibia v Kenya May 31, 2008 16:00 UTC+1 Namibia 2 – 1 Report Kenya Risser 17Khaiseb 89 Wanga 40 Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek 6,000 Muhmed Ssegonga (Uganda) L #ffcccc Kenya v Guinea June 7, 2008 16:00 UTC+3 Kenya 2 – 0 Report Guinea Oliech 3 50 Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi 35,000 Lambert Eyene (Cameroon) W #ccffcc Kenya v Zimbabwe June 14, 2008 16:00 UTC+3 Kenya 2 – 0 Report Zimbabwe Mariga 12 Oliech 85 Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi 27,500 Badara Diatta (Senegal) W #ccffcc Zimbabwe v Kenya June 22, 2008 15:00 UTC+2 Zimbabwe 0 – 0 Report Kenya Rufaro Stadium, Harare 23,000 Alex Kotey (Ghana) D #ffffcc Kenya v Namibia September 6, 2008 16:00 UTC+3 Kenya 1 – 0 Report Namibia Jamal 44 pen. Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi 40,000 Jean-Marie Hicuburundi (Burundi) W #ccffcc Guinea v Kenya October 12, 2008 16:15 UTC+0 Guinea 3 – 2 Report Kenya Bangoura 32Bah 61Zayatte 71 Ouma 81Opondo 90+3 Stade 28 Septembre, Conakry 16,400 Eddy Maillet (Seychelles) L #ffcccc 2008 CECAFA Cup 2008 CECAFA Cup#Group B Kenya took part in the 2008 CECAFA Cup, which continued into 2009 due to postponements. They reached the final but were beaten 1–0 by Uganda. Shortly after the end of the tournament, Francis Kimanzi was sacked as the head coach due to disagreements with the Kenya Football Federation.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/7836240.stm Kimanzi sacked as Kenya coach 2009-01-19 2009-01-18 BBC Group stage Group B KEN D #ffffcc December 31, 2008 SUD 0 - 0 KEN Bugembe Stadium, Jinja Other matches There were no other matches played by Kenya in 2008. References External links RSSSF: Kenya 2008 Kenyan Premier League Kenyan Footie - Kenyan Football Portal FIFA World Cup 2010 - Africa qualifiers Kenyafootball 2008 Football Kenyan Category:Football in Kenya by season