2016 Kenyan Premier League

Kenyan Premier League 2016 Tusker6th Premier League title11th Kenyan title overall UshuruNairobi City Stars Champ. League Tusker Confed. Cup Ulinzi Stars (cup runners-up) 240 456 KEN John Makwatta(18 goals) Sofapaka 5–0 Nairobi City Stars(7 August 2016)Sofapaka - Nairobi City Stars (07/08-2016 15:00) http://www.futaa.com//football/event/2216949 https://web.archive.org/web/20160819185306/http://www.futaa.com//football/event/2216949 dead August 19, 2016 Futaa.com 7 August 2016 8 August 2016 2 matches Ushuru 0–4 Bandari(21 May 2016)Ushuru FC - Bandari (21/05-2016 16:15) http://www.futaa.com//football/event/2190994 Futaa.com 21 May 2016 31 May 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160425003706/http://www.futaa.com//football/event/2190994 25 April 2016 dead Ushuru 0–4 Western Stima(3 August 2016)Ushuru - Western Stima (03/08-2016 14:00) http://www.futaa.com//football/event/2213544 Futaa.com 3 August 2016 8 August 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160819172126/http://www.futaa.com//football/event/2213544 19 August 2016 dead Sofapaka 2–5 Mathare United(27 February 2016)Sofapaka - Mathare United (27/02-2016 14:00) http://www.futaa.com//football/event/2164159 Futaa.com 27 February 2016 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305085129/http://www.futaa.com//football/event/2164159 5 March 2016 dead 19 November 2016 2015 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 Kenya right 380 Locations of the 2016 Kenyan Premier League teams. Kenya -4.045006 39.666154 Bandari right Kenya -0.077675 35.130832 Chemelil left Kenya 0.290059 34.760960 Homeboyz left Kenya -0.148921 35.196339 Muhoroni rightKenya 0.523230 35.278446 Rangers right Kenya -0.895049 34.533800 Sony right Kenya -1.038757 37.083375 Thika right Kenya -0.295637 36.074399 Ulinzi right Kenya 0.2898210 34.761281 Stima right Nairobi right 380 Locations of the 2016 Kenyan Premier League teams within Nairobi. Nairobi -1.292377 36.842439 Gor Mahia right Nairobi -1.304194 36.824472 LeopardsSofapaka bottom Nairobi -1.228242 36.890776 MathareTusker right Nairobi -1.285067 36.757904 City Stars left Nairobi -1.300700 36.807000 Ushuru left Relegated from Premier League Kenya Commercial Bank Nakuru AllStars Promoted from FKF Premier League Kakamega Homeboyz Posta Rangers 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 30,000 Bandari Mombasa Mombasa Municipal Stadium 10,000 Chemelil Sugar Chemelil Chemelil Sports Complex 5,000 Gor Mahia Nairobi Nairobi City Stadium 15,000 Kakamega Homeboyz Kakamega Bukhungu Stadium 10,000 Mathare United Nairobi Kasarani Stadium 60,000 Muhoroni Youth Muhoroni Muhoroni Stadium 5,000 Nairobi City Stars Nairobi Hope Centre 5,000 Posta Rangers Eldoret Kipchoge Keino Stadium 10,000 Sofapaka Nairobi Nyayo National Stadium 30,000 Sony Sugar Awendo Green Stadium 5,000 Thika United Thika Thika Municipal Stadium 5,000 Tusker Nairobi Kasarani Stadium 60,000 Ulinzi Stars Nakuru Afraha Stadium 8,200 Ushuru Nairobi Public Service Grounds 5,000 Western Stima Kakamega Bukhungu Stadium 5,000 League table main WDL Kenyan Premier League 19 November 2016 TUS CQ GOR ULS Q RAN CHM WST MAU KHB SNY MHY BND THU AFC SOF UFC R NCS R CL CC REL REL 8 9 13 32 38 9 10 11 28 31 12 9 9 24 24 15 12 3 35 14 10 12 8 27 25 11 11 8 33 29 10 8 12 26 32 3 10 17 17 39 10 15 5 22 15 7 5 18 34 40 10 9 11 23 21 8 10 12 24 32 17 10 3 40 25 11 13 6 35 25 5 11 14 24 42 10 14 6 32 24 -3 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.http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/football/Gor-Mahia-AFC-Leopards-docked-points-hooliganism/-/1102/3220308/-/x54jx/-/index.html Gor Mahia, AFC Leopards docked points over hooliganism 26 May 2016 Daily Nation 18 July 2016 -3 GOR 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. 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 5 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored QR green1 Qualification to 2017 CAF Champions League blue1 Qualification to 2017 CAF Confederation Cup red1 Relegation to National Super League 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. table y br 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 1st Leader red1 Relegation to the 2017 Kenyan National Super League 19 November 2016 Kenyan Premier League Results main FBR grey AFC BND CHM GOR KHB MAU MHY NCS PRN SOF SNY THU TUS ULS UFC WST 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 3–2 0–1 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.http://www.futaa.com/football/article/leopards-ulinzi-tie-called-off-for-security-reasons https://web.archive.org/web/20160424164908/http://www.futaa.com/football/article/leopards-ulinzi-tie-called-off-for-security-reasons dead April 24, 2016 Leopards-Ulinzi tie called off for security reasons Luke Oluoch Futaa.com 23 April 2016 30 April 2016 The league awarded Ulinzi Stars a 2–0 win and 3 points.http://www.futaa.com/football/article/ulinzi-awarded-abandoned-match-against-afc-leopards Ulinzi awarded abandoned match against AFC Leopards Wilson Mathu Futaa.com 25 April 2016 30 April 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160427132929/http://www.futaa.com/football/article/ulinzi-awarded-abandoned-match-against-afc-leopards 27 April 2016 dead 19 November 2016 Kenyan Premier League Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals 1KEN John MakwattaUlinzi Stars 182KEN Kepha AswaniLeopards14 3KEN Wycliffe OchomoMuhoroni Youth 12 4RWA Jacques TuyisengeGor Mahia 10 5KEN Whyvonne IsuzaMathare United 8 6KEN Fredrick ShimonyoWestern Stima 7KEN Obadiah NdegeMathare United 8KEN Amon AsembekaSony Sugar 6KEN Michael KhamatiTuskerKEN Anthony "Muki" KimaniBandariKEN David King'atuaBandariKEN Eugene MukangulaThika UnitedKEN Ekaliana NdoloTuskerKEN George OdhiamboGor MahiaKEN Timothy OtienoPosta Rangers *http://www.futaa.com/football/Kenya/Premier-League/2016/scorers/ Kenyan Premier League: Top Scorers Futaa.com 2018-09-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20161220153059/http://www.futaa.com/football/Kenya/Premier-League/2016/scorers/ 2016-12-20 dead Hat-tricks PlayerForAgainstScoreDateKEN John MakwattaUlinzi StarsUshuru3-224 July 2016 References 35em 2016 Kenya 1 2016