Kenya - List of Champions

1963 Nakuru All-Stars
1964 Luo Union
1965 Feisal
1966 Abaluhya FC
1967 Abaluhya FC
1968 Gor Mahia
1969 Nakuru All-Stars
1970 Abaluhya FC
1971   scrapped
1972 Kenya Breweries
1973 Abaluhya FC
1974 Gor Mahia
1975 Luo Union
1976 Gor Mahia
1977 Kenya Breweries
1978 Kenya Breweries
1979 Gor Mahia
1980 AFC Leopards
1981 AFC Leopards
1982 AFC Leopards
1983 GOR Mahia
1984 GOR Mahia
1985 GOR Mahia            
1986 AFC Leopards
1987 GOR Mahia
1988 AFC Leopards
1989 AFC Leopards
1990 GOR Mahia
1991 GOR Mahia
1992 AFC Leopards
1993 GOR Mahia
1994 Kenya Breweries
1995 GOR Mahia
1996 Kenya Breweries
1997 Utalii
1998 AFC Leopards
1999 Tusker FC
2000 Tusker FC
2001 Oserian 
2002 Oserian 
2003 Ulinzi Stars [1]
2004 Ulinzi Stars [2]
2005 Ulinzi Stars 
2006 Sony Sugar
2007 Tusker FC
2008

[1] KFF revoked the championship of Nzoia Sugar following their
    joining the rebel Kenya National Football League in September 
    2003; Ulinzi Stars won a play-off for the vacant title against
    Coast Stars in November 2003.
[2] Utalii won the rebel league in 2004, while the official KFF league
    was won by Coast Stars (Mombasa); an 8-team play-off to qualify for
    the 2005 CAF club competitions was won by Ulinzi and they are
    considered 2004 champions, but the CAF Champions League place goes
    to runners-up Tusker as Ulinzi are suspended for 3 years from CAF
    competition following their withdrawal from it 2004.

NB: championship known as 'Super League' in 1973 and 1997, 
    as 'Premier League' since 1998,
    as 'Kenya National Football League' until 1996 (bar 1973).

Total Number of Wins

12 AFC Leopards (Nairobi; includes Abaluhya FC; Abaluhya FC were renamed
                 AFC Leopards SC on November 16, 1980)
   GOR Mahia (Nairobi)

 8 Tusker FC (Nairobi; formerly Kenya Breweries)

 3 Ulinzi Stars (Thika)

 2 Luo Union (Nairobi; merged into current club Re-Union)
   Nakuru All-Stars (Nakuru; now defunct)
   Oserian Fastac (Naivasha) (now defunct)

 1 Feisal (Mombasa) 
   Sony Sugar (Awendo)
   Utalii (Ruaraka)  

NB: as Abaluhya, various other 'tribal' clubs were forced to rename
    themselves in or around 1980, e.g. Gema FC became Benham FC and
    Maragoli became Imara.  Gor Mahia (named after a mythical medicine
    man called Gor) resisted the rule, and circumvented it by renaming
    themselves GOR Mahia, with GOR abbreviating Gulf Olympic Rangers.
About this document

Source: The Nation
Prepared and maintained by Karel Stokkermans for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 28 Feb 2008