2013 Kenyan Premier League

Kenyan Premier League
Season 2013
Champions Gor Mahia
1st Premier League title
13th Kenyan title overall
Relegated Kakamega Homeboyz
Karuturi Sports
Champions League Gor Mahia
Confederation Cup A.F.C. Leopards
Top 8 Cup A.F.C. Leopards
Bandari
Gor Mahia
KCB
Sofapaka
Thika United
Tusker
Ulinzi Stars
Matches played 240
Goals scored 432 (1.8 per match)
Top goalscorer Jacob Keli
(17 goals)
Biggest home win KCB 6–0 Muhoroni Youth
(1 March 2013)
Biggest away win Kakamega Homeboyz 1 – 5 Tusker
(23 June 2013)
Highest scoring KCB 6–0 Muhoroni Youth
(1 March 2013)
Sofapaka 4–2 Karuturi Sports
(31 March 2013)
Kakamega Homeboyz 1 – 5 Tusker
(23 June 2013)
Western Stima 4–2 Muhoroni Youth
(14 September 2013)
← 2012
2014 →
All statistics correct as of 9 November 2013.
Note: Walkovers counted in matches played but not counted in goals scored.

The 2013 Kenyan Premier League (known as the Tusker Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the tenth season of the Kenyan Premier League since it began in 2003, marking a decade of its existence. It was also the Golden Jubilee season of top division football in Kenya since 1963. It began on 24 February 2013 and ended on 9 November 2013. League champions Gor Mahia earned a place in the preliminary round of the 2014 CAF Champions League while 2013 FKF President's Cup champions A.F.C. Leopards earned a place in the preliminary round of the 2014 CAF Confederation Cup.

A total of 16 teams competed for the league, with fourteen returning from the 2012 season and one team from each of the two zones of FKF Division One. This was the first ever season for Kakamega Homeboyz in the top flight.

After beating Kakamega Homeboyz on 27 October, Gor Mahia won the Kenyan Premier League title for a joint record 13th time, matching the record set by their rivals A.F.C. Leopards in 1998. It was also Gor Mahia's first title since 1995.

Changes from last season

Relegated from Premier League
Promoted from Division One

Teams

Out of the 16 participating teams, 7 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 5,000
Karuturi Sports Naivasha Naivasha Stadium 5,000
KCB Nairobi Nairobi City Stadium 15,000
Mathare United Nairobi Kasarani Stadium 60,000
Muhoroni Youth Muhoroni Muhoroni Stadium 5,000
Nairobi City Stars Nairobi Hope Centre 5,000
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
Western Stima Kakamega Bukhungu Stadium 5,000

Head coaches

As of 29 September 2013.
Team Head coach
A.F.C. Leopards James Nandwa
Bandari Twahir Muhiddin
Chemelil Sugar Mike Muiruri
Gor Mahia Bobby Williamson
Kakamega Homeboyz Fred Serenge
Karuturi Sports Michael Nam
Kenya Commercial Bank Abdallah Juma
Mathare United Stanley Okumbi
Muhoroni Youth Alfred Imonje
Nairobi City Stars Jan Koops
Sofapaka Sam Timbe
Sony Sugar Sammy Omollo
Thika United John Kamau
Tusker Robert Matano
Ulinzi Stars Salim Ali
Western Stima Francis Baraza

Managerial changes

As of 20:27, 29 September 2013 (UTC+3).

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment Position in table
AFC Leopards Jan Koops Sacked 22 November 2012 Tom Olaba 5 February 2013 End of 2012 season
Tom Olaba Sacked 2 April 2013 Luc Eymael 10 April 2013 6th
Luc Eymael Sacked 17 September 2013 James Nandwa 17 September 2013 7th
Gor Mahia Zdravko Logarusić Sacked 25 June 2013 Bobby Williamson 5 July 2013 3rd
Karuturi Sports Michael Nam Resigned 14 March 2013 James Omondi 3 April 2013 7th
KCB James Omondi Sacked 28 November 2012 Abdallah Juma 19 December 2012 End of 2012 season
Nairobi City Stars Bye Wadda Resigned 10 June 2013 Jan Koops 17 September 2013 11th
Sofapaka Stewart Hall Resigned 30 October 2012 David Ouma 11 January 2013 End of 2012 season
David Ouma Demoted 27 August 2013 Sam Timbe 27 August 2013 3rd
Sony Sugar Zedekiah Otieno Resigned November 2012 Sammy Omollo 14 December 2012 End of 2012 season
Sammy Omollo Sacked 9 July 2013 Zedekiah Otieno 10 July 2013 13th
Ulinzi Stars Sammy Simiyu Demoted 25 December 2012 Salim Ali 25 December 2012 End of 2012 season
Western Stima Henry Omino End of contract December 2012 Francis Baraza 28 December 2012 End of 2012 season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Gor Mahia (C, Q) 30 17 9 4 32 15 +17 60 Qualification for 2014 CAF Champions League
2 A.F.C. Leopards (Q) 30 14 8 8 39 25 +14 50 Qualification for 2014 CAF Confederation Cup
3 Sofapaka 30 13 11 6 35 22 +13 50
4 Kenya Commercial Bank 30 11 14 5 40 22 +18 47
5 Tusker 30 10 12 8 30 23 +7 42
6 Bandari 30 10 12 8 30 28 +2 42
7 Thika United 30 11 9 10 27 31 −4 42
8 Ulinzi Stars 30 10 11 9 22 21 +1 41
9 Chemelil Sugar 30 10 10 10 27 24 +3 40
10 Muhoroni Youth 30 9 8 13 21 40 −19 35
11 SoNy Sugar 30 7 13 10 19 28 −9 34
12 Western Stima 30 6 14 10 23 25 −2 32
13 Mathare United 30 5 17 8 24 27 −3 32
14 Nairobi City Stars 30 7 11 12 24 36 −12 32
15 Kakamega Homeboyz (R) 30 6 11 13 22 29 −7 29 Relegation to 2014 National Super League
16 Vegpro (R) 30 4 10 16 17 36 −19 22
Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 2013. Source: Kenyan Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. A.F.C. Leopards qualified for the 2014 CAF Confederation Cup as winners of the 2013 FKF President's Cup.

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
Gor Mahia 10 13 9 12 14 11 11 10 11 5 5 5 7 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
A.F.C. Leopards 6 8 12 6 8 7 6 8 9 12 12 9 11 10 10 9 5 3 3 3 3 6 7 5 3 3 2 2 2 2
Sofapaka 5 2 6 7 7 5 3 2 1 1 2 2 2 4 6 6 3 6 9 7 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
Kenya Commercial Bank 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 3 4 6 6 4 4 4 7 4 8 7 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Tusker 11 14 15 15 15 12 13 15 7 8 9 10 9 7 9 8 9 8 5 6 8 7 4 6 5 5 6 5 7 5
Bandari 13 11 11 5 4 6 5 7 5 4 4 6 3 2 2 3 6 9 6 4 6 8 9 8 9 6 5 6 5 6
Thika United 12 5 2 4 3 2 2 3 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 5 3 5 3 7 8 8 7 8 7
Ulinzi Stars 4 3 5 8 5 8 8 5 3 6 6 7 4 5 8 10 10 4 7 5 2 4 6 7 6 7 7 8 6 8
Chemelil Sugar 7 7 4 3 2 4 7 4 6 7 7 3 5 8 5 5 8 5 8 9 9 9 8 9 8 9 9 9 9 9
Muhoroni Youth 3 6 3 2 6 3 4 6 8 11 11 13 15 15 15 14 14 13 11 12 12 14 14 12 13 11 12 11 10 10
SoNy Sugar 8 10 14 14 16 16 16 14 14 16 16 15 13 13 12 13 13 14 14 14 14 13 13 14 12 14 14 15 14 11
Western Stima 15 12 7 10 9 9 9 11 10 10 10 11 10 11 11 11 12 11 12 11 11 11 10 11 11 12 11 12 11 12
Mathare United 9 9 13 16 13 14 12 12 13 14 13 14 12 12 13 12 11 12 13 13 13 12 12 13 14 13 13 13 12 13
Nairobi City Stars 16 16 16 11 11 10 10 9 12 9 8 8 8 9 7 7 7 10 10 10 10 10 11 10 10 10 10 10 13 14
Kakamega Homeboyz 2 4 8 13 12 15 15 16 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 15 15
Vegpro 14 15 10 9 10 13 14 13 16 13 14 12 14 14 14 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
Leader
Relegation to the 2014 Kenyan National Super League
Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 2013. Source: Futaa.com
Notes: Top 8 teams qualified for the 2014 KPL Top 8 Cup

Results

Home \ Away AFC BND CHM GOR KHB VGP KCB MAU MHY NCS SOF SNY THU TUS ULS WST
A.F.C. Leopards 0–0 1–3 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0
Bandari 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1
Chemelil Sugar 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–0
Gor Mahia 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 2–0
Kakamega Homeboyz 0–3 2–3 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 4–1 2–0 1–5 0–0 1–0
Vegpro 3–2 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–3 1–1
Kenya Commercial Bank 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 6–0 4–0 1–1 3–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–0
Mathare United 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1
Muhoroni Youth 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–3 2–1 2–0
Nairobi City Stars 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0
Sofapaka 0–3 3–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 4–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–0
SoNy Sugar 0–1 2–0 0–2 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1
Thika United 1–4 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–3 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–0
Tusker 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–3 0–0 2–3 1–1 0–0 1–0
Ulinzi Stars 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–1
Western Stima 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 4–2 2–2 0–0 0–0 4–0 0–1 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 2013. Source: Kenyan Premier League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Jacob Keli Kenya Commercial Bank 17
2 Jesse Were Tusker 15
3 Allan Wanga A.F.C. Leopards 11
4 Clifford Alwanga Kenya Commercial Bank 9
5 Moses Arita Tusker / Sony Sugar 8
John Baraza Sofapaka
Dan Sserunkuma Gor Mahia
8 Andrew Murunga Karuturi Sports / Tusker 6
Dennis Onkangi Western Stima
10 Shaban Kenga Bandari 5
Jared Obwoge Chemelil Sugar
Ezekiel Odera Thika United
Eric Okoth Bandari
Dennis Omino Thika United
Rama Salim Gor Mahia
Noah Wafula A.F.C. Leopards
Kenneth Wendo Mathare United

Last updated: 9 November 2013

See also