2021–22 FKF Premier League

FKF Premier League
Season	2021-22
Dates	25 September 2021 - 12 June 2022
Matches played	304
Goals scored	672 (2.21 per match)
Top goalscorer	Clifton Miheso; (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Posta Rangers 4-0 Vihiga United; (15 October 2021); Nairobi City Stars 4:0 Vihiga United; (6 November 2021); Kenya Police 4:0 Vihiga United; (4 January 2022); Kakamega Homeboyz 4:0 Ulinzi Stars; (2 April 2022)
Biggest away win	Mathare United 0-6 Kariobangi Sharks; (31 October 2021)
Highest scoring	Kakamega Homeboyz 4-4 Nairobi City Stars; (20 January 2022)
Longest winning run	5 matches; Bandari; (23 April 2022 - 22 May 2022); Kenya Police; (15 May 2022 - 12 June 2022)
Longest unbeaten run	22 matches; Tusker; (20 January 2022 - 12 June 2022)
Longest winless run	17 matches; Mathare United; (12 February 2022 - 12 June 22)
Longest losing run	13 matches; Mathare United; (13 March 2022 - 12 June 2022)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 FKF Premier League was the 19th season of Kenyan Premier League since it began in 2003, and the 59th season of top-division football in Kenya since 1963.

Team Changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2020–21 season.

To Premier League

Promoted from Super League

From Premier League

Relegated from Premier League

Stadiums

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Leopards	Nairobi	Nyayo Stadium	30,000
Bandari	Mombasa	Mombasa Municipal Stadium	10,000
Bidco	Thika	Del Monte Grounds Stadium	20,000
F.C. Talanta	Nairobi	Ruaraka Stadium	4,000
Gor Mahia	Nairobi	City Stadium	15,000
Kakamega Homeboyz	Kakamega	Bukhungu Stadium	5,000
Kariobangi Sharks	Machakos	Kenyatta Stadium	5,000
Kenya Commercial Bank	Nairobi	City Stadium	15,000
Mathare United	Nairobi	MISC Kasarani	60,000
Nairobi City Stars	Nairobi	Hope Centre	5,000
Nzoia Sugar	Bungoma	Kanduyi Stadium	5,000
Police	Nairobi	Nyayo National Stadium	30,000
Posta Rangers	Eldoret	Kipchoge Keino Stadium	10,000
Sofapaka	Machakos	Kenyatta Stadium	5,000
Tusker	Nairobi	Ruaraka Stadium	4,000
Ulinzi	Nakuru	Afraha Stadium	8,200
Vihiga United	Kakamega	Bukhungu Stadium	5,000
Wazito	Machakos	Kenyatta Stadium	5,000

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Kit Manufacturer	Sponsor
AFC Leopards	Patrick Aussems	Umbro	Betsafe
Bandari	Mbungo Casa André	Uhlsport	Kenya Ports Authority
Bidco	Anthony Akhulia	Uhlsport	Noodies
F.C. Talanta	Ken Kenyatta		Communication Authority of Kenya
Gor Mahia	Andreas Spier^[1]	Macron	Betsafe
Kakamega Homeboyz	Bernard Mwalala^[2]	Select Sport	Mozzart Bet
Kariobangi Sharks	William Muluya	Umbro	Betway
Kenya Commercial Bank	Zedekiah Otieno		KCB
Mathare United	Frank Ouna		Triple5Bet^[3]
Nairobi City Stars	Nicholas Muyoti^[4]	Puma	Jonathan Jackson Foundation
Nzoia Sugar	Peter Gin^[5] (interim)	Givova	Nzoia Sugar
Police FC	John “Bobby” Ogolla
Posta Rangers	Salim Ali (interim)^[6]
Sofapaka	David Odhiambo (interim)	Adidas	Betika
Tusker	Robert Matano		Tusker
Ulinzi	Benjamin Nyangweso	Uhlsport	KDF
Vihiga United	Sammy Okoth		Vihiga County
Wazito	Fred Ambani^[7] (interim)		Adios Kuneen

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing Manager	Manner Of Departure	Date of Vacancy	Position In Table	Incoming Manager	Date Of Appointment
Kakamega Homeboyz	Nicholas Muyoti^[2]	End of Contract	30 August 2021	Pre-season	Bernard Mwalala^[2]	30 August 2021
Nairobi City Stars	Vacant			Pre-season	Nicholas Muyoti^[4]	17 September 2021
Nzoia Sugar	Ibrahim Shikanda^[5]	Sacked	7 January 2022	15th	Peter Gin (interim)^[5]	7 January 2022
Wazito	Francis Kimanzi^[7]		13 January 2022	16th	Fred Ambani (interim)^[7]	13 January 2022
Gor Mahia F.C.	Mark Harrison^[8]		29 January 2022	5th	Paul Nkata (interim)^[8]	29 January 2022
Gor Mahia F.C.	Paul Nkata (interim)^[1]	Mutual Consent	1 February 2022	5th	Andreas Spier^[1]	1 January 2022
Posta Rangers	Stanley Okumbi^[9]	Resigned	7 February 2022	6th	Salim Ali (interim)^[6]	10 February 2022
Sofapaka	Ken Odhiambo^[10]	Mutual Consent	30 March 2022	13th	David Odhiambo (interim)	30 March 2022

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Tusker (C)	34	19	9	6	42	17	+25	66	Qualification to CAF Champions League qualifying first round
2	Kakamega Homeboyz	34	18	12	4	54	33	+21	66
3	Gor Mahia	34	15	13	6	38	29	+9	58
4	Bandari	34	15	12	7	42	26	+16	57
5	Nairobi City Stars	34	14	10	10	45	34	+11	52
6	AFC Leopards	33	12	13	8	42	35	+7	49
7	KCB	34	12	13	9	40	33	+7	49
8	Sofapaka	33	12	13	8	32	26	+6	49
9	Police United	34	11	14	9	44	35	+9	47
10	Kariobangi Sharks	34	12	9	13	44	39	+5	45
11	Posta Rangers	34	12	8	14	44	41	+3	44
12	Talanta	34	11	11	12	39	43	−4	44
13	Ulinzi	32	10	13	9	21	22	−1	43
14	Nzoia Sugar	34	7	16	11	36	39	−3	37
15	Bidco	34	8	12	14	32	40	−8	36
16	Wazito	34	9	7	18	34	50	−16	34	Qualification for relegation play-offs
17	Vihiga United (R)	34	6	9	19	25	58	−33	27	Relegation to Kenyan National Super League
18	Mathare United^[a] (R)	34	3	2	29	18	72	−54	11	Relegation to Kenyan National Super League

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences^[11]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Mathare United was suspended by league after round 25, their remaining matches were awarded 2–0 wins to the opponents.

Results

Home \ Away	AFC	BAN	BID	TAL	GOR	KAK	SHA	KCB	MAT	NAI	NZO	POL	POS	SOF	TUS	ULI	VIH	WAZ
AFC Leopards	—	2–0	1–3		a	2–3	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	0–1
Bandari	2–1	—		3–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	3–0			0–0	2–0		0–2	1–0		0–1
Bidco	0–2	2–2	—		1–3	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–1		1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–2
F.C. Talanta				—														1–1
Gor Mahia	a				—			1–1
Kakamega Homeboyz	1–2	1–2	2–0		1–2	—	4–1	0–0	4–2	2–0	0–0		1–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–3	0–1
Kariobangi Sharks	0–2	0–1	2–2		4–3	1–0	—	0–3	2–3	1–2	3–1		0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	4–0	4–0
KCB			1–0	1–1		2–0	0–3	—		1–0							1–0	1–0
Mathare United		0–0		2–0		1–2	1–2		—		1–0							1–1
Nairobi City Stars		2–0		2–1			1–2		2–0	—	2–0				2–2	1–1	1–1
Nzoia Sugar					2–1		0–0	2–1			—		1–1	2–1		1–1
Police												—
Posta Rangers F.C.		1–1						0–3	2–0	1–1			—	1–2	1–4	0–0		0–0
Sofapaka			0–0	2–0			1–2	2–2	4–2	1–0				—
Tusker		0–0			2–1		4–2		1–0		2–1			1–1	—	1–0	1–0	1–0
Ulinzi		0–2	0–0			2–0		0–0	2–1					2–0		—	0–0
Vihiga United			0–0														—
Wazito		2–2				1–0				2–1	2–1					0–0	3–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 29 January 2021. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Clifton Miheso	Kenya Police	15
2	Derrick Otanga	KCB	14
3	Felix Oluoch	Kariobangi Sharks	11
4	Ibrahim Joshua	Tusker	10
	Ezekiel Odera	Nairobi City
	David Okoth	Kakamega
7	Erick Mata	Kariobangi Sharks	9
8	Peter Lwasa	Gor Mahia	8
8	Joseph Waithers	Sofapaka	8
10	Ellie Asieche	Wazito	7
	Francis Kahiro	Talanta
	Clinton Kinanga	Kenya Police
	Timothy Otieno	Posta Rangers
	William Wadri	Bandari

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Felix Oluoch	Kariobangi Sharks	Mathare United	6–0	31 October 2021
Levis Barasa	Nzoia Sugar	Kariobangi Sharks	3–1	11 December 2021
Ibrahim Joshua	Tusker	Mathare United	3–1	30 December 2021

Notes

⁴ Player scored 4 goals

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Why Gor Mahia made U-turn on Nkata appointment and settled for German Andreas Spier | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Odongo, Cecil (31 August 2021). "Kenya/Tanzania: Kakamega Homeboyz Coach Muyoti Resigns, Mwalala Takes Over". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
^ "Mathare United secure new sponsor in five-year-deal". Archived from the original on 16 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b Korir, Patrick (17 September 2021). "Nicholas Muyoti joins Nairobi City Stars | Nairobi City Stars". Retrieved 17 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Kihaki, Mike. "Ibrahim Shikanda parts ways with Nzoia Sugar". The Standard. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b Kihaki, Mike. "Salim Ali signs with Posta Rangers as head coach". The Standard. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Francis Kimanzi sacked as Wazito head coach". People Daily. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Gor Mahia appoint ex-Tusker coach Nkata on interim basis | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
^ Kihaki, Mike. "Stanley Okumbi leaves Posta Rangers with his head held high". The Standard. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
^ "Sofapaka's revolving door ushers out another coach as Odhiambo's tenure comes to abrupt end | MozzartSportKe". www.mozzartsportke.com. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
^ "FKF Rules and Regulations". FKF. Retrieved 27 November 2020.

[table_note_MAT0.44751710791491-11] Mathare United was suspended by league after round 25, their remaining matches were awarded 2–0 wins to the opponents.

[:0-1] "Why Gor Mahia made U-turn on Nkata appointment and settled for German Andreas Spier | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 17 March 2022.

[:1-2] Odongo, Cecil (31 August 2021). "Kenya/Tanzania: Kakamega Homeboyz Coach Muyoti Resigns, Mwalala Takes Over". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 17 March 2022.

[3] "Mathare United secure new sponsor in five-year-deal". Archived from the original on 16 March 2022.

[:2-4] Korir, Patrick (17 September 2021). "Nicholas Muyoti joins Nairobi City Stars | Nairobi City Stars". Retrieved 17 March 2022.

[:3-5] Kihaki, Mike. "Ibrahim Shikanda parts ways with Nzoia Sugar". The Standard. Retrieved 17 March 2022.

[:4-6] Kihaki, Mike. "Salim Ali signs with Posta Rangers as head coach". The Standard. Retrieved 17 March 2022.

[:5-7] "Francis Kimanzi sacked as Wazito head coach". People Daily. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.

[:6-8] "Gor Mahia appoint ex-Tusker coach Nkata on interim basis | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 17 March 2022.

[9] Kihaki, Mike. "Stanley Okumbi leaves Posta Rangers with his head held high". The Standard. Retrieved 17 March 2022.

[10] "Sofapaka's revolving door ushers out another coach as Odhiambo's tenure comes to abrupt end | MozzartSportKe". www.mozzartsportke.com. Retrieved 31 March 2022.

[FKF_Regulations-12] "FKF Rules and Regulations". FKF. Retrieved 27 November 2020.

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