Vihiga Queens F.C.

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Vihiga Queens Football Club is a Kenyan professional women's association football club based in Mbale, Vihiga County that competes in Kenyan Women's Premier League, the top tier of Kenyan women's football.[1] The club is affiliated to the Football Kenya Federation.[2]

Vihiga Queens F.C.
Full nameVihiga Queens Football Club
FoundedDecember 2013; 10 years ago (2013-12)
GroundKenya
Chairman & CEOMichael Senelwa Ogada
Head coachBoniface Nyamunyamu
LeagueKenyan Women's Premier League
2020–21Kenyan Women's Premier League semi-final playoff

The club has won the Premier League title on three consecutive occasions from 2017 to 2019.[3][4] The team won the national league in 2019.[5] In 2021, they were selected as the representative for Kenya at the CECAFA qualifiers which won by beating Ethiopian team CBE by 2–1 in the finals and qualified them to the inaugural 2021 CAF Women's Champions League.[6][7][4][8]

Honours

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Domestic

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League titles

Winners (record) (3): 2017, 2018, 2019

Continental

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  • CECAFA-CAF Women's Champions League Qualifiers
Winners (1): 2021

Managerial history

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Vihiga Queens sweating over Champions League budget". Kenya. 2021-09-29. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
  2. ^ "Financial crisis puts Vihiga United, Queens on the brink". The Star. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
  3. ^ "Kenya - List of Women Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
  4. ^ a b Eshitemi, Rodgers. "Ambitious Vihiga Queens set semis target in Cairo showpiece". The Standard. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
  5. ^ "Vihiga Queens crowned Champions, SEP Oyugis promoted". Football Kenya Federation. F. K. F. Communications. 2019-11-30. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
  6. ^ Mongina, Brenda (2021-09-11). "Vihiga Queens seal place in inaugural CAF Champions League". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
  7. ^ "Vihiga Queens beat Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, through to TotalEnergies Champions League". CAFOnline.com. Confedération Africaine du Football (CAF). Retrieved 2021-10-29.
  8. ^ "Vihiga Queens crowned CAF Women Champions League CECAFA qualifiers champions". Football Kenya Federation. F. K. F. Communications. 2021-09-09. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
  9. ^ a b Natiom, Lokeder (24 September 2021). "Rising Starlets buoyant ahead of Uganda test". Nation Africa. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  10. ^ Njoroge, Mike (24 August 2021). "More Questions than Answers as Alex Alumirah Leaves Vihiga Queens By Mutual Consent". Tisini. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
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