2020–21 Kenyan Premier League

Kenyan Premier League
Season	2020-21
Dates	28 November 2020 -
Matches played	75
Goals scored	166 (2.21 per match)
Top goalscorer	Erick Kapaito (11 goals)
Biggest home win	Kariobangi Sharks 4-0 Wazito; (29 November 2020)
Biggest away win	Posta Rangers 0-3 KCB; (29 November 2020); Western Stima 2-5 Tusker; (12 December 2020)
Highest scoring	Western Stima 2-5 Tusker; (12 December 2020); Kariobangi Sharks 4-3 Gor Mahia; (10 January 2021); Bandari 4-3 Kakamega Homeboyz; (16 January 2021)
Longest winning run	6 matches; KCB
Longest unbeaten run	8 matches; Tusker; Posta Rangers
Longest winless run	7 matches; Nzoia Sugar; Posta Rangers
Longest losing run	3 matches; Zoo
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The 2020–21 FKF Premier League (referred to as the BetKing Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the 18th season of Kenyan Premier League since it begun in 2003, and the 58th season of top-division football in Kenya since 1963.

Team Changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2019–20 season.

To Premier League

Promoted from Super League

From Premier League

Relegated from Premier League

Expelled from the KPL

Sony Sugar

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
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
Posta Rangers	Eldoret	Kipchoge Keino Stadium	10,000
Sofapaka	Machakos	Kenyatta Stadium	5,000
Tusker	Meru	Kinoru Stadium	10,000
Ulinzi	Nakuru	Afraha Stadium	8,200
Vihiga United	Kakamega	Bukhungu Stadium	5,000
Wazito	Machakos	Kenyatta Stadium	5,000
Western Stima	Kakamega	Bukhungu Stadium	5,000
Zoo Kericho	Kericho	Green Stadium	3,000

Personnel and Sponsoring

Team	Manager	Kit Manufacturer	Sponsor
AFC Leopards	Vacant	Umbro	Betsafe
Bandari	Casa Mbungo^[1]	Uhlsport	Kenya Ports Authority
Bidco	Anthony Akhulia	Uhlsport	Noodies
Gor Mahia	Carlos Manuel Vaz Pinto^[2]	Macron	Betsafe
Kakamega Homeboyz	Nicholas Muyoti		Mozzart Bet^[3]
Kariobangi Sharks	William Muluya	Umbro	Betway
Kenya Commercial Bank	Zedekiah Otieno		KCB
Mathare United	Salim Ali		Triple5Bet^[4]
Nairobi City Stars	Sanjin Alagić	Puma	Jonathan Jackson Foundation
Nzoia Sugar	Ibrahim Shikanda	Givova	Nzoia Sugar
Posta Rangers
Sofapaka	Ken Odhiambo^[5]	Adidas	Betika
Tusker			Tusker
Ulinzi	Benjamin Nyangweso	Uhlsport	KDF
Vihiga United	Sammy Okoth		Vihiga County
Wazito	Francis Kimanzi		Adios Kuneen
Western Stima		Givova
Zoo Kericho

Managerial Changes

Team	Outgoing Manager	Manner Of Depature	Date of Vacancy	Position In Table	Incoming Manager	Date Of Appointment
Wazito F.C.	Stewart Hall^[6]	Resigned	6 July 2020	Pre-season	Fred Ambani^[7]	8 August 2020
Gor Mahia	Steven Polack^[8]	Mutual Consent	9 October 2020		Roberto Oliviera Gonclaves^[9]	10 October 2020
AFC Leopards	Anthony Kimani	Stepped Down			Tomas Trucha^[10]	2 November 2020
Wazito	Fred Ambani^[11]	Sacked	9 November 2020		Francis Kimanzi^[12]	19 November 2020
AFC Leopards	Tomas Trucha^[13]	Resigned	2 December 2020	4th
Gor Mahia	Roberto Oliviera Gonclaves^[14]	Mutual Consent	12 December 2020	14th	Carlos Manuel Vaz Pinto^[2]	10 January 2020
Sofapaka	John Baraza^[15]	Stepped Down	15 December 2020	10th	Ken Odhiambo^[5]	17 December 2020
Bandari	Ken Odhiambo^[5]	Signed By Sofapaka	17 December 2020	8th	Casa Mbungo^[1]	4 January 2021
Nzoia Sugar	Vacant				Ibrahim Shikanda	6 January 2021

League Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Tusker (C)	32	19	8	5	52	26	+26	65	Qualifies for CAF Champions League preliminary round
2	KCB	32	18	8	6	44	23	+21	62
3	Bandari	32	14	11	7	47	37	+10	53
4	AFC Leopards	32	15	6	11	37	31	+6	48^[a]
5	Kariobangi Sharks	32	14	6	12	45	42	+3	48
6	Kakamega Homeboyz	32	14	4	14	45	39	+6	46
7	Nairobi City Stars	32	12	9	11	34	30	+4	45
8	Gor Mahia	32	14	6	12	32	39	−7	45^[b]
9	Wazito	32	12	9	11	30	33	−3	45
10	Ulinzi	32	11	11	10	29	29	0	44
11	Bidco	32	10	14	8	28	28	0	44
12	Sofapaka	32	9	11	12	34	37	−3	38
13	Posta Rangers	32	7	15	10	25	33	−8	36
14	Nzoia Sugar	32	7	12	13	33	38	−5	33
15	Mathare United	32	8	6	18	32	47	−15	30
16	Vihiga United	32	6	8	18	20	43	−23	26	Relegation Play-Offs
17	Western Stima (R)	32	4	10	18	31	57	−26	22	Releged to Kenyan National Super League
18	Zoo Kericho (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegated to FKF Division One League^[16]

Updated to match(es) played on 22 August 2021. 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^[17]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ As a result of the missed game between AFC Leopards and Gor Mahia the team was given a 3 point deduction and a Ksh. Ten Million fine.
^ As a result of the missed game between AFC Leopards and Gor Mahia the team was given a 3 point deduction and a Ksh. Ten Million fine.

Results

Home \ Away	AFC	BAN	BID	GOR	KAK	SHA	KCB	MAT	NAI	NZO	POS	SOF	TUS	ULI	VIH	WAZ	STI	ZOO
AFC Leopards	—			a			2–1					3–0	2–1			0–1	0–2
Bandari		—			4–3		1–2					1–0					2–0
Bidco	0–2		—				0–1		0–0	1–1						1–2
Gor Mahia	a			—				3–1						1–0	0–1			3–0
Kakamega Homeboyz			2–0		—					0–0	1–1		0–1
Kariobangi Sharks	0–2		2–2	4–3		—								0–0		4–0
KCB			1–0		2–0		—		1–0							1–0	3–1
Mathare United		0–0						—										2–0
Nairobi City Stars		2–0							—	2–0				1–1	1–1
Nzoia Sugar						0–0				—	1–1	2–1					1–1
Posta Rangers F.C.		1–1					0–3		1–1		—			0–0		0–0
Sofapaka						1–2		4–2	1–0			—					3–1
Tusker		0–0		2–1		4–2						1–1	—		1–0
Ulinzi			0–0		2–0			2–1						—	0–0
Vihiga United			0–1		0–1					2–1	0–1				—
Wazito					1–0				2–1	2–1				0–0	3–1	—
Western Stima			0–0	1–3		1–2							2–5				—
Zoo Kericho		1–1											1–2					—

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 Scorer

As of 29 January 2021

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Erick Kapaito	Kariobangi Sharks	11
2	Elvis Rupia	AFC Leopards	8
3	Henry Meja	Tusker	5
4	Ellie Asieche	Sofapaka	4
	Lawrence Juma	Sofapaka
	Anthony Kimani	Nairobi City Stars
	David Majak	Tusker
8	Hassan Abdalla	Bandari	3
	Jackson Macharia	Tusker
	Samuel Odhiambo	Western Stima
	Henry Onyango	KCB
	Derrick Otanga	KCB
	Peter Opiyo	Nairobi City Stars
	Daniel Otieno	Mathare United
	Eric Otieno	Nzoia Sugar

Hat-Tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Elvis Rupia	AFC Leopards	Sofapaka	3-0	12 December 2020
Lawrence Juma	Sofapaka	Mathare United	4-2	9 January 2021

Clean Sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean Sheets
1	James Saruni	Ulinzi Stars	6
2	Joseph Okoth	KCB	5
3	Peter(Fredrick) Odhiambo	Wazito	4
4	Justin Ndikumana	Bandari	3
	Brian Bwire	Kariobangi Sharks
	Steve Njunge	Nairobi City Stars
	Edwin Omwabani	Bidco United
8	Samuel Abawa	Western Stima	2
	Morgan Alube	Vihiga United
	David Juma	Kakamega Homeboyz
	Robert Mboya	Tusker F.C.
	Benjamin Ochan	AFC Leopards
	Job Ochieng	Mathare United
	Bryne Omondi	Posta Rangers
15	Adira Jairus	Posta Rangers	1
	Humphrey Katasi	Nzoia Sugar
	Simon Masaka	Sofapaka
	Gad Mathews	Gor Mahia
	Emery Mvuyekure	Tusker F.C.
	Mustapha Oduor	Nzoia Sugar
	Boniface Oluoch	Gor Mahia
	Adisa Omar	Bidco United
	Godfrey Oputi	Kakamega Homeboyz
	John Oyiemba	AFC Leopards

References

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[table_hth_AFC0.63806255936532-17] As a result of the missed game between AFC Leopards and Gor Mahia the team was given a 3 point deduction and a Ksh. Ten Million fine.

[table_hth_GOR0.63806255936532-18] As a result of the missed game between AFC Leopards and Gor Mahia the team was given a 3 point deduction and a Ksh. Ten Million fine.

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[:2-2] "Carlos Manuel Vaz Pinto: Gor Mahia confirm Portuguese as new coach | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2021-01-22.

[3] "Kakamega Hombeoyz land Ksh20m MozzartBet sponsorship deal | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2020-12-29.

[4] "Mathare United secure new sponsor in five-year-deal".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[:0-5] "Sofapaka appoint Odhiambo from Bandari to replace Baraza | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2020-12-17.

[6] Olobulu, Timothy (2020-07-06). "Wazito Set for another purge as head coach Stewart Hall exits club". Capital Sports. Retrieved 2020-11-30.

[7] "Ambani re-appointed Wazito FC coach, Babu to deputise | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2020-11-30.

[8] Titus, Waweru. "CONFIRMED: Gor Mahia head coach Steven Pollack leaves KPL Champions". The Standard. Retrieved 2020-11-30.

[9] "Oliveira Goncalves: Gor Mahia appoint Brazilian as Steven Polack successor | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2020-11-30.

[10] "Tomas Trucha: AFC Leopards unveil new coach ahead of 2020-21 season | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2020-11-30.

[11] "Old habits die hard: Wazito FC fire head coach Ambani, assistant Babu | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2020-11-30.

[12] "Kimanzi: Ex-Harambee Stars coach unveiled at Wazito FC | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2020-11-30.

[13] "Revealed: Trucha resigns as AFC Leopards coach after life threats | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2020-12-03.

[14] "Gor Mahia coach Oliveira leaves, Omollo targetted as replacement | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2020-12-13.

[15] "Baraza leaves Sofapaka after poor FKF Premier League season start | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2020-12-15.

[Zoo_Relegated-16] "Fifa relegates Zoo FC from FKF Premier League over match manipulation". goal. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

[FKF_Regulations-19] "FKF Rules and Regulations". FKF. Retrieved 27 November 2020.

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