2010 in Kenyan football

Football in Kenya
Season	2010
Men's football
Premier League	Ulinzi Stars
Nationwide League	Bandari
FKL Cup	Sofapaka
Super Cup	Sofapaka

The following article is a summary of the 2010 football season in Kenya, the 47th competitive season in its history.

Domestic leagues edit

Promotion and relegation edit

Promoted to Premier League

Relegated from Premier League

Premier League edit

The 2010 Kenyan Premier League began on 20 February 2010 and ended on 14 November, 2010.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ulinzi Stars (C, Q)	30	16	11	3	37	16	+21	59	Qualification for 2011 CAF Champions League
2	Gor Mahia	30	15	11	4	33	15	+18	56
3	Tusker	30	14	11	5	35	19	+16	53
4	Sofapaka (Q)	30	11	14	5	39	23	+16	47	Qualification for 2011 CAF Confederation Cup^[a]
5	Sony Sugar	30	11	8	11	26	26	0	41
6	Mathare United	30	7	18	5	31	28	+3	39
7	Karuturi Sports	30	9	11	10	22	24	−2	38
8	Western Stima	30	9	11	10	28	31	−3	38

9	Chemelil Sugar	30	7	13	10	22	26	−4	34
10	Thika United	30	8	10	12	23	30	−7	34
11	Nairobi City Stars	30	7	13	10	25	34	−9	34
12	A.F.C. Leopards	30	8	10	12	29	41	−12	34
13	Posta Rangers	30	7	12	11	28	37	−9	33
14	Kenya Commercial Bank	30	9	6	15	29	40	−11	33
15	Red Berets (R)	30	7	10	13	27	32	−5	31	Relegation to 2011 Nationwide League
16	Mahakama (R)	30	5	11	14	21	33	−12	26	Relegation to 2011 Nationwide League

Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2010. Source: 2010 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:

^ Sofapaka as winners of the 2010 FKL Cup qualified for the 2011 CAF Confederation Cup.

Relegation edit

Red Berets and Mahakama, were relegated to the Nationwide League for the following season, but the former disbanded due to immense pressure from its sponsors to produce good performances.^[1]

Nationwide League edit

At the end of the 2010 season, Bandari and Congo JMJ United gained promotion to the Premier League for the following season.

Domestic cups edit

FKL Cup edit

Sofapaka beat West Kenya Sugar 2–0 in the final to lift the title for the second time their history.

Super Cup edit

The 2010 Kenyan Super Cup match was played on January 31, 2010, between Sofapaka, the 2009 Kenyan Premier League champions, and A.F.C. Leopards, who clinched their 8th FKL Cup title the same year. Sofapaka won 1−0 at full-time.

31 January 2012	Sofapaka	1 – 0	A.F.C. Leopards	Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
15:00 UTC+3	Mieno 19'	News		Attendance: 30,000

International club competitions edit

Champions League edit

The 2010 CAF Champions League began on February 12, 2010, and finished on November 13, 2010. Sofapaka qualified for participation in the tournament as 2009 Kenyan Premier League champions. They were knocked out on aggregate in the preliminary round by Ismaily, who advanced to the first round.

February 13, 2010 Preliminaries	Sofapaka	0 – 0	Ismaily	Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
16:00 UTC+3		Report		Referee: Waziri Sheha (Tanzania)

February 27, 2010 Preliminaries	Ismaily	2 – 0	Sofapaka	Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia
19:30 UTC+2	Homos 54' Said 67'	Report		Referee: Adel El Raay (Libya)

Confederation Cup edit

The 2012 CAF Confederation Cup began in February 2010 and ended in November 2010. A.F.C Leopards qualified for participation in the tournament as 2009 FKL Cup champions. They were knocked out on aggregate in the preliminary round by Banks, who advanced to the first round.

National team edit

Africa Cup of Nations edit

The national team participated in the qualification phase of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. They finished third in their group and missed out on the final tournament.

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	ANG	UGA	KEN	GNB
Angola	6	4	0	2	7	5	+2	12		2–0	1–0	1–0
Uganda	6	3	2	1	6	2	+4	11	3–0		0–0	2–0
Kenya	6	2	2	2	4	4	0	8	2–1	0–0		2–1
Guinea-Bissau	6	1	0	5	2	8	−6	3	0–2	0–1	1–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

September 4, 2010	Guinea-Bissau	1 – 0	Kenya	Estadio 24 de Setembro, Bissau
16:00 UTC±0	Dionísio 76'	Report		Referee: Kacem Bennaceur (Tunisia)^[2]

October 9, 2010	Kenya	0 – 0	Uganda	Kasarani Stadium, Nairobi
16:00 UTC+3		Report		Referee: Diata Badara (Senegal)^[3]

CECAFA Cup edit

Kenya participated in the 2010 CECAFA Cup, but were knocked out in the group stages, finishing last in their group with no points.

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uganda	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Malawi	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
Ethiopia	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Kenya	3	0	0	3	3	7	−4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

November 29, 2010	Malawi	3 – 2	Kenya	Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
16:00 UTC+03:00	Nyirenda 1' Banda 26', 81'		Baraza 34' Ajwang 45+2'

December 2, 2010	Kenya	1 – 2	Ethiopia	Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
16:00 UTC+03:00	Ajwang 85'		Bekele 25', 44'

December 5, 2010	Uganda	2 – 0	Kenya	Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
16:00 UTC+03:00	Okwi 81' Mwesigwa 90+2' (pen.)

Other matches edit

The following is a list of all other matches played by Kenya in 2010.

January 9, 2010 International friendly	Kenya	1 – 3	Cameroon	Nairobi, Kenya
	Situma 9'	Report	Webó 35' Emana 56' Idrissou 57'	Stadium: Moi International Sports Centre