2022–23 Kenyan Premier League

Kenyan Premier League
Season	2022–23
Dates	19 November 2022 - 25 June 2023
Champions	Gor Mahia (20th title)
Relegated	Mathare United; Vihiga Bullets
CAF Champions League	Gor Mahia
CAF Confederation Cup	Kakamega Homeboyz
Matches played	306
Goals scored	651 (2.13 per match)
Top goalscorer	Elvis Rupia; (27 goals)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 → All statistics correct as of complete.

The 2022–23 Kenyan Premier League was the 20th season of the Kenyan Premier League since it began in 2003, and the 60th season of top-division football in Kenya since 1963. The season was set to commence on 24 September, however, an ongoing technical dispute with FIFA pushed the start to 19 November 2022.^[1]^[2]

Team Changes edit

APS Bomet and Fortune SACCO gained promotion to the Premier League from the 2021–22 National Super League, with Mathare United and Vihiga United being relegated. However, the FKF announced on 9 November 2020 that the results of the 2021–22 Premier League were abandoned due to an ongoing technical dispute with FIFA, and the promotion/relegation from the previous season were canceled.^[2]

Stadiums edit

Bandari

Bidco United

Kakamega Homeboyz
Vihiga Bullets

Nzoia Sugar

Posta Rangers

Ulinzi Stars

Machakos

Nairobi

Machakos teams
Kariobangi Sharks
Sofapaka
Wazito

Nairobi teams
AFC Leopards
Gor Mahia
KCB
Kenya Police
Mathare United
Nairobi City Stars
Talanta
Tusker

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Locations of the 2022–23 teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Leopards	Nairobi	Nyayo Stadium	30,000
Bandari	Mombasa	Mombasa Municipal Stadium	10,000
Bidco United	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
KCB	Nairobi	City Stadium	15,000
Kenya Police	Nairobi	Nyayo National Stadium	30,000
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
Talanta	Nairobi	Ruaraka Stadium	4,000
Tusker	Nairobi	Ruaraka Stadium	4,000
Ulinzi Stars	Nakuru	Afraha Stadium	8,200
Vihiga Bullets	Kakamega	Bukhungu Stadium	5,000
Wazito	Machakos	Kenyatta Stadium	5,000

Personnel and sponsoring edit

Team	Manager	Kit Manufacturer	Sponsor
AFC Leopards	Patrick Aussems
Bandari	Twahir Muhiddin
Bidco	Anthony Akhulia
Gor Mahia	Johnathan McKinstry
Kakamega Homeboyz	Patrick Odhiambo
Kariobangi Sharks	William Muluya
KCB	Zedekiah Otieno
Kenya Police	Francis Baraza
Mathare United	Collins Omondi
Nairobi City Stars	Nicholas Muyoti
Nzoia Sugar	Salim Babu
Posta Rangers	Salim Ali
Sofapaka	David Odhiambo
Talanta	Ken Kenyatta
Tusker	Robert Matano
Ulinzi	Bernard Mwalala
Vihiga United	Sammy Okoth
Wazito	Charles Odera

League table edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Gor Mahia (C)	34	20	10	4	53	22	+31	70	Qualification to CAF Champions League qualifying first round
2	Tusker	34	20	9	5	45	23	+22	69
3	Kenya Police	34	18	10	6	57	22	+35	64
4	Nzoia Sugar	34	18	10	6	43	23	+20	64
5	Kenya Commercial Bank	34	18	10	6	37	19	+18	64
6	Bandari	34	18	6	10	44	27	+17	60
7	AFC Leopards	34	14	9	11	32	25	+7	51
8	Kakamega Homeboyz	34	13	10	11	35	27	+8	49	Qualification for Confederation Cup^[a]
9	Ulinzi	34	12	13	9	35	34	+1	49
10	Sofapaka	34	10	12	12	32	37	−5	42
11	Kariobangi Sharks	34	10	11	13	46	46	0	41
12	Posta Rangers	34	10	10	14	33	41	−8	40
13	Bidco	34	9	9	16	37	36	+1	36
14	FC Talanta	34	8	12	14	35	50	−15	36
15	Nairobi City Stars	34	8	10	16	37	49	−12	34
16	Wazito (O)	34	7	8	19	22	50	−28	29	Qualification for Relegation Play-Offs
17	Mathare United (R)	34	8	2	24	26	62	−36	26	Relegation to Kenyan National Super League
18	Vihiga Bullets (R)	34	3	3	28	28	86	−58	12	Relegation to Kenyan National Super League

Source: FKF Premier League 2022
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^[3]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Kakamega Homeboyz qualified for the CAF Confederation Cup by winning the 2023 FKF President's Cup.

Results edit

Home \ Away	AFC	BAN	BID	GOR	KKH	KAR	KCB	KEP	MAT	NAI	NZO	POS	SOF	TAL	TUS	ULI	VIB	WAZ
AFC Leopards	—	1–0	1–4	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0
Bandari	0–2	—	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–3	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–3	2–1	1–1	2–1	5–0	7–2	1–0
Bidco United	1–1	0–1	—	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	1–3	0–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	3–0	3–3	0–1
Gor Mahia	1–2	1–0	1–0	—	2–3	2–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	5–0	4–0
Kakamega Homeboyz	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	—	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	4–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–0
Kariobangi Sharks	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	—	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–3	0–0	2–0	2–2	0–1	3–2	3–3	2–2
KCB	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	—	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	3–0	2–0
Kenya Police	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	3–2	0–1	—	1–0	4–2	2–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	4–1	4–0
Mathare United	1–0	0–1	0–3	2–1	1–5	1–2	0–1	0–5	—	0–1	1–2	0–2	0–4	3–2	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–0
Nairobi City Stars	0–1	1–1	0–2	1–4	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	3–0	—	2–3	2–3	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–2	5–2	1–0
Nzoia Sugar	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–2	3–0	1–0	—	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	4–0
Posta Rangers	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–2	0–2	1–5	0–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	2–3	—	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–1
Sofapaka	1–1	0–2	0–3	0–0	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	—	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	2–3
Talanta	0–6	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	2–2	1–2	0–0	3–2	2–2	0–0	0–2	1–1	—	1–1	0–3	2–1	2–0
Tusker	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	4–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	—	0–0	2–1	2–0
Ulinzi Stars	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	—	3–1	1–0
Vihiga Bullets	2–1	0–2	0–3	1–3	0–2	1–3	0–3	0–4	1–0	4–2	0–2	0–1	2–3	0–1	0–4	0–1	—	1–3
Wazito	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–3	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–3	2–1	0–1	0–3	2–1	1–0	0–0	—

Source: Soccerway
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 edit

Top scorers edit

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Elvis Rupia	Kenya Police	27
2	Benson Omala	Gor Mahia	25
3	Hassan Abdallah	Bandari	12
3	Umar Kasumba	Bandari	12
5	John Mwangi	Nzoia Sugar	11
6	Hillary Simiyu	Ulinzi Stars	10
7	Tyson Otieno	Kariobangi Sharks	9
7	Kennedy Owino	KCB	9
9	Raddy Manga	Sofapaka	8
	Austine Odhiambo	Gor Mahia
	Moses Shikanda	Kariobangi Sharks

Hat-tricks edit

Player	For	Against	Score	Date
Ojok Deogracious	Tusker	Nairobi City	4-1	27 November 2022
Michael Karamor	Kakamega	Talanta	4-2	17 December 2022
Vincent Ogolla	Vihiga	Nairobi City	4-2	8 January 2023
Brian Yakhama	Talanta	Mathare United	3-2	14 January 2023
John Mwangi	Nzoia Sugar	Wazito	4-0	18 January 2023
Benson Omala	Gor Mahia	Vihiga	1-3	22 January 2023
Elvis Rupia	Police	Tusker	3-0	28 January 2023
Víctor Omune⁴	Leopards	Talanta	0-6	9 February 2023
Benson Omala	Gor Mahia	Wazito	4-0	14 February 2023
Patrick Kaddu	Gor Mahia	Vihiga	5-0	29 March 2023

References edit

^ "Kenya requests Fifa lifts global suspension from football". bbc.com. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b "FKF-Premier League start date set as 2021/22 campaign declared null and void". goal.com. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
^ "FKF Rules and Regulations". FKF. Retrieved 27 November 2021.

[table_note_res_CCCW0.71359885982871-3] Kakamega Homeboyz qualified for the CAF Confederation Cup by winning the 2023 FKF President's Cup.

[1] "Kenya requests Fifa lifts global suspension from football". bbc.com. Retrieved 11 November 2022.

[StartSet-2] "FKF-Premier League start date set as 2021/22 campaign declared null and void". goal.com. Retrieved 11 November 2022.

[FKF_Regulations-4] "FKF Rules and Regulations". FKF. Retrieved 27 November 2021.

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