2016 Kenyan Premier League

Kenyan Premier League
Season	2016
Champions	Tusker; 6th Premier League title; 11th Kenyan title overall
Relegated	Ushuru; Nairobi City Stars
Champ. League	Tusker
Confed. Cup	Ulinzi Stars (cup runners-up)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	456 (1.9 per match)
Top goalscorer	John Makwatta; (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Sofapaka 5–0 Nairobi City Stars; (7 August 2016)
Biggest away win	2 matches Ushuru 0–4 Bandari; (21 May 2016) ; Ushuru 0–4 Western Stima; (3 August 2016) ;
Highest scoring	Sofapaka 2–5 Mathare United; (27 February 2016)
	← 2015 2017 → All statistics correct as of 19 November 2016.

Season2016

ChampionsTusker
6th Premier League title
11th Kenyan title overall

RelegatedUshuru
Nairobi City Stars

Champ. LeagueTusker

The 2016 Kenyan Premier League (known as the SportPesa Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 13th season of the Kenyan Premier League since it began in 2003, and the 53rd season of top-division football in Kenya since 1963. It began on 13 February and ended on 19 November. Tusker won their eleventh league title, earning a place in the preliminary round of the 2017 CAF Champions League. Ulinzi Stars earned a place in the preliminary round of the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup as runners-up of the 2016 FKF President's Cup, which was also won by Tusker. The two teams will face each other at the 2017 Kenyan Super Cup.

A total of 16 teams competed for the Kenyan Premier League, of which 14 returned from the 2015 season. Posta Rangers and Kakamega Homeboyz were promoted from the second-tier FKF Premier League after spending three and two seasons away from the top flight, respectively.

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Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
A.F.C. Leopards	Nairobi	Nyayo National Stadium	30,000
Bandari	Mombasa	Mombasa Municipal Stadium	10,000
Chemelil Sugar	Chemelil	Chemelil Sports Complex	5,000
Gor Mahia	Nairobi	Nairobi City Stadium	15,000
Kakamega Homeboyz	Kakamega	Bukhungu Stadium	10,000
Mathare United	Nairobi	Kasarani Stadium	60,000
Muhoroni Youth	Muhoroni	Muhoroni Stadium	5,000
Nairobi City Stars	Nairobi	Hope Centre	5,000
Posta Rangers	Eldoret	Kipchoge Keino Stadium	10,000
Sofapaka	Nairobi	Nyayo National Stadium	30,000
Sony Sugar	Awendo	Green Stadium	5,000
Thika United	Thika	Thika Municipal Stadium	5,000
Tusker	Nairobi	Kasarani Stadium	60,000
Ulinzi Stars	Nakuru	Afraha Stadium	8,200
Ushuru	Nairobi	Public Service Grounds	5,000
Western Stima	Kakamega	Bukhungu Stadium	5,000

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Tusker (C, Q)	30	17	10	3	40	25	+15	61	Qualification to 2017 CAF Champions League
2	Gor Mahia	30	15	12	3	35	14	+21	54^[a]
3	Ulinzi Stars (Q)	30	11	13	6	35	25	+10	46^[b]	Qualification to 2017 CAF Confederation Cup
4	Posta Rangers	30	10	15	5	22	15	+7	45
5	Chemelil Sugar	30	12	9	9	24	24	0	45
6	Western Stima	30	10	14	6	32	24	+8	44
7	Mathare United	30	11	11	8	33	29	+4	44
8	Kakamega Homeboyz	30	10	12	8	27	25	+2	42
9	Sony Sugar	30	10	9	11	23	21	+2	39
10	Muhoroni Youth	30	10	8	12	26	32	−6	38
11	Bandari	30	9	10	11	28	31	−3	37
12	Thika United	30	8	10	12	24	32	−8	34
13	A.F.C. Leopards	30	8	9	13	32	38	−6	30^[a]
14	Sofapaka	30	7	5	18	34	40	−6	26
15	Ushuru (R)	30	5	11	14	24	42	−18	26	Relegation to National Super League
16	Nairobi City Stars (R)	30	3	10	17	17	39	−22	19	Relegation to National Super League

Home \ Away	AFC	BND	CHM	GOR	KHB	MAU	MHY	NCS	PRN	SOF	SNY	THU	TUS	ULS	UFC	WST
A.F.C. Leopards		1–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	4–0	2–2	0–2^[a]	3–2	0–1
Bandari	2–1		0–1	0–2	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–3	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0
Chemelil Sugar	1–0	1–1		0–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–3	1–0	1–0	0–0
Gor Mahia	0–1	0–0	3–1		1–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–2
Kakamega Homeboyz	4–1	0–0	0–1	0–3		2–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–1
Mathare United	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–2	0–0		1–1	0–2	0–0	2–2	1–0	0–2	0–2	1–0	3–1	2–2
Muhoroni Youth	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	0–0		2–0	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	0–0
Nairobi City Stars	1–0	2–2	0–1	2–2	1–3	0–1	1–1		0–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–1
Posta Rangers	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–0		1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–1
Sofapaka	3–2	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–5	2–1	5–0	0–1		0–1	5–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–2
SoNy Sugar	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	1–2	1–0		1–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0
Thika United	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1		1–2	1–1	1–0	0–0
Tusker	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–2		0–2	2–2	1–1
Ulinzi Stars	2–2	4–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	3–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–2		3–2	1–1
Ushuru	1–1	0–4	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–1		0–4
Western Stima	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–3	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–3

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	John Makwatta	Ulinzi Stars	18
2	Kepha Aswani	Leopards	14
3	Wycliffe Ochomo	Muhoroni Youth	12
4	Jacques Tuyisenge	Gor Mahia	10
5	Whyvonne Isuza	Mathare United	8
6	Fredrick Shimonyo	Western Stima	7
6	Obadiah Ndege	Mathare United	7
8	Amon Asembeka	Sony Sugar	6
	Michael Khamati	Tusker
	Anthony "Muki" Kimani	Bandari
	David King'atua	Bandari
	Eugene Mukangula	Thika United
	Ekaliana Ndolo	Tusker
	George Odhiambo	Gor Mahia
	Timothy Otieno	Posta Rangers

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2024−25 Kenyan Premier League clubs	A.F.C. Leopards Bandari Bidco United Gor Mahia Kakamega Homeboyz Kariobangi Sharks Kenya Commercial Bank Kenya Police Mara Sugar Mathare United Murang'a SEAL Nairobi City Stars Posta Rangers Shabana Sofapaka Talanta Tusker Ulinzi Stars
Former clubs	Abaluhya Abiengo A.F.C. Kamili Agrochemical Alaskan Barclays Bank Baruti Bata Bullets Benham Black Mamba Blue Triangle Brooke Bond Bunyore Busia Simba Canons Chemelil Sugar Coast Stars Coca-Cola Congo United Cook N' Lite Eldoret Eldoret Posta Eldoret United F.C. Kitale FC West Ham United Feisal Finlays Horticulture Green Berets Hakati Sports Club Harambee Maseno Homa Bay Silver Stars Homegrown Kahawa United Kakamega Kakamega Black Stars Kangemi United Kari Karuturi Sports KCC Eldoret Kenya Commercial Bank Kenya Grain Growers Kenya Navy Kenya Pipeline Kenya Prisons Kenya Textile Mills Kimbo Kisima Bombers Kisumu All Stars Kisumu Hotstars Kisumu Posta Kisumu Telkom Lenana Warriors Ligi Ndogo Luo Sports Club Luo Union Mahakama Maragoli United Marama Mathare Youth Maziwa Ministry of Works Kakamega Mombasa Cargo Mombasa Heroes Mombasa Liverpool Mombasa Warriors Motcom Mount Kenya Muhoroni Youth Mumias Sugar Nairobi Heroes Nairobi Stima Nairobi Wanderers Mount Kenya United Nakuru AllStars Nakuru AllStars (1961) Nakuru Police Nakuru Transcom National Bank of Kenya Nzoia Sugar Oserian Panpaper Webuye Ramogi Rarcom Raymonds Red Berets Reli Reunion Rivatex Samia Union Scarlet Securicor Shell SoNy Sugar St Joseph Umeme Ushuru Utalii Vegpro Viatu Sportif Vihiga Bullets Vihiga United Volcano Waterworks Wazito Western Stima Zoo Kericho
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2016 Kenyan Premier League

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Results

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Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Team ╲ Round
Tusker	4	9	3	2	4	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Gor Mahia	10	11	11	12	12	13	6	8	9	8	6	4	3	2	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Ulinzi Stars	12	3	6	5	5	5	4	5	6	5	4	5	4	3	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	6	6	3	6	6	6	5	5	3
Posta Rangers	2	2	5	4	7	6	7	4	4	4	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	8	10	9	7	6	7	7	7	8	7	4
Chemelil Sugar	9	14	9	9	10	11	11	13	14	11	11	11	9	11	12	9	8	8	10	9	6	5	4	7	4	3	3	3	3	5
Western Stima	14	7	8	8	9	7	8	9	10	7	7	7	8	7	8	7	6	6	6	5	5	8	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	6
Mathare United	8	5	1	3	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	4	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	5	5	5	5	6	6	7
Kakamega Homeboyz	3	8	13	11	8	10	13	10	8	6	9	9	10	9	7	8	9	10	8	7	7	4	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8
SoNy Sugar	11	13	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	12	11	12	9	12	13	9	12	12	12	11	12	11	10	9	9	9	10	9
Muhoroni Youth	16	10	4	7	6	8	10	7	7	9	8	8	6	6	6	6	7	5	5	6	8	7	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	10
Bandari	5	1	7	6	3	4	5	6	5	10	10	10	12	10	10	11	12	13	11	10	11	12	11	10	11	11	11	11	9	11
Thika United	13	12	14	14	15	15	14	14	13	14	12	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
A.F.C. Leopards	7	4	2	1	2	1	3	3	3	3	5	6	7	8	11	13	11	12	9	11	9	10	10	12	12	12	13	13	13	13
Sofapaka	1	6	12	13	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	14
Ushuru	15	16	10	10	11	9	12	12	11	12	13	14	13	14	13	10	10	11	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15
Nairobi City Stars	6	15	16	15	13	12	9	11	12	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	16

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