2017 Kenyan Premier League

Kenyan Premier League
Season	2017
Champions	Gor Mahia; 4th Premier League title; 16th Kenyan title overall
Champ. League	Gor Mahia
Confed. Cup	A.F.C. Leopards; (cup winners)
Matches	263
Goals	512 (1.95 per match)
Top goalscorer	Masoud Juma (15 goals);
Biggest home win	Mathare United 6–0 Zoo Kericho; (19 August 2017)
Biggest away win	6 matches Tusker 2–5 Nzoia Sugar; (11 March 2017) ; Nakumatt 0–3 A.F.C. Leopards; (19 March 2017) ; A.F.C. Leopards 0–3 Gor Mahia; (7 May 2017) ; Muhoroni Youth 0–3 Nzoia Sugar; (20 May 2017) ; Chemelil Sugar 0–3 Gor Mahia; (14 September 2017) ; Bandari 0–3 Tusker; (20 September 2017) ;
Highest scoring	3 matches Tusker 2–5 Nzoia Sugar; (11 March 2017) ; Sofapaka 5–2 Nakumatt; (19 August 2017) ; Nakumatt 3–4 Muhoroni Youth; (7 October 2017) ;
	← 2016 2018 → All statistics correct as of 21 October 2017.

Season2017

ChampionsGor Mahia
4th Premier League title
16th Kenyan title overall

Champ. LeagueGor Mahia

Confed. CupA.F.C. Leopards
(cup winners)

The 2017 Kenyan Premier League (known as the SportPesa Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 14th season of the Kenyan Premier League since it began in 2003, and the 54th season of top-division football in Kenya since 1963. It began on 11 March and ended on 18 November.^[1] Tusker was the defending champions, going into the season on the back of their 11th league title.^{[citation needed]}

The Kenyan Premier League was expanded to 18 teams, of which 14 returned from the 2016 season. Kariobangi Sharks, Nakumatt, Nzoia Sugar (formerly Nzoia United) and Zoo Kericho were promoted from the second-tier National Super League.

On 21 October 2017, Gor Mahia secured their record 16th league title with four games to spare after beating Ulinzi Stars 3–1 at the Kericho Green Stadium.^[2]

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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
Kariobangi Sharks	Nairobi	Nairobi City Stadium	15,000
Mathare United	Nairobi	Kasarani Stadium	60,000
Muhoroni Youth	Muhoroni	Muhoroni Stadium	5,000
Nakumatt	Nairobi	Nyayo National Stadium	30,000
Nzoia Sugar	Mumias	Mumias Sports Complex	10,000
Posta Rangers	Eldoret	Kipchoge Keino Stadium	10,000
Sofapaka	Nairobi	Nyayo National Stadium	30,000
Sony Sugar	Awendo	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
Western Stima	Kakamega	Bukhungu Stadium	5,000
Zoo Kericho	Kericho	Kericho Green Stadium	5,000

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Gor Mahia (C, Q)	34	22	8	4	53	22	+31	74	Qualification for 2018 CAF Champions League
2	Sofapaka	34	15	10	9	48	31	+17	55
3	Kariobangi Sharks	34	13	13	8	42	26	+16	52
4	Posta Rangers	34	11	18	5	28	22	+6	51
5	Kakamega Homeboyz	34	12	14	8	30	23	+7	50
6	Tusker	34	14	8	12	33	34	−1	50
7	Ulinzi Stars	34	12	12	10	37	29	+8	48
8	A.F.C. Leopards (Q)	34	12	9	13	26	28	−2	45	Qualification for 2018 CAF Confederation Cup^[a]
9	Nzoia Sugar	34	11	11	12	41	40	+1	44
10	Bandari	34	12	7	15	34	33	+1	43
11	SoNy Sugar	34	10	13	11	31	30	+1	43
12	Zoo Kericho	34	9	13	12	39	49	−10	40
13	Mathare United	34	8	15	11	32	36	−4	39
14	Chemelil Sugar	34	8	15	11	28	34	−6	39
15	Nakumatt	34	10	9	15	33	41	−8	39	Relegation to National Super League
16	Thika United	34	8	14	12	27	36	−9	38
17	Western Stima	34	9	11	14	31	41	−10	38
18	Muhoroni Youth	34	5	10	19	27	65	−38	25

Home \ Away	AFC	BND	CHM	GOR	KHB	KBS	MAU	MHY	NKM	NZS	PRN	SOF	SNY	THU	TUS	ULS	WST	ZOO
A.F.C. Leopards		0–1		0–3	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–0		2–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–1
Bandari	0–1		0–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–2	3–0	1–0	2–1		1–2	0–0	3–0	0–3		0–0	3–0
Chemelil Sugar	2–0	1–0		0–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–1		0–0		2–1		1–1
Gor Mahia	1–1	3–1	2–0		1–0	3–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–0	2–1		1–1	0–0	2–2		1–0
Kakamega Homeboyz	1–0	1–0				2–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–3
Kariobangi Sharks	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–3	0–0		3–0		1–0		2–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–1
Mathare United	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–2			1–1		0–1	1–2	0–0	3–2	0–2	0–1	2–1	6–0
Muhoroni Youth			0–1	1–2		1–0	0–0		1–1	0–3	1–1	2–3	2–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–1
Nakumatt	0–3		2–1	0–1	0–0		2–1	3–4		0–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–2	2–0
Nzoia Sugar		3–0	0–0	0–1		0–2	0–0	3–1	1–1		1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–1
Posta Rangers	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1		1–0		0–0	0–0	2–1		1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0
Sofapaka	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	0–0	0–0		1–1	5–2	3–1	1–1		0–1	3–0	2–2	0–1
SoNy Sugar	1–0	0–1	0–2	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–1			2–2	0–1			1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1
Thika United	1–2		1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0		1–1	2–2	1–0	2–2	0–0			2–0	2–3	1–1	1–0
Tusker	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	4–0	2–1	2–5	1–1		2–1			1–1	2–1	2–1
Ulinzi Stars	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–1		5–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0				1–2
Western Stima	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	1–2	1–1	0–2		1–3	1–2	1–1	1–0			0–2
Zoo Kericho	1–3	3–2	2–0		1–0	3–2	0–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–1	0–3	1–1		0–2	0–0	4–2

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Masoud Juma	Kariobangi Sharks	15
2	Meddie Kagere	Gor Mahia	13
3	Jacques Tuyisenge	Gor Mahia	12
4	Kepha Aswani	Mount Kenya Utd	11
4	Stephen Waruru	Ulinzi Stars	11
6	Chrispin Oduor	Mathare United	10
7	Lawrence Juma	Nzola Sugar	8
8	Umaru Kasumba	Sofapaka	7
	Humphrey Mieno	Tusker
	Dennis Mukaisi	Posta Rangers

Player	For	Against	Score	Date
Benard Odhiambo	Bandari	Zoo	3-2	20 May 2017
Keiphas Mutuu	Kakamega	Zoo	3-3	18 June 2017
Jacques Tuyisenge	Gor Mahia	Kariobangi Sharks	3-1	17 October 2017
Masoud Juma⁴	Kariobangi Sharks	Muhoroni	7-0	14 November 2017

2017 Kenyan Premier League

Teams

Stadia and locations

League table

Positions by round

Results

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

References

Related Articles

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Team ╲ Round
Posta Rangers	5	6	7	2	2	1	1	1
Gor Mahia	2	1	3	1	1	2	2	2
Sofapaka	7	14	3	5	4	5	3	3
A.F.C. Leopards	7	7	2	6	5	2	4	4
Chemelil Sugar	3	3	9	3	6	6	5	5
Ulinzi Stars	7	12	11	7	7	4	6	6
Nzoia Sugar	1	2	8	12	8	8	7	7
Tusker	18	18	16	15	14	15	11	8
Bandari	5	5	1	3	3	7	8	9
Kakamega Homeboyz	7	11	6	11	12	13	9	10
Kariobangi Sharks	16	16	17	16	10	12	10	11
Mathare United	4	4	10	10	12	16	16	12
Nakumatt	14	17	14	13	15	9	13	13
Muhoroni Youth	7	9	15	14	16	10	12	14
SoNy Sugar	17	10	5	8	9	11	14	15
Thika United	13	8	12	9	11	14	15	16
Western Stima	7	12	13	16	17	17	17	17
Zoo Kericho	14	15	18	18	18	18	18	18

v t e Kenyan Premier League
Seasons	...2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
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
Awards Seasons

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