2009 Kenyan Premier League

The 2009 Kenyan Premier League was the sixth season of the Kenyan Premier League since it started in 2003 and the forty-sixth season of top division football in Kenya since 1963. It began on 7 February with Agrochemical and Red Berets and ended on 21 November with Sony Sugar and Western Stima.

Kenyan Premier League

Season	2009
Champions	Sofapaka 1st Premier League title 1st Kenyan title overall
Relegated	Bandari Agrochemical
Champions League	Sofapaka
Confederation Cup	A.F.C. Leopards (cup winner)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	487 (2.03 per match)
Top goalscorer	John Baraza (Sofapaka) Emeka Joseph (Tusker) 15 goals
Biggest home win	Tusker 5–0 Bandari (17 May 2009)[1]
Biggest away win	Agrochemical 0–3 Chemelil Sugar (22 April 2009)[2] KCB 1–4 Tusker (2 August 2009)[3] Red Berets 0–3 Sofapaka (7 November 2009)[4]
Highest scoring	Sony Sugar 4–3 Tusker (31 October 2009)[5]
← 2008 2010 →

Sofapaka had an alarmingly remarkable season, having just been promoted from the Nationwide League for the first time and immediately winning the title. They also won the Kenyan Super Cup the following season.

Bandari and Agrochemical were relegated at the end of the season after replacing previously relegated Mahakama and Mathare Youth. However, Bandari gained promotion again for the 2011 season.

Changes from last season

Relegated from Premier League

• Mahakama
• Mathare Youth

Promoted from Nationwide League

• A.F.C. Leopards
• Sofapaka

Teams

Stadia and locations

Agro

Bandari

Chemelil

Karuturi

Berets

Sony Sugar

Thika United¹

Ulinzi Stars

Western Stima

Locations of the 2009 Kenyan Premier League teams.

• 1 - The location marked for Thika United is the location of the town, not the stadium.

Leopards

Gor Mahia

KCB

Mathare

City Stars

Sofapaka

Tusker

Locations of the 2009 Kenyan Premier League teams within Nairobi.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
A.F.C. Leopards	Nairobi	Nyayo National Stadium	30,000
Agrochemical	Muhoroni	Furaha Academy Sports Ground	5,000
Bandari	Mombasa	Mombasa Municipal Stadium	10,000
Chemelil Sugar	Chemelil	Chemelil Sports Complex	5,000
Gor Mahia	Nairobi	Nairobi City Stadium	15,000
Karuturi Sports	Naivasha	Naivasha Stadium	5,000
KCB	Nairobi	Nairobi City Stadium	15,000
Mathare United	Nairobi	Kasarani Stadium	60,000
Nairobi City Stars	Nairobi	Hope Centre	5,000
Red Berets	Nakuru	Afraha Stadium	8,200
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
Western Stima	Kakamega	Bukhungu Stadium	5,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sofapaka (C, Q)	30	16	11	3	39	21	+18	59	Qualification for 2010 CAF Champions League
2	Mathare United	30	15	8	7	39	23	+16	53
3	Thika United	34	13	12	9	31	19	+12	51
4	Tusker	30	14	6	10	47	30	+17	48
5	Gor Mahia	30	15	1	14	39	33	+6	46
6	Nairobi City Stars	30	11	10	9	30	29	+1	43
7	Karuturi Sports	30	9	13	8	19	17	+2	40
8	Chemelil Sugar	30	10	10	10	28	28	0	40
9	SoNy Sugar	30	11	7	12	29	31	−2	40
10	Ulinzi Stars	30	8	15	7	24	26	−2	39
11	Western Stima	30	8	12	10	29	38	−9	36
12	Kenya Commercial Bank	30	8	10	12	32	39	−7	34
13	A.F.C. Leopards (Q)	30	8	10	12	28	36	−8	34	Qualification for 2010 CAF Confederation Cup[lower-alpha 1]
14	Red Berets	30	7	9	14	28	43	−15	30
15	Bandari (R)	30	7	8	15	25	41	−16	29	Relegation to 2010 Nationwide League
16	Agrochemical (R)	30	5	8	17	20	43	−23	23

Updated to match(es) played on 21 November 2009. Source: 2009 Kenyan Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. A.F.C. Leopards as winners of the 2009 FKL Cup qualified for the 2010 CAF Confederation Cup.

Results

Home \ Away	AFC	AGC	BND	CHM	GOR	VGP	KCB	MAU	NCS	RBR	SOF	SNY	THU	TUS	ULS	WST
A.F.C. Leopards		1–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–3	1–1	3–2
Agrochemical	0–2		0–1	0–3	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–1
Bandari	2–0	2–2		2–0	2–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–0
Chemelil Sugar	2–1	1–0	3–0		0–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–3	1–0
Gor Mahia	3–2	2–1	2–0	1–2		1–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	3–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	4–2	1–0
Vegpro	0–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–0		0–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–0
Kenya Commercial Bank	1–3	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–1		0–2	3–1	2–2	1–2	3–2	1–1	1–4	2–0	2–3
Mathare United	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–3	1–3	0–0	2–0		3–0	4–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–1
Nairobi City Stars	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–2		3–0	1–1	0–0	1–3	3–2	0–0	0–1
Red Berets	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–1			0–3	2–1	0–1	3–2	0–0	2–2
Sofapaka	4–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–0		2–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	2–1
SoNy Sugar	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–1		2–0	4–3	1–0	2–0
Thika United	0–0	4–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–2	0–0	2–1		1–0	1–0	1–1
Tusker	3–0	1–0	5–0	3–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–1		0–0	2–1
Ulinzi Stars	0–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2		2–2
Western Stima	2–0	4–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on 21 November 2009. Source: Kenyan Premier League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

• 2009 Kenyan Super Cup
• Kenyan football in 2009

References

1. "Tusker - Bandari (17/05-2009 kl. 15:00)". Futaa.com. 17 May 2009. Archived from the original on 25 May 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
2. "Agrochemical - Chemelil Sugar (22/04-2009 kl. 15:00)". Futaa.com. 22 April 2009. Archived from the original on 25 May 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
3. "KCB - Tusker FC (02/08-2009 kl. 13:00)". Futaa.com. 2 August 2009. Archived from the original on 25 May 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
4. "Red Berets - Sofapaka (07/11-2009 kl. 15:00)". Futaa.com. 7 November 2009. Archived from the original on 25 May 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
5. "Sony Sugar - Tusker (31/10-2009 kl. 15:00)". Futaa.com. 31 October 2009. Archived from the original on 25 May 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2012.