SoNy Sugar F.C.

SoNy Sugar Football Club is an association football club based in Awendo, Kenya. It was competing in the Kenyan Premier League, the top tier of the Kenyan football league system, and played its home games at the Sony Green Stadium. It was expelled from Kenya Football League in 2019 after failing to participate in 3 of its matches.[1] In the 2005–06 season, the club clinched its first league title with a record that included over 20 wins. The sugar millers were led to their first premier league trophy by head coach Francis Baraza who had just taken over from Peter Otieno 'Bassanga'. Most of the players were casual workers at the sugar milling factory. Some of the players who played a key role in the title winning season are Zak (GK), Ayoo (DEF), Noah Abich (DEF), Fred Ajwang (MF), Marwa Chamberi (ST), Jockins Atudo (DEF), Victor Ali Abondo (MF), Neto (MF), Chimbuzi (DEF), Onkangi (ST), Zakayo, Sylvester Wanyama DEF, Emmanuel Geno, Salim Babu (MF), Tom AKA Tosh, Oduor Alfred, Adan, Willis AKA Awilo, Dennis Chweya, Waweru, Imbusi and Zachary Onyango.

SoNy Sugar
Full nameSoNy Sugar Football Club
Founded1982
GroundGreen Stadium
Awendo, Kenya
Capacity5,000
Chairman Gabriel Otiende
Head coach Patrick Odhiambo
LeagueKenyan Premier League
20189th

Formed in 1982, the club is owned by South Nyanza Sugar Company and earned promotion to the Kenyan Premier League in 1993.

Achievements

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References

  1. Charles, Odero. "Sony Sugar FC expelled from the Kenyan Premier League". The Standard. Retrieved 2020-06-30.


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