Ulinzi Warriors

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Ulinzi Warriors
Ulinzi Warriors logo
NicknameSoldiers
LeaguesKBF Premier League
LocationNakuru, Kenya
Team managerStephen Bartilol
Head coachWilliam Balozi

Ulinzi Warriors is a basketball club based in Nairobi, Kenya. The club is affiliated with the Kenyan defence forces and is often nicknamed soldiers. The team are two-times national champions of Kenya, having won the KBF Premier League twice. The team folded in 2007 but returned in 2012.[1]

As of late 2021, the team has been Kenya's national champion.[2]

Honours

KBF Premier League

  • Winners (2): 2015,[3] 2019,[4] 2021
    • Runners-up (2): 2014, 2018

Players

Current roster

The following is the Ulinzi Warriors roster for the 2022 BAL Qualifying Tournaments.[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Ulinzi Warriors roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name
PG 4 Kenya Khaemba, Situmba
5 Kenya Menya, Tiberous
G 6 Kenya Bosire, Victor
7 Kenya Mwangi, James
8 Kenya Ouma, David
9 Kenya Wafula, Ancetas
10 Kenya Okumu, Joshua
SG 11 Kenya Mutoro, Erick
SF 12 Kenya Nyakinda, Valentine
13 Kenya Phillip, Antonio
14 Kenya Otieno, William
15 Kenya Wasilwa, Byron
Head coach
  • Kenya William Balozi
Team manager
  • Kenya Stephen Bartilol

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Updated: October 31, 2021

Staff

Team manager Stephen Bartilol
Head coach William Balozi[2]

References

  1. ^ "Ulinzi Warriors". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b Ulinzi starts Dar show DANN O’WERRE (The Star), 29 October 2021. Accessed 18 February 2022.
  3. ^ "ULINZI WARRIORS CROWNED: But soldiers insists Basketball title was theirs to lose after eliminating KPA". The Standard. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Ulinzi Warriors win basketball title". Daily Nation. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Ulinzi Warriors at the ROAD TO BAL 2022 2021". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 31 October 2021.