Nairobi City Stars
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| Full name | Nairobi City Stars | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Simba wa Nairobi | ||
| Founded | 2003 | ||
| Ground | Hope Centre, Kawangware, Kenya | ||
| Capacity | 5,000 | ||
| Owner | Jonathan Jackson Foundation | ||
| Chairman |  Jonathan Jackson | ||
| Head coach | Nicholas Muyoti | ||
| League | Kenyan Premier League | ||
| 2021/22 | 5th | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Nairobi City Stars is an association football club based in Nairobi, Kenya that currently competes in the first tier Kenyan Premier League.
History
The club was founded in 2003 as World Hope Football Club after a majority of players followed head coach Zedekiah 'Zico' Otieno from relegated Kawangware United. The club was formed and owned by World Hope International, a charitable organization.
After one season in the Nationwide League, World Hope was promoted to the Kenyan Premier League.
In October 2008, the club was bought by Ambassadors in Sport (AIS Kenya),[1] who renamed the club to Nairobi City Stars FC after the 2008 season.[2]
After the take over Nairobi City Stars was initially coached by German manager Oliver Page, a former Bundesliga player.[3] He resigned from the post-half-season in June 2009 despite good results, citing personal issues[4]
After a short while under the new owners, the team reverted to Peter Jabuya who would struggle with the team till March 2019 when the club was fully acquired by Jonathan Jackson Foundation, a community-focused setup named after its founder Jonathan Jackson who is a real estate mogul in Kenya and in Europe.[5][6][7][8][9][10]
Upon the change of hands the new owners hired online journalist Patrick Korir as the CEO to streamline the club's operations.[11] And in July 2019 the club went searching for a foreign coach and hired Sarajevo-born Sanjin Alagic, a UEFA Pro licensed coach from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
He led the team to the 2020/21 Kenyan National Super League title and automatic promotion back to the Kenyan Premier League[12][13][14] after four seasons out.
Sanjin exited at the expiry of his contract at the end of June 2021. From September of the same year Nicholas Muyoti was appointed the new coach on a three-year deal. [15][16][17][18][19]
Honors
Champions (1): 2003/4
- Champions (1): 2005
- Champions (1): 2019/20
Performance in CAF competitions
- CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance
- 2006 – Preliminary Round
Current squad
- As of 29 August 2022.[20]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Club officials
Management
| Chairman | Jonathan Jackson
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| Chief Executive | Patrick Korir
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| Team Coordinator | Samson Otieno
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Technical Bench
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Nicholas Muyoti
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| Assistant coach | John Amboko
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| Assistant coach | Noah Abich
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| Team Manager | Ronny Kagunzi
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| Goalkeeping coach | Zachary Onyango
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| Trainer | Arthur Museve
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| Physio | Brian Otieno Odongo
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| Kit Manager | Joseph Andere
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Past coaches
- Zedekiah 'Zico' Otieno (Sep 2003-Nov 2004)
- Robert Matano (Nov 2004 - Nov 2007)
- John “Bobby” Ogolla (Jan-Nov 2008)
Oliver Pagé (Nov 2008-May 2009)- Kennedy Odhiambo (May 2009-Aug 2011)
- Gideon Ochieng (Aug 2011-Sep 2012)
Bai Malleh Wadda (Sep 2012-June 2013)- Charles Omondi (June-Sep 2013)
Jan Koops (Sep 2013-Jan 2014)
Robinson Ndubuisi (Jan-Apr 2014)
Tim Bryett (Apr-Jul 2014)- Robinson Ndubuisi (Jul-Dec 2014)
Paul Nkata (Jan-June 2015)- Gabriel Njoroge (Jul-Sep 2015)
- Dennis Okoth (Sep-Dec 2015)
- John “Bobby” Ogolla (Jan-June 2016)
- Richard Pinto Tamale (Jul-Dec 2016)
- Robert Matano (Jan-May 2017)
- Abdul-Samadu Musafiri (Jul-Dec 2017)
- John Amboko (Jan-Dec 2018)
- Jimmy Kintu (Jan-Apr 2019)
- John Amboko (Apr-Jun 2019)
Sanjin Alagic (July 2019 - June 2021)- John Amboko (Jul-Aug 2019)
- Nicholas Muyoti (Sept 2021 - to date)
Notable past players
- Victor Wanyama
- John Mark Makwatta
- Dan Sserunkuma
- James Situma
- Pascal Ochieng
- Kennedy Odhiambo
- Thomas Wanyama
- George Odhiambo
- Harrison Muranda
- Collins Tiego
- Levy Muaka
- Wesley Onguso
- George Abege
- Francis Thairu
- George Midenyo
- George Odary
- Victor Ochieng
- Erick Ochieng
- Paul Okatwa
- Lawrence Kasadha
- Justus Basweti
- Kevin Ochieng
- Noah Abich
- Edward Karanja
Top scorers per season
Top scorers per season. * Award shared during that season
| Year | Player | Goals |
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| *2004-5 | Collins Tiego
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5 |
| *2004-5 | Justus Basweti
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5 |
| 2005-6 | Samuel Ouma
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13 |
| 2006-7 | Justus Basweti
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6 |
| 2008 | Arthur Museve
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7 |
| 2009 | Arthur Museve
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10 |
| 2010 | Francis Thairu
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5 |
| 2011 | Dan Sserunkuma
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7 |
| 2012 | Dan Sserunkuma
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5 |
| 2013 | Jimmy Bageya
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4 |
| *2014 | Dennis Okoth
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3 |
| *2014 | George Abege
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3 |
| *2014 | Lawrence Kasadha
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3 |
| 2015 | Ebrima Sanneh
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11 |
| 2016 | Ezekiel Odera
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4 |
| 2017 | Ezekiel Odera
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11 |
| 2018 | Sande Katumba
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10 |
| 2018–19 | Noah Abich
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8 |
| 2019–20 | Ebrima Sanneh
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8 |
| 2020–21 | Peter Opiyo
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8 |
| 2021–22 | Ezekiel Odera
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10 |
All time top scorers
A list of all-time Nairobi City Stars goalscorers. For players who have scored 12 or more goals.
- As of 12 June 2022
| # | Player | Goals |
| 1 | Justus Basweti |
35 |
| 2 | Francis Thairu |
34 |
| 3 | Ezekiel Odera |
33* |
| 4 | Ebrima Sanneh |
32 |
| 5 | Arthur Museve |
31 |
| 6 | Jimmy Bageya |
29 |
| 7 | Davis Agesa |
20* |
| 8 | Anthony Kimani |
17* |
| 9 | Sande Katumba |
15 |
| 10 | Samuel Ouma |
14 |
| 11 | Peter Opiyo |
12* |
| 11 | Dan Sserunkuma |
12 |
| 11 | Robert Ndung'u |
12 |
* Still active
Records
- Record victory: 4–0 vs. Vihiga Bullets on 6 Nov 2021 [21] [22]
- Record victory: 4–0 vs. Kisumu Telkom on 11 Feb 06
- Record victory: 4–0 vs. Congo United on 22 Oct 2011 [23] [24]
- Record defeat: 0–5 vs. Sofapaka F.C. on 7 Aug 2016 [25]
- Best league performance: 5th in 2021-22 Kenyan Premier League
Premier League records
| Season | Pos | Record | ||||||||
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| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | CS | Pts! | ||
| 2004–05 | 8 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 23 | -1 | 7 | 28 |
| 2005–06 | 7 | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 43 | 41 | 2 | 16 | 55 |
| 2006–07 | 8 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 11 | 42 |
| 2008 | 7 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 31 | -6 | 10 | 40 |
| 2009 | 6 | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 10 | 43 |
| 2010 | 11 | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 25 | 34 | -9 | 8 | 34 |
| 2011 | 14 | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 35 | -7 | 9 | 31 |
| 2012 | 13 | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 32 | -8 | 14 | 29 |
| 2013 | 9 | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 36 | -12 | 9 | 32 |
| 2014 | 15 | 30 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 35 | -17 | 8 | 24 |
| 2015 | 14[26] | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 37 | -12 | 7 | 28 |
| 2016 | 16[27] | 30 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 39 | -22 | 7 | 19 |
| 2020-21 | 7 | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 34 | 30 | 4 | 11 | 45 |
| 2021-22 | 5 | 33 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 34 | 8 | 13 | 49 |
| Total | 272 | 64 | 93 | 125 | 259 | 341 | -82 | 140 | 334 | |
CS - Clean Sheet
Second tier League records
| Season | Pos | Record | ||||||||
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| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | CS | Pts | ||
| 2003-04 | CHAMPIONS | |||||||||
| 2017 | 7 | 36 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 45 | 42 | 3 | 11 | 48 |
| 2018 | 7 | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 41 | 39 | 2 | 10 | 52 |
| 2018-19 | 14 | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 47 | 60 | -13 | 3 | 39 |
| 2019-20 | CHAMPIONS | 26 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 18 | 22 | 14 | 64 |
| Total | 136 | 54 | 41 | 41 | 173 | 159 | 14 | 37 | 203 | |
Most Kenyan Premier League appearances
- 221 - John Amboko [2] at GAS
Record all-time goalscorer
- 35 – Justus Basweti
Record Kenyan National Super League goalscorer
- 17 - Davis Agesa
Record Kenyan Premier League goalscorer
- 27 - Justus Basweti
Most capped players
- 42 – James Situma – Kenya national football team (2009–2016)
- 34 – Peter Opiyo – Kenya national football team (2009–2014)
References
- ^ AIS, May 25, 2009: Nairobi City Stars Appoints new Head Coach
- ^ Daily Nation, October 16, 2008: New owners take over World Hope FC
- ^ Daily Nation, November 20, 2008: City Stars unveil new German coach
- ^ Kenyafootball, May 25, 2009: Nairobi City Stars Appoints new Head Coach
- ^ The Standard, June 14, 2019: Jackson: Why we bought Nairobi City Stars squad
- ^ Goal, May 1, 2019: Nairobi City Stars confirm takeover by Jonathan Jackson Foundation
- ^ Citizen, May 1, 2019: City Stars has new owner; purchase coming after long financial struggles
- ^ Futaa, June 13, 2019: Former KPL heavyweight owners make a vow ahead of new season
- ^ Michezo Afrika, May 1, 2019: Hope as Nairobi City Stars gets new owner
- ^ Daily Active Kenya, May 1, 2019: Just like Wazito, City Stars gets a new owner who will blow their problems away
- ^ SportPesa News, May 1, 2019: Seasoned Local Football Journalist Korir In New City Stars Management Team
- ^ Nairobi News, May 1, 2020: City Stars raring to go with promotion to KPL
- ^ Futaa, May 7, 2020: Nairobi City Stars coach Sanjin delighted after promotion to KPL
- ^ Soka, April 30, 2020: OFFICIAL: GOR MAHIA ARE KPL CHAMPS; CITY STARS PROMOTED
- ^ Nairobi City Stars, Sept 17, 2021: [1]
- ^ Futaa, Sept 17, 2021: Nicholas Muyoti joins Nairobi City Stars
- ^ The Standard, Sept 17, 2021: Former KK Homeboyz coach Muyoti joins Nairobi City Stars
- ^ The Star, Sept 18, 2021: Muyoti joins City Stars, ready for a new challenge
- ^ MichezoAfrika, Sept 17, 2021: Muyoti unveiled as new City Stars Head Coach
- ^ "Nairobi City Stars – Pro Team Roster". Nairobi City Stars. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ The Standard 6 Nov 2021, Nairobi City Stars thrash Vihiga to close gap on K’Ogalo
- ^ 6 Nov 2021 Four Different Scorers for Nairobi City Stars as They Maul Vihiga Bullets
- ^ Michezoafrika 22 Oct 201, City Stars demolish Congo as relegation battle heats up
- ^ Futaa 22 Oct 2011 City Stars hand Congo another whopping at Hope Centre
- ^ Futaa 7 Aug 2016 Sofapaka 5 City Stars 0
- ^ The Standard, 2 Nov 2015 City Stars survives the chop
- ^ Capital FM 31 Oct 2016 City Stars relegated after falling to Homeboyz
External links
- Nairobi City Stars GSA
- Nairobi City Stars Soccerway