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Nairobi City Stars - Wikipedia

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Nairobi City Stars

Full name

Nairobi City Stars

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

2023–24

6th

Website

nairobicitystarsfc.org

Home colours

Away colours

Nairobi City Stars is a professional 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 Alagić, a UEFA Pro licensed coach from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

He led the team to the 2019/20 Kenyan National Super League title and automatic promotion back to the Kenyan Premier League^[12]^[13]^[14] after four seasons out.

Alagić 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

Kenya Nationwide League
- Champions (1): 2003–04
FKF President's Cup
- Champions (1): 2005
Kenyan National Super League
- Champions (1): 2019–20

Performance in CAF competitions

CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance

2006 – Preliminary Round

Current squad

As of 9 September 2024.^[20]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	KEN	Edwin Mukolwe
13	GK	KEN	Elvis Ochoro
32	GK	KEN	Byron Owino
4	DF	KEN	Timothy Muganda
6	DF	KEN	Brian Opinde
8	DF	KEN	Calvin Masawa
12	DF	KEN	Edwin Buliba
15	DF	KEN	Wycliffe Omondi
21	DF	KEN	Rogers Wasega
22	DF	TAN	Stephen Bulugu
30	DF	KEN	Rowland Makati
3	MF	KEN	Sven Yidah
16	MF	KEN	Elvis Noor
18	MF	KEN	Clifford Ouma


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	KEN	Vincent Owino
25	MF	KEN	Brian Mzee
31	MF	KEN	Abuyeka Kubasu
5	FW	KEN	Robinson Asenwa
7	FW	KEN	Pius Omachi
9	FW	JPN	Yuto Kusaba
10	FW	KEN	Dennis Oalo
11	FW	KEN	Mohammed Bajaber
17	FW	KEN	Brian Nyambane
20	FW	KEN	Kelvin Etemesi
26	FW	UGA	James Ssemambo
27	FW	KEN	Gilbert Abala
28	FW	KEN	Andre Kalama

Club officials

Management

Chairman	Jonathan Jackson
Chief Executive	Patrick Korir
Team Coordinator	Samson Otieno

Technical Bench

Position	Name
Head coach	Nicholas Muyoti
Assistant & Goalkeeper coach	Abel Omuhaya
Assistant coach	Peter Opiyo^[21]
Game Analyst & Psychologist	Obed Nyamweya
Team Manager	Ronnie Kagunzi
Security Officer & Trainer	Arthur Museve
Physio	Brian Otieno Odongo
Kit Manager	Dominic Mutiso

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 Alagić (July 2019 - June 2021)
John Amboko (Jul-Aug 2019)
Nicholas Muyoti (Sept 2021 - to date)

Notable past players

Top scorers per season

Top scorers per season. * Award shared during that season

Year	Player	Goals
*2004-5	Collins Tiego	5
*2004-5	Justus Basweti	5
2005-6	Samuel Ouma	13
2006-7	Justus Basweti	6
2008	Arthur Museve	7
2009	Arthur Museve	10
2010	Francis Thairu	5
2011	Dan Sserunkuma	7
2012	Dan Sserunkuma	5
2013	Jimmy Bageya	4
*2014	Dennis Okoth	3
*2014	George Abege	3
*2014	Lawrence Kasadha	3
2015	Ebrimah Sanneh	11
2016	Ezekiel Odera	4
2017	Ezekiel Odera	11
2018	Sande Katumba	10
2018–19	Noah Abich	8
2019–20	Ebrimah Sanneh	8
2020–21	Peter Opiyo	8
2021–22	Ezekiel Odera	10
2022–23	Kelvin Etemesi	12
2023–24	Vincent Owino	8

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 February 2024

#	Player	Goals
1	Ezekiel Odera	37
2	Justus Basweti	35
3	Francis Thairu	34
4	Ebrima Sanneh	32
5	Arthur Museve	31
6	Jimmy Bageya	29
7	Davis Agesa	20
8	Anthony Kimani	17
9	Kelvin Etemesi	15*
9	Sande Katumba	15
11	Samuel Ouma	14
12	Peter Opiyo	13
13	Dan Sserunkuma	12
13	Robert Ndung'u	12

* Still active

Records

Type	Name	Record
Most Premier League appearances (City Stars)	John Amboko	221 [2]
Most Premier League appearances (overall)	Anthony Kimani	284^[22]
Most Premier League goals	Justus Basweti	27
Most Super League goals	Davis Agesa	17^[23]
Overall top scorer	Ezekiel Odera	37
Most capped player	James Situma	43
Most league goals in a Premier League season	Samuel Ouma	13
Most goals in a Super League season	Ezekiel Odera	11
Longest unbeaten Super League run	2018/19-2019/20 NSL	22 ^[24]
Record premier league win run	2023–24 FKF PL	7^[25]
Record victory	vs Vihiga Bullets^[26]^[27] vs Kisumu Telkom vs Congo United^[28]	4-0
Record defeat	vs Sofapaka F.C.	5-0^[29]

Premier League records

Season	Pos	Record
Season	Pos	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	-6	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^[30]	30	6	10	14	25	37	-12	7	28
2016	16^[31]	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	14	10	10	45	34	11	14	52
2022–23	15	34	8	10	16	37	49	-12	8	34
2023–24	6	34	13	11	10	42	39	3	12	50
Total		493	142	160	192	462	552	-90	161	586

CS - Clean Sheet

Second tier League records

Season	Pos	Record
Season	Pos	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

References

^ AIS, May 25, 2009: Nairobi City Stars Appoints new Head Coach Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine
^ Daily Nation, October 16, 2008: New owners take over World Hope FC Archived 2020-01-12 at the Wayback Machine
^ Daily Nation, November 20, 2008: City Stars unveil new German coach Archived 2020-01-12 at the Wayback Machine
^ Kenyafootball, May 25, 2009: Nairobi City Stars Appoints new Head Coach Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine
^ The Standard, June 14, 2019: Jackson: Why we bought Nairobi City Stars squad Archived 2023-09-19 at the Wayback Machine
^ Goal, May 1, 2019: Nairobi City Stars confirm takeover by Jonathan Jackson Foundation Archived 2019-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
^ Citizen, May 1, 2019: City Stars has new owner; purchase coming after long financial struggles Archived 2019-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
^ Futaa, June 13, 2019: Former KPL heavyweight owners make a vow ahead of new season Archived 2019-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
^ Michezo Afrika, May 1, 2019: Hope as Nairobi City Stars gets new owner Archived 2019-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
^ Daily Active Kenya, May 1, 2019: Just like Wazito, City Stars gets a new owner who will blow their problems away Archived 2019-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
^ SportPesa News, May 1, 2019: Seasoned Local Football Journalist Korir In New City Stars Management Team Archived 2019-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
^ Nairobi News, May 1, 2020: City Stars raring to go with promotion to KPL Archived 2021-01-19 at the Wayback Machine
^ Futaa, May 7, 2020: Nairobi City Stars coach Sanjin delighted after promotion to KPL Archived 2022-05-11 at the Wayback Machine
^ Soka, April 30, 2020: OFFICIAL: GOR MAHIA ARE KPL CHAMPS; CITY STARS PROMOTED Archived 2021-01-24 at the Wayback Machine
^ Nairobi City Stars, Sept 17, 2021: [1] Archived 2021-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
^ Futaa, Sept 17, 2021: Nicholas Muyoti joins Nairobi City Stars Archived 2021-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
^ The Standard, Sept 17, 2021: Former KK Homeboyz coach Muyoti joins Nairobi City Stars Archived 2021-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
^ The Star, Sept 18, 2021: Muyoti joins City Stars, ready for a new challenge Archived 2022-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
^ MichezoAfrika, Sept 17, 2021: Muyoti unveiled as new City Stars Head Coach Archived 2021-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Nairobi City Stars – Pro Team Roster". Nairobi City Stars. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
^ Nation, 2 Apr 2023 Ex-Harambee Stars midfielder Opiyo begins coaching journey Archived 2023-06-20 at the Wayback Machine
^ The Star, 27 Jun 2023 Nairobi City Stars skipper Kimani retires after 17 years
^ Goal, 21 Sep 2020 Nairobi City Stars' NSL top scorer Agesa ready for KPL return
^ Nation, 16 Dec 2019 Nairobi City Stars suffer first NSL defeat
^ Nation, 21 Jan 2024 Leopards derail City Stars' title charge, Police down Nzoia
^ 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 7 Aug 2016 Sofapaka 5 City Stars 0
^ The Standard, 2 Nov 2015 City Stars survives the chop Archived 2022-03-19 at the Wayback Machine
^ Capital FM 31 Oct 2016 City Stars relegated after falling to Homeboyz Archived 2023-08-28 at the Wayback Machine

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