Kenya 1998

Premier League ============== Table: 1.AFC Leopards (Nairobi) 34 20 9 5 49-27 69 Champions 2.Mumias Sugar 34 18 12 4 42-20 66 3.Gor Mahia (Nairobi) 34 17 9 8 50-22 60 4.Utalii (Ruaraka) 34 16 10 8 39-29 58 5.Eldoret KCC 34 13 13 8 27-19 52 6.Sony Sugar (Awendo) 34 12 14 8 38-33 50 7.Ulinzi Stars (Thika) 34 12 14 8 34-30 50 8.Nzoia Sugar (Bungoma) 34 11 14 9 43-37 47 9.Kenya Breweries (Nairobi) 34 12 11 11 41-37 47 10.Oserian (Naivasha) 34 12 10 12 35-38 46 11.Kisumu Telecoms 34 8 14 12 27-35 38 12.Shabana (Kisii) 34 10 8 16 33-54 38 13.Rivatex (Eldoret) 34 8 13 13 32-34 37 14.Chemelil Sugar 34 7 15 12 26-35 36 15.Re-Union (Nairobi) 33 9 6 18 33-40 33 ------------------------------------------------------- 16.Green Berets (Thika) 34 6 12 16 24-45 30 Relegated 17.Reli (Nairobi) 34 7 8 19 28-51 29 Relegated 18.Mafuko Bombers (Meru) 33 4 14 15 21-38 26 Relegated [total GD -2] Round 1 [Jan 31] Mumias Sugar 1-0 Oserian Kisumu Posta 0-2 Nzoia Sugar Sony Sugar 0-1 AFC Leopards Chemelil Sugar 0-0 Shabana Gor Mahia 1-1 Green Berets Kenya Breweries 1-0 Re-Union Reli 0-1 Eldoret KCC Rivatex 0-1 Ulinzi Stars Utalii draw Mafuko Bombers [Feb 22] Round 2 [Feb 2] Nzoia Sugar 2-0 Oserian AFC Leopards 2-1 Kisumu Posta Chemelil abd Sony Sugar [abandoned at 1-1 in 85'] Shabana 1-2 Mumias Sugar Eldoret KCC 0-1 Utalii Rivatex 0-0 Gor Mahia Green Berets 0-3 Ulinzi Stars Mafuko Bombers 1-3 Kenya Breweries Re-Union 0-1 Reli Round 3 [Feb 15] Ulinzi 1-1 AFC Leopards Shabana 1-0 Mafuko Bombers Eldoret KCC 0-0 Gor Mahia Rivatex 1-0 Re-Union Kisumu Posta 0-0 Oserian other matches at later dates Round 4 [Feb 21,22] Utalii lt Mumias Sugar Kenya Breweries - Chemelil Kisumu Posta - Sony Sugar Reli lt Nzoia Sugar Ulinzi Stars draw Mafuko Bombers Oserian draw Re-Union Eldoret KCC - Shabana AFC Leopards 2-1 Gor Mahia Round 5 [Feb 28, Mar 1] Mumias Sugar 1-1 Rivatex Mafuko Bombers 1-1 Nzoia Sugar Sony Sugar 2-1 Reli Oserian 2-0 Chemelil Utalii draw Shabana Ulinzi Stars 1-0 Re-Union Round 6 [Mar 7,8] AFC Leopards 2-0 Re-Union Mumias Sugar 1-0 Mafuko Bombers Kenya Breweries 0-1 Sony Sugar Reli 1-1 Shabana Gor Mahia 2-1 Chemelil Utalii 3-0 Oserian Kisumu Posta 0-1 Green Berets Ulinzi 1-1 Nzoia Sugar Round 7 [Mar 15] Mumias Sugar 2-0 Ulinzi Stars AFC Leopards 1-0 Chemelil Sugar Gor Mahia 2-0 Kisumu Telekomms [formerly Posta] Shabana abd Sony Sugar [abandoned at 0-2] Utalii 1-0 [Reli or Kenya Breweries?] Eldoret KCC 2-0 Green Berets Rivatex 2-0 Oserian other matches unknown Round 8 [Mar 28,29] Gor Mahia 3-1 Mafuko B. Reli 0-3 Oserian Ulinzi 3-1 Sony Sugar Leopards 1-1 Green Berets Utalii 3-2 Nzoia Sugar Kenya Br. 1-1 Rivatex Chemelil 1-0 Kisumu Eldoret 0-1 Mumias Sugar Round 9 [April 4-5] Re-Union 2-3 Shabana Nzoia Sugar 3-0 Chemelil Rivatex 1-3 Reli Kisumu 1-1 Kenya Breweries Mumias Sugar awd Ulinzi [awarded 0-2 to Ulinzi; originally 0-0] Leopards 1-1 Mafuko Bombers Round 10 [Apr 11,12] Reli 0-1 Mumias Chemelil 1-1 Green Berets Nzoia 0-1 AFC Leopards Re-Union 1-2 Sony Mafuko 1-1 Rivatex Shabana 1-2 Kisumu Eldoret 1-0 Ulinzi Gor Mahia 3-1 Kenya Breweries Moved Match [Apr 12] Eldoret 0-1 Oserian Moved Match [Apr 18] Oserian 1-1 Gor Mahia Round 11 [Apr 18,19] AFC Leopards 1-1 Rivatex Mumias awd Re-Union [awarded 0-2 to Re-Union; originally 3-0] Utalii 2-0 Chemelil Kenya Brew. 3-1 Reli Ulinzi 1-1 Shabana Mafuko 0-0 Green Berets Eldoret 1-2 Nzoia Gor Mahia 4-1 Sony Round 12 [Apr 25,26] Mumias S. 4-1 AFC Leopards [awarded 0-2 to Leopards; originally 4-1] Re-Union draw Kisumu Nzoia S. - Kenya Breweries Shabana lt Rivatex Chemelil - Mafuko B. Oserian bt Sony S. Round 13 [May 2,3] Reli 0-3 Gor Mahia Oserian 0-1 Ulinzi Nzoia S. draw Mumias S. Shabana 3-2 Green Berets Mafuko B. - Kisumu Eldoret - Sony S. Kenya Br. - Utalii [Jun 13] Chemelil - Re-Union [Jun 20] Moved Matches Gor Mahia awd Re-Union [awarded 0-2 to Re-Union; originally 3-0] Eldoret 1-1 Rivatex Round 14 [May 16,17] AFC Leopards 4-1 Shabana Utalii 0-0 Sony Mumias 3-1 Kenya Breweries Gor Mahia ppd Ulinzi Chemelil - Eldoret Rivatex 1-1 Nzoia Oserian - Mafuko Bombers Kisumu - Reli Moved Match [May 17] Sony - Green Berets Round 15 [May 24] AFC Leopards 2-0 Eldoret Mumias 2-0 Kisumu Shabana 0-3 Gor Mahia Utalii 2-0 Rivatex Kenya Brew. 4-2 Oserian Reli abd Mafuko B. [abandoned at 0-1 due to rain] Nzoia 2-2 Sony Re-Union abd Green Berets [abandoned at 1-1 due to rain] Ulinzi 1-1 Chemelil [May 25] Round 16 [May 30] Kisumu draw Rivatex Ulinzi 1-0 Kenya Breweries Chemelil 1-2 Reli Shabana 2-1 Nzoia Mafuko draw Sony Eldoret 2-0 Re-Union Oserian 0-0 Green Berets Mumias 1-1 Gor Mahia [Jun 1] AFC Leopards 1-0 Utalii [Jun 2] Postponed Match Utalii draw Ulinzi [Jun 1] Round 17 [Jun 6,7] Gor Mahia 3-0 Nzoia Mumias 1-1 Chemelil Shabana 0-0 Oserian AFC Leopards 3-1 Reli Green Berets 1-2 Utalii Re-Union 0-1 Mafuko Eldoret 0-0 Kenya Breweries Sony 1-0 Rivatex Postponed Matches [Jun 7] Re-Union 1-3 Green Berets Kisumu 0-0 Utalii Postponed Matches Gor Mahia 0-1 Utalii [Jun 12] Oserian 3-0 Leopards [Jun 13] Green Berets 2-2 Nzoia Sony 0-0 Mumias Breweries 2-2 Utalii Ulinzi 3-0 Gor Mahia Shabana unk Breweries [Jun 14] Ulinzi unk Reli Postponed Matches Utalii 2-1 Kisumu [Jun 20] Reli 0-0 Mafuko [Jun 21] Round 18 [Jul 11,12] Kisumu 0-0 Chemelil Sony 4-1 Ulinzi Mumias 0-0 Eldoret KCC Oserian 2-0 Reli AFC Leopards 1-1 Green Berets Rivatex 1-1 Kenya Breweries Nzoia 1-1 Utalii Mafuko B. 1-1 Gor Mahia Shabana 1-0 Re-Union [round 21?] Round 19 [Jul 18,19] Utalii 2-1 Re-Union Oserian 1-0 Rivatex Ulinzi 0-0 Mumias Shabana 2-1 Sony Green Berets 0-1 Eldoret KCC Chemelil 0-1 Gor Mahia [played later] All other matches postponed Round 20 [Jul 25,26] Rivatex 3-0 AFC Leopards Sony 0-0 Gor Mahia Chemelil 1-0 Utalii Shabana - Ulinzi Stars Kenya Brew. 2-0 Reli Nzoia 0-0 Eldoret KCC Green Berets 1-0 Mafuko B. Re-Union 1-2 Mumias Oserian - Kisumu Moved Match Re-Union 1-1 Kisumu Kisumu 2-0 Green Berets [Aug 8,9] Rivatex 0-1 Shabana Breweries 3-1 Nzoia Mafuko B. 0-0 Chemelil Oserian 1-1 Sony [annulled?] Rivatex ppd Eldoret KCC AFC Leopards ppd Mumias Utalii ppd Gor Mahia [matches postponed because of terrorist attack on US embassy] [Aug 13-16] AFC Leopards 0-0 Re-Union Kenya Breweries 0-0 Gor Mahia (?) Mumias 1-1 Mafuko B. Shabana 2-0 Reli Sony 0-1 Eldoret KCC Ulinzi Stars 2-1 Nzoia Oserian 3-2 Utalii [Aug 20-21?] Green Berets 1-0 Reli Ulinzi Stars 0-0 Gor Mahia [Aug 22] Utalii 2-0 Reli Shabana 1-3 Kenya Breweries Re-Union 1-2 Nzoia Mumias 1-1 Sony Eldoret KCC 1-0 Mafuko B. Chemelil 0-0 Rivatex AFC Leopards 3-0 Oserian [Aug 30] [Aug 29] Ulinzi awd Reli [awarded 0-2, originally 2-0] [Sep 5] Re-Union 2-0 Chemelil [Sep 6] AFC Leopards 3-1 Chemelil [Sep 12] Oserian 2-1 Kisumu Mafuko B. 1-0 Shabana Nzoia 2-1 Green Berets AFC Leopards n/p Mumias [first awarded 2-0; not played due to temporary suspension Mumias; award revoked, to be replayed] [Sep 13] AFC Leopards 2-0 Ulinzi Utalii 1-0 Kisumu Re-Union 1-0 Rivatex [Sep 14?] Eldoret KCC 0-1 Chemelil [Sep 19] Utalii 0-0 Ulinzi Reli 1-1 Kisumu Shabana ppd AFC Leopards Kenya Breweries 1-2 Mumias [Sep 20] Gor Mahia 0-1 Kisumu Green Berets 0-1 Sony [?] [Sep 26] Gor Mahia 6-0 Utalii Oserian - Eldoret KCC [Sep 27] Gor Mahia 1-0 Kenya Breweries AFC Leopards 2-1 Nzoia Mumias 1-1 Reli [Oct 3] Chemelil 2-1 Oserian [Oct 4] Breweries 2-3 Leopards Nzoia 2-2 Rivatex Reli 1-2 Sony Sugar Chemelil 1-1 Ulinzi Green Berets 1-0 Re-Union [Oct 11] AFC Leopards 1-1 Sony Sugar Gor 2-0 Green Berets Oserian 0-0 Mumias Sugar Mafuko Bombers 1-1 Utalii Chemelil 3-2 Shabana [also reported 3-1] [Oct 17] Gor 3-0 Shabana Utalii 1-0 Rivatex Oserian 1-1 Breweries Nzoia awd Sony [awarded 0-2, originally 1-1] Mumias 1-1 Kisumu Telecom [Oct 18] Kenya Breweries 2-0 Green Berets Re-Union 2-0 Oserian Utalii 3-0 Shabana [Oct 20] Eldoret KCC 2-1 Rivatex Gor Mahia 4-2 Reli [Oct 25] Mumias 1-0 Gor Mahia Reli 1-1 Chemelil Rivatex 2-0 Kisumu Green Berets 0-0 Oserian Sony 1-0 Mafuko B. Nzoia 1-0 Shabana [Oct 26] AFC Leopards 1-1 Utalii Eldoret KCC 1-0 Gor Mahia Nzoia awd Mafuko B. [awarded 0-2, originally 4-0] Kenya Brew. 2-1 Re-Union [Oct 31] Eldoret KCC 1-0 AFC Leopards Gor Mahia 1-0 Oserian Chemelil 1-1 Nzoia Mumias 5-1 Green Berets Kenya Brew. 2-1 Kisumu Reli 1-1 Rivatex [Nov 1] Gor Mahia 1-0 Re-Union Mumias 2-0 Nzoia Utalii 0-1 Sony [Nov 7] AFC Leopards 0-0 Gor Mahia Sony 1-1 Kisumu Chemelil 0-0 Kenya Breweries Shabana drw Eldoret KCC Rivatex 1-0 Green Berets Nzoia awd Reli [awarded 2-0 to Nzoia] Mumias 1-0 Utalii Mafuko Bombers 2-0 Oserian Ulinzi awd Re-Union [awarded 0-2 to Re-Union] [Nov 8] Mafuko Bombers 1-1 Ulinzi Eldoret KCC 3-0 Reli [Nov 14] Oserian 3-1 Shabana Ulinzi 1-1 Kisumu Mafuko B. awd Re-Union [awarded 0-2 to Re-Union, Mafuko dns; Kenya Breweries 0-0 Eldoret KCC Mafuko won an appeal against this Rivatex 2-0 Sony ruling...] Reli 1-0 AFC Leopards Utalii 3-2 Green Berets Nzoia awd Gor Mahia [awarded 0-2, originally 1-0] Chemelil 1-1 Mumias [Nov 15] Re-Union 3-1 Eldoret KCC Mafuko B. 1-2 AFC Leopards Rivatex 0-1 Mumias Kenya Breweries 3-1 Ulinzi [Nov 18] Ulinzi 2-0 Oserian AFC Leopards 2-1 Mumias [Nov 21] Ulinzi Stars 1-1 Eldoret KCC Shabana awd AFC Leopards [awarded 0-2 as Shabna refused to play [Nov 22] in Kericho, where the game was moved Kisumu 1-0 AFC Leopards due to incidents at Shabana v Eldoret Mumias 2-0 Shabana on Nov 7] Gor Mahia 2-0 Rivatex Utalii 0-1 Eldoret KCC Re-Union 2-1 Reli Sony 1-0 Chemelil Table: 1.AFC Leopards (Nairobi) 34 20 9 5 49-27 69 Champions 2.Mumias Sugar 34 18 12 4 42-20 66 3.Gor Mahia (Nairobi) 34 17 9 8 50-22 60 4.Utalii (Ruaraka) 34 16 10 8 39-29 58 5.Eldoret KCC 34 13 13 8 27-19 52 6.Sony Sugar (Awendo) 34 12 14 8 38-33 50 7.Ulinzi Stars (Thika) 34 12 14 8 34-30 50 8.Nzoia Sugar (Bungoma) 34 11 14 9 43-37 47 9.Kenya Breweries (Nairobi) 34 12 11 11 41-37 47 10.Oserian (Naivasha) 34 12 10 12 35-38 46 11.Kisumu Telecoms 34 8 14 12 27-35 38 12.Shabana (Kisii) 34 10 8 16 33-54 38 13.Rivatex (Eldoret) 34 8 13 13 32-34 37 14.Chemelil Sugar 34 7 15 12 26-35 36 15.Re-Union (Nairobi) 33 9 6 18 33-40 33 ------------------------------------------------------- 16.Green Berets (Thika) 34 6 12 16 24-45 30 Relegated 17.Reli (Nairobi) 34 7 8 19 28-51 29 Relegated 18.Mafuko Bombers (Meru) 33 4 14 15 21-38 26 Relegated [total GD -2] Promoted: Brooke Bond FC (Kericho), Kenya Commercial Bank (Nairobi), Red Berets (Nairobi), Coastal Stars (Mombasa), Kisumu All Stars. League extended to 20 teams for 1999, to be reduced to 18 again in 2000. Mathare United were admitted to the first level 1999 as well, after 9 rounds had already been played. Supercup ("Charity Shield") 1998 [played Jan 30, 1999] Mathare United (Nairobi) 2-1 AFC Leopards (Nairobi) Kenya Cup 1998 Moi Golden Cup ============== Preliminary Round (partial) AFC Leopards 0-2 Mumias Sugar Gor Mahia 4-1 Postbank Mathare United 2-0 Re-Union 1/8 Finals [Jul 4,5] Eldoret KCC 2-0 KCB Nairobi Nakuru Posta 2-3 Nakuru Olympic Youth Mumias Sugar 2-1 Kisumu Telecoms Oserian 2-0 Gigil Telecommunication Industries Ulinzi Stars 2-0 Kenya Breweries Shabana 0-1 Nzoia Sugar Western Youth 0-5 Gor Mahia Utalii 1-4 Mathare United Quarterfinals Eldoret KCC 1-0 Mumias Sugar [Aug 1] [*] Mathare United 3-0 Nakuru Olympic Youth [Aug 2] Oserian 1-0 Ulinzi Stars [Aug 22] Nzoia Sugar 2-0 Gor Mahia [Aug 29] [*] Mumias Sugar protested the ineligibility of 2 players of Eldoret (and even went to a civil court on this matter, which led to their temporary supsension from the league); the Kenya National Sports Council has awarded the match 2-0 to Mumias, but the Kenyan Football Federation has refused to acknowledge this ruling. Semifinals First Legs Eldoret KCC 2-0 Oserian [Sep 5] Nzoia Sugar 0-1 Mathare United [Sep 6] Second Legs [Sep 20] Oserian 0-5 Eldoret KCC Mathare U. 0-0 Nzoia Final [Oct 10, Moi International Sports Complex, Kasarani] Mathare United 2-1 Eldoret KCC [NB: Mathare United is the first second level club reaching the cup final.] Kenya Super League (Second Level (!)) 1998 Eastern Zone Top of table: 1.Kenya Commercial Bank (Nairobi) 26 18 7 1 61-14 61 [*] 2.Red Berets (Nairobi) 26 17 4 5 56-25 55 3.Co-op Bank 25 16 4 5 44-21 52 4.Postbank 26 14 5 7 32-23 47 5.Mathare United 23 14 5 4 60-13 47 Kenya Commercial Bank (Nairobi) have won the league and are promoted. Red Berets (Nairobi) promoted as runners-up; Mathare United (cup winners) just missed promotion; they beat National Bank 5-0 after the above table was published. Mathare United were admitted to the first level 1999 as well, after 9 rounds had already been played. [*] w/o goals rd 25 Western Zone Top of table: 1.Brooke Bond (Kericho) 26 20 3 3 53-14 63 2.Kisumu All Stars 25 17 3 5 41-27 54 3.Gilgil Telecomm. Ind. (Gilgil) 25 17 2 6 42-18 53 4.Pan Paper (Webuye) 26 17 1 8 45-20 52 5.Nakuru Police 26 16 4 6 39-25 52 Other teams include: Nakuru Posta, Kericho Posta, Transcom, Kakamega Post (Bukhungu), Muhoroni Sugar (Muhoroni), Kapenguria Police, Bungoma KCC, Agro Chemicals (Muhoroni). Brooke Bond FC (Kericho) are promoted. Kisumu All Stars promoted as runners-up. Coastal Zone Promoted: Coast Stars (Mombasa) [a "Province Select" with players from various clubs] Kenya Coastal Premier League (Third Level) 1998 [one of several regions] 1.Super Congo Boys (Mombasa) -5 [Champions] 2.Hotspurs FC -9 Young Rovers (Mombasa) [last season's winners] Winners are eligible to play a promotion tournament; whether Super Congo Boys will play there is uncertain.

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list of champions

list of cup winners

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Sources: African Soccer and The Nation

Prepared and maintained by Hans Schöggl and Kent Hedlundh for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Hans Schöggl (hans.schoeggl@sbg.ac.at) and Kent Hedlundh (kenth@cs.umu.se)
Last updated: 19 Jul 2007