The following article is a summary of the 2007

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season in Kenya, the 44th competitive season in its history.

Premier League

The league was originally supposed to begin in autumn of 2006, but wrangles between two factions led to a parallel league situation. One of them, the Kenyan Premier League, had only seven teams, but were backed by

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. Remaining teams formed the KFFPL, supported by the Kenyan government. Teams affiliated to KPL were private clubs and company teams, such as Tusker, and teams owned by non-governmental organizations, like sister clubs

Mathare United Mathare United Football Club is a professional association football club, based in Nairobi, Kenya. They currently compete in the Kenyan Premier League, the top tier of the Kenyan football league system, and won their first league title during the ...

and

Mathare Youth Mathare Youth Football Club was a football club based in Nairobi, Kenya. They played in the Kenyan Premier League, but were relegated in 2008. They last competed in the FKF Division One. The team was owned by the Mathare Youth Sports Associatio ...

, while teams affiliated to KFFPL were traditional community clubs like

Gor Mahia Gor Mahia Football Club (), commonly also known as ''K'Ogalo'' (), is a football club based in Nairobi, Kenya. They have won the Kenyan Premier League a record 19 times, and have also won the FKF President's Cup a record 11 times. They are the o ...

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and

Shabana Kisii Shabana Football Club, more commonly known as simply Shabana or sometimes Shabana Kisii, is a FKF Premier League club based in Kisii. The club was formed in 1980 by Kisii based businessman Dogo Khan. They won the division title in 2014.They w ...

, or teams belonging to government-owned organizations. However, in March 2007, the two leagues were finally united into an 18-team league, though two teams, Mumias Sugar and Kangemi United, disbanded halfway through. The two relegated teams,

and

were not readmitted, although there were some calls for a larger 20-team league. This was in light of the equally controversial inclusion of

who had been expelled mid-season from the league in the previous season, and

, which had been relegated for fielding an ineligible player in ten matches. The season finished in November 2007 with Tusker as the champions and

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and Coast Stars relegated. Bandari and

Western Stima Western Stima Football Club is a Kenyan football club based in Kakamega. The team play their home games primarily at the Bukhungu Stadium, but also at the Moi Stadium.http://www.kpl.co.ke/content.asp?id=15243 KPL profile Western Stima currently ...

gained promotion for the following season. Coast Stars appealed against the relegation to their financier

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, who also doubled up as the chairman of

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. Hatimy's decision to reinstate the club was vetoed by FIFA following submissions by KPL.

Final table

President's Cup

The President's Cup was marred by the withdrawal of many leading teams. The cup was eventually won by Nationwide League side

Sofapaka Sofapaka Football Club (Sofapaka: Sote kama Familia kwa Pamoja Kuafikia Azimio – Kiswahili: ''We as a Family together to achieve a goal'') is a football club, based in Wundanyi, Taita Taveta County. They play their home games at the Wundan ...

. Since clubs from the Central African Republic,

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, Kenya,

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and Sierra Leone were disqualified for failure to fulfill their financial obligations,

were unable to compete in the

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National team

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The national team finished the qualification phase of the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations third in its group and missed the final tournament. They had played two out of their six qualifying matches in 2006, which are included below.

CECAFA Cup

Kenya also competed in the 2007 CECAFA Cup. They reached the quarter-finals but lost 4-2 on

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to Uganda.

Group stage

Quarter-finals

Other matches

The following is a list of other matches played by Kenya in 2007.

References

External links

RSSSF: Kenya 2007Kenyan Premier LeagueKenyan Footie
- Kenyan Football Portal
Kenyafootball
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