The following article is a summary of the 2011

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season in

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, the 48th competitive season in its history.

Domestic leagues

Promotion and relegation

;Promoted to

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* Bandari * Congo JMJ United ;Relegated from

* Mahakama *

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Premier League

The 2011 Kenyan Premier League began on 26 February 2011 and ended on 26 November 2011.

Nationwide League

The 2011 Kenyan Nationwide League began on 13 March 2011 and ended on 27 November 2011.

Muhoroni Youth Muhoroni Youth Football Club is a football club from Muhoroni, Kenya, but plays its home matches at the Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi. They currently compete in the Kenyan Premier League The Kenyan Premier League (KPL), officially known a ...

's promotion was heavily questioned, as the KFF Nationwide League season was inconclusive. Former KFF chairman Mohamed Hatimy said that Muhoroni Youth's promotion was unconstitutional as the league they played in was "unknown" and that there was only one Nationwide League; that run by the FKL and any promoted teams should have come from the FKL Nationwide League.

FKL Nationwide League

KFF Nationwide League

Domestic cups

FKL Cup

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defeated previous winners

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 ...

1–0 in the final for their ninth ever title.

Super Cup

The 2011 Kenyan Super Cup match was played on 20 February 2011 between

Ulinzi Stars Ulinzi Stars Football Club is an association football club based in Nakuru, Kenya. They compete in the Kenyan Premier League, where they won three consecutive titles from 2003 to 2005. They are the only team to have done so, along with A.F.C. Leop ...

, the 2010 Kenyan Premier League winners, and

, the 2010

FKL Cup The FKF President's Cup (known as the Betway Shield cup for sponsorship reasons) is the top knockout tournament in Kenyan football. It was created in 1956, but during its existence the knockout tournament has had different names. It is the Kenya ...

champions. The latter won 1–0 at full-time.

Top 8 Cup

The 2011 KPL Top 8 Cup began on 9 March 2011 and ended on 25 June 2011, with

beating Western Stima 2–1 in the final.

International club competitions

Champions League

The 2011 CAF Champions League began on 28 January 2011 and concluded on 13 November 2011.

qualified for participation in the tournament as 2010 Kenyan Premier League champions. They were beaten on aggregate in the

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, who advanced to the

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Confederation Cup

The 2011 CAF Confederation Cup began on 28 January 2011 and concluded on 4 December 2011.

qualified for participation in the tournament as 2010

champions. They defeated AS Aviação on aggregate in the

and advanced to the

, where they defeated

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on aggregate to advance to the

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. There they beat Saint Eloi Lupopo on

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to progress into the

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, in which they were defeated by

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on aggregate and failed to advance to the

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Kagame Interclub Cup

The 2011 Kagame Interclub Cup began on 25 June 2011 and ended on 10 July 2011.

were invited to represent Kenya in the tournament as 2010 Kenyan Premier League champions. They advanced through the group stage but were knocked out in the quarter-finals by Al-Merreikh.

National team

World Cup qualification

The national team participated in the

of World Cup qualifications in Africa. They beat

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7–0 on aggregate to advance to the

Africa Cup of Nations qualification

The national team participated in the qualification phase of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. They finished third in their group and missed out on the

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CECAFA Cup

The team participated in the

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held in

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, Tanzania. They finished third in their group, but, though having the same points as

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, were knocked out on goal difference through the comparison of third-placed teams in the group stage.

Ranking of third-placed teams

Nile Basin tournament

Kenya took part in the

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, organised by the

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. The team finished second in its group and advanced to the quarter-finals, where they were beaten 5–1 by

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, and later 1–0 by

Congo DR The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

in the third place playoff.

Group stage

Quarter-finals

Third place playoff

Other matches

The following is a list of all other matches played by Kenya in 2011.

References

External links

Kenyan Premier LeagueFutaa
– Kenyan Football Portal
KenyaFootballOrange CAN 2012
{{Kenyan football seasons, 2011