The 2012 Kenyan Premier League (known as the Tusker Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of the

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since its establishment in 2003 and the forty-ninth season of top division

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since 1963. It began on 11 February with Tusker and

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and ended on 10 November with

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and Rangers. The winners of the league will earn a place at the preliminary round of the

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and play against the 2012 FKF President's Cup champions at the 2013 Kenyan Super Cup. The defending champions Tusker, who also became the defending champions of the

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after beating

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 ...

, the defending champions of the

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, earlier in the year, won their tenth league title after beating

3−0 away at the

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, the former league leaders with 58 points (Tusker were second with 57), needed a win against Thika United to clinch a record thirteenth title, but the match ended in a 1−1 draw. A.F.C. Leopards, who were third with 57 points (Tusker were ahead on

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), also needed a win for a chance at a record thirteenth title as well, but lost 1−0 away to Chemelil Sugar. A total of 16 teams are competed for the league, with fourteen returning from the 2011 season and one promoted from the FKL Nationwide League and the KFF Nationwide League, which were joint to make

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after the 2011 season. FKL champions

and KFF champions

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were promoted, while Congo JMJ United and Bandari, finishing last and second-last respectively, were relegated. Oserian were relegated at the end of the season, along with Rangers. The league was halted at the end of 20 May to give teams a chance to rest and make possible changes in their squads during the mid-year

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. Matches resumed on 23 June. On 21 August, the Kenyan Premier League and

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signed a KSh.170 million/= (

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2.02 million; £1.28 million sterling;

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1.62 million) deal to rename the league to the Tusker Premier League, making it the most lucrative deal in Kenyan football history.

Changes from last season

;Relegated from

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* Bandari * Congo JMJ United ;Promoted from FKL and KFF *

Teams

Several teams share common stadiums in the league, the most shared being the

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, by A.F.C. Leopards,

, Rangers and

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 ...

. Half of all the 16 teams are based in

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Stadia and locations

Personnel and kits

''As of September 24, 2012.''

Managerial changes

''As of September 24, 2012.''

League table

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Results

Top scorers

Last updated: 10 November 2012

References

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Changes from last season

Teams

Stadia and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Positions by round

Results

Top scorers

See also

References