The following article is a summary of the 2017

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season in

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, which is the 53rd competitive season in its history.

Domestic leagues

Promotion and relegation

Relegated from

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Nairobi City Stars Nairobi City Stars is an association 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 ...

* Ushuru Promoted to

Kariobangi Sharks Kariobangi Sharks Football Club, commonly known as Sharks or K. Sharks is a Kenyan football club based in Nairobi and founded in the slums of Kariobangi Kariobangi is a low-income residential estate in northeastern Nairobi. It consists of ...

Nakumatt Nakumatt was a Kenyan supermarket chain. "Nakumatt" is an abbreviation for Nakuru Mattress. Overview , Nakumatt had 65 stores in the African Great Lakes countries of Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania. It employed over 5,500, and had gross an ...

Nzoia Sugar Nzoia Sugar Football Club (formerly Nzoia United Football Club) is a Kenyan professional football club based in Bungoma. Founded in 1982, the club competes in the Kenyan Premier League, and play their home games at the Sudi Stadium in Bungoma ...

(formerly Nzoia United) * Zoo Kericho

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The 2017 Kenyan Premier League season began on 11 March and is scheduled to end on 18 November.

International club competitions

Champions League

The 2017 CAF Champions League began on 10 February and is scheduled to end on 5 November. Tusker represented Kenya in the competition, having won the 2016 Kenyan Premier League.

Preliminary round

In the

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, Tusker faced 2015–16

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winners

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over two legs, played on 11 and 19 February. They were eliminated after losing 3–2 on aggregate.

Confederation Cup

The 2017 CAF Confederation Cup began on 10 February and is scheduled to end on 26 November.

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 ...

represented Kenya in the competition, having lost the 2016 FKF President's Cup final to league champions Tusker.

Preliminary round

In the

, Ulinzi Stars faced 2016

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runners-up Al-Hilal Benghazi over two legs, played on 10 and 18 February. They advanced to the

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after winning 5–4 on penalties, having drawn 1–1 on aggregate.

First round

In the

, Ulinzi Stars faced

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second runners-up

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over two legs, played on 10 and 18 March. They were eliminated after losing 4–3 on aggregate.

National teams

Men's senior

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The men's senior national team is participating in

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for the

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. They were drawn in

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alongside

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and

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Other matches

The following is a list of all other matches (to be) played by the men's senior national team in 2017.

Kenya women's national football team, Women's senior

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The women's senior national team was invited to participate in the

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, which took place in

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from 13 to 24 September 2017.

=Group stage

= Kenya was drawn in

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alongside

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Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...

and

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. They advanced to the

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after finishing top of the group with 9 points from 3 games.

Knockout stage

Kenya finished the

in fourth place after losing their semi-final to Zimbabwe and the bronze medal match to Zambia on penalties.

Notes

References

{{Kenyan football seasons, 2017