Kenya Football in 2013

The 2013 season will be remembered as the season when Gor Mahia won the national league title after a 18-year hiatus and after narrowly missing the title in 2010 and again in 2012.

Final League Standings

League Top Scorers.

Jacob KeliKCB17
Jesse WereTusker15
Allan WangaAFC Leopards11
Clifford AlwangaKCB9

Cups

AFC Leopards won the GoTV shield after beating arch rivals Gor Mahia 1-0 in the final. Peter Opiyo scored the all-important goal. Opiyo had previously played for Gor Mahia.

Tusker won the Top 8 tournament, beating Thika United 5-3 on penalties. They also won the Super Cup, beating Gor Mahia on penalties.

Continental Club Tournaments

In the CAF champions league, Tusker beat St Michel United of Seychelles 7-1 on agggregate in the preliminary round. In the first round, they lost to Egyptian giants Al Ahly 4-1 on aggregate.

In the CAF confederations cup, Gor Mahia under coach Zdravko Logarusic, beat Anse Re Union of Seychelles 5-0 on aggregate in the preliminary round. In the first round they lost 3-0 on aggregate to ENPPI of Egypt.

CECAFA Senior Challenge cup

Hosts Kenya lifted the 2013 CECAFA Senior Challenge cup after an 11-year hiatus. After a dissapointing start that ended in a 0-0 draw with Ethiopia, Kenya won all their remaining matches, beating Zanzaibar, South Sudan, Rwanda and Rwanda, before beating Sudan 2-0 in the final.

Author: mawazo

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