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The head coach at the time, Sébastien Migné, was appointed in May 2018, [10] and since his appointment Kenya has climbed back into the top 100 FIFA ranked nations. [11] In May 2017, the Football Kenya Federation signed a 3-year partnership with kits manufacturer Mafro Sports to provide the kits for all national teams, as well as junior ...
On 26 October 2006, FIFA banned Kenya for a second time in two years after its Emergency Committee deemed the country had failed to respect agreements to resolve recurrent problems. Failure to form an 18-team league to replace two independent top flight leagues and disrespect of FIFA's Statutes, regulations and decisions contributed to the ban.
The Kenya national football team has represented Kenya in international association football since 1926. The governing body of Kenyan football, the Football Kenya Federation (FKF), was founded in 1946 and became a member of FIFA in 1960. The team participated in its first international match on 1 May 1926, drawing 1–1 with Uganda.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Group F is a CAF qualifying group for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The group contains Ivory Coast, Gabon, Kenya, Gambia, Burundi and Seychelles. The group winner will directly qualify for the World Cup, and the runner-up could potentially compete in the second round to advance to the inter-confederation ...
The Federation was founded in 1960 as a FIFA affiliation, in 1961 it was a CAF affiliation, and later it was a CECAFA affiliation in 1973. [2]In November 2011, Football Kenya Limited (FKL) was disbanded as it wanted to cease being a limited company.
In November 2006, the then Kenya Sports minister Maina Kamanada formed an eight-member caretaker committee to oversee running of the game a few weeks after a FIFA ban on Kenya. The committee, chaired by Mtana Lewa was overturned by the High Court after less than three weeks in existence. [9]
Association football is the most popular sport in Kenya, followed by rugby. [1]The governing body of football in Kenya is the Football Kenya Federation. [2] [3] [4] [5]The Kenyan Premier League is the only fully professional league in the country, while the Kenyan National Super League is a mix of professional and semi-professional clubs.
Kenya and Zimbabwe were included in the draw despite being temporarily suspended by FIFA from all international football activities. In order to avoid a potential situation where one group contained only two valid teams, the aforementioned sides could thus not be drawn in the same group. [ 6 ]