Nakuru AllStars

Nakuru AllStars
Full name Nakuru AllStars
Nickname(s) AllStars
Founded 2010 (reformed from the 1961 club)
Ground Afraha Stadium,
Nakuru, Kenya
Ground Capacity 8,200
Chairman Denmark Pierre Vendelboe
Manager Kenya Peter Okidi
League Kenyan National Super League
2015 Kenyan Premier League
16th (relegated)
Website Club home page

The Nakuru AllStars are a Kenyan association football club based in Nakuru. They currently compete in the Kenyan National Super League, the second tier of the Kenyan football league system.

The club was reformed and created as a continuation of the former Nakuru AllStars, who won the Kenya National Football League in 1963 and 1969.

In 2010, Kenyan Robert Muthomi reformed and revived the club and its name with a selection of players at under-15 level. Muthomi is a player's representative who includes Kenyan international Patrick Oboya amongst his clients. The club receives media attention from Denmark as prominent sports website Bold.dk co-founder Pierre Vendelboe is an investor in the club.[1] Vendelboe was part of a consortium which purchased the football club AC Nakuru, and included and merged it with the rest of the Nakuru AllStars club.

Among the members of the new technical staff is Sammy Nyongesa who was a player with the original team in 1969 when it last won the league. He has also previously coached the Kenya national football team and is known in Nakuru for running the Youth Olympic centre that produced such as players as Ambrose Ayoyi and John Muiruri.

In 2011, the Nakuru AllStars played in the FKL Nationwide League. When the new owners came in the former team had amassed 9 points from 12 matches and were firmly in the relegation spot but by the end of the season the team had gained 39 points to finish in position 10 out of the 16 teams that made the league under the tutelage of former Kenyan international Simon Mulama.

On 8 May 2013, the Nakuru AllStars signed a sponsorship deal with Menengai Oil Refineries, and through their Top Fry brand, changed the team's name to Nakuru Top Fry AllStars.[2] However, the team's association with the club ended during the 2015 season, while the team opened a food processing plant in Nakuru in order to become a self-sustaining club.[3]

Current squad

As of 27 June 2012.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Kenya GK Evans Omondi
Kenya GK Stephen Kamidi
Kenya DF Kizito Sikai
Kenya DF Dennis Sikai
Kenya DF Robert Chepe
Kenya DF William Odunga
Kenya DF Stanlaus Akiya
Kenya DF Peter Kihungi
Kenya DF Lambert Otieno
Kenya MF Peter Nganga
Kenya MF Anthony Nganga
Kenya MF John Ndirangu
No. Position Player
Kenya MF Maurice Odhiambo
Kenya MF Michael Kamau
Kenya MF Adam Fadhil
Kenya MF Julius Mwangi
Kenya MF Titus Achesa
Kenya FW Brian Mandela
Kenya FW Daniel Kamau
Kenya FW Kux Andati
Kenya FW Boniface Akenga
Kenya FW Kennedy Owino
Kenya FW Sebastian Muchera

Source:[4]

References

  1. "Real Life Football Manager: Hvorfor Nakuru AllStars". Bold.dk. 18 May 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
  2. Jeff Kinyanjui (8 May 2013). "Div One side lands millions in sponsorship deal". Futaa.com. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  3. Timothy Olobulu (6 August 2015). "Nakuru All Stars set for Sh24m-a-year shirt sponsorship". Soka. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  4. http://www.futaa.com/football/kenya/division-one-zone-b/nakuru-allstars

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