2008 in Kenyan football
| Season | 2008 | |||
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| Premier League | Mathare United | |||
| Nationwide League |
A.F.C. Leopards (Zone A) Sofapaka (Zone B) |
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| KFF Cup | Gor Mahia | |||
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The following article is a summary of the 2008 football season in Kenya, the 45th competitive season in its history.
The Premier League was sponsored by South African television channel SuperSport, meaning that it was broadcast live on TV after several years and offered financial benefits.Francis Ouma, with 15 goals, finished as the top scorer.
16 teams took part and Mathare United won its first league title. The season concluded on November 22, 2008.
Updated to games played on 22 November 2008.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Gor Mahia as winners of the 2008 FKL Cup qualified for the 2009 CAF Confederation Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Mahakama and Mathare Youth were relegated from the league and were replaced by Nationwide League champions A.F.C. Leopards and Sofapaka, who were top in Zone A and Zone B respectively.
The Nationwide League was played in 2 zones. Zonal winners were A.F.C. Leopards and Sofapaka, who gained promotion for the following season.
Coast Stars from Mombasa were relegated from the Premier League in 2007, but refused to join the Nationwide League. They were replaced by Malindi United. Shalimar of Naivasha were to compete in Zone A and had already played some games before pulling out of the league. They were replaced by Kisumu Black Stars which joined when the league was halfway done.
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