Full name | All Footballers' Confederation Leopards Sports Club |
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Nickname(s) | Ingwe (The Leopards) |
Founded | 12 March 1964 |
Ground |
Nyayo National Stadium Nairobi, Kenya (AFC Leopards use several stadiums for home games) |
Capacity | 30,000 |
Chairman | Allan Kasavuli |
Head coach | Ivan Minnaert |
League | Kenyan Premier League |
2015 | 7th |
Website | Club home page |
All Footballers' Confederation Leopards Sports Club, officially abbreviated as AFC Leopards and commonly known as simply AFC, Leopards or Ingwe (Luhya for Leopards), is a Kenyan association football club based in Nairobi. It currently competes in the Kenyan Premier League, the top tier of the Kenyan football league system, and was founded in 1964. With 13 top-flight league titles to their name, AFC Leopards is Kenya's second most successful club behind Gor Mahia (15 titles), with whom they regularly contest the Nairobi derby. The team currently plays its home games at the Nyayo National Stadium.
AFC Leopards' standing as one of the most successful clubs in the region is underlined by the fact that it has won the Kenyan Premier League a record 13 times. AFC Leopards has also won the Kenya Cup 8 times, and the CECAFA Club Championship 5 times.
The club was formed in 1964 as Abaluhya Football Club when a number of small clubs amalgamated. In 2008 they played in the Nationwide League and won the title in their zone. They returned to the Kenyan Premier League for the 2009 season in which it also won the KFF Cup.
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