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| Full name | Gor Mahia Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) |
K'Ogalo (House of Ogalo) Mayienga (The Earthquake) Sirkal (The Government) Taya (The Light) |
| Founded | 17 February 1968 |
| Ground |
City Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya |
| Capacity | 15,000 |
| Chairman |
 Ambrose Rachier
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| Head coach |
 Zé Maria
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| League | Kenyan Premier League |
| 2016 | 2nd |
| Website | Club home page |
Gor Mahia Football Club (Kenyan English: [gɔr ˈmaɪja]), commonly also known as K'Ogalo (Luo for "House of Ogalo"), is a football club based in Nairobi, Kenya. They have won the Kenyan Premier League a record 15 times, two more than their arch-rivals A.F.C. Leopards, and have also won the FKF President's Cup a record 10 times. They are the only team from Kenya and the CECAFA region to win an African continental title to date, having won the African Cup Winners' Cup in 1987 after previously reaching the final in 1979.
The club was formally established in February 17, 1968 as a merger of Luo Union and Luo Sports Club (also known as Luo Stars) and won the national league at the first time of asking. Some of its original leaders were politicians Tom Mboya and Jaramogi Oginga Odinga. However the club was founded much earlier, in the 1910s, and participated intermittently in local tournaments in Western Kenya. Various groups used this name at different times.
The club plays its home games at the Nairobi City Stadium. Alternatively they also play their home games at the Moi International Sports Centre and the Nyayo National Stadium. It has been proposed that the club hosts some of its home matches at its alternate stadiums in its earlier days, the renovated Kisumu County Stadium and the Mombasa Municipal Stadium.
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