Ligi Ndogo S.F.C.
| Full name | Ligi Ndogo Soccer Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The Planets, Ligi |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Ground |
Ligi Ndogo Grounds, Nairobi, Kenya |
| Capacity | 2,000 |
| Chairman | Chris Amimo |
| Head coach | Oliver Page |
| League | FKF Premier League |
| 2014 |
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| Website | Club website |
Ligi Ndogo Soccer Club (pronounced [liɡi ˈndoːɡo] or [liɡi ˈndɔːɡo]; also known as The Planets or simply Ligi) is a football club and youth academy based in Nairobi, Kenya. The senior team currently competes in the National Super League, the second tier of the Kenyan football league system. The club's name is Swahili for "little league".
The club's youth academy was founded by current chairman Chris Amimo and Karani Nyamu in February 2002, and in 2005, the first senior team was formed and has played at Ligi Ndogo Grounds along Ngong Road since then. The team briefly used the Nairobi City Stadium in 2012 for its home games while their Ngong Road grounds were undergoing renovations.
The senior football team was formed in 2005 with the initiative of current academy director and former senior team coach, Ibrahim Mbikalo, and club chairman Chris Amimo at the insistence of players Karim Rersa, Mohamed Junaid and Azim Butt. On arrival from a tour of the United Kingdom, the team members found themselves overage and with no category to fill in since the youth academy could only accommodate those below fourteen years of age. Under the guidance of Mbikalo, Ligi Ndogo gained their first honours by winning the Private Secondary Schools' League in 2005. They played in the Kiko Cup towards the end of the year, crashing out through a 3–2 loss to Kibera Combined on spot kicks. The team entered the second division of the Nationwide League in 2006, afterwards gaining promotion to the first division. The original team that was formed during the 2005 season included Junaid, Rersa, Butt and several other players. Genk forward Ayub Masika and former Tusker striker Jesse Were both featured for the team briefly. In its effort to pool talent, the team began to bring in non-academy players in 2006.
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