Full name | Mathare United FC |
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Nickname(s) | Home of Slum Boys |
Founded | 1994 |
Ground |
Moi International Sports Centre Kasarani, Kenya |
Capacity | 60,000 |
Owner | Mathare Youth Sports Association |
Chairman | Bob Munro |
Head coach | Francis Kimanzi |
League | Kenyan Premier League |
2017 | 18th |
Website | Club website |
Mathare United Football Club is a professional association football club, based in Nairobi, Kenya. They currently compete in the Kenyan Premier League, the top tier of the Kenyan football league system, and won their first and only league title during the 2008 season. The club plays its home games at the Moi International Sports Centre in Kasarani.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Mathare Youth F.C. was a feeder team for Mathare United, until Mathare Youth were promoted to the Premier League to rival them. In August 2012, the team was disbanded.
The club also has a women's football section called Mathare United Ladies' Football Club, which currently competes in the Kenyan Women's Premier League.