Nairobi City Stars

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  • Mt. Kenya checks City Stars winning streak

    Mount Kenya United denied Simba wa Nairobi an eighth straight win of the season after forcing a 1-1 draw in a match 11 clash played at Camp Toyoyo on Sunday 27 October 2019.

    The goals came at the extreme ends of the first half to settle the tie watched by a size-able crowd at Jericho.

    Jimmy Bageya was first on the score sheet inside the first minute after slamming home from the edge of the box off off a long range throw in by Wesley Onguso that was cleared by the defense to his path.

    At the stroke of first half, City Stars back line gave away a penalty that John ‘Softie’ Ndirangu hit home for the leveler.

    City Stars will rue missed chances in the second half that could have seen them kill off the game.

    The game saw keeper Ronny Kagunzi start in between the posts ahead of regular Levis Opiyo was forced to rest following a nasty collision with the posts in the previous game against Fortune Sacco at Hope Centre. Kagunzi’s understudy Vincent Khatili was brought to the bench for the first time this season.

    Regulars Ebrima Sanneh, Kevin Okumu and Oliver Maloba started off bench as Vincent Otieno, Noah Abich and Davis Agesa took their starting berths as Edwin Buliba and Elvis Ojiambo returned to the bench.

    Lineups

    Mt. Kenya United: 22. Adisa Zamu, 13. Boniface Kimani, 15. Bernard Omoii, 6. Bernard Odhiambo, 4. Harun Nyakha, 5. Edwin Wanjala, 3. Ali Musa, 12. Innocent Babu, 10. Erick Kipkirui, 11. John Ndirangu, 9. Hussein Puzo

    Subs: 1. Alex Kakindu, 14. Francis Imbaya, 17. Samson Ndegwa, 16. Ndiwa Kevin, 7. Oreso Kevin, 2. Ndungu Kevin, 8. Masakidi Clement

    Coach: Francis Mwangi

    Nairobi City Stars: 1. Ronny Kagunzi, 5. Wesley Onguso, 4. Salim Abdalla, 22. Wycliffe Otieno, 17. Noah Abich (28. Kevin Okumu), 3. Charles Otieno, 30. Antony Kimani (Captain), 25. David Gateri, 18. Jimmy Bageya, 17. Davis Agesa (21. Oliver Maloba), 16. Vincent Otieno (29. Ebrima Sanneh)

    Unused subs: 27. Vincent Khatili (keeper), 2. Elvis Ojiambo, 12. Edwin Buliba, 10. Nahashon Thiongo

    Yellow cards; Wesley Onguso

    Goals & Assists; 18. Jimmy Bageya – 1′ (5. Wesley Onguso)

    MVP; 11. Davis Agesa

    Coach: Sanjin Alagic

  • City Stars named NSL team of Sept in FKF Report

    City Stars named NSL team of Sept in FKF Report

    Five out of six wins in the month of September 2019 coupled with a number of key performances including for clean sheets earned Nairobi City Stars the team of the month award according to a report released by Football Kenya Federation (FKF) on Wednesday 23 October 2019.

    The five wins and one draw saw City Stars assume pole at the end of the first month of the league with an unbeaten streak with 16 points, one ahead of Bidco United.

    Simba Wa Nairobi won two of its three home games – the season opener against Shabana (2-0) and Northern Wanderers (6-0) plus all three away games; 1-0 over Bidco United in Thika, 2-1 over Coast Stima in Mombasa and 3-2 over Kenya Police in Naivasha. Adding on to the wins was a barren draw against Vihiga United in week three.

    With 13 goals scored, City Stars was second best to Nairobi Stima who notched in 15. Their 8-0 win over Northern Wanderers overshadowed City Stars 6-0 win over the same outfit hence the tilt.

    On the defense side City Stars was second best after conceding twice, one more than Bidco United.

    Ultimately, the team performance in September led to a number of personal awards.

    Tactician Sanjin Alagic from Bosnia and Herzegovina, in just his first season in Kenya, was named the Coach of the month.

    With four assists each, Anthony Muki Kimani was listed as the best goal provider alongside Nairobi Stima’s Moses Ouma. Teenager Vincent Otieno had three assists.

    With four clean sheets keeper Levis Opiyo was second best to Bidco’s Daniel Odiwuor who kept his goal clean in five games. He tied with Ushuru’s Boniface Baraza.

    Gambian striker Ebrima Sanneh top scored with five goals alongside Dennis Wafula of Vihiga United.

    The downside of the stats for September were yellow cards where City Stars was rock bottom on the fair play table with a record haul of 13 and one red card.

    “Save for fair play, the stats are quite impressive. We hope the team can register the same or even better in weeks to come to maintain their top performance,” said club CEO Patrick Korir

    He went on to thank FKF for the new initiative of coming up with monthly reports as it spices up performances by teams.

    “This is a first and we hope the Federation can maintain this kind of reporting throughout the season. We will support them as it is a very good initiative.” he said

    Summary of FKF NSL September 2019 report

    Outstanding performance-Team: Nairobi City Stars

    Outstanding performance – Coach: Sanjin Alagic

    Goal Assists: Anthony Kimani (4)

    Top scorer: Ebrima Sanneh (5 – joint)

    Best Attack: Nairobi City Stars (2nd)

    Best defense: Nairobi City Stars (2nd)

    Clean Sheets – Players: Levis Opiyo (2nd)

  • Fans pick keeper ‘Lovae’ as Sept 2019 Player of the month

    Fans pick keeper ‘Lovae’ as Sept 2019 Player of the month

    Goal keeper Levis ‘Lovae’ Opiyo has been picked by fans as the Nairobi City Stars player of September 2019.

    Opiyo was the fans choice and was considered above Salim ‘Shitu’ Abdalla, Ebrima Sanneh and Oliver Maloba who had made the short list for the award.

    Opiyo kept four clean sheets in the six games played in September from which City Stars went on to post five wins and a draw to top the 20-team standings with 16 points from a possible 18.

    “Its exciting to be picked as the Player of the month especially by fans considering this is my first month at the club. It simply means a good performance on the pitch is being witnessed by the growing fans that are following the club with each match,”

    “The award builds my confidence and spurs me to perform even better in games to come.” added the former Thika United, Western Stima, Posta Rangers, Mathare United, Vihiga United and German side Fortuna Babelsberg.

    The poll was run on City Stars official FB page for a week.

  • Six to the good for City Stars against Wanderers

    Six to the good for City Stars against Wanderers

    Three goals in each half saw Nairobi City Stars emerged 6-0 victors over Northern Wanderers in a sixth round National Super League (NSL) clash played at Camp Toyoyo on Saturday 28 September 2019.

    Goals by Ebrima Sanneh in the tenth minute, a classic one by Oliver Maloba in the 40th minute and David Gateri’s at the stroke of half time saw the hosts carry a healthy cushion into the breather.

    Gateri picked it up at the start of half time to complete his brace paving way for goals by Kevin Chumsy Okumu and Jimmy Bageya to complete the blitzkrieg of the basement club.

    The latest win saw City Stars rise to the acme of the table with 16 points, one ahead of Bidco United, at the close of the six games lined up in September.

    Lineups

    Nairobi City Stars: 23. Levis Opiyo, 5. Wesley Onguso, 4. Salim Abdalla, 22. Wycliffe Otieno, 17. Noah Abich (28. Kevin Okumu), 3. Charles Otieno, 30. Antony Kimani (Captain), 25. David Gateri, 16. Vincent Otieno (17. Davis Agesa), 21. Oliver Maloba (19. Jimmy Bageya), 29. Ebrima Sanneh

    Subs: 1. Ronny Kagunzi, 12. Edwin Buliba, 13. Eric Ochieng, 8. Calvins Masawa,

    Yellow cards: Wycliffe Otieno (50′)

    Goals & Assists: 1. Ebrima Sanneh (Anthony Kimani) – 7′, Oliver Maloba (Vincent Otieno)-39′, David Gateri (Levis Opiyo goal kick) – 44′, David Gateri (Jimmy Bageya) – 59′, Kevin Okumu (Ebrima Sanneh) – 70′, Jimmy Bageya (Davis Agesa) – 86′

    MVP: Oliver Maloba

    Coach: Sanjin Alagic

    Northern Wanderers: 35. Kinoti Mwiti, 2. Maina Hussein, 12. Adan Abdinoor, 5. Otieno Benhard (Captain), 16. Odha Abdikadir, 3. Habani Sabri, 6. Momanyi Enock, 7. Quanashukri Abdulrahman, 15. Monda Michael, 13. Ali Ismail, 14. Yussuf Abdinasir

    Subs: 33. Hassan Sharamo, 17. Ali Abdisalam, 8. Abdi Suleiman, 9. Farah Khadar, 11. Abdulla Abubakar, 1. Mohamed Abdulhalim, 18. Abdirahman Ibrahim

    Coach: Sunil Shah

  • City Stars ends Bidco’s fine run

    City Stars ends Bidco’s fine run

    Visiting Nairobi City Stars brought Bidco United’s three game winning start to a rude ending after squeezing in a 1-0 win at the Thika Stadium on Wednesday 18 September 2019 during a round four National Super League (NSL) match.

    Gambian striker Ebrima Sanneh was at the right place at the right time to tap home the lone goal in the 32nd minute for his fourth goal in as many games.

    Teenager Vincent ‘Jamaica’ Otieno, an off season signing from Hakati Sportiff, did the donkey work on the right of goal to provide a low teasing ball into the box for the unmarked Sanneh.

    Bidco regrouped well for the second half and did everything to find a way out but were thwarted time and again by City Stars keeper Levis Opiyo whom they failed to beat on all occasions. Levis was eventually named man of the match.

    Against Bidco, Davis Agesa stepped up to start in place of Jimmy Bageya who was pronounced ill just before the game as Oliver Maloba, David Gateri and ‘Jamaica’ picked up their first starts of the season.

    Left back Wesley Onguso started the game, for his debut, when he benched skipper Calvin Masawa thereby shifting the arm band to midfielder Anthony Muki Kimani.

    After the Bidco win, City Stars went above their foes to sit second on the log with ten points to sit just behind Nairobi Stima on goal difference. Stima drew 0-0 with Ushuru in Naivasha.

    Next up for City Stars is an away game to Coast Stima in Mombasa on Monday 23 September 2019.

    Nairobi City Stars: 23. Levis Opiyo, 5. Wesley Onguso, 28. Kevin Okumu, 4. Salim Abdala, 24. Cornelius Mwangi, 3. Charles Otieno, 21. Oliver Maloba (13. Eric Ochieng), 30. Anthony Kimani (captain), 16. Vincent Otieno (11. Davis Agesa), 26. Ebrima Sanneh, 26. David Gateri (10. Nahashon Thiongo)

    Subs: 1. Ronny Kagunzi, 8. Calvin Masawa, 22. Wycliffe Otieno, 19. Jimmy Bageya

    Yellow cards: Levis Opiyo (30), Oliver Maloba (53), Kevin Okumu (79)

    Bidco United: 21. Dennis Odiwuor, 16. David Kalama, 15. Kassim Mwinyi, 24. Erick Odhiambo (captain), 4. Martin Mage, 2. Jacob Onyango, 14. Stephen Obukui, 28. Eric Gichimu, 5. Emmanuel Mogaka, 17. Wilfred Kipruto

    Subs: 13. Franlkline Mwenda, 8. Steven Okiro, 29. Anthony Kamau, 22. Anthony Simasi, 18. Francis Oduor, 12. Lambert Otieno, 30. Castro Ogendo

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