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  • No change against Bidco United

    No change against Bidco United

    Head coach Nicholas Muyoti has maintained the same lot that took out Wazito 3-1 on Thursday 21 October 2021 in a third-round 2021/22 FKF Premier League clash for the next duel at the same venue against Bidco United on Sunday starting 1 pm.

    With the status quo in the playing unit, Salim Shitu Abdallah who was unavailable for the Wazito game, as well as Oliver Maloba, will not be facing Bidco United on Sunday.

    Peter Pinchez Opiyo who skipped the July home game due to injury, will also miss the game against the club based in his hometown.

    From the squad that faced Bidco in Ruaraka in late July 2021, and went down 2-1, changes are seven.

    Keeper Elvis Ochoro, left fullbacks Bolton Omwenga, Wesley Onguso, and Herit Mungai, as well as stoppers Salim and Wycliffe Otieno, are all out.

    Midfielders Aziz Okaka and John Kamau are all not in the Sunday plans. Okaka, Onguso, and Bolton have since left Simba wa Nairobi.

    Keeper Jacob Osano takes up Ochoro’s slot, as stoppers Kenedy Vidic Onyango who was suspended in July due to accumulated yellow cards, and new signing Lennox Ogutu occupy slots vacated by Salim and the injured Wycliffe.

    Sven Yidah who was on duty with Kenya U23 at CECAFA, Eric Ombija who was on compassionate leave, and fleet-footed Rodgers Okuse Okumu who was rested then, are all in for the Sunday show after missing the Bidco clash in July.

    New signing Mike Madoya, in from Tusker in the offseason, takes up the final spot.

    Nairobi City Stars squad vs Bidco United

    Goalkeepers: 16. Jacob Osano, 23. Steve Njunge

    Defenders: 12. Edwin Buliba, 8. Calvin Masawa, 19. Kevin Okumu, 25. Kenedy Onyango, 26. Dennis Wanjala, 27. Lennox Ogutu

    Midfielders: 2. Elvis Noor Ojiambo, 3. Charles Otieno, 5. Mike Madoya, 7. Rodgers Okumu, 18. Sven Yidah, 20. Timothy Ouma, 30. Anthony Kimani,

    Strikers: 9. Vincent Otieno Okoth, 11. Davis Agesa, 17. Nicholas Kipkirui, 24. Erick Ombija, 32. Ezekiel Odera

    Not considered: 6. Ronney Kola, 22. Wycliffe Otieno (both injured) 1. Elvis Ochoro, 4. Salim Abdalla, 10. Peter Opiyo,  14. Rowland Makati, 15. John Kamau, 21. Oliver Maloba, 28. Herit Mungai, 29. Ebrima Sanneh

  • Buliba in for Wazito duel

    Buliba in for Wazito duel

    Utility back Edwin Buliba is the only change from the 20-man squad that faced Kenya Police, and won 2-0, as Nairobi City Stars plots for Wazito on Thursday 21 October 2021 at Thika Stadium starting 3pm.

    Buliba takes up the place of stopper Salim Shitu Abdalla who is unavailable for the Thika clash.

    From the squad that faced Wazito in June during a 2020/21 season second leg cash at Ruaraka, the changes are seven.

    Defenders Bolton Omwenga, Herit Mungai Atariza, Wycliffe Otieno, and Salim Abdalla, midfielders Peter Opiyo and Oliver Maloba, as well as striker Ebrima Sanneh who made the squad then are all out.

    The places vacated by the seven have been taken up by Dennis Wanjala,  Lennox Ogutu, Charles Otieno, Kevin Okumu, Mike Madoya, Timothy Noor Ouma, and Vincent Otieno Okoth

    Nairobi City Stars squad vs Wazito

    Goalkeepers: 16. Jacob Osano, 23. Steve Njunge

    Defenders: 12. Edwin Buliba, 8. Calvin Masawa, 19. Kevin Okumu, 25. Kenedy Onyango, 26. Dennis Wanjala, 27. Lennox Ogutu

    Midfielders: 2. Elvis Noor Ojiambo, 3. Charles Otieno, 5. Mike Madoya, 7. Rodgers Okumu, 18. Sven Yidah, 20. Timothy Ouma, 30. Anthony Kimani,

    Strikers: 9. Vincent Otieno Okoth, 11. Davis Agesa, 17. Nicholas Kipkirui, 24. Erick Ombija, 32. Ezekiel Odera

    Not considered: 6. Ronney Kola, 22. Wycliffe Otieno (both injured) 1. Elvis Ochoro, 4. Salim Abdalla, 10. Peter Opiyo,  14. Rowland Makati, 15. John Kamau, 21. Oliver Maloba, 28. Herit Mungai, 29. Ebrima Sanneh

  • Another season for Opiyo

    Another season for Opiyo

    After a stellar 2020/21 season, mid lynchpin Peter Pinchez Opiyo has renewed his contract at Nairobi City Stars for yet another term.

    Pinchez joined Simba wa Nairobi in January 2020 for a season and a half, then penned a new one-season deal after the club earned a promotion to the Kenyan Premier League.

    And now, at the end of the first premier league season for City Stars in four years, Pinchez is staying on for yet another season.

    “He was a key performer in the ended season. Other than top scorer with seven goals plus two assists, he picked up five MVP awards which was the most by any player,”

    “Besides, his leadership and mentorship had a direct bearing on most of the young players in the team in terms of performance. All-round he is a great asset and a big plus to City Stars.” said team coordinator Samson Otieno

    At the end of that season where Opiyo emerged as one of the top performers, top-scoring with seven goals and earning five most valuable accolades, the former Kenyan international opted for yet another season.

    In the just-ended season, Pinchez featured in 25 of 33 games clocking 2,249 minutes.

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    Peter Pinchez Opiyo celebrates his goal off a freekick against Ulinzi Stars in a round 8 Premier League tie at Utalii on Sat 16 Jan 2021
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    Nairobi City Stars players celebrate a second goal by Peter Opiyo as Simba wa Nairobi beat Western Stima at Moi Stadium on Wed 23 Feb 2021 in a round 13 Premier League game
  • Nairobi City Stars 2020/21 Premier League season in numbers

    Nairobi City Stars 2020/21 Premier League season in numbers

    Nairobi City Stars returned to the Kenyan Premier, for the first time in four years, to feature in the 2020/21 topflight season.

    Summed up, here’s Simba wa Nairobi’s season in numbers:

    0 (zero)

    • Points collected from Wazito and KCB all season.
    • Number of goals scored from corners, and conceded

    1

    • Number of goals scored by stopper Salim Shitu Abdallah during the first game of the second leg as City Stars whipped Sofapaka 3-0
    • Times Shitu was named Player of the Week; after round 18 game against Sofapaka. He was the only City Stars player to be named Player of the Week this season.
    • Points earned from Bidco United and outgoing champions Gor Mahia
    • Times Sven Yidah made it to the team of the week (round 5)

    2

    • Goals scored by fullbacks Bolton Omwenga and Kevin Chumsy Okumu, as well as roving forwards Oliver Maloba and Rodgers Okuse Okumu
    • Penalties saved by keeper Stephen Njunge; against Nzoia Sugar in season opener and Kakamega Homeboyz in the second leg
    • Number of games Jimmy Bageya featured in during his sixth stint with the club. He exited in January
    • Points earned against Posta Rangers and Vihiga United

    3

    • Number of MVP accolades earned by Kennedy Vidic Onyango
    • Starts by utility back Edwin Buliba. He completed two games on his debut Premier League season
    • Direct freekicks scored; by Peter Pinchez Opiyo (vs Ulinzi Stars) field skipper Anthony Muki Kimani (vs Tusker), Botlon Omwenga (vs Ulinzi Stars)
    • Times head coach Sanjin Alagic was named the coach of the week; after match days 18, 21 and 25
    • Points gathered from Kariobangi Sharks, AFC Leopards, Zoo FC, Mathare United, Kakamega Homeboyz and Sofapaka.
    • Most straight losses; match days 9-11 against Sofapaka (1-0), Kariobangi Sharks (2-1), Kakamega Homeboyz (2-0)

    4

    • Goals scored by three of our strikers; Nicholas Kipkirui, Erick Ombija and Ezekiel Odera, as well as Muki
    • Number of MVP accolades earned by Muki, Shitu and Sven Yidah across the season. The second highest
    • Assists by Muki. Second highest
    • Times left-back Bolton Omwenga (rounds 18,20,25,29) and keeper Stephen Njunge (rounds 3, 13, 21, 28) made it to the team of the week
    • points scooped from eventual champions Tusker, Ulinzi Stars and Bandari

    5

    • Times Peter Pinchez Opiyo was named MVP. The highest
    • Number of yellows collected by Pinchez, Shitu, Vidic, Chumsy and Muki
    • Number of 2-0 margin wins; vs Nzoia Sugar (H), Bandari (H), Mathare United (H), Ulinzi Stars (A)
    • Straight wins achieved at the start of the second leg. Was a new record never achieved in 12 previous premier league seasons between 2004 and, 2016.
    • Number of players who made their second premier league debut for City Stars; Maloba, Odera, overall team captain Calvin Masawa and Bageya – all of whom were part of the relegated team in 2016, as well as Muki who was returning to City Stars since 2009

    6

    • Number of assists by bullish forward Davis Beast Agesa; one more than last season. The highest
    • Points collected in home and away games against Western Stima and Nzoia United
    • Teams City Stars met for the first time ever in the Premier League: Nzoia Sugar, Bidco United, Vihiga United, Zoo FC, Kariobangi Sharks and, Wazito.

    7

    • Goals scores by Pinchez to emerge as the top scorer this season
    • Positional finish at the close of the season in the 17-team table
    • Number of games handled by John Amboko – the last set of games to season-end – after the exit of Sanjin Alagic due to expiry of his contract
    • Games earned by former Hakati striker Vincent Jamaica Otieno

    8

    • Number of one-goal margin wins; 5 ended 2-1 [vs Zoo FC (H), Kariobangi Sharks (A), Western Stima (H), AFC Leopards (H) another three ended in 1-0 wins (vs Homeboyz (H), Nzoia Sugar (A), Tusker (A)]
    • Wins registered in 16 second leg games

    9

    • Starts by teenager Timothy Noor Ouma aka Babu. He completed three games
    • Games completed by stopper Wycliffe Wiked Otieno and Davis Beast Agesa
    • Number of draws. Five ended as 1-1 [v Vihiga United (H), Posta Rangers (A), Ulinzi Stars (H), Bandari (A), Gor Mahia (H), and two each ended as 0-0 [vs Bidco United (A), Vihiga United (A)] and 2-2 [vs Tusker (H), Posta Rangers (H)]
    • Venues visited this season; Wundanyi-Taveta, Mbaraki-Mombasa, Moi Stadium-Kisumu, Bukhungu-Kakamega (once each), ASK Showground-Nakuru (twice), Narok Stadium (three times), Kasarani Annex and Utalii (seven times each) and Ruaraka (ten times)
    • Number of games City Stars failed to score; in five 1-0 losses to KCB (A), AFC Leopards (A), Sofapaka (A), Gor Mahia (A) and Wazito (A), and in 2-0 losses to Kakamega Homeboyz (A) & Mathare United (A), in 3-0 loss to KCB (H), 0-0 losses to Bidco United (A), Vihiga United (A)

    11

    • Number of players that scored this season; Shitu, Omwenga, Chumsy (defenders), Sven, Maloba, Okuse, Pinchez, Muki (midfielders), Kipkirui, Ombija and Odera (strikers)
    • Clean sheets by keeper Stephen Njunge. The second best in the league
    • Starts earned by left back Herit Mungai. He completed nine
    • Games earned by striker Ebrima Sanneh who missed the first three months of the season due to ijury.

    12

    • Number of players in the 30-man squad of the season that had no Premier League experience. 8 went on to make their bow
    • Wins amassed this season – two short of the tally of 14 – the highest ever in 13 premier league season achieved in the 2004/5.

    15, 18 – number of times young keeper Elvis Ochoro and Jacob Osano, respectively, were named as reserves

    22 – number of incomplete games by field skipper Muki. He started in 28 games but, as a tactic, exited in 21. He came on as a sub once.

    24

    • Times Masawa stayed on the bench as a utility reserve. The most in the season
    • Times John Kamau was left out of the overall squad. he returned strongly to make the squad in the final six games of the season

    25 – Average age of the squad that featured in the ended 2020/21 premier league season

    29

    • Times Muki captained the team
    • Number of players used across the season

    30 – Goals conceded this season: 3 freekicks (10%), 4 penalties (13.3%), 23 (76.7%) in open play

    36 – Goals scored by 13 players. Distributed as follows; 1 own goal (2.8%), 3 freekicks (8.3%), 5 penalties (13.9%), 27 in open play (75%)

    45 – Points amassed in the season from 12 wins and nine draws. Second best points haul since the 55 achieved over 38-games in the 2003-4 season

    56 – Days apart from when City Stars played Tusker and Gor Mahia in match days 16 (20 Mar) and 17 (16 May). The long break was necessitated by coronavirus instigated lockdown

    59 – number of bookings handed to players across the season; 56 yellow cards and 3 red cards

    97% – Percentage of games earned by Vidic . He featured in 32 of 33 games only missing the one due to suspension. He clocked 2,868 minutes.

    100% – Percentage of games earned by keeper Stephen Njunge. He featured in all 33 games – the only player to do so at City Stars – featuring in a record 2,970 minutes.

    275 – Minutes clocked by defensive-mid Charles Chale Otieno across ten games on his debut season.

    608 – Minutes clocked by roving winger Azizi Okaka in 12 games.

    935 – Minutes clocked by teenager Timothy Noor Ouma, a Laiser Hill Alumnus, in 24 of 33 games on his debut season

    1,012 – Minutes clocked by budding creative midfielder Elvis Noor Ojiambo across 25 games.

    32,684-Cumulative minutes earned by 29 players in the season

    500,000 (Kshs) – The bounty that was on the table had team finished in the top five

  • Five changes for Posta Rangers duel

    Five changes for Posta Rangers duel

    From the squad that faced off with Mathare United in the last league game, and lost 2-0, head coach John Amboko has made five key changes ahead of the next game against Posta Rangers on Saturday 14 August 2021 starting 1 pm at Ruaraka.

    Keeper Elvis Ochoro returns to the fold for Jacob Osano as forward Davis Agesa who was sat out injured comes on for Vincent Otieno.

    Three players suspended in the last game; field skipper Anthony Muki Kimani, and defenders Kevin Chumsy Okumu and Salim Shitu Abdala are all back to take up the places of Azizi Okaka, Wesley Onguso and Wycliffe Otieno who dislocated his ankle in the last game.

    From the squad that faced Rangers in the first leg, and drew 1-1, the changes are eight in total.

    Wycliffe Otieno and Peter Opiyo both clocked 90 minutes in that game as Azizi Okaka and Oliver Maloba started and were later replaced by Vincent Otieno and Rodgers Okumu, respectively. All six will miss the upcoming game as well as Jacob Osano and Wesley Onguso who were unused subs then.

    Other than Ochoro and Chumsy, the new faces for the reverse Posta tie includes strikers Ebrima Sanneh and Nicholas Kipkirui, left-footers Calvin Masawa, John Kamau and Bolton Omwenga, as well as defensive-mid Charles Chale Otieno.

    20-man squad to face Posta Rangers

    Goalkeepers: 1. Elvis Ochoro (GK), 23. Steve Njunge (GK),

    Defenders: 26. Bolton Omwenga, 25. Kenedy Onyango, 8. Calvin Masawa, 28. Herit Mungai Atariza, 12. Edwin Buliba, 4. Salim Abdalla, 19. Kevin Okumu

    Midfielders:  3. Charles Otieno, 2. Elvis Noor Ojiambo, 20. Timothy Noor Ouma, 18. Sven Yidah, 15. John Kamau, 30. Anthony Kimani

    Strikers: 17. Nicholas Kipkirui, 32. Ezekiel Odera, 24. Erick Ombija, 29. Ebrima Sanneh, 11. Davis Agesa

    Not considered: 6. Ronney Kola, 14. Rowland Makati (both on loan at Nairobi Stima), (injured), 16. Jacob Osano (GK), 22. Wycliffe Otieno, 7. Rodgers Okumu, 21. Oliver Maloba, 10. Peter Opiyo (all 4 injured), 5. Wesley Onguso, 27. Azizi Okaka, 9. Vincent Otieno Okoth

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