Mathare United F.C.
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| Full name | Mathare United FC | ||
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| NicknameTemplate:Pluralize from text | Home of Slum Boys | ||
| Founded | 1994 | ||
| Ground | Moi International Sports Centre | ||
| Capacity | 48,063 | ||
| OwnerTemplate:Pluralize from text | Mathare Youth Sports Association | ||
| Chairman | Bob Munro | ||
| League | Kenyan Premier League | ||
| 2024–25 | 10th | ||
| Website | http://www.mathareunitedfc.com/ | ||
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Mathare United Football Club is a professional football club based in Nairobi, Kenya. The club competed in the Kenyan Premier League (the highest tier of the Kenyan football league system), but in 2023, the club was relegated to the second division, National Super League.[1] Established in 1994, Mathare United won its first league title in the 2008 season. The team plays its home matches at the Moi International Sports Centre in Kasarani.
Achievements
- 2008
- 1998, 2000
Performance in CAF competitions
- CAF Champions League: 1 appearance
- 2009 – Preliminary Round
- CAF Cup: 1 appearance
- 2002 – First Round
- CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearances
- 1999 – Second Round
- 2001 – First Round
Mathare Youth F.C.
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Women's Club
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.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The fall from grace: Mathare United's journey from success to relegation". Citizen Digital. 2023-07-06. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mathare United secure new sponsor in five-year-deal". Goal. 5 January 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Billionaire-Backed Betting Firm Sponsors Mathare United After Entering Kenya". Business Today. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mballa, Tonny (2 December 2020). "Mathare's troubles over after Sh20m Triple5Bet deal, says Munro". The Star. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ochiengh, Edwin (1 December 2020). "Triple5bet Announces Ksh 20 Million Sponsorship Deal to Mathare United". Opera News. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
External links
- Mathare United F.C. on InstagramTemplate:Edit at Wikidata
- Mathare Youth Sports Association (M.Y.S.A.) – Official website
- Mathare United Livescores
- Kenyan Footie – Kenyan Football Portal
- BBC World Service Programme "Assignment" on Mathare United
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