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Full name | Gor Mahia Football Club |
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Founded | 17 February 1968 |
Ground | Moi International Sports Centre |
Capacity | 80,000 |
Chairman | Ambrose Rachier |
Gor Mahia Football Club (
The club was formally established on 17 February 1968 as a merger of
The club plays its home games at the Nairobi City Stadium. Alternatively, they also play their home games at the Moi International Sports Centre and the Nyayo National Stadium. It has been proposed that the club hosts some of its home matches at its alternate stadiums in its earlier days, the Kisumu County Stadium and the Mombasa Municipal Stadium.[4]
The club won the Kenya National Football League in 1968, having been formally founded only in February of the same year.[5] In 1976, Gor Mahia won the national league unbeaten,[6][7] and repeated the same feat 39 years later under the leadership of Frank Nuttall.[8]
Towards the end of the 2000s, Gor started bouncing back to fame steadily bringing Kenyan football fans back to the pitch and regularly filling sold-out stadiums. On 26 October 2011 Gor Mahia in typically dominant fashion trounced
History
Formation
Gor Mahia Football Club was formally established on 17 February 1968 after the merging of
Several prominent Luos from all walks of life met in Nairobi to christen the club. The name Gor Mahia was settled upon from a shortlist of other Luo cultural heroes and warriors such as: Nyathi Kwach; Lwanda Magere from Kano; Okore wuod Ogonda Mumbo from Kisumu; Ogutu wuod Kipapi from Ugenya; Kech Kamajwala from Asembo and Tao K'Ogot also from Ugenya.
1970s
Gor Mahia won the league title in their inaugural season in 1968 with legendary Kenyan striker William Ouma "Chege" scoring 19 goals. They would win the league title for the second time in 1974. In 1976, Gor Mahia became the first Kenyan football club to win the National League unbeaten, thanks to the exploits of playmaker
In the 1979
1980s
Gor Mahia beat AFC Leopards 1–0 to win the 1983 league and at the end of the match, President Moi presented the league to captain Peter Otieno Bassanga.[19][20]
Gor Mahia won the inaugural
In 1989 K'Ogalo retained the Moi Golden Cup for the 3rd successive year by beating Kenya Breweries 2–0 in the final. After the match, Abass Magongo who was man of the match was carried shoulder high by fans. Gor Mahia however lost the league title to a resurgent AFC Leopards who benefited from their recruiting spree and sponsorship from Crown Paints Kenya.[23] Having won the Moi Golden Cup the previous year, Gor Mahia were back in the Cup winners Cup in 1989. In the 1st round they received a walkover when Villa of Uganda pulled out. In round 2 they beat Costa Do Sol of Mozambique 2–1 at home and tied them 0–0 away. In the quarter finals they faced LPRC Oilers of Liberia. The 1st leg was played at Nyayo stadium. Gor Mahia played a disjointed game and the game ended 0–0. By this time, After the match, Liberian players celebrated as if they had won a Cup final. Gor Mahia team manager told the media that K'Ogalo would conquer the return leg. Indeed, they did, winning 3–1 in Monrovia. Coach Mohammed Kheri had been drafted from Bandari on a temporary basis to replace Johnson. In the semis they faced El Merreikh of Sudan. After winning the 1st leg 1–0, they lost 0–2 in the return leg in Omdurman. So Gor Mahia bowed out in the semi-final.[24]
1990s
1996 was the most disastrous year in the club's history. The club was eliminated in the 1st round of the Africa champions league by
2000s
At one point, the club refused to pay a KPL imposed fine. However, KPL managing director received full payment of the Gor Mahia penalty from an anonymous "senior official of another KPL club" who wrote in an unsigned letter that "it is deeply disappointing that a few colleagues who are senior Gor Mahia officials refuse to respect the KPL policy against assaults on referees which their representative approved in February. Their refusal to respect the rules also saddens me because it is not those officials but their own players who are suffering the most after playing so well this year. Out of respect and sympathy for the Gor Mahia players, I enclose full payment of Ksh 45,063 so they can resume playing."[26]
2010s
From a financial perspective, 2011 was a landmark year because that was the year that Gor Mahia secured their first ever legitimate shirt sponsorship. Previously in 1991, Gor Mahia wore shirts emblazoned
At the beginning of the season, the club acquired Moses Odhiambo, a former international who had played in Tanzanian and Rwandese leagues and he proved to be a revelation. Teenage striker Edwin Lavatsa was also a big hit in his first season in the KPL. After strong performances in mid-season, the steam run out and Gor finished 4th in the league, largely due to disharmony in the technical bench and overcommitment of head coach Zedekiah Otieno to the Kenya national team. In Otieno's absence, Cameroonian assistant coach Anaba Awono led the club to win the FKL Cup after beating bitter rivals A.F.C. Leopards in the semis,[28] and then edging out Sofapaka in the final.[29] The club also conducted its elections towards the end of November and brought in many youthful officials.
Gor Mahia started the 2012 season in high tempo after attending the traditional Nyanza tour to meet fans and recruit more players from the fanatical homeland. The tour itself was a gruelling 6-day affair where the team played 9 matches, winning 7 and drawing two.[30]
The club went on a signing spree in preparation for the
The
Gor Mahia players further added to the club's mystique by finishing their Sportspesa Premier League fixtures for 2015 season unbeaten, under Head Coach Frank Nuttall
Top Scorers
Data compiled by K'Ogalo Pundit indicates that the club's top all-time goal scorer is Sammy Onyango 'Jogoo' who scored 92 goals in all competitive matches for the club. He is also the club's leading all-time scorer in the league competition with 79 goals. Sammy Onyango joined Gor Mahia from Hakati Sportiff in 1981 and played for the club till 1989 before seeing out his career at Kisumu Posta. He is followed by Allan Thigo with 88 goals (66 league goals) and Hesbon Omollo with 84 goals (75 league goals).
Peter Dawo is the club's all-time scorer in continental competitions with 14 goals followed by Andrew Obunga with 7 goals and Allan Thigo with 6 goals
Managerial history
Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson was appointed Gor Mahia manager in 1987.[32]
John Bobby Ogolla
A caretaker coach, former captain and all-time legend Bobby Ogolla, took the position of head coach, assisted by Technical manager Tom Ogweno (a former Kenya national striker and Ulinzi Stars player) and was immediately thrust into tough fixtures against Tusker and A.F.C. Leopards. The team gave a very good account of themselves in both games despite losing 2–0 to the former and drawing 0–0 against the in-form Leopards in a match marred by crowd trouble.[33]
In the next matches, Gor drew 1–1 with Rangers and 0–0 with Sony as Ogolla tried to steady the ship from sinking.
Zdravko Logarušić
In April 2012, Croatian tactician Zdravko Logarušić was drafted as head coach.[34][35][36] Bobby Ogolla, ever the gentleman, accepted to deputies. The first match for the pair ended in 1–1 with
Gor Mahia also qualified for the next round of the
After failing to return on time from holiday, Logarušić was sacked with immediate effect on 25 June 2013,[47][48][49][50] and replaced by former Uganda national team manager Bobby Williamson 9 days later, on 5 July 2013.[51][52][53]
Bobby Williamson
Bobby Williamson's managerial debut came in a league match against
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Players
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Current coaching staff
Manager/Head Coach Johnathan McKinstry
Gor Mahia Fans Foundation
The Gor Mahia Fans Foundation was launched in early 2012 to develop and maintain an effective and influential role for Gor Mahia fans in the running of the football club, and to strengthen the bonds between the club and its community of followers through participation in activities that promote better management and running of the club and those that influence better performance and motivates the playing unit, with all these being made possible by inviting involvement of the fans to take part in the activities to make K'Ogalo better.[60] Its range of plans includes:
- Assisting the club to own its own stadium, training facilities and club house through a fans' trust.
- Assisting the club to establish its own youth system for both genders.
- Establish a Player Reward scheme.
- Partnering with the club to set up proper merchandise enterprises for mutual benefit.
The foundation is currently involved in jointly running, marketing and sourcing for funds for the Gor Mahia under-19 and academy teams,
Honours
- CECAFA Clubs Cup: 3
- 1980, 1981, 1985
- 1976, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2021
- 2009, 2013 (pre-season), 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020
As Luo Union
- 1964, 1975
- 1964, 1965, 1966
Performance in CAF competitions
- CAF Confederation Cup: 5 appearances
- CAF Champions League / African Cup of Champions Clubs: 13 appearances
The club have 8 appearances in African Cup of Champions Clubs from 1969 to 1996 and 5 appearances in CAF Champions League from 2014 till now.
- CAF Cup: 2 appearances
- 1993 – Quarter-Finals
- 1998 – First Round
- CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 7 appearances
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See also
- Gor Mahia F.C.–A.F.C. Leopards rivalry
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- Official: Gor Mahia names Muguna new captain [3]
External links
- Gor Mahia (archived 24 July 2016)
- Official website
- Unofficial fans' website
- Gor Mahia Livescores
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