2014 Ligi Ndogo S.C. season explained

Club:	Ligi Ndogo
Season:	2014
Chairman:	Chris Amimo (1 February 2002)
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Manager:	Oliver Page (March 2014) See managerial changes
Stdtitle:	Ground
Stadium:	Ligi Ndogo Grounds, Nairobi
League:	National Super League
League Result:	6th
Cup1:	GOtv Shield
Cup1 Result:	4th round
Prevseason:	2013
Nextseason:	2015
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The 2014 season is Ligi Ndogo Sports Club's first year in the Kenyan National Super League and their fourth consecutive season in the second tier of the Kenyan football league system.

The Planets have gone through the lower tiers of the Kenyan football league system and are now one division below the Premier League. The team started in the Nationwide League's Second Division in 2006 before gaining promotion to the First Division in 2007, where they remained until 2013 (the league has since been changed to FKF Division One). During that season, the team finished the season in fourth place, gaining promotion to the newly formed National Super League.

Season overview

January

The team was back on 13 January for pre-season practice, assembling on the grounds for the opening of its annual training camp Monday morning.^[1] Last season, the team put together a 12-5-5 record, highlighted by a five match winning streak in November including wins over K.R.A., Mahakama and Bidco United to sprint from sixth to fourth and qualify for Super League football.

The team welcomes back ten starters from last season's side, including the team's leaders in goals (John Njoroge, 12), assists (Samuel Machio, 18), most appearances (Brian Yator, 47) as well as minutes played (Phillip Ugochukwu, 3,060).

Central defender Arthur Weyula was sold to newly promoted Premier League side Top Fry AllStars, while Leonard Ochieng and Edgar Lenox Odhiambo will feature for Provincial League side Kibera All Stars on waiver and loan respectively. Five-year veteran Machio was selected as team captain and will serve in that capacity throughout the 2014 season. Striker Thomas Lugera is back on the roster after going on loan to Coast United during the 2013 season. Right back Mikhail Mwaniki, the longest serving member of the academy, returns to the active roster after sitting out most of the 2013 season due to personal matters.

Ten transfers joined Ligi Ndogo for this season. Among them was Kibera Black Stars centre back Isaac Omari, a replacement for Weyula, two other defenders, three midfielders, two strikers and former Planets keeper, Charles Ouma, who is back after one year at Premier League side Muhoroni Youth.^[2]

In keeping with tradition, six players were promoted from the lower Ligi Ndogo teams. Right back Brian Ochieng (23) and goalkeeper Douglas Aswani (20) were promoted from the foundation team, while midfielders Kibet Kilele (17), Kamaru Waiyaki (17) and Remy Sheikh (16) were promoted from the under-17 side that has featured in the Keele International Cup in England over the past five years. A major part of the Planets' title quest this season will depend on the consistency of their back four, a constantly improving unit that conceded only 7 goals in the second half of the season compared to 15 in the first leg.

The team will play its home games at its Ngong Road centre,^[3] where it played its last five matches in the 2013 season with a record of 4-1.

February

The team added one more player from the youth system, Christian Lubulu (19), and dropped two more (Wycliffe Njenga and Eric Kibiru) before the final team hand-over deadline. 2012 top scorer Vincent Okoth returned to the roster and was joined by Clifford Ouma and Obadiah Ndege, who is on loan from Posta Rangers. Brillian Ochieng also returned to the squad, while goalkeeper Tom Muthomi was released to Nairobi Stima.

Ligi Ndogo had its first friendly game against the Academy side and lost 2-1 before bouncing back to beat Iron Strikers 4-0. In a subsequent rematch, it beat the Academy team 1-0. The team played three more pre-season friendlies in anticipation of the start of the National Super League. However, the kick-off was postponed by a week due to a series of new rules that teams had to comply with.^[4] ^[5]

March

On 15 March, the Planets won their first match of the 2014 National Super League and went top of the league in the first week of action. Brian Yator's hat trick pushed his goal tally to eight in seven matches. On 23 March the Planets went down 3-0 to Posta Rangers, their first league defeat by two goals or more since 14 October 2012 (losing 2-0 to Bandari). Goalkeeper Charles Ouma aggravated a knee injury and was ruled out for six weeks.

The Planets held Kariobangi Sharks to a 1-1 draw with a late penalty on 29 March for 4 points in their slowest start after three matches (9 points in 2011 and 7 points in 2012). The match was German tactician Oliver Page's first since taking over the senior team. He had previously joined the Academy as a technical advisor,^[6] and he now becomes the Sports Director.

Players

Current squad

Goalkeepers
align=center		Name		Date of birth (age)	Signed from
align=center	18	Charles Ouma	GK	27 July 1991	Muhoroni Youth (2014)
align=center	22	Samuel Njau	GK	16 June 1994	Limuru Olympic (2011)
align=center	-	Douglas Aswani	GK	1 February 1994	Academy
Defenders
align=center	3	Mikhail Mwaniki	RB	20 April 1990	Academy
align=center	4	Evans Njuku	RB	10 October 1993	Academy
align=center	5	Philip Ugochukwu	CB	1 October 1993	K.R.A. (2013)
align=center	13	Benjamin Kipruto	RB/CB	17 January 1987	Academy
align=center	15	Isaac Omari	CB	10 July 1993	Kibera Black Stars (2014)
align=center	–	James Dundi	CB	23 April 1994	Kibera Black Stars (2014)
align=center	–	Brian Ochieng	RB	1 January 1991	Academy
align=center	–	Nashon Omondi	LB	11 March 1990	Impala (2013)
align=center	–	Brian Lutah	LB	20 September 1992	Academy
Midfielders
align=center	2	Sven Yida	AM	18 December 1998	Academy
align=center	19	Jacob Omutanyi	AM	28 December 1995	Tena
align=center	6	Douglas Simiyu	LM	13 January 1991	Namachanja High School (2011)
align=center	8	Alex Luganji	DM	28 April 1994	Iron Strikers
align=center	10	Samuel Machio (captain)	CM	3 October 1985	Academy
align=center	14	Collins Odawa	CM	23 May 1994	Ambira High School (2011)
align=center	16	Christian Lubulu	AM	27 January 1995	Academy
align=center	17	Brian Yator	LM/RM	27 July 1997	Academy
align=center	–	Kibet Kilele	CM	15 December 1996	Academy
align=center	–	Remy Sheikh	CM	20 March 1998	Ligi Ndogo S.C.
align=center	–	Kamaru Waiyaki	AM	25 September 1996	Academy
align=center	–	Nassor Yusuf	AM	1 March 1989	Kibera Celtic (2014)
align=center	–	Emmanuel Alim	DM	20 January 1994	Rongai (2014)
align=center	–	Brillian Ochieng	LM	11 February 1991	Academy
Forwards
align=center	7	John Njoroge	CF	6 October 1989	Academy
align=center	9	Obadiah Ndege	ST	26 October 1991	Posta Rangers (2013)
align=center	11	Thomas Lugera	ST	20 October 1994	Academy
align=center	12	Clifford Ouma	ST	22 August 1991	Academy
align=center	–	Jackson Oketch	ST/RW	20 June 1995	Nakumatt (2013)
align=center	–	Vincent Okoth	ST	2 July 1987	Free agent

Transfers

Transfers in

Transfers In
Player	Position	Date	Price	From	Age
Isaac Omari	Defender	January 13	Free	Kibera Celtic
Charles Ouma	Goalkeeper	January 13	Free	Muhoroni Youth
James Dundi	Defender	January 30	Free	Kibera Celtic
Nassor Yussuf	Midfielder	January 30	Free	Kibera Celtic
Emmanuel Alim	Midfielder	January 30	Free	Rongai
Vincent Okoth	Striker	January 30	Free	Vapor
Obadiah Ndege	Striker	February 27	Loan	Posta Rangers

Transfers out

Transfers out
Player	Position	Date	Reason	To	Age
Arthur Weyula^[7]	Defender	January 6	Free	Top Fry AllStars
Leonard Ochieng	Striker	January 10	Free	Kibera Black Stars
Edgar Odhiambo	Striker	January 17	Free	Kibera Black Stars

Club

Coaching staff

Position

Staff

Head coach

Oliver Page

Assistant head coach

Bernard Ndichu

Goalkeeper coach

Ken Opiyo

Fitness coach

John Zane Midambo

Medical director

Fred Onsakia

Reserve team coach

Evans Ogutu

Academy director

Ibrahim Mbikalo

Youth team manager

Mikhail Mwaniki

Match analyst

Chris Amimo

Team administrator

Calvin Odhiambo

Managerial changes

Kit

Competitions

Legend

Overall

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National Super League

–

6th

TBD

15 March 2014

TBA

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GOtv Shield

2nd round

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4th round

31 May 2014

7 September 2014

National Super League

See main article: 2014 Kenyan National Super League.

Matches

GOtv Shield

See main article: 2014 FKF President's Cup.

Mid-season

This is a list of friendlies played during the course of the season.

Attendance figures are estimates to the nearest 10.

Statistics

Squad statistics

	Name	Pos.				League						Total			Discipline
	Name	Pos.	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
2	align=left	Sven Yida	align=left	AM	7	2	3	5	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
17	align=left	Brian Yator	align=left	AM	6	5	2	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	align=left	Thomas Lugera	align=left	ST	6	3	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11	align=left	Jacob Omutanyi	align=left	AM	8	3	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
–	align=left	Wycliffe Njenga	align=left	AM	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
–	align=left	Jackson Oketch	align=left	ST	7	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	align=left	John Njoroge	align=left	ST	6	6	0	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
–	align=left	Eric Kibiru	align=left	AM	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	align=left	Samuel Machio	align=left	CM	5	1	2	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	align=left	Evans Njuku	align=left	RB	5	0	3	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	align=left	Ken Kipruto	align=left	LB	5	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
12	align=left	Clifford Ouma	align=left	ST	4	0	3	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
8	align=left	Nassor Yusuf	align=left	AM	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
8	align=left	Alex Luganji	align=left	AM	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
14	align=left	Collins Odawa	align=left	AM	6	0	1	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
5	align=left	Philip Ugochukwu	align=left	CB	6	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3	align=left	Mikhail Mwaniki	align=left	RB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9	align=left	Obadiah Ndege	align=left	ST	0	0	0	5	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
6	align=left	Douglas Simiyu	align=left	LB	6	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
15	align=left	Isaac Omari	align=left	LB	7	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	align=left	Christian Lubulu	align=left	CM	7	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	align=left	Vincent Okoth	align=left	ST	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0

Repeated numbers are for jerseys shared in different matches.

Goalkeepers

	Name		Goals conceded
	Name			League	Cup
22	align=left	Samuel Njau	7	1	6	0	0	7
18	align=left	Charles Ouma	6	4	5	0	0	9
–	align=left	Tom Muthomi	4	0	0	0	0	0
–	align=left	Douglas Aswani	1	1	0	0	0	1
Totals		19	6	11	0	0	17

a. Includes the GOtv Shield, Jamhuri Day Cup and Madaraka Day Cup.
b. Tom Muthomi was released after four exhibition matches.

Season statistics

Total appearances and goals

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Midfielders<

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Forwards<

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Totals and averages

	Total	Home	Away
align=left	Games played	16	6	10
align=left	Games won	9	3	6
align=left	Games drawn	4	1	3
align=left	Games lost	3	2	1
align=left	Clean sheets	6	2	4
align=left	Goals scored	33	16	17
align=left	Goals conceded	19	10	9
align=left	Goal difference	+14	+9	+8
align=left	Average goals scored
align=left	Average goals conceded
align=left	Yellow cards	19	9	10
align=left	Red cards	1	0	1
align=left	League points	8	4	4
align=left	Winning rate

Records

Record	Total		Home		Away
Record	Score	Opponent(s)	Score	Opponent(s)	Score	Opponent(s)
align=center colspan=7	Biggest win
Overall	5–1	Vapor	4–0	align=left	Hamza Combined	5–1	Vapor
align=left	5–1	Iron Strikers	4–0			5–1
align=left	League	4–3	align=left	FC Talanta	4–3	align=left	FC Talanta	2–0	align=left	Mahakama
align=left	Cup	TBD	align=left	To be determined	TBD	align=left	To be determined	TBD	align=left	To be determined
Friendlies	5–1	Vapor	4–0	align=left	Hamza Combined	5–1	Vapor
Iron Strikers	5–1		4–0			5–1
align=center colspan=7	Biggest loss
Overall	3–0	align=left	Posta Rangers	3–0	Posta Rangers)	3–0	Nakumatt
align=left	3–0	Nakumatt		3–0		3–0
League	3–0	align=left	Posta Rangers	3–0	Posta Rangers)	3–0	Nakumatt
align=left	3–0	Nakumatt		3–0		3–0
align=left	Cup	TBD	align=left	To be determined	TBD	align=left	To be determined	TBD	align=left	To be determined
align=left	Friendlies	2–1	align=left	Ligi Ndogo Jr.	2–1	align=left	Ligi Ndogo Jr.	n/a	Not available

Record	Overall		Home		Away
Record		Player(s)		Player(s)		Player(s)
align=left	Appearances	13	align=left	2 players	8	align=left	Sven Yida	6	align=left	Philip Ugochukwu (6)
align=left	Minutes played	1,051	align=left	Phillip Ugochukwu	310	align=left	Philip Ugochukwu	741	align=left	Philip Ugochukwu
Goals scored	9	Brian Yator	6	Brian Yator	3	align=left	Brian Yator
John Njoroge	9		6		3
align=left	Assists given	4	align=left	Jackson Oketch	2	align=left	Clifford Ouma	3	align=left	Jackson Oketch
align=left	Yellow cards	2	align=left	Collins Odawa	2	align=left	Collins Odawa	1	align=left	Douglas Simiyu
align=left	Red cards	1	align=left	Douglas Simiyu	TBD	align=left	To be determined	1	align=left	Douglas Simiyu

1 Includes the GOtv Shield, Jamhuri Day Cup and Madaraka Day Cup.

References

Notes and References

News: Ligi Ndogo resume,no trials . January 14, 2014 . Vincent Opiyo . https://web.archive.org/web/20140227124344/http://www.futaa.com/football/article/ligi-ndogo-resume-no-trials . 27 February 2014 . dead .
News: Former Ligi Ndogo keeper ready for offers . December 28, 2013 . Patrick Korir . https://web.archive.org/web/20140227132915/http://www.futaa.com/football/article/former-ligi-ndogo-keeper-ready-for-offers . 27 February 2014 . dead .
Web site: Ndogo. Ligi. Ligi Ndogo location. Wikimapia-Let's describe the whole world. Wikimapia. 24 April 2013.
Web site: Super League kick-off postponed . February 28, 2013 . Dennis Kituyi . https://web.archive.org/web/20140304123836/http://www.futaa.com/football/article/super-league-kick-off-postponed/13135 . 4 March 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
Kituyi, p.13135.
Web site: Page joins Ligi Ndogo. Patrick Korir . Futaa.com . 27 January 2011 . 28 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140429061836/http://www.futaa.com/football/article/page-joins-ligi-ndogo. 29 April 2014.
Web site: Weyula rejoins AllStars . 14 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140314104640/http://www.futaa.com/football/article/weyula-rejoins-allstars . 14 March 2014 . dead .