2015 Kenyan Super Cup Explained

2015 Kenyan Super Cup
Event:Kenyan Super Cup
Team1:Gor Mahia
Team1score:2
Team2:Sofapaka
Team2score:1
Date1:11 February 2015
Stadium1:Nyayo National Stadium
City1:
Nairobi, Kenya
Referee1:Moses Osano
Previous:2013 (post-season)

The 2015 Kenyan Super Cup was a Kenyan football match contested by the 2014 Kenyan Premier League champions Gor Mahia and the 2014 FKF President's Cup champions Sofapaka. Gor Mahia won the match 2–1 after 90 minutes.[1] The winners claimed KSh.750,000/= in prize money while Sofapaka collected KSh.500,000/= as runners-up.[2]

Road to the Cup

2014 FKF President's Cup bracket

FKF response

Following previous threats from the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) to impose sanctions on any official who would take part in the match,[3] an official from Kenyan football's governing body announced that Gor Mahia and Sofapaka would be fined a total of KSh.200,000/= each for participating in a match not sanctioned by the FKF and added that the teams would face further disciplinary action if they continued to defy them. Match referee Moses Osano, linesmen Dorcas Wanza and Stephen Oduor, fourth official Amos Wanjala and match commissioner Paul Kaunda were all also handed three-month bans by the FKF for participating in the match.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gor Mahia 2-1 Sofapaka: K’Ogalo lifts DStv Super Cup . 11 December 2015 . Goal.com . 21 February 2015.
  2. Web site: Gor are the 2015 DSTV SuperSport Cup champions . 11 February 2015 . Kevin Teya . Futaa.com . 21 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150221011500/http://www.futaa.com/football/article/gor-are-the-2015-dstv-supersport-cup-champions . 21 February 2015 . dead .
  3. Web site: DStv Super Cup: FKF distances itself, promises sanctions . 10 February 2015 . Wilson Mathu . Futaa.com . 21 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150221022315/http://www.futaa.com/football/article/dstv-super-cup-fkf-distances-itself-promises-sanctions . 21 February 2015 . dead .
  4. Web site: FKF fines Gor Mahia and Sofapaka, bans referees . 12 February 2015 . Dennis Mabuka . Futaa.com . 21 February 2015.