Vihiga Queens F.C. Explained

Clubname:Vihiga Queens F.C.
Fullname:Vihiga Queens Football Club
Ground:Kenya
Chrtitle:Chairman & CEO
Chairman:Michael Senelwa Ogada
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Manager:Boniface Nyamunyamu
League:Kenyan Women's Premier League
Season:2020–21
Position:Kenyan Women's Premier League semi-final playoff

Vihiga Queens Football Club is a Kenyan professional women's association football club based in Mbale, Vihiga County that competes in Kenyan Women's Premier League, the top tier of Kenyan women's football.[1] The club is affiliated to the Football Kenya Federation.[2]

The club has won the Premier League title on three consecutive occasions from 2017 to 2019.[3] [4] The team won the national league in 2019.[5] In 2021, they were selected as the representative for Kenya at the CECAFA qualifiers which won by beating Ethiopian team CBE by 2–1 in the finals and qualified them to the inaugural 2021 CAF Women's Champions League.[6] [7] [8]

Honours

Domestic

League titles

Winners (record) (3): 2017, 2018, 2019

Continental

Winners (1): 2021

Managerial history

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021-09-29. Vihiga Queens sweating over Champions League budget. 2021-10-29. Kenya. en.
  2. Web site: Financial crisis puts Vihiga United, Queens on the brink. 2021-10-29. The Star. en-KE.
  3. Web site: Kenya - List of Women Champions. 2021-10-29. RSSSF.
  4. Web site: Eshitemi. Rodgers. Ambitious Vihiga Queens set semis target in Cairo showpiece. 2021-10-29. The Standard. en.
  5. Web site: 2019-11-30. Vihiga Queens crowned Champions, SEP Oyugis promoted. 2021-10-29. Football Kenya Federation. F. K. F. Communications. en-US.
  6. Web site: Mongina. Brenda. 2021-09-11. Vihiga Queens seal place in inaugural CAF Champions League. 2021-10-29. Her Football Hub. en-GB.
  7. Web site: Vihiga Queens beat Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, through to TotalEnergies Champions League. 2021-10-29. CAFOnline.com. Confedération Africaine du Football (CAF). en.
  8. Web site: 2021-09-09. Vihiga Queens crowned CAF Women Champions League CECAFA qualifiers champions. 2021-10-29. Football Kenya Federation. F. K. F. Communications. en-US.
  9. Web site: Natiom. Lokeder. 24 September 2021. Rising Starlets buoyant ahead of Uganda test. 10 November 2021. Nation Africa.
  10. Web site: Njoroge. Mike. 24 August 2021. More Questions than Answers as Alex Alumirah Leaves Vihiga Queens By Mutual Consent. 11 November 2021. Tisini.