2025–26 Kenyan Premier League

Kenyan Premier League

Season	2025–26
Dates	20 September 2025 – 30 May 2026
Champions	Gor Mahia
Relegated	Bidco United Sofapaka
Champions League	Gor Mahia
Confederation Cup	Tusker
Matches	260
Goals	560 (2.15 per match)
Top goalscorer	Joe Waithera (Murang'a SEAL) (19 goals)
← 2024–25 2026–27 →

The 2025–26 Kenyan Premier League(known as the SportPesa Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 63rd season of top-division football in Kenya since 1963, and the 23th season of the Kenyan Premier League, the top-tier football league in Kenya, since it began in 2003. The season started on 20 September 2025 and ended on 30 May 2026.

Teams

The league consisted of 18 teams; the top 16 teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from the National Super League. Kenya Police entered the season as defending champions (for the First time).

Changes from previous season

Promotion and relegation

Promoted from 2024–25 National Super League	Relegated to 2025–26 National Super League
APS Bomet Nairobi United	Nairobi City Stars Talanta

Stadiums and locations

Bandari

APS Bomet

Bidco

Kakamega Homeboyz

Mara Sugar

Ulinzi

Murang'a Seal

Shabana

Nairobi

Nairobi teams:
A.F.C. Leopards
Gor Mahia
Kariobangi
KCB
Kenya Police
Mathare
Nairobi United
Posta
Sofapaka
Tusker

Location of 2025-26 Kenyan Premier League teams

Team	Coach	Location	Stadium	Capacity
A.F.C. Leopards	Fred Ambani	Nairobi	Nyayo Stadium	18,000
APS Bomet	Sammy Omollo	Bomet	Green Stadium, Kericho	5,000
Bandari	Bernard Mwalala	Mombasa	Mbaraki Sports Club	5,000
Bidco United F.C.	Anthony Akhulia	Thika	Thika Municipal Stadium	20,000
Gor Mahia	Charles Akonnor	Nairobi	MISC Kasarani	5,000
Kakamega Homeboyz	Patrick Odhiambo	Kakamega	Bukhungu Stadium	5,000
Kariobangi Sharks	William Muluya	Nairobi	Dandora Stadium	5,000
Kenya Commercial Bank	Robert Matano	Nairobi	SportPesa Arena	5,000
Kenya Police F.C.	Nicholas Muyoti	Nairobi	Police Sacco Stadium	3,000
Mara Sugar	Edward Manoah	Sare-Awendo	Awendo Green Stadium	5,000
Mathare United	John Kamau	Nairobi	Dandora Stadium	4,000
Murang'a Seal	Osborne Monday	Murang'a	SportPesa Arena	5,000
Nairobi United	Godfrey Oduor	Nairobi	Kasarani Annex	5,000
Posta Rangers	Collins Omondi (interim)	Nairobi	Kenyatta Stadium	5,000
Shabana	Peter Okidi	Kisii	Gusii Stadium	12,000
Sofapaka	Ezekiel Akwana	Nairobi	Kenyatta Stadium	5,000
Tusker	Julien Mette	Nairobi	Kenyatta Stadium	5,000
Ulinzi Stars	Stephen Ochola	Nairobi	Ulinzi Sports Complex	8,200

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Gor Mahia (C, Q)	34	20	9	5	50	22	+28	69	Qualification to 2026–27 CAF Champions League
2	AFC Leopards	34	19	7	8	44	28	+16	64
3	Kenya Police	34	13	16	5	31	21	+10	55
4	Nairobi United	34	14	11	9	44	34	+10	53
5	Shabana	34	14	10	10	35	34	+1	52
6	Kakamega Homeboyz	34	12	13	9	47	37	+10	49
7	KCB	34	13	9	12	36	37	−1	48
8	Murang'a SEAL	34	13	8	13	42	41	+1	47
9	Tusker	34	13	6	15	27	32	−5	45
10	APS Bomet	34	11	11	12	37	35	+2	44
11	Mara Sugar	34	10	14	10	30	30	0	44
12	Bandari	34	9	17	8	26	26	0	44
13	Ulinzi Stars	34	11	8	15	34	37	−3	41
14	Mathare United	34	11	8	15	31	35	−4	41
15	Posta Rangers	34	9	13	12	31	40	−9	40
16	Kariobangi Sharks	34	8	14	12	30	33	−3	38	Qualification for the Kenyan Premier League play-off
17	Bidco United (R)	34	5	12	17	19	40	−21	27	Relegation to 2026–27 Kenyan National Super League
18	Sofapaka (R)	34	3	10	21	19	51	−32	19

Source: Football Kenya Federation Soccerway, ESPN, Sofascore
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals;
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Joe Waithera	Murang'a SEAL	19
2	Paul Okoth	Ulinzi Stars	17
3	Humphrey Aroko	Kariobangi Sharks	12
4	Michael Karamor	Nairobi United	10
	Phillip Wasai	APS Bomet
6	Yves Koutiama	Kenya Police	9
	Oliver Machaka	Kakamega Homeboyz
8	Samuel Ssenyonjo	AFC Leopards	7
	Brian Michira	Shabana
	Jackson Irungu	Posta Rangers
	Erick Kapaito	Tusker
	Felix Oluoch	Gor Mahia
	Ebenezer Assifuah	Gor Mahia

Attendances

The best-attended games as of December 2025:

#	Match	Date	Attendance
1	Gor Mahia vs AFC Leopards	30 November 2025	23,372
2	Shabana FC vs Posta Rangers	15 October 2025	9,370
3	Shabana FC vs APS Bomet	21 September 2025	7,645
4	Shabana FC vs Mathare United	26 October 2025	5,985
5	AFC Leopards vs Murang'a SEAL	8 November 2025	5,730