FKF Premier League table 2026-27

The KPL table ranks every club in the Kenya Premier League, the country's top football division, by points, with the match and goal columns beside each name. It updates after each match, and the competition is known as the Kenyan Premier League, a top flight that began in 1963 and took that name in 1998. South African readers looking for Kenya soccer standings, or the league log, are reading the same table, and the full guide to the competition is on the Fkf Premier League hub.

Below, I explain how to read it: what each place means, how clubs level on points are separated, when the season runs and what time matches start across the region. The guide is written for the Gor Mahia or AFC Leopards supporter in Nairobi as much as the curious fan in Kampala, Lagos, Accra or Johannesburg.

What Do the Places on the KPL Table Mean?

The top place decides the champions, and the bottom three places decide who goes down or plays for survival. The club in first place once all 34 matches are played wins the title. At the other end, the 17th and 18th placed clubs are relegated to the National Super League, and its top two come up. The 16th placed club is the one to watch late on, because it plays off against the third best National Super League side to keep its place.

How Is the Kenya Premier League Table Ordered When Clubs Are Level?

Points come first. If two clubs finish level, the gap between goals scored and goals conceded decides the order, then the number of goals scored, and last the results between those two sides. Goals scored is the tiebreak worth checking. Picture one club on +10 from 40 for and 30 against, and another on +10 from 30 for and 20 against: goal difference is equal, so the club with 40 goals scored sits higher. When you read the KPL table standings, look at the goal difference column beside the points, and check the played column too, since a club with a match in hand may sit lower than its points suggest until that match is played.

When Does the Kenyan Season Run, and Where Are Fixtures and Results?

The season runs from August to May, with 18 clubs playing each other home and away for 34 matches each. That calendar dates from 2018, when the league left its old February to November season, which is worth remembering when you compare older title years, since earlier seasons sit inside a single calendar year. The Fkf Premier League fixtures list shows every scheduled match for each club, the Fkf Premier League results page holds every score, and the Fkf Premier League stats page carries the scorers table, with Maurice Ochieng's record of 26 league goals for Gor Mahia in 1976 as the benchmark.

What Time Do KPL Matches Kick Off in EAT, WAT, SAST and GMT?

Kenya plays on East Africa Time, three hours ahead of GMT, so every kick off on the fixtures list converts easily across the continent. A 3pm start in Nairobi is 3pm in Kampala, 2pm SAST in Johannesburg, 1pm WAT in Lagos and 12 noon GMT in Accra. Check the fixtures list for the broadcaster in your country, as that can change between seasons.

How Do You Find Gor Mahia and AFC Leopards on the KPL Table?

Type Gor Mahia, AFC Leopards, Tusker or any club you follow into the club search, and the table jumps to that row. No club has won more Kenyan league titles than Gor Mahia, with Tusker and AFC Leopards next, and each club meets every other club twice in the 34 matches. Gor Mahia were formed on 17 February 1968 through the merger of Luo Union and Luo Sports Club, play at the Moi International Sports Centre in Kasarani, listed with a capacity of 48,063, and won the African Cup Winners' Cup in 1987, the first continental title for a Kenyan club. Sammy Onyango scored 92 competitive goals for the club, a tally that shows how the all-time top scorer's name is woven into its history. The two meetings between rivals each season are worth reading beside the standings, because six points between rivals can move a club several places.

Why Do Fans in Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa Follow the Kenya League Table?

For Ugandan readers, the KPL is the next league over, and they can set it beside the Uganda Premier League table. Gor Mahia won the CECAFA Clubs Cup in 1980, 1981 and 1985, and that competition brought Kenyan and Ugandan clubs together. The Ugandan international Dan Sserunkuma also played for Gor Mahia, which ties the two leagues through a player as well as a trophy.

Gor Mahia's run to the 1979 African Cup Winners' Cup final, where the opponents were Canon Yaoundé, was a continental run that shows how far Kenyan clubs travel in CAF competition. Readers in Nigeria and Ghana have a link through the CAF draws that bring their clubs against Kenyan sides, and a 6pm EAT start in Nairobi is 4pm WAT in Lagos, 3pm GMT in Accra and 5pm SAST in Johannesburg. South African readers also search for Kenya Premier League standings when a Premiership club meets a Kenyan side in a CAF tie, and the Kenyan international Teddy Akumu played for Kaizer Chiefs in South Africa. For any such tie, read the goals for and goals against columns together, so that attacking threat and defensive strength show up in the same comparison.