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词条 Ulinzi Stars F.C.
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  1. History

     Other clubs 

  2. Achievements

  3. Performance in CAF competitions

  4. References

  5. External links

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| image = Ulinzi Stars.jpg
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| fullname = Ulinzi Stars Football Club
| nickname = Kenya Army
Ulinzi
| founded = 1995
| ground = Afraha Stadium
Nakuru, Kenya
| capacity = 8,200
| owner = {{flagicon|Kenya|kdf}} Kenya Defence Forces
| mgrtitle = Head coach
| manager = {{flagicon|Kenya}} Dunstan Nyaudo
| league = Kenyan Premier League
| season = 2018
| position = 4th
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}}Ulinzi Stars Football Club is an association football club based in Nakuru, Kenya. They compete in the Kenyan Premier League, where they won three consecutive titles from 2003 to 2005. They are the only team to have done so, along with AFC Leopards and Gor Mahia, and won their most recent league title in 2010.[1]

History

Ulinzi Stars represent Kenya's Defence forces (the army, the navy and the air force). It was formed in 1995 when several military sides were combined. These teams were:[2]

  • Waterworks
  • Scarlet (Third Battalion of the Kenya Rifles, based in Lanet, Nakuru),
  • Kahawa United (Kahawa Barracks, Kahawa, Nairobi)
  • Silver Strikers (12th Engineers, Thika),
  • Kenya Navy (Mombasa)
  • Spitfire (Kenya Air Force, Moi Air Base, Nairobi).

Ulinzi have played in the Afraha Stadium since 2004, after moving from Thika. They won the Kenyan Sports Team of the Year award in 2010.[3]

The team doubles as the Kenya national military football team, which qualified for the 2011 Military World Games.[4]

Other clubs

Ulinzi used to have a successful basketball team, Ulinzi Warriors, until 2007 when it was disbanded, despite being the reigning national champion, having won five consecutive league titles.[5] They also had a rugby team, Ulinzi RFC, but was disbanded.[6] They also had volleyball[7] and handball[8] teams.

Achievements

  • Kenyan Premier League: 4

2003, 2004, 2005, 2010

  • KPL Top 8 Cup: 1

2011

Performance in CAF competitions

  • CAF Champions League: 2 appearances

2004 – First Round

2011 – Preliminary Round

References

1. ^Kenya – List of Champions
2. ^Ulinzi Stars website – history
3. ^The Standard, December 11, 2010: Rudisha and Lagat crowned Soya best athletes{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}
4. ^Daily Nation website, December 14, 2008: Ulinzi epitomise KPL’s strength
5. ^Daily Nation, May 4, 2007: Champions Ulinzi And Telkom Pull Out of Basketball League
6. ^Daily Nation, June 2, 2009: Rugby is the game and Injera man of moment]
7. ^2006 Volleyball World Championships: Kenya Names Provisional Squad of 22 players {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907000922/http://www.cavb.org/2006/07/17.html |date=2008-09-07 }}
8. ^KBC, December 13, 2006: Kenya's cereals team retain men handball title

External links

  • Ulinzi Stars – Official Website
{{Kenyan Premier League plain}}

8 : Kenyan Premier League clubs|Football clubs in Kenya|Sport in Rift Valley Province|Nakuru|Sport in Central Province (Kenya)|Military of Kenya|Military association football clubs|1995 establishments in Kenya

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