- Gor Mahia
Football club infobox
clubname = Gor Mahia
fullname = Gor Mahia
nickname =
founded =1968
ground =Nairobi City Stadium Nairobi ,Kenya
capacity = 15,000
chairman =
manager =
league =Kenyan Premier League
season = 2006/07
position =
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leftarm1=008000|body1=008000|rightarm1=008000|shorts1=ffffff|socks1=008000Gor Mahia is a football club based in
Nairobi ,Kenya . It is one of the two most popular Kenyan football clubs (the other is local rivalsAFC Leopards ). Gor Mahia has won the Kenyan football league 11 times and the Kenyan cup eight times. Gor Mahia is the only Kenyan club to win an African continental title, it won theAfrican Cup Winners' Cup in 1987. The club was formed in 1968 when "Luo United" and "Luo Sports Club (aka Luo Stars)" football clubs merged. One of its founder was politicianTom Mboya . The club traditionally represents the Luo tribe. The home ground of the club isNairobi City Stadium .Gor Mahia has not won any titles since 1995. Moreover, it has since escaped relegation thrice only through backdoor. Despite its financial troubles, the club was playing a good league season (2005-2006) but eventually new wrangles devastated it all.
Gor Mahia as a football club is steeped in Luo legends and mythology. Gor Mahia was a Luo hero who was known to possess mystical powers which would make him perform. Mahia is a Luo word which describes wonder and mystery and hence when Gor was formed it was supposed to naturally possess these mystical characteristics of the legend it was named after. Indeed Gor lived to that expectation and even exceeded what many expected. In its most successful years Gor was invincible and some even regarded the club as the best in Africa. Coupled with the undying loyalty of its supporters Gor still has a potency to rise up from the ashes and regain its lost glory as the truly "mighty Gor".
Achievements
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African Cup Winners' Cup : 11987*
CECAFA Clubs Cup : 3 1980,1981,1985*
Kenyan Premier League : 121968, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995*
Kenyan President's Cup : 71976, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992Performance in CAF Competitions
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African Cup of Champions Clubs : 8 appearances::1969: Quarter-Final::1977: Second Round::1980: Second Round::1984: abandoned in Second Round::1991: First Round::1992: Quarter-Final::1994: First Round::1996: First Round*
CAF Cup : 2 appearances::1993 - Quarter-Final::1998 - First Round*
CAF Cup Winners' Cup : 7 appearances::1979 - "Finalist"::1981 - Quarter-Final::1982 - withdrew in First Round::1983 - Preliminary Round::1987 - Champion::1988 - Quarter-Final::1989 - Semi-FinalExternal links
* [http://kenyapage.net/gormahia Unofficial website]
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