Kenya Commercial Bank (sports club)

Kenya Commercial Bank (sports club)

Football club infobox
clubname = Kenya Commercial Bank


fullname = Kenya Commercial Bank
nickname =
founded =
ground = Nairobi City Stadium
Nairobi, Kenya
capacity = 15,000
chairman =
manager =
league = Kenyan Premier League
season = 2006/07
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Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) is a Kenyan multisport club based in Nairobi.

It's football team has played for several years in the Kenyan Premier League.

Kenya Commercial Bank has also rugby, volleyball and basketball teams all of which play in respective men's top flight leagues of Kenya. In addition, their volleyball section has a women's team, which is among the most successful ones in Kenya.

KCB Sports Club has own facilities in Ruaraka, Nairobi. KCB's rugby team uses it as their home ground.

The club it owned by the Kenya Commercial Bank.

Football

The football club was founded in 1993. In 1996 it won the Nairobi Provincial League and was promoted to the Nationwide League. Two years later it won promotion to the Premier League [ [http://www.kpl.co.ke/content.asp?id=15394 KPL website] ] .

Achievements

*Kenyan President's Cup: 1:: 2004

Achievements

*Kenyan President's Cup: 1:: 2004

KCB Rugby Club

KCB Rugby section was established in 1989 based on Kenya Breweries team which was disbanded that year.

*Kenya Cup Champions: 3:: 2005, 2006, 2007

Volleyball

KCB has both men's and ladies's sections. At the 2007 FIVB Women's World Cup four KCB players palyed for Kenyan national team [http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:VVjPhL2XUS4J:www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/competitions/WorldCup/2007/Women/Teams/Team_Roster.asp%3FTRN%3DWWC2007%26TEAM%3DKEN%26sm%3D36+%22Kenya+Commercial+Bank%22+volleyball&hl=fi&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=fi]

Basketball

KCB's basketball section in known as "Kenya Commercial Bank Lions" (or "KCB Lions"). It has won the Kenyan Basketball Premier League in 2001 and 2007.

References

External links

* [http://kcbrfc.blogspot.com KCB Rugby Football Club]
* [http://www.africabasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=KEN&Team=3637 Africabasket]


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