Kenya is an athletic country and it’s quite evident in its glorious athletic history. Football in Kenya was introduced at the beginning of the 20th century by the British and naturally the Kenyans got addicted to the sport and football came into limelight. KFF (Kenya football Federation) is the governing body of the Kenyan football team and it was founded in 1960 and got the affiliation from FIFA from the same year. The Kenyan national team then competed in Gossage Cup that pitted three East African countries in early 1940s and 1950s.Some of the major stalwarts from the time included Shem Chimoto, Elijah Lidonde and Peter Orange. Initially the league started with four matches two of them are in Nairobi and rest two in Mombasa.
Though Kenya can’t be totally called as football crazy nation but the game has became much popular sport among the Kenyans. The world cup has a strong impact on the nation, and the Kenyans gather together to watch the football match. Kenya also has a very strong fan following of Football team .Important matches are really crowd pullers and approximately 60,000 people gather to watch the football match. Children even enjoy the sports and the Kenyans are strong supporters of the team.
Kenya's best players are mainly from the East lands in Nairobi. Famous national team of Kenya is known as Harambee Stars and it consists of some really best players worldwide. The Kenyan Football league consists of self supporting clubs as well as Institutional teams. Most popular club team of Kenyan football is Gor Mahia and AFC Leopards and they are huge crowd puller in the match sessions. Some popular self supporting Kenyan teams are Coast Stars from the Mombasa town.
Football in Kenya has gained huge popularity throughout the world and its amazing to watch the game grow day by day and its one of the Kenya activities provided by the excellent Football players of the country.
