Gusii FC
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Wikipedia - SoNy Sugar F.C.
SonySugar Football Club is an association football club based in Awendo, Kenya. It was competing in the Kenyan Premier League, the top tier of the Kenyan football league system, and played its home games at the Sony Green Stadium. Due to failure attributed to financial challenges facing the sponsor, the club was relegated from the Kenya Premier League. Though not formally disbanded, it has low key activities confined at its home base.
History
It was expelled from Kenya Football League in 2019 after failing to participate in 3 of its matches. In the 2005–06 season, the club clinched its first league title with a record that included over 20 wins. The sugar millers were led to their first premier league trophy by head coach Francis Baraza who had just taken over from Peter Otieno 'Bassanga'. Most of the players were casual workers at the sugar milling factory. Some of the players who played a key role in the title winning season are Zak (GK), Ayoo (DEF), Noah Abich (DEF), Fred Ajwang (MF), Marwa Chamberi (ST), Jockins Atudo (DEF), Victor Ali Abondo (MF), Neto (MF), Chimbuzi (DEF), Onkangi (ST), Zakayo, Sylvester Wanyama DEF, Emmanuel Geno, Salim Babu (MF), Tom AKA Tosh, Oduor Alfred, Adan, Willis AKA Awilo, Dennis Chweya, Waweru, Imbusi and Zachary Onyango.
Formed in 1982, the club is owned by South Nyanza Sugar Company and earned promotion to the Kenyan Premier League in 1993.
O clube foi fundado em 1985 e é conhecido por sua forte base de fãs. O Gusii FC joga seus jogos em casa no Gusii Stadium, que tem capacidade para 10.000 pessoas.
O maior sucesso do clube foi vencer a Copa Queniana em 2003. Eles também venceram o Campeonato Queniano de Futebol da Segunda Divisão em 2016.
O Gusii FC é um dos clubes de futebol mais populares do Quénia e tem uma grande base de fãs. O clube é conhecido por seu estilo de jogo ofensivo e pela sua capacidade de marcar gols.
O Gusii FC é um clube ambicioso e espera um dia se tornar campeão do Quénia. O clube também espera competir em competições africanas, como a Liga dos Campeões da CAF e a Taça das Confederações da CAF.