Bandari F.C. (Kenya)

Bandari Football Club is a Kenyan football club based in Mombasa. The team play their home games at the Mbaraki Sports Club and the Mombasa County Stadium (the latter having four times greater seating capacity), and currently compete in the Kenyan Premier League after finishing the 2012 FKF Division One season as champions of Zone A.

Bandari F.C.
Full nameBandari Football Club
Nickname(s)Al Bandar
Dockers
Founded1986 (1986) (as Bandari FC)
GroundMbaraki Sports Club
Capacity15,000
OwnerKenya Ports Authority
ChairmanEng. Abdillahi Samattar
Head CoachTwahir Muhiddin (Acting Coach)
LeagueKenyan Premier League
2022–236th

The team played from 1960 to 1978 as LASCO Football Club, followed by an eight-year run as Cargo Football Club. In 1985, the club merged with the Kenya Ports Authority team to form Bandari FC.[1]

The club had played previously in the Kenyan Premier League, but was relegated after the 1997 season. Bandari was the first runners up in the KPL 2017,2018 and won the KPL SportPesa Supercup 2018 to earn a CAF CONFEDERATION CUP Qualifications spot.

The Dockers were placed against Al Ahly Shendi of Sudan and drew 0-0 on home turf before drawing 1-1 away to Shendi in Sudan eliminating the Sudan-based side. The second round they were placed with US Ben Guardane of Tunisia, and eliminated them in similar fashion [2] The team was disbanded in 1999. It was revived in 2004 and rapidly promoted from lower leagues back to the premier league.[1] The club reached the final on Kenyan Cup in 1986 but was beaten by Gor Mahia (who qualified for the African Cup Winners' Cup and won the tournament).[3]

Honours
2015
2016
  • SportPesa Shield 2019: 1
2019

Management
Position Staff
Head Coach Twahir Muhiddin(Acting Coach)
Board of Trustees chairman Eng. Abdhilahi Samatta
Media Liaison Officer Steven Heywood
Club Chief Executive Officer Haji Masemo
Club Treasurer Raymond Ogola
Club Administrator Ezekiel Oketch
Club Security Manager Justine Manasseh

Last updated: 1 February 2016
Source:

Performance in CAF competitions
2016

References
  1. "Kenyan Premier League - www.kpl.co.ke - official website". 2008-09-19. Archived from the original on 2008-09-19. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  2. "RSSSF - Kenya 1997". Archived from the original on 2022-12-03. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
  3. Red Berets escape on final day as Bandari bow out


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