Ulinzi Stars are a Kenya

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

n football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club, based in the city of Nakuru

Nakuru

Nakuru, the provincial capital of Kenya's Rift Valley province, with roughly 300,000 inhabitants, and currently the fourth largest urban centre in the country, lies about 1850 m above sea level...

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History

The Ulinzi Stars are a football club for Kenya's military Combined Services [Army, Navy and Air Force]. They compete in the top-level Kenyan league, the Kenyan Premier League

Kenyan Premier League

The Kenyan Premier League is the first division football league in Kenya. It was formed in 1963 under the Kenya Football Federation but is now controlled by Football Kenya Limited....

. The team have been champions of Kenya four times; in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2010 . This made them only the third Kenyan team to be champions three years in a row, after AFC Leopards

AFC Leopards

AFC Leopards Sports Club, often simply known as "AFC" or "the Leopards," is a soccer club, based in Nairobi which was founded in 1964. Nicknamed "ingwe" , it is a traditional and popular Kenyan team and its home stadium is the Nyayo National Stadium, with a capacity of 30,000...

 and Gor Mahia

Gor Mahia

Gor Mahia F.C., commonly referred to as Gor Mahia, is a football club based in Nairobi, Kenya. It is one of the two most popular Kenyan football clubs . They won twelve Kenyan Premier League titles and nine FKL Cups. In addition they are the only Kenyan club to win an African continental title, the...

. Ulinzi play in the Afraha Stadium

Afraha Stadium

Afraha Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Nakuru, Kenya. It used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Nakuru AllStars of the Nationwide League and Ulinzi Stars of the Kenyan Premier League. The stadium holds 8,200 people and opened in 1948. The stadium is two kilometres from...

. Formerly, the club was based in Thika

Thika

Thika is an industrial town in Central Province, Kenya, lying on the A2 road 40 km north east of Nairobi, near the confluence of Thika River & Chania River. Thika has a population of 200,000and is growing rapidly, as is the entire greater Nairobi area...

, but it has played in Nakuru since the 2004/05 season.

Ulinzi won the Kenyan Sports Team of the Year

Kenyan Sports Personality of the Year

Kenyan Sport Personality of the Year Awards, also known as SOYA Awards, are annual national awards given for sports personalities and organisations in Kenya. The awards were initiated in 2004 by Paul Tergat. The awards for each year are held at the beginning of the next year Kenyan Sport...

 award in 2010 .

Ulinzi squad doubles as the Kenyan national military team, which has qualified for the 2011 Military World Games

2011 Military World Games

The 2011 Military World Games, officially known as the 5th CISM Military World Games, was hosted from July 15-24, 2011 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....

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Other than football club, Ulinzi used to have a successful Basketball section (Ulinzi Warriors), which was disbanded in 2007 despite being the reigning national champion having won five consecutive titles . They also had a rugby section (Ulinzi RFC) . Ulinzi has also had a volleyball and handball sections.

Achievements

• Kenyan Premier League
  Kenyan Premier League
  The Kenyan Premier League is the first division football league in Kenya. It was formed in 1963 under the Kenya Football Federation but is now controlled by Football Kenya Limited....
  
  : 4

2003, 2004, 2005, 2010.

• Kenyan President's Cup
  Kenyan President's Cup
  The FKL Cup, formerly the KFF Cup, is the top knockout tournament of Kenyan football. It was created in 1956, but during its existence the knockout tournament has had different names....
  
  : 0

• Kenyan Super Cup: 0

• CECAFA Clubs Cup: 0

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Champions League
  CAF Champions League
  The CAF Champions League is an annual international club football competition run by the Confederation of African Football . The top club sides from Africa's football leagues are invited to participate in this competition, which is the premier club football competition on the continent and the...
  
  : 2 appearances

2004 - withdrew in First Round

2011

2011 CAF Champions League

The 2011 CAF Champions League was the 47th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football , and the 15th edition under the current CAF Champions League format...

- Preliminary Round

External links

• Kenyan Footie - Kenyan Football Portal