Africa · CAF

Kenya (2026)

Matches: 6; 6 with a result
Won · drawn · lost: 2-2-2; 2 W · 2 D · 2 L
Goals: 10; 4 against
Goal difference: +6

General Information

Kenya Football Federation

Founded: 1960
FIFA entry: 1960
Average height in 2026: 1.79 m
Average age in 2026: 24.5 years
Confederation: Confederation Africaine de Football (CAF)
Continent: Africa
Infos provided by: The-Sports.org

Coaches in 2026

Benni McCarthy(Coach)

Date of birth: 12 November 1977
Place of birth: Cape Town, South Africa
Height: 1.83 m
Matches: 6 (2 official · 4 friendlies)

Photo: Kindly provided by Tony Hollner

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Players of Kenya in 2026

39 players

Name	Born	Position	Club	M	S	G
				FIFA
Goalkeepers5
Byrne Omondi	11 January 1997	Goalkeeper	Gor Mahia Nairobi	2	0	0
Faruk Shikhalo	10 December 1996	Goalkeeper	Nairobi United	2	0	0
Brian Bwire	19 June 2000	Goalkeeper	Polokwane City	1	1	0
Ian Otieno	9 August 1993	Goalkeeper	Richards Bay FC	1	0	0
Caleb Kramer	1 August 2006	Goalkeeper	ADO Den Haag	0	2	0
Defenders13
Rooney Onyango	8 August 2001	Right Back	Sogndal IL	6	0	0
Frank Odhiambo	29 October 2002	Centre Back	Gor Mahia Nairobi	5	0	1
Manzur Okwaro	23 March 2006	Centre Back	Stade Reims	4	0	0
Alphonce Omija	9 October 2002	Centre Back	Étoile du Sahel Sousse	2	2	0
Aboud Omar	9 September 1992	Left Back	Tusker FC Nairobi	2	1	0
Mike Kibwage	1 October 1997	Centre Back	Gor Mahia Nairobi	2	0	0
Sylvester Owino	6 May 2001	Right Back	Gor Mahia Nairobi	1	0	0
Haniff Wesonga	4 May 2003	Right Back	Jamus FC Juba	1	0	0
Deon Woodman	1 December 2002	Centre Back	Bromley FC	1	0	0
Erick Ouma	27 September 1996	Left Back	Raków Częstochowa	0	2	0
Amos Wanjala	28 March 2005	Centre Back	Valencia Mestalla	0	2	0
Sydney Agina	31 August 2007	Right Back	Forest Green Rovers	0	1	0
Daniel Sakari	25 January 1999	Right Back	Gor Mahia Nairobi	0	1	0
Midfielders13
Mohammed Bajaber	15 March 2003	Right Midfielder	Simba SC Dar-es-Salaam	3	3	2
Richard Odada	25 November 2000	Defensive Midfielder	UT Arad	3	1	0
Duke Abuya	23 March 1994	Centre Midfielder	Young Africans Dar-es-Salaam	3	0	0
Austin Odhiambo	16 December 1998	Attacking Midfielder	Al-Nejmeh Beirut	2	2	1
Chris Erambo	10 December 2004	Attacking Midfielder	Tusker FC Nairobi	2	2	0
Will Wilson	23 December 2001	Centre Midfielder	FC Tulsa	2	2	0
Zech Obiero	18 January 2005	Centre Midfielder	Leyton Orient	2	1	0
Clarke Oduor	25 June 1999	Centre Midfielder	Grimsby Town	2	1	0
Stanley Wilson	21 August 2006	Defensive Midfielder	AIK Solna	2	1	0
Timothy Ouma	10 June 2004	Centre Midfielder	Charlton Athletic	1	1	0
Kelly Madada	3 September 2006	Attacking Midfielder	AFC Leopards Nairobi	1	0	0
Amos Nondi	10 February 1997	Defensive Midfielder	Partizani Tiranë	0	1	0
Alpha Chris Onyango	23 December 2000	Centre Midfielder	Gor Mahia Nairobi	0	1	0
Forwards8
Ben Stanley Omondi	24 April 2004	Right Winger	Gor Mahia Nairobi	3	2	0
Ryan Ogam	21 December 2004	Centre Forward	RFC Liège	3	1	3
Micah Obiero	22 February 2001	Centre Forward	Wealdstone FC	3	1	0
Job Ochieng	17 January 2003	Right Winger	Real Sociedad San Sebastian	3	0	0
Lawrence Okoth	10 July 2005	Centre Forward	SJK-Akatemia Seinäjoki	1	3	2
Shariff Musa	9 October 2002	Right Winger	Gor Mahia Nairobi	0	2	0
Sammy Henia-Kamau	17 February 2006	Centre Forward	Jersey Bulls	0	1	0
Javan Omondi	2 March 2005	Right Winger	Liberty Flames	0	1	0

M = matches from the start, S = as a substitute, G = goals; non-FIFA: matches in which this team or the opponent was not a FIFA member.

Matches of Kenya in 2026

6 matches

1 Oct 2026African Nations Cup 2027 · Group D · Stade du 28 SeptembreAvs.GuineaMatch report: Guinea vs. Kenya 1–0Defeat
26 Sept 2026African Nations Cup 2027 · Group D · Nyayo National StadiumHvs.EritreaMatch report: Kenya vs. Eritrea 1–1Draw
7 Jun 2026Friendly · Lucas "Masterpieces" Moripe StadiumHvs.LesothoMatch report: Kenya vs. Lesotho 4–0Win
4 Jun 2026Friendly · Lucas "Masterpieces" Moripe StadiumAvs.LesothoMatch report: Lesotho vs. Kenya 1–1Draw
30 Mar 2026Friendly · Stade AmahoroAvs.GrenadaMatch report: Grenada vs. Kenya 0–3Win
27 Mar 2026Friendly · Stade AmahoroHvs.EstoniaMatch report: Kenya vs. Estonia 1–14–5 pensDefeat

Match Progress for Kenya

2 W · 2 D · 2 L

One dot per match with a result, on the date it was played; planned or cancelled matches are left out.

Favorite Opponents of Kenya

79 countries

Opponent	M	W	D	L	G
Uganda	59	18	22	19	66
Tanzania	43	22	10	11	56
Malawi	38	11	13	14	35
Zambia	36	11	8	17	29
Ethiopia	33	13	9	11	43
Sudan	29	11	5	13	30
Egypt	22	1	5	16	13
Zanzibar	20	11	4	5	25
Rwanda	17	8	5	4	17
Zimbabwe	14	7	6	1	15
Nigeria	14	0	2	12	7
DR Congo	13	4	2	7	10
Burundi	12	4	5	3	9
Eritrea	11	6	2	3	15
Somalia	10	6	3	1	15
Madagascar	10	4	2	4	11
Guinea	10	4	1	5	11
Cameroon	10	0	4	6	8
Mozambique	9	4	2	3	10
Seychelles	8	7	1	0	23
Mauritius	8	4	3	1	14
Algeria	8	3	1	4	7
Namibia	8	3	1	4	5
Lesotho	8	2	5	1	13
South Sudan	7	4	1	2	9
Botswana	7	4	0	3	10
Togo	7	3	2	2	9
Tunisia	7	1	1	5	3
Eswatini	6	3	1	2	9
Gabon	6	2	1	3	6
Libya	6	2	1	3	4
Comoros	6	1	3	2	6
Morocco	6	1	2	3	3
Senegal	6	0	1	5	0
Djibouti	5	5	0	0	23
Burkina Faso	5	3	1	1	12
Angola	5	2	1	2	6
Ghana	5	2	1	2	6
Oman	5	0	3	2	5
Cape Verde	4	3	0	1	3
Guinea-Bissau	4	1	0	3	2
Mali	4	0	1	3	2
South Africa	4	0	1	3	2
Liberia	3	2	1	0	2
Rwanda (B)	3	2	0	1	5
Mauritania	3	1	2	0	5
Ivory Coast	3	0	1	2	0
Iran	3	0	0	3	1
Congo	2	1	1	0	3
Chad	2	1	1	0	2
Equatorial Guinea	2	1	0	1	1
Gambia	2	0	1	1	4
Bahrain	2	0	0	2	2
Iraq	2	0	0	2	1
Thailand	2	0	0	2	1
India	2	0	0	2	0
Uganda (B)	2	0	0	2	0
Taiwan	1	1	0	0	4
Grenada	1	1	0	0	3
Indonesia	1	1	0	0	3
Réunion	1	1	0	0	3
New Zealand	1	1	0	0	2
Qatar	1	1	0	0	2
China	1	1	0	0	1
Pakistan	1	1	0	0	1
Russia	1	0	1	0	2
United Arab Emirates	1	0	1	0	2
Jordan	1	0	1	0	1
Trinidad & Tobago	1	0	1	0	1
Malaysia	1	0	1	0	0
Switzerland	1	0	1	0	0
Sudan (B)	1	0	1	0	0
Tanzania (B)	1	0	1	0	0
Central African Republic	1	0	0	1	2
Estonia	1	0	0	1	1
Sierra Leone	1	0	0	1	1
Yemen	1	0	0	1	1
Australia	1	0	0	1	0
Kuwait	1	0	0	1	0
Total	610	217	157	236	664

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All matches of the team (any status); a penalty shoot-out decides won or lost, goals are without shoot-out kicks. M links to the head-to-head record.

All Time World Cup Stats for Kenya

Games Total: 84
Goals: 99
Goals Against: 114
Games W/D/L: 27/22/35
Avg. Goals / Match: 1.18
Avg. Goals Against / Match: 1.36

Top Players

Most Goals Scored: 15; Dennis Oliech
Most Matches: 25; Musa Otieno
Most Yellow Cards: 5; Dennis Oliech
Most Red Cards: 1; Allan Thigo

Final tournaments and qualifiers; goals include penalty shoot-out kicks.

All-time top 50 of Kenya

Matches

Scope

#	Name	Position	Years	M	11	S	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow cards	Red cards
1	Otieno, Musa	Centre Back	1993–2009	83	83	0	8	0	6	0	2
2	Oliech, Dennis	Centre Forward	2002–2015	75	61	14	34	0	6	0	0
3	Mambo, Robert	Centre Midfielder	2000–2009	73	70	3	13	0	4	0	0
4	Mulama, Titus	Midfielder	2001–2012	72	71	1	8	1	1	0	0
5	Onyiso, Francis	Goalkeeper	1996–2011	70	66	4	0	0	1	0	0
6	Olunga, Michael	Centre Forward	2015–2025	67	62	5	34	4	6	0	0
7	Wanyama, Victor	Defensive Midfielder	2007–2020	64	59	5	7	0	7	0	1
8	Akumu, Teddy	Defensive Midfielder	2011–2025	64	57	7	1	0	8	1	0
9	Omar, Aboud	Left Back	2013–2026	64	54	10	0	1	14	0	0
10	Owino, David	Centre Back	2012–2020	62	59	3	2	1	12	0	0
11	Ochieng, Duncan	Goalkeeper	1997–2013	57	54	3	0	0	3	0	0
12	Atudo, Jockins	Centre Back	2009–2018	54	49	5	5	0	4	0	0
13	Mulamba, Wilberforce	Attacking Midfielder	1978–1988	53	52	1	9	0	0	0	0
14	Waweru, George Japhet	Centre Back	1999–2007	53	53	0	0	0	4	1	0
15	Ouma, Erick	Left Back	2016–2026	51	42	9	0	4	7	0	0
16	Baraza, John	Centre Forward	2002–2011	50	29	21	21	0	2	0	0
17	Ayoyi, Ambrose	Attacking Midfielder	1980–1990	47	46	1	12	1	0	0	0
18	Wanga, Allan	Centre Forward	2007–2018	46	23	23	9	0	0	0	0
19	Omollo, Sammy	Defender	1991–2000	45	45	0	0	0	1	0	0
20	Origi, Mike Okoth	Centre Forward	1990–2004	44	44	0	16	0	0	0	0
21	Miheso, Clifton	Left Midfielder	2012–2024	44	30	14	7	1	1	0	0
22	Omondi Ongao, Eric	Midfielder	1996–2001	44	43	1	6	0	2	0	0
23	Mariga, MacDonald	Defensive Midfielder	2003–2018	44	33	11	4	0	4	1	0
24	Juma, Tom	Midfielder	1995–2005	44	37	7	2	0	4	2	1
25	Kheri, Hussein	Attacking Midfielder	1981–1987	44	44	0	2	0	0	0	0
26	Murila, Josephat	Centre Back	1979–1985	44	44	0	1	0	0	0	0
27	Onyango, Sammy	Left Winger	1983–1991	43	37	6	2	0	0	0	0
28	Mulinge Ndeto, James	Left Back	2003–2013	43	38	5	1	0	3	0	0
29	Abbas, Mahmoud	Goalkeeper	1976–1989	43	43	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Mohammed, Musa	Centre Back	2011–2024	41	38	3	0	0	7	0	0
31	Ocholla, Tobias	Full Back	1987–1992	40	39	1	0	0	3	0	0
32	Ogolla, Bobby	Defender	1977–1987	40	40	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Mohammed, Jamal	Centre Midfielder	2007–2014	39	27	12	2	0	0	0	0
34	Situma, James	Defensive Midfielder	2009–2016	39	33	6	2	0	3	0	1
35	Mandela Onyango, Brian	Centre Back	2011–2025	39	37	2	2	1	6	0	1
36	Kahata, Francis	Left Midfielder	2012–2020	39	36	3	2	0	4	1	0
37	Ochieng, David	Centre Back	2012–2023	39	35	4	2	0	4	0	0
38	Johanna Omondi, Eric	Left Winger	2015–2025	38	32	6	4	3	2	0	0
39	Shaban, Adam	Left Back	2002–2007	38	37	1	0	0	1	0	0
40	Ochieng, Edgar	Centre Back	2003–2011	38	37	1	0	0	3	0	0
41	Origi Otieno, Arnold	Goalkeeper	2005–2020	37	37	0	0	0	4	0	0
42	Motego, Henry	Striker	1987–1996	36	32	4	7	0	1	0	0
43	Opiyo, Philip	Defender	2001–2010	35	33	2	0	0	2	1	0
44	Matasi, Patrick	Goalkeeper	2017–2024	35	34	1	0	1	3	0	0
45	Were, Paul	Left Midfielder	2010–2019	34	10	24	3	0	0	0	0
46	Muguna, Kenneth	Attacking Midfielder	2017–2025	34	26	8	2	2	1	0	0
47	Sunguti, Maurice	Striker	1997–2005	33	27	6	16	0	0	0	0
48	Odhiambo, Dennis	Left Back	2011–2019	33	31	2	1	0	1	0	0
49	Sirengo, Mark	Midfielder	1999–2005	32	24	8	7	0	0	0	0
50	Abuya, Duke	Centre Midfielder	2019–2026	31	18	13	2	2	2	0	0

M = matches from the start (11) and as a substitute (S), as on the player pages.
Only FIFA matches count.
Assists are only known where the assisting player was recorded.

Top 6 duos of Kenya

#	Assist	Goal	Years	Goals	%
1	Olunga, Michael	Johanna Omondi, Eric	2016–2018	2	50
2	Onyango, Samuel	Olunga, Michael	2017	2	6
3	Johanna Omondi, Eric	Olunga, Michael	2018–2019	2	6
4	Masika, Ayub	Olunga, Michael	2019–2024	2	6
5	Ouma, Erick	Olunga, Michael	2024–2025	2	6
6	Omondi, Ben Stanley	Ogam, Ryan	2026	2	22

Assister → scorer pairs with at least two goals in the team's FIFA matches. The assisting player is only known for 62 of 352 goals.