Gor Mahia FC is the most iconic football team in the country and by extension the region.
It has dominated the football scene for long now and continues to reign in the country.
Here are some interesting facts about the club that you probably didn’t know.
1. The club was founded in the 1910s. It was, however, formally established on February 17, 1968 as a merger of Luo Union and the Luo Sports Club (also known as Luo Stars).
2. Gor is the only team from Kenya and the CECAFA region to win an African continental title to date. They lifted the African Cup Winners' Cup (now the CAF Confederation Cup) in 1987.
3. In 1976, Gor Mahia won the national league unbeaten
4. Among its original leaders were the late Tom Mboya and the late Jaramogi Oginga Odinga.
5. In 1991, Gor Mahia wore shirts emblazoned International Casino. However, the monies raised from the sponsorship are yet to be accounted for.
6. In 2001, Raj Binder Singh became the first Kenyan of Asian origin chair a senior football team when he became chairman of Gor Mahia.
7. In 1996 Gor were eliminated in the first round of the Africa Champions League by Zimbabwean side Dynamos, leading to the worst riots (as a result of the outcome of a football match) ever seen in Nairobi.
8. In 2002, Gor finished the season with a goal difference of negative (-) 20
9. Gor were relegated from the top-tier league in 2002 and 2005.
10. In 2006, the club refused to pay a KPL-imposed fine. The fine was later settled by an anonymous "senior official of another KPL club". SOURCES: Kenyanfootball.com, Kenyapage.net