July 15, 2025
Gor Mahia

Gor Mahia

FKF Premier League
  • Homeground City Stadium
  • Home Jersey Color Green
  • Away jersey Color White
  • Sponsor SportPesa
  • Head Coach Jonathan McKinstry
  • Assistant Coach
  • Team Manager Jolawi Obondo
  • PatronHon. Raila Odinga

Gor Mahia overview

Founded in 1968 following the merger of Luo Union and Luo Sports Club, this is the most successful club in the country with 19 national league titles, 10 domestic cup titles, 3 CECAFA titles and 1 African Cup Winners Cup title in 1987.

The club was named after a legendary medicineman from Homa Bay in Luo mythology, whose nickname was Gor Mahia ("mahia" is Luo for "magic") because he was famous for performing magic.

The club's most famous nickname, K'Ogalo, also stems from the medicineman, whose full name was Gor Wuod Ogada nyakwar Ogalo (Gor son of Ogada grandson of Ogalo), and as such was known as Gor Makogalo, or Gor K'Ogalo in short, which means "Gor of Ogalo's homestead."

Playing as Gor Mahia, the team won the national league at the first time of asking in 1968 and  has over the years produced many household names, a majority of whom have gone on to represent the Kenyan national team, Harambee Stars and shares a fierce rivalry with contemporaries AFC Leopards.

Notable in K’Ogalo’s history is their win in a friendly match with Norwich Union (a division one club in UK) in March 1981. The club boasts of having produced one of the best Midfielder, Abbas Khamisi Magongo and John Okelo Zangi, defenders John ‘Bobby’ Ogolla and Austine Oduor. K’Ogalo is the only Kenyan club to have clinched a continental Cup (African Cup Winner’s Cup 1987).

The club won the Super League title in the year it was born. It has since clinched fifteen more titles and twelve tournament trophies (eight Moi Golden Cups, three CECAFA Cups and one Mandela Cup).

The club lost 2-1 to English Premier League side Everton FC in a friendly in 2017.

Gor Mahia Honors

  • CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1 (1987)
  • CECAFA Clubs Cup: 3 (1980, 1981, 1985)
  • Kenyan Premier League: 19 (1968, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2013, 2014, 2015,2017,2018,2019)
  • Kenya Challenge Cup/Moi Golden Cup/Transparency Cup/President's Cup/KFF Cup/FKL Cup: 10 1976, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 2008, 2011, 2012)
  • Kenyan Super Cup: 3 (2009, 2013 (pre-season), 2015)
  • KPL Top 8 Cup: 2 (2012, 2015)

Standings

Team P W D L Pts
Police FC 34 18 11 5 65
Gor Mahia 34 16 11 7 59
Homeboyz 34 15 13 6 58
Tusker 34 15 12 7 57
Shabana 34 14 11 9 53
AFC Leopards 34 12 15 7 51
Sofapaka 34 11 13 10 46
Bandari 34 10 14 10 44
KCB 34 10 12 12 42
Mathare United 34 10 12 12 42
Kariobangi Sharks 34 8 16 10 40
Ulinzi Stars 34 8 14 12 38
Murang'a Seal 34 9 10 15 37
Mara Sugar 34 8 12 14 36
Bidco United 34 7 14 13 35
Posta Rangers 34 8 11 15 35
FC Talanta 34 9 8 17 35
Nairobi City Stars 34 8 11 15 35