KPL Awards

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KPL Awards
Awarded forExcellent performance during the KPL season
CountryFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Presented by Kenyan Premier League
History
Final award 2014
Most recentPlayer of the Year:
Flag of Kenya.svg Ekaliana Ndolo
Young Player of the Year:
Flag of Kenya.svg Kennedy Owino
Website http://www.kpl.co.ke/

The KPL Awards, also known as the KPL Footballer of the Year Awards (FOYA), refer to an awards ceremony held to honour association football players, coaches, officials and journalists participating in the Kenyan Premier League. They are conferred by the Football Kenya Federation.

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History

Winners are highlighted in bold and placed in non-indented bullets ( • ). Nominees are placed in order from first to third place in indented bullets. If there is more than one winner (nominees both placed in non-indented bullets) or more than one runner-up (nominees both placed in one indented bullet with a line break separating them), then the award was shared between the winners.

2009

The 2009 KPL Awards were held on December 9, 2009 at the Panari Hotel in Nairobi. [1]

Player and team awards
Guinness Player of the Year
Young Player of the Year [1]
Fair Play Player of the Year
Fair Play Team of the Year
Golden Boot
Goalkeeper of the Year
Defender of the Year
Midfielder of the Year
Managerial awards
Head coach of the Year
Team manager of the Year
Referee awards
Referee of the Year [2]
Assistant referee of the Year
Journalism awards
Print journalist of the Year
Television presenter of the Year
Radio presenter of the Year
Photojournalist of the Year

Source: michezonet.com [1]

2010

The 2010 KPL Awards were held on November 24, 2011 at the Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi. [2]

Player and team awards
Player of the Year
Young Player of the Year [1]
Fair Play Player of the Year
Fair Play Team of the Year
Golden Boot
Goalkeeper of the Year
Defender of the Year
Midfielder of the Year
Managerial and referee awards
Head coach of the Year
Team manager of the Year
Referee of the Year [2]
Journalism awards
Print journalist of the Year
Television presenter of the Year
Radio presenter of the Year
Photojournalist of the Year

Source: michezoafrika.com [2]

2011

The 2011 KPL Awards were held on December 7, 2011 at the Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi. [3] [4] [5]

Player and team awards
Player of the Year
Young Player of the Year [1]
Fair Play Player of the Year
Team of the Year
Fair Play Team of the Year
Golden Boot
Goalkeeper of the Year
Defender of the Year
Midfielder of the Year
Managerial awards
Head coach of the Year
Team manager of the Year
Referee awards
Referee of the Year [2]
Assistant referee of the Year
Journalism awards
Print journalist of the Year
Television presenter of the Year
Radio presenter/station of the Year
Photojournalist of the Year
Chairman's Award

Sources: michezoafrika.com [3] [4] and muchene.com [5]

2012

The 2012 KPL Awards were held on November 16, 2012 at the Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi. [6] There were 16 categories to be handled at the event. [7]

Player and team awards
Player of the Year
Young Player of the Year [1]
Fair Play Player of the Year
Fair Play Team of the Year
Golden Boot
Goalkeeper of the Year
Defender of the Year
Midfielder of the Year
Managerial awards
Head coach of the Year
Team manager of the Year
Referee awards
Referee of the Year [2]
Assistant referee of the Year

Source: sportsnewsarena.com [8]

2013

The 2013 KPL Awards were held at the Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi. [9] [10] [11] 12 categories were handled at the event.

Player and team awards
Player of the Year
Young Player of the Year [1]
Fair Play Player of the Year
Fair Play Team of the Year
Golden Boot
Goalkeeper of the Year
Defender of the Year
Midfielder of the Year
Managerial awards
Coach of the Year
Team manager of the Year
Referee awards
Referee of the Year [2]
Assistant referee of the Year

2014

The 2014 KPL Awards were held on 19 November 2014 at the Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi. 13 categories were handled at the event. [12]

The award ceremony was criticised for the manner in which players, coaches and officials were nominated and awarded, with the Football Kenya Federation stating that it took "strong exception to the manner in which winners of the 2014 awards were named". [13] The Standard journalist Rodgers Eshitemi said the awards "will go down as the most shambolic fete ever in Kenya's football history". [14]

Player and team awards
Player of the Year
Young Player of the Year [1]
Fair Play Player of the Year
Fair Play Team of the Year
Golden Boot
Goalkeeper of the Year
Defender of the Year
Midfielder of the Year
Managerial awards
Coach of the Year
Team manager of the Year
Chairman's Award
Referee awards
Referee of the Year [2]
Assistant referee of the Year

2015

The 2015 KPL Awards were held on 9 December 2015 at the Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi. 12 categories were handled at the event. [15] [16]

Player and team awards
Player of the Year
Young Player of the Year [1]
Fair Play Player of the Year
Fair Play Team of the Year
Golden Boot
Goalkeeper of the Year
Defender of the Year
Midfielder of the Year
Managerial awards
Coach of the Year
Team manager of the Year
Referee awards
Referee of the Year [2]
Assistant referee of the Year

Notes

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