Victor Wanyama roots for AFC Leopards to win FKF league

Former Kenya national team midfielder Victor Wanyama has backed AFC Leopards to end their trophy drought by winning the FKF Premier League this season.

AFC Leopards, a club which Wanyama played for before departing for Europe, is currently fighting to win the title and are in a neck-to-neck battle with their rivals Gor Mahia at the top of the league.

 

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Ingwe last won the Kenyan Premier League title in 1998. As of April 2026, the club has gone over 27 years without a league championship, a drought that has seen them remain without the title since that 1998 victory.

‘AFC Leopards is my club’

AFC Leopards remain one of Kenya’s most successful clubs, historically winning 12-13 top-flight titles.

Asked which team he would love to see win the league this season, Wanyama told Pitchside with Tabu Peter: “That’s my club, and wherever I can help, I’ll help. You know this season they have been doing so well.

“So, I’m praying they continue like that, and hopefully we can get the league this season.”

On whether he will one day coach the club, Wanyama said: “I don’t want to focus just on coaching immediately. I want to gain experience and learn as much as possible, and then when the time comes, I will come to AFC Leopards. Yeah, of course.”

AFC was formed in 1964

AFC Leopards are currently two points behind Gor Mahia. They have managed 55 points from 27 matches.

With 12 top-flight league titles to their name, AFC Leopards is Kenya’s third most successful club behind Tusker FC (13 titles) and Gor Mahia (21 titles), the latter with whom they regularly contest the Mashemeji Derby.

The club was formed in 1964 as Abaluhya United Football Club. In 1973 the club changed its name to Abaluhya Football Club when a number of small clubs amalgamated. In 1980 the club was renamed AFC Leopards, the name it holds until present.