Chemelil Sugar Football Club, or simply Chemelil Sugar FC, was a Kenyan football club based in

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. They were playing in the top division in Kenyan football from 1997 to 2020 when the team got disbanded. Their home stadium was

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. The club won

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in 2003, but most top clubs pulled out of the competition due to a feud between them and

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. The club was owned by the

Chemelil Sugar Company Chemelil is a town in Kisumu County, Kenya. It is part of Muhoroni District. Chemelil has a railway station along the Nairobi-Kisumu Railway between the stations of Kibigori and Muhoroni. The town is located 40 kilometres east of Kisumu, the ...

. The club was founded in 1968 and joined the district league. It won the Provincial league in 1995 and was promoted to the

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(the 2nd tier league in Kenya). The team needed only one season to be promoted to the Premier League.KPL website

Management

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Achievements

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: 1 ::2003

Performance in CAF competitions

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: 2 appearances ::

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

– Preliminary Round ::

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– withdrew in Preliminary Round

References

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