Thika United Football Club is an
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...
club based in
Thika
Thika () is an industrial town and commerce hub in Kiambu County, Kenya, lying on the A2 road , northeast of Nairobi, near the confluence of the Thika and Chania Rivers. Although Thika town is administratively in Kiambu County, the greater ...
,
Kenya
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...
, which currently competes in the
Kenyan Super League, the second tier of the
Kenyan football league system
The Kenyan football league system is a series of several interconnected leagues for association football clubs in Kenya.
Structure
As of 2017, the top tier league in Kenya is the FKF Premier League, with the FKF National Super League below it. T ...
. They play their home games at the Sea Joy Arena.
The club was formed in 2000 as ''Beirut FC''. The following year, after being promoted to the
Nationwide League (second level), it adopted a new name, ''Medisca Thika'', after its then sponsors. The current name (Thika United FC) has been in use since 2003, which was also its first year in the top flight under the sponsorship of Brookside Dairies. Midfielder Matthew Dickinson hit the headlines of local and some national newspapers when he left local team Brislington Badgers in Bristol, England, to travel to Kenya to gain nationality and happened to earn himself a lengthy contract with Thika United.
History
Thika United made their top flight debut in 2002 and finished third in 2006 and 2009.
Thika United regained promotion to the
Kenya Premier League
The Kenyan Premier League (KPL), officially known as the FKF Premier League, is a professional league for men's football clubs in Kenya. Standing at the top of the Kenyan football league system, the league was formed in 1963 under the Kenya Foo ...
after beating Ushuru F.C. 2–1 on aggregate in the 2017 Kenya Super League promotion playoffs.
They were relegated back to the Kenya Nationwide League after one season, finishing bottom of the
Kenyan Premier League
The Kenyan Premier League (KPL), officially known as the FKF Premier League, is a professional league for men's football clubs in Kenya. Standing at the top of the Kenyan football league system, the league was formed in 1963 under the Kenya Foo ...
in 2018.
See also
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Thika Queens F.C.
References
External links
Kenya Premier League
Kenyan Premier League clubs
Football clubs in Kenya
Association football clubs established in 2000
Sport in Central Province (Kenya)
2000 establishments in Kenya
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