The Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Mozzart Bet Cup winners Nairobi United spoilt the victory party and crowning moment of Gor Mahia as the 2025-2026 SportPesa League champions on Sunday, May 31st, 2026 at the Nyayo National Stadium in the Kenyan capital.
Heading into the match, Gor Mahia’s only objective was to end the season on a positive note, as the dead-rubber encounter had no bearing on their title triumph, as they had already been crowned champions on May 24 after rivals AFC Leopards fell to APS Bomet.
K’Ogalo, who could have wrapped up the season with an impressive 72-point tally, saw that target slip away after Enock Machaka’s first half header which silenced the capacity crowd of K’Ogalo fans at the facility lined up for the crowning moment in their final outing of the season leaving the record champions to finish the campaign with just 69 points.
For the party spoilers, there was no sweeter way to conclude the season than to beat the champions and finish strongly in their debut campaign, where they have managed to land a top-four spot, ending in fourth place on 53 points.
However, the result did little to dampen the reality that they had recaptured their title, and stood aloft as the most successful club in the country.
The sense of a historic day for Gor Mahia began early Sunday morning, when fans rocked the Nairobi streets in their usual best, holding out their famous gathering at the Tom Mboya statue, before making their procession to the stadium.
The Gor Mahia team bus, on the other hand, was escorted safely to the grounds almost three hours to kickoff, with the players carrying out a special guard of honor for their experienced stalwarts Philemon Otieno and Ernest Wendo, who were representing the club for the final time, following their decorated careers spanning nine and 11 years, respectively.
Minutes to kickoff, club legend and former goalkeeper Jerim Onyango paraded the trophy, fitted with green ribbons, to the thousands of fans in the ground, before his fellow alumni and current Harambee Stars captain Michael Olunga, made a walk into the pitch, and had a feel of the trophy he lifted unbeaten in 2015.
When the moment came for both teams to make entry, Nairobi United showed respect to the league champions by according them a worthy guard of honor, but would end up showing no grace, once the whistle blew.
Having promised a show worthy of league champions, Charles Akonnor and his side were left with a bitter taste in their mouths as the often slippery Nairobi United gate-crashed the party, effectively stopping K’Ogalo from hacking the 70-point season mark.
