Thika United F.C.


Thika United Football Club is an association football club based in Thika, Kenya, which currently competes in the Kenyan Super League, the second tier of the Kenyan football league system. They play their home games at the Thika Sub-County Stadium.
The club was formed in 2000 as Beirut FC. The following year, after being promoted to the Nationwide League, it adopted new name, Medisca Thika, after its then sponsors. The current name 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 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 in 2018.

Club Coaches/Officials

Current Squad (2017)

NAMEJERSEY No.POSITIONNATIONALITYNAMEJERSEY No.POSITIONNATIONALITY
Allan Owiny13KeeperUgandan
Kaleb Wafula1KeeperKenyanSalim Mzee11WingerKenyan
Eliud Emase25KeeperKenyanMwinyi Kibwana2MidfielderKenyan
Boniface BarazaKeeperKenyanSaid Tsuma20MidfielderKenyan
Sammy Meja3DefenderKenyanEugene Mukangula10MidfielderKenyan
Sosthenes Idah35DefenderKenyanBaraka Badi3DefenderKenyan
Denis Lewa22DefenderKenyanAsaad Musa40MidfielderKenyan
Dennis Odhiambo 4DefenderKenyanWilson Anekeya19DefenderKenyan
Suleiman Ngotho24DefenderKenyanJames Chege26MidfielderKenyan
Christopher Oruchum26DefenderKenyanEdmond AdemStrikerKenyan
Samuel Mwanje6MidfielderUgandanOnwudi Chibueze9StrikerNigerian
Collins Okumu28DefenderKenyanBenson Iregi17WingerKenyan
Peter OkothWingerKenyanStephen OduorDefenderKenyan
James KinyanjuiMidfielderKenyanMichael Mutinda15MidfielderKenyan