Kibera Soccer FC is a professionalfootball club based in Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya. The Kibera Soccer Women's FC is the first women's club from informal settlements to earn promotion to the Kenyan Women's Premier League. The womenâÂÂs and menâÂÂs teams compete weekly and participate in community services with collaborating NGOs, partner schools, and health centers.
Kibera Soccer FC was established in 2014 after several boys approached the coaching staff of Kibera Girls Soccer Academy, requesting training. The newly formed team initially participated in tournaments throughout Kibera until 2016, when they registered to compete in the Football Kenya Federation Sub-County League, the lowest tier of the professional Kenyan football leagues. They played one season in this league before being promoted to the county level. The team then spent two seasons in the county league, followed by one season in the regional league and another in the Division 2, where they were crowned champions. In 2021, they were promoted to National Division 1âÂÂZone A (the third tier), where they currently compete.
Kibera Soccer Women FC was founded in 2002 as Girlsâ Soccer FC to empower the girls in Kibera through sports. There were not many girlsâ teams at the time, so they played against boysâ teams and won several tournaments. Football alone did not help solve the girlsâ problems, so in 2006, the team was transformed into a full-fledged girlsâ high school, Kibera Girls Soccer Academy. Kibera Girlsâ Soccer Academy continued participating in the national leagues and was promoted to the WomenâÂÂs Premier League in 2008, the highest football league in Kenya. Under a new nameâÂÂKibera Soccer Women FCâÂÂthe team was promoted back to the Kenya Women Premier League in 2023, finishing fourth.
Kibera Soccer and Kibera Soccer Women's are partners of CFK Africa, a Kenya-based NGO that empowers youth in informal settlements. In collaboration with CFK Africa programming, Kibera FC players act as mentors to the youth.