Ulinzi Warriors

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Ulinzi Warriors
Ulinzi Warriors logo
NicknameSoldiers
LeaguesKBF Premier League
LocationMoi Air Base, Eastleigh, Kenya
ChairmanSN Saidi
Team managerStephen Bartilol
Head coachBernard Mufutu
OwnershipKenya Defense Forces

The Ulinzi Warriors are a basketball club based in Moi Air Base, Kenya. The club is affiliated with the Kenya Defence Forces and is often nicknamed Soldiers. The Warriors are eight-time national champions of Kenya, trailing only KPA for holding the record of most championships.

The Warriors are a regular member of the KBF Premier League, however, the team was folded in 2007 but returned in 2012.[1]

Honours[edit]

KBF Premier League

  • Winners (8): 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2015,[2] 2019[3]
    • Runners-up (2): 2014, 2018

Players[edit]

Current roster[edit]

The following is the Ulinzi Warriors roster for the 2022 BAL Qualifying Tournaments.[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Ulinzi Warriors roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name
PG 4 Kenya Khaemba, Situmba
5 Kenya Menya, Tiberous
G 6 Kenya Bosire, Victor
7 Kenya Mwangi, James
8 Kenya Ouma, David
9 Kenya Wafula, Ancetas
10 Kenya Okumu, Joshua
SG 11 Kenya Mutoro, Erick
SF 12 Kenya Nyakinda, Valentine
13 Kenya Phillip, Antonio
14 Kenya Otieno, William
15 Kenya Wasilwa, Byron
Head coach
  • Kenya William Balozi
Team manager
  • Kenya Stephen Bartilol

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Updated: October 31, 2021

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ulinzi Warriors". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  2. ^ "ULINZI WARRIORS CROWNED: But soldiers insists Basketball title was theirs to lose after eliminating KPA". The Standard. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Ulinzi Warriors win basketball title". Daily Nation. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Ulinzi Warriors at the ROAD TO BAL 2022 2021". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 31 October 2021.