Danny The Legend – Saying Good Bye

When Danny Sserenkuma was signed by coach Logarusic during the mid season transfer period in 2012, many would have imagined him becoming a cult hero among the K’ogalo faithful. 45 goals later (36 in the league and 9 in the Cups) in two and a half seasons, interrupted by two trial leaves in Europe, Danny leaves Gor Mahia having established himself in every K’ogalo faithful’s heart. His closest challenger in goal scoring exploits for the club in the last six years is Rama Salim (with whom he formed a potent duo in the second half of 2012) with only 26 goals – 19 behind Danny, this just underlines how his importance for Sirkal has been.

The following is a breakdown of Danny’s goals compared to other K’ogalo marksmen from 2008.

Top 5 goal scorers overall:

1. Danny Sserunkuma – 45
2. Rama Salim – 26
3. George Odhiambo – 18
4. Kevin Omondi – 18
5. Edwin Lavatsa – 14

Top 5 goal scorers League:

1. Danny Sserunkuma – 36
2. Rama Salim – 21
3. George Odhiambo – 18
4.  Kevin Omondi – 13
5. Baldin Ngwa – 10

Top 5 goal scorers Cups:

1. Danny Sserunkuma – 9
2. Edwin Lavatsa – 8
3. Rama Salim – 5
4. Kevin Omondi – 5
5. Moses Odhiambo – 5

So just how did Danny distribute his 45 goals among clubs? 16 clubs were able to face Danny’s wrath with our old enemy Ingwe being specifically targeted. Together with City Stars, they leaked the most number of goals against Danny. Ingwe conceded two doubles against Sserunkuma and he made sure each year they tasted his goals. City Stars on the other hand conceded one hatrick and one double from Danny. The other clubs that he specifically targeted for punishment were Muhoroni Youth, Mathare United, Thika and Western Stima.

The following is a list of all the teams he scored against and the goals they conceded.

1.  AFC Leopards – 6
2. City Stars – 6
3. Mathare – 5
4. Muhoroni – 5
5. Thika – 4
6. Western Stima – 4
7. Chemelil – 3
8. Tusker – 2
9. Sofapaka – 2
10. Shabana – 2
11. Karuturi – 1
12. Sony – 1
13. KRA – 1
14. US Bitam (Gabon) – 1
15. Esperance (Tunisia) – 1
16. KCCA (Uganda) – 1

During his two and half season’s at Gor Mahia, Danny banged in 2 hatricks and 7 doubles against the following teams.

Hatricks:

1.  Muhoroni Youth, league, 2012
2. City Stars, league, 2014

Doubles

1. AFC Leopards, KPL, 2012
2. AFC Leopards,KPL, 2014
3. Chemelil, KPL, 2014
4. Shabana, FKF Cup, 2013
5. Western Stima, FKF Cup, 2013
6. Mathare, KPL, 2012
7. City Stars, KPL, 2012

Of Danny’s goals, my favourite moments includes the double against Ingwe in 2012 when we managed to overtake them in the league, the goal against Sofapaka that clinched us the title in 2013 and the breakaway goal that downed Ingwe in 2013 when the game looked like it might run away from us. Which are your favourite Danny goals?

Photo from Official Gor Mahia Website

The Boys With The Golden Boots

Over the last one month, our boy Danny Sserunkuma has scored four goals, one in the league and three in the FKF cup to establish himself as one of Kógalo's premier predator in the new KPL era. And it is no surprise that his single league goal was the customary one against the old enemy, AFC Leopards. Last year Dani gave us all his 12 goals in the league but this season he has shared his 7 goals around, 4 in the league and 3 in the FKF Cup, now known as GoTV Shield. Since joining Gor last season, Dani has banged in 19 goals, making him the second highest scorer for K'ogalo in the KPL era, just one goal shy off Rama Salim. He is also joint second highest scorer for K'ogalo in the league tied in with George Odhiambo "Blackberry" on 16 goals, again 1 shy off Rama Salim who scored 17 before his departure to the Middle East.

Scoring against Leopards has become a ritual for Danny Sserunkuma

Another player that has reached a landmark this season is Kevin Omondi whose 7 goals for K'ogalo this season makes him joint top scorer with Danny. Ade has scored 4 goals in the league, 2 in the GoTV Shield and 1 in the CAF Confederation Cup, his richest vein of form for K'ogalo. This has brought his total goals for K'ogalo to 17 with 12 of those coming in the league, 4 in domestic cup and 1 in the CAF Confederations Cup.

If these two players continue like this, they will both be getting their 20th goals for K'ogalo.

Below is the list of K'ogalo sharp shooters over the last few years.

KPL League

1. Rama Salim - 17
2. George Odhiambo "Blackberry" - 16
3. Danny Sserunkuma - 16
4. Kevin Omondi - 12
5. Baldin Ngwa - 10

All Competitions

1. Rama Salim - 20
2. Danny Sserunkuma - 19
3. Kevin Omondi - 17
4. George Odhiambo "Blackberry"- 16
5. Edwin Lavatsa - 12

Sir'kal Set To Switch Off Power Today - Here's The Record Against Stima

Today we take on Western Stima in the FKF Cup. I cannot remember ever playing Stima in a cup game so my stats against them are purely based on the league and specifically the past 5 seasons. There has been a misconception by some that Stima has generally caused K’ogalo problems but my stats suggest that we have actually reaped more points from Stima over the last 5 seasons than from any other team except City Stars. We have accumulated 20 points from both teams, at an average of 2.0 points per game.  They are followed by Chemelil and Thika who have given us 18 points each. Below is a table of the 5 most generous teams towards K’ogalo in the league.

Team	No of Games	No of Points	Average
Western Stima	10	20	2.0
City Stars	10	20	2.0
Thika United	9	18	2.0
Chemelil	10	18	2.0
KCB	10	17	1.7

In the process, Sirkal has shipped in 8 goals against Stima while conceding 5. For those interested, here are the K’ogalo boys who have scored those 8 goals.

23.06.2012 – Joseph “Pablo” Njuguna, Dan Sserunkuma

20.08.2011 – Kevin Omondi

23.03.2011 – Edwin Lavatsa

31.07.2010 – Andrew Ongwae

26.07.2009 – Baldin Ngwa

07.03.2009 – Peter “Pinchez” Opiyo

27.08.2008 – Zablon “Pro” Otieno

Who will add their name to this list today?

                                               Lavatsa against Stima in a past match

Edwin Lavatsa, if he scores today, will score his 7^th goals in cup competitions in 2 years, making him K’ogalo’s most prolific cup scorer in the last 5 seasons. Lavatsa scored 4 goals last season en route to winning the FKF cup last season and has so far netted once in the competition this season and also scored one in the Top 8 cup. He is definitely K’ogalo’s main cup man. Another cup man is Moses Odhiambo “Dube” who scored 3 last season and has already bagged one this season. I however think he is likely to sit this one out as Loga looks set to give some of his main players a rest.

My prediction today? 2-0 to Sirkal. 

Rama's Golden Boots and Other Ulinzi Stats

Gor Mahia became the second club to lift the Top 8 cup after dethroning the defending champions, Ulinzi Stars with a 2-0 win. The following are some of the statistical milestones from the Sunday game.

Rama Salim scored his 12^th goal of the season in all competitions, making him only 5 goals shy of George Odhiambo Blackberry’s 17 goals as K’ogalo’s top scorer over the past 5 seasons. 9 of these goals have come in the league where he is currently equal with Blackberry’s haul of 9 in a season, achieved during the 2009 season. Dr. Rama has scored 3 goals in cup competitions this season, the highest by a K’ogalo. Other K’ogalo who has scored more than one in the cups this season are Edwin Lavatsa (2), Ivan Anguyo (2) and Itubu Imbem (2). The leading K’ogalo in the cups over the last five seasons is Edwin Lavatsa who has scored an incredible 6 goals in just two seasons, including 4 in last years' FKF Cup.

The game against Ulinzi Stars was K’ogalo’s 12^th game against these opponents in the last 5 seasons, with the results being pretty even. Gor has now won 4 games, lost 4 and drawn 4 against the soldiers in this period, scoring  9 goals and conceding 6 goals in the process. Gor has also recorded the better results in terms of scores during this period, winning 4-2 in 2009, 2-0 last Sunday and 2-0 in 2010 (when Blackberry scored what to me was the goal of the season). Ulinzi has not beaten Gor by more than 1 goal since September 2007 when they won 2-0 in a league encounter.

I am attempting to put together a list of K’ogalo scorers against Ulinzi but missing out on the K’ogalo scorers against Ulinzi on 23 August 2009 when Gor won 4-2. I know Blackberry scored one of the goals but who scored the other 3? Otherwise the last 5 years results against Ulinzi are as follows.

2012

19 August Ulinzi 0  Gor 2 [Rama Salim, Itubu Imbem] - Top 8 Final

21 April  Ulinzi 1    Gor 0 - League

2011

20 August  Ulinzi 0 Gor 0 - League

18 May Gor 0 Ulinzi 1 (match abandoned and awarded to Ulinzi) – Top 8 Semi Final

20 April Ulinzi 0 Gor 0 – Top 8 Semi Final

6 March Gor 1 Ulinzi 0 [Kevin Omondi] - League

2010

18 August Gor 2 Ulinzi 0 [Baldin Ngwa, George Odhiambo]

27 February Ulinzi 0 Gor 0

2009

23 August Gor 4 Ulinzi 2  [scorers?]

7 February Ulinzi 1 Gor 0

2008

10 August Ulinzi 1 Gor 0

6 April Gor 0 Ulinzi 0

Looking forward to the game against the draw kings, Mathare United.