Ulinzi Warriors

Ulinzi Warriors is a basketball club based in Nairobi, Kenya. The club is affiliated with the Kenyan defence forces and is often nicknamed soldiers. The team are two-times national champions of Kenya, having won the KBF Premier League twice. The team folded in 2007 but returned in 2012.[1]

Ulinzi Warriors
NicknameSoldiers
LeaguesKBF Premier League
LocationNakuru, Kenya
Team managerStephen Bartilol
Head coachWilliam Balozi

As of late 2021, the team has been Kenya's national champion.[2]

Honours

KBF Premier League

  • Winners (2): 2015,[3] 2019,[4] 2021
    • Runners-up (2): 2014, 2018

Players

Current roster

The following is the Ulinzi Warriors roster for the 2022 BAL Qualifying Tournaments.[5]

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

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

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Updated: October 31, 2021

Staff

Team managerStephen Bartilol
Head coachWilliam Balozi[2]

References

  1. "Ulinzi Warriors". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  2. Ulinzi starts Dar show DANN O’WERRE (The Star), 29 October 2021. Accessed 18 February 2022.
  3. "ULINZI WARRIORS CROWNED: But soldiers insists Basketball title was theirs to lose after eliminating KPA". The Standard. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  4. "Ulinzi Warriors win basketball title". Daily Nation. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  5. "Ulinzi Warriors at the ROAD TO BAL 2022 2021". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 31 October 2021.


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