The Sportpesa Cup clash pitting Everton Football Club and Kariobangi Sharks Football Club which serves as the Toffees first pre-season friendly will take place on Sunday, 7 July (kick-off TBC) at the Kasarani Stadium, Nairobi.
Kariobangi Sharks FC qualified for the clash after winning the 2019 edition of the SportPesa Cup- East Africa’s biggest football tournament, which took place in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, in January.
Their 1-0 win over Bandari FC gave them regional supremacy and the opportunity to play Everton.
The game against Kariobangi Sharks FC marks Everton’s second visit to East Africa.
The team travelled to Tanzania in July 2017 to face inaugural SportPesa Super Cup winners Gor Mahia FC in a game the Toffees won 2-1 – the first time a Premier League club had visited East Africa. In November 2018, Kenya’s Gor Mahia FC travelled to Goodison Park – the first occasion an East African club side has played a Premier League club in the UK.
While in Tanzania, Everton and SportPesa took part in a range of cultural and charitable activities across Dar-es-Salaam.
Players met members of Albino United Football Club, locals in the Maasai village Ngorongoro Maasai Boma, and visited the Uhuru Mchanganyiko Primary School to learn about programmes that are helping deaf and blind students receive the same level of education as their classmates.
