{"id":14817,"date":"2019-06-25T22:31:05","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T22:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=14817"},"modified":"2019-06-25T22:36:05","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T22:36:05","slug":"patrick-odhiambo-becomes-gor-mahia-assistant-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/patrick-odhiambo-becomes-gor-mahia-assistant-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Odhiambo becomes Gor Mahia assistant coach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SoNy Sugar coach Patrick Odhiambo has confirmed to goal.com that he will be taking the position of assistant coach at Gor Mahia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> &#8220;Yes I am joining Gor Mahia but we are still negotiating some aspects of the contract that includes the years of stay,&#8221;  he said to goal.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As head coach Odhiambo led SoNy Sugar to an impressive 5th position in the 2018-2019 Kenya Premier League. He had previously coached at Muhoroni Youth and Chemelil Sugar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He replaces Zedekiah Otieno who left to take the head coaching position at KCB. The decision was likely finalized after the return of coach Hassan Oktay from holiday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gor Mahia preparing for CECAFA Club Cup<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/mustafa-vipers-18.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>In 2018, Francis Mustafa opened his Gor Mahia scoring account when Gor Mahia beat Vipers of Uganda 2-1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With the return of Oktay, Gor Mahia are now preparing for the 2019 edition of the CECAFA club cup which will start on July 6 in Rwanda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Star newpaper, Gor Mahia  will face off with DC Motema Pembe of DRC, KMKM from Zanzibar and AS Ports of Djibouti in Group D&nbsp;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Group A is composed of Rwanda\u2019s Rayon Sport, TP Mazembe of the&nbsp;&nbsp;Democratic Republic Congo, KMC (Tanzania) and Atbara of South Sudan while Group B has holders Azam of Tanzania, Mukura Victory (Rwanda), Bandari of Kenya and KCCA of Uganda. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Group C has APR (Rwanda), Green Buffaloes (Zambia), Proline of Uganda and Heegan of Somalia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gor Mahia finished 3rd in the 2018 edition, after losing yet again to bogey team Azam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SoNy Sugar refute reports of Tobias Otieno transfer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>SoNy Sugar Team manager Emmanuel Geno has refuted reports that defender Tobias Otieno has joined Gor Mahia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Otieno is still our player and we have not received any official approach from any club. Otieno has a running contract of four years and you should not believe the rumours purporting that he has signed for any club. 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