Shabana FC skipper George Onyango has revealed that the club is aiming to achieve a top-half finish in the new FKF Premier League season that begins this Saturday.According to Onyango, the Glamour Boys’ target is to finish in the top half positions at the finality of the new season that ends in June 2025. “We have had a wonderful pre-season, and I am certain we will have a strong start to the season, which was our biggest weakness last year. If we can get off to a good start this season, I am convinced we will finish in the top half, which is our major goal,” he said.Massive Ksh5.4 billion unaccounted for in latest Sports and Arts Fund auditThe Kisii-based side’s return to Kenya’s top league after 18 years was not an ideal one last season, as they failed to achieve positive results for the majority of the season.Shabana’s false start saw them linger in the relegation zone for the better part of the campaign before surviving and retaining their top-flight position at the end of the season.Onyango claims that, with the aforesaid experience, they plan to avoid the relegation quagmire they had in the previous campaign as they enter the second season since their return.##NAJAVA_MECA_8276710##”This season, the league will be so competitive, and we need to post good results in order to avoid the relegation struggles that we underwent in the previous year,” the former APS Bomet captain added.Onyango, who is in his second year with the Sammy ‘Pamzo’ Omollo-coached side after joining from APS Bomet, also weighed in on the club’s new additions, expressing confidence that they will improve their performance.The Kisii-based club has so far recruited 10 new players to improve its roster for the 2024–25 season.’This kind of game is not good for African football’ – Gor Mahia coach Neiva after defeat to Al MerreikhNotably, the club has signed Elvis Osok and Titus Achesa from Posta Rangers, Kevin Omundi from the Mully Children’s Family (MCF), Cliff Nyakea and Maxwell Muchesia from AFC Leopards, Atariza Meja from Bandari, Mark Ochieng from Murang’a Seal, and James Mazembe from KCB, as well as Sam Kintu and Shem Odinga.”I am delighted with the fresh additions to the squad. They are a very talented and experienced group of players, and I am confident they will improve our performance from the previous season,” he said.Shabana will open the season with an away match against Bidco United on Sunday 25 August at the Thika Municipal Stadium.
