In a shocking move, Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Premier League champions Gor Mahia parted ways with head coach Sinisa Mihic on Monday, May 19th, after only three months in charge of the club.
The record Kenyan champions confirmed in a statement that the Croat, whose last assignment was the 0-0 Premier League draw against Murang’a Seal at SportPesa Arena on Sunday, May 18th, had opted to leave by mutual agreement.
“Gor Mahia wishes to announce that we have mutually agreed to part ways with head coach Sinisa Mihic,” read part of the statement from the club.
“We thank coach Mihic for his service and commitment during his time with us and wish him the very best in his future endeavours.”
K’Ogalo went further to confirm that assistant coaches Zedekiah ‘Zico’ Otieno and Michael Nam, who worked under Mihic, had been promoted to take charge of the team on a temporary basis until the end of the season.
“In the interim, the team’s two assistant coaches will take charge of training and match preparations until the end of the season,” concluded the statement.
Mihic arrived at K’Ogalo on February 3rd, 2025, on a six-month probationary contract, and he now leaves the Kenyan giants having managed 15 matches in all competitions, registering eight wins, five draws and suffering two defeats.
He started off his reign with a 2-1 Premier League win against Mathare United before registering two identical draws – 0-0 – against Tusker and Bidco United. Gor Mahia recovered to beat Kariobangi Sharks 3-1 before they shifted their focus to the domestic FKF Cup Round of 32 fixtures where they were drawn against minnows Githurai All Stars.
In the domestic Cup, K’Ogalo eased through with a 5-0 mauling of Githurai, before they beat Bandari 2-0 in the league, drew 0-0 against AFC Leopards in his first Mashemeji derby, recovered to edge out KCB 1-0 before beating Bandari 2-0 in the Round of 16 fixture of the FKF Cup.
He then came up against Sofapaka in a game that ended in a 1-1 draw, before Gor Mahia’s title ambitions suffered a huge blow following a shock 1-0 defeat against FC Talanta.
Gor Mahia recovered from the Talanta defeat to hammer Mara Sugar 4-0 and then tossed out Kariobangi Sharks from the quartet-finals of FKF Cup following a 2-0 win.
The next league match took Gor Mahia to Gusii Stadium, where Mihic secured a 1-0 win against Shabana, but on returning to Nairobi, they suffered another shock 2-1 defeat against relegation-threatened Nairobi City Stars before his last game in charge of K’Ogalo ended in a 0-0 stalemate against Murang’a Seal at SportPesa Arena on Sunday, May 18th.
