Seychelles withdraw, forfeiting AFCON 2015 qualifier to Leone Stars. (31 July 2014)
Seychelles Football Association have advised that they are forfeiting their AFCON 2015 qualifier against the Leone Stars. (31 July 2014)
Seychelles Football Association have advised that they are forfeiting their AFCON 2015 qualifier against the Leone Stars. (31 July 2014)
Sierra Leone defeat Seychelles 2-0 in the 1st leg of their 3rd round AFCON Qualifier (19 July 2014)
Leone Stars finish successful training camp ahead of first leg of (third round) AFCON qualifier against Seychelles this weekend (19 July 2014).
Leone Stars move to 54th in world rankings and 9th in Africa (FIFA - 5 June 2014)
The Leone Stars have beaten Swaziland 1-0 to progress to next round of AFCON 2015 (31 May 2014)
Coach McKinstry and the Leone Stars are nearing completion of their pre-match training camp ahead of their AFCON qualifiers against Swaziland this weekend.
The Leone Stars have secured a 1-1 draw away against Swaziland in their opening qualifying game of AFCON 2015.
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Coach McKinstry is a UEFA Pro Licensed Football Coach, with a number of successes across his 20+ year career to date. He is currently Head Coach of the Gambia National Team and Head Coach of Gor Mahia FC in Kenya (2022-24) where he won two Kenya Premier League titles (2023-24, 2022-23), and the 2023-24 Kenya Charity Shield, returning the club to the top of Kenyan football.
As Head Coach of the Uganda National Team, (2019 - 2021) he led Uganda to win CECAFA 2019 and delivered a win from 2 in every 3 games, going undefeated in 8 in evey 10 games. This represented the highest 'win' and 'undefeated' rate achieved by a Uganda National Team Coach in over 15 years.
He was Head Coach of the Rwanda National Football Team (2015-16). Within 17 months he led Rwanda to a number of highs - including their first ever appearance in the knockout stages of a major international tournament (Quarter-finals of CHAN, Jan 2016) and finished runner-up in CECAFA (Dec 2105), being named 'Coach of the Tournament' for his efforts.
Across 2013-14, he was Head Coach of the Sierra Leone National Men's Football team. Within just over a year, he had led Sierra Leone to their highest ever FIFA World and African rankings - 7th in Africa and 50th in the World (August 2014).
He has also been Head Coach of Saif Sporting Club, Bangladesh Premier League (2018-19); and FK Kauno Zalgiris, Lithuanian A-Lyga (2017-18).
Coach McKinstry is a European (UEFA), American (NSCAA) and university qualified football coach and a member of Common Goal.