The club's youth academy was founded by current chairman Chris Amimo and Karani Nyamu in February 2002, and in 2005, the first senior team was formed and has played at Ligi Ndogo Grounds along Ngong Road since then.

The team briefly used the Nairobi City Stadium in 2012 for its home games while their Ngong Road grounds were undergoing renovations.

On arrival from a tour of the United Kingdom, the team members found themselves overage and with no category to fill in since the youth academy could only accommodate those below fourteen years of age.

Ligi Ndogo claimed their first major honour when they won the Anti-Corruption Cup in 2009, beating Kariobangi Sharks 1–0 in the final at the Nairobi Technical Institute, and in 2010, the team played in the KFF Nationwide League, finishing second behind Dandora Youth.

Bernard Ndichu,[3] his temporary replacement, helped the team finish fourth in the Zone A (Group 1) table, and thus gained promotion to the newly formed National Super League.

Former Nairobi City Stars coach Oliver Page, who had joined the club in 2011 as a technical advisor at the academy,[4] took over the senior team in 2014.

The youth academy was established by current chairman Chris Amimo and Karani Nyamu on 1 January 2002, with operations beginning in February the same year.

The clubhouse was started by the Espositos, two brothers from the Kenyan coastal town of Lamu, and briefly hosted Italian Serie A giants Juventus when they toured Kenya in 1963.