NFA Cup 2010

Leo NFA Cup
Cup winners	African Stars (2nd title)
venue	differently
Beginning	January 30, 2010
final	May 29, 2010
Final stadium	Sam Nujoma Stadium , Windhoek
Teams	32
Games	31  (of which 31 played)
Gates	107  (ø 3.45 per game)
Top scorer	Romanus Shilongo (6)
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The NFA Cup 2010 of the Namibian club soccer teams began on March 6, 2010 in Walvis Bay and ended with the final on May 29, 2010. The main sponsor and namesake of the Leo NFA Cup is the Namibian mobile operator leo . The cup competition is organized by the Namibia Football Association .

The African Stars won the 2010 NFA Cup and thus the double . They received a prize of N $ 600,000 and the runner-up Civics FC N $ 200,000.

Game mode

The final round of the cup was played in tournament mode on several weekends in central stadiums. There were 32 teams in the final round in the knockout system . Previously, the participating clubs in the second division (in Windhoek and Otjiwarongo ) and third division (each in the regions) had to qualify in elimination tournaments.

Participating teams

The 12 teams in the Namibia Premier League and the two relegated teams from the 2008/2009 season were automatically qualified for the final round. There were also three teams from the "Northern Stream" and two from the "Southern Stream" of the Namibia First Division (2nd division) and one team each from the 13 regional 3rd leagues ( Second Division ).

Premier League the 12 clubs of the 2009/10 season, the 2 relegated teams from the 2008/2009 season	First Division 3 or 2 teams from north and south	Second division , one club per region
African stars   Orlando Pirates (TV)   United Africa Tigers   Black Africa   LHU Blue Waters FC   SK Windhoek   Eleven Arrows   Civics FC   Ramblers FC   United Stars   Oshakati City   Hot spurs   Chief Santos (relegated)   Mighty Gunners (relegated)	Tura Magic (south)   Young Beauties (South)   Golden Bees (north)   Eleven Warriors (north)   Onambula United (North)	Space Age ( Caprivi )   Sailors ( Erongo )   Bee Bob Brothers ( Hardap )   Try Again ( Karas )   Kavango United ( Kavango )   Spoilers ( Khomas )   Gariseb Orlando Pirates ( Kunene )   Oshikango United ( Ohangwena )   Shaluza Chiefs ( Omaheke )   UNAM Ogongo ( Omusati )   Omeege United ( Oshana )   Young Rangers ( Oshikoto )   African Lions ( Otjozondjupa )

Events

The individual rounds were held on the following dates:

• Qualifications: First Division February 6, 2010; Second Division January 30th - January 31st, 2010
• 1/16 finals: March 5 - March 7, 2010
• Round of 16: April 9 - April 11, 2010
• Quarter-finals: April 30th and May 2nd, 2010
• Semi-finals: May 7th - May 9th 2010
• Final: May 29, 2010

Results

1/16 finals

The games of the 1/16 finals took place from March 5 to March 7, 2010 in Windhoek, Walvis Bay and Otjiwarongo.

Team I.		Team II	Result	venue
Ramblers	-	Sailors	6-0	Kuisebmund Stadium , Walvis Bay
LHU Blue Waters FC	-	Black Africa	1: 3	Kuisebmund Stadium, Walvis Bay
SK Windhoek	-	Tura Magic	8: 7 (n.e.)	SKW Stadium , Windhoek
Young beauties	-	Chief Santos	1: 2	SKW Stadium, Windhoek
Gariseb Orlando Pirates	-	Try again	0: 1	SKW Stadium, Windhoek
African stars	-	United Africa Tigers	2-0	SKW Stadium, Windhoek
Onambula United	-	Young Rangers	2: 4	Mokati Stadium , Otjiwarongo
Omeege United	-	Eleven Arrows	0: 7	Mokati Stadium, Otjiwarongo
Civics FC	-	Kavango United	12: 1	Mokati Stadium, Otjiwarongo
Oshikango United	-	United Stars	1: 6	Mokati Stadium, Otjiwarongo
Orlando Pirates	-	Golden bees	1-0	Mokati Stadium, Otjiwarongo
African Lions	-	Shaluza Chiefs	4: 1	Mokati Stadium, Otjiwarongo
Spoilers	-	Space Age	6-0	Mokati Stadium, Otjiwarongo
UNAM Ogongo	-	Oshakati City	3: 2	Mokati Stadium, Otjiwarongo
Mighty Gunners	-	Bee Bob Brothers	5: 4 (n.E.)	Mokati Stadium, Otjiwarongo
Eleven Warriors	-	Hot spurs	5: 3 (n.E.)	Mokati Stadium, Otjiwarongo

Round of 16

The round of 16 took place from April 9-11, 2010. The games were played in Windhoek and Tsumeb.

Team I.		Team II	Result	venue
Civics FC (1st)	-	Orlando Pirates (1st)	6: 5 n.e. (2: 2)	Sam Nujoma Stadium , Windhoek
Black Africa (1.)	-	United Stars (1st)	5: 1	Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek
UNAM Ogongo (3rd)	-	Ramblers (1st)	1: 2	Nomtsoub Stadium , Tsumeb
Eleven Warriors (2nd)	-	Try Again (3.)	3-0	Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek
African Lions (3rd)	-	SK Windhoek (1st)	0: 3	Nomtsoub Stadium, Tsumeb
Chief Santos (1st / 2nd)	-	Mighty Gunners (1st / 2nd)	1: 3	Nomtsoub Stadium, Tsumeb
African Stars (1st)	-	Young Rangers (3rd)	3-0	Nomtsoub Stadium, Tsumeb
Eleven Arrows (1st)	-	Spoilers (3.)	2-0	Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek

Note: the number in brackets refers to the league affiliation

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals took place on April 30th and May 2nd, 2010. The games were played in Windhoek and Otjiwarongo.

Team I.		Team II	Result	venue
Eleven Arrows (1st)	-	Black Africa (1.)	8: 9 n.e. (1: 1)	Mokati Stadium , Otjiwarongo
Mighty Gunners (1st / 2nd)	-	Eleven Warriors (2nd)	6: 2	Mokati Stadium, Otjiwarongo
African Stars (1st)	-	SK Windhoek (1st)	1-0	Khomasdal Stadium , Windhoek
Ramblers (1st)	-	Civics FC (1st)	1: 3 n.e. (0: 0) 1	Khomasdal Stadium, Windhoek

¹ Postponed to May 4th, as the course was unplayable due to heavy rain.
Note: the number in brackets refers to the league affiliation

Semifinals

The semi-finals took place on May 8, 2010 in Gobabis.

Team I.		Team II	Result	venue
Civics FC (1st)	-	Mighty Gunners (1st / 2nd)	3: 2 n.V. (1: 1)	Legare Stadium , Gobabis
African Stars (1st)	-	Black Africa (1.)	2-0	Legare Stadium, Gobabis

Note: the number in brackets refers to the league affiliation

final

The finals took place on May 29, 2010 in Windhoek.

Team I.		Team II	Result	venue
Civics FC	-	African stars	0: 1 a.d. (0: 0)	Independence Stadium , Windhoek

NFA Cup winner 2010

African Stars

Goal scorers

Below are the most successful goal scorers in this NFA Cup series. They are sorted alphabetically according to the number of hits or if the number of goals is the same. (As of March 2010)

space	Gates	Surname	nationality	society
1	6th	Romanus Shilongo	Namibia	Eleven Arrows
2	4th	Alfred Ndyenge	Namibia	Civics FC
3	3	Pineas Jacob	Namibia	Civics FC
	3	Bernadine Mbilizi	Namibia	Ramblers
	3	TJ Namdjembo	Namibia	Spoilers
	3	Bradley Wermann	Namibia	Civics FC

Web links

• RSSSF for the NFA Cup

Individual evidence

1. ↑ LEO NFA-Cup Schedule Last 32, skw.com.na, February 9, 2010
2. ↑ Pirates face Civics in Leo NFA Cup, Namibia Sport, March 10, 2010  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
3. ↑ News flash, Namibia Sport, April 16, 2010 ( Memento from August 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Namibia Sport Magazine ( Memento from September 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive )