Namibia Premier League

Namibia Premier League (NPL)
abbreviation	NPL
Association	Namibia Football Association
First edition	1990
Last event	2019
Teams	16
master	2018/19 Black Africa
Record champions	Black Africa (10)
Website	www.nfa.org.na
Qualification for	CAF Champions League CAF Confederation Cup
↓ Namibia First Division

The Namibia Premier League (NPL) was the top division in football in Namibia from 1990 to 2020 . The NPL is a semi-professional league .

In 1992 it was recognized by the Namibia Football Association (NFA). At the beginning of October 2019, the NPL as an organization was suspended following a decision by the NFA and FIFA and finally excluded on July 18, 2020.

The only double from the championship and the cup was won by the African Stars in 2010 and 2018 .

history

A joint league of whites and blacks has only existed since 1977 due to apartheid. Before that, parallel leagues took place, with the champions of the White League qualifying for the South African Premier Soccer League . The league has only been held under the umbrella of the Namibia Premier League since 1990 .

Name history

From its foundation in 1990 until the 2007/2008 season, the Namibia Premier League has been sponsored by the so-called The Football Consortium , consisting of the Namibian companies First National Bank of Namibia (FNB), Mobile Telecommunications (MTC) and Namibia Breweries Limited (NBL). Under their sponsorship , the Namibia Premier League had different names, including a. also Tafel Lager Premier League , named after the popular Namibian beer.

Mobile Telecommunications (MTC) has been the sole sponsor since the 2008/2009 season and has thus acquired the naming rights. Since then the league has been officially called the "MTC Namibia Premier League" and, in short, "MTC Premiership". In 2016/17, MTC left the NPL as the main sponsor, but returned for the 2017/18 season and is now finally discontinuing its commitment after the 2019/20 season.

League mode

There were 16 teams in the Premier League until 2009 and since 2014/15. In between only 12 teams were represented in Namibia's top division. An interim increase to 14 teams was rejected in June 2011.

The three-point rule customary in FIFA applies .

The team that takes first place at the end of the second half of the season is Namibian football champions. The last two are relegated to the First Division .

Changed mode from 2013/2014

For the first time in the 2013/2014 season there was a relegation match between the eleventh-placed team in the Namibia Premier League and a team from the three regional leagues of the Namibia First Division selected by lottery. From the 2014/2015 season, as in 2009, 16 teams played in the Namibia Premier League. These were

• the 10 best teams of the Namibia Premier League season 2013/2014,
• the eleventh-placed team of the Namibia Premier League season 2013/2014, provided they win their relegation game, otherwise the winner of the relegation game
• the three regional champions of the Namibia First Division from the 2013/2014 season
• a team that won second place in the table in one of the three regional championships of the Namibia First Division in the 2013/2014 season as well as the relegation game.

NPL clubs

Numerous different clubs have played in the Namibia Premier League since 1990. The following 16 clubs will play in the 2019/20 season :

society	city
African Stars FC (defending champion)	Windhoek
Black Africa FC	Windhoek
Blue Waters	Walvis Bay
Citizens FC	Windhoek
Civics FC	Windhoek
Eleven Arrows	Walvis Bay
Life Fighters FC	Otjiwarongo
Mighty Gunners FC	Otjiwarongo
Orlando Pirates FC	Windhoek
Tigers	Windhoek
Tura Magic	Windhoek
UNAM FC	Windhoek
Young Brazilians FC	Karasburg
Okahandja United	Okahandja
Julinho Sporting FC	Rundu

In the Namibia Premier League, Chief Santos (Tsumeb), Liverpool Okahandja ( Okahandja ), Oshakati City ( Oshakati ), Blue Boys ( Swakopmund ) and Golden Bees ( Outjo ) also played.

Top scorer

year	player	team	Gates
2003/04	Costa Khaiseb	Ramblers FC	29
2004/05	Armando Pedro	Blue Waters	23
2005/06	Heinrich Isaacs	Civics	20th
2006/07	William Chilufya	Civics	17th
2007/08	Pineas Jacob	Ramblers	12
2008/09	Jerome Louis	Black Africa	22nd
2009/10	Jerome Louis	Black Africa	17th
2010/11	Harold Ochurub	Mighty Gunners	12
2011/12	Jerome Louis Richard Kavendji	Black Africa Hotspurs	13 13
2012/13	Harold Ochurub	Mighty Gunners	?
2013/14	Hendrick Somaeb	LHU Blue Waters FC	17th
2014/15	Nicky Musambani	Orlando Pirates	?
2015/16	Terdius Uiseb	Orlando Pirates	27
2017/18	Panduleni Nekundi	African stars	15th
2018/19	Wesley Katjiteo	Black Africa	22nd

See also

• List of Namibian football champions
• NFA Cup
• List of the highest national soccer divisions

Web links

• Official site of the NPL (English)
• Official website of the NPL (no longer updated! )
• Namibia Football Association (English)
• Live football results from Namibia (English)
• Current table on fifa.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ History of the NPL ( Memento from March 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
2. ^ NFA suspends Premier League. The Namibian, October 3, 2019.
3. ↑ NFA expels NPL. The Namibian, July 18, 2020.
4. ↑ MTC Namibia Premier League launched  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
5. ↑ Premier League to stay at 12, The Namibian, June 14, 2011 ( Memento from September 7, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
6. ^ Action in Northern First Division Streams heating up.Namibian Sun, April 8, 2014 ( Memento of May 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on May 29, 2014
7. ↑ Stars Retain League Title !, Namibia Premier League, May 24, 2010 ( Memento from September 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
8. ↑ Ochurub wins golden boot title, Namibia Sport, May 24, 2011  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
9. ↑ https://www.newera.com.na/2015/07/10/musambani-signs-2-year-deal-gaborone-united-local-transfer-rumours/
10. ↑ Terdius Uiseb joins Milano United. New Era Weekend, July 18, 2016. ( Memento from July 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive )