SK Windhoek
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| Basic data | |||
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| Surname | Sport Klub Windhoek (club) SKW FC (football department) |
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| Seat | Windhoek | ||
| founding | 1951 | ||
| Colours | green - white - orange - black | ||
| Board | Jochen Traut | ||
| Website | www.skw.com.na | ||
| First soccer team | |||
| Head coach | Lesley Kakuva | ||
| Venue | SKW Stadium , Windhoek | ||
| Places | 800 | ||
| league | Namibia Second Division | ||
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The Sport Klub Windhoek (also SK Windhoek ), mostly just SKW , is a sports club in the Namibian capital Windhoek . It is a German Namibian association and with around 900 members one of the largest sports clubs in Namibia.
history
The SKW was formally founded on March 2, 1951. It emerged from the Windhoek gymnastics club founded by Gustav Thomas in 1899 . As a result of the two world wars, the gymnasium built in 1909 and 1912/13 was confiscated and partially destroyed.
In 1945 the Fortuna 45 sports club was finally founded on the premises of the gymnastics club . In the following years the gymnastics club and Fortuna 45 merged under the name Sportklub Windhoek.
Sports departments
Other sports besides the football department are archery , fistball , radio-controlled model car , bowling , rhythmic gymnastics , tennis , table tennis , trampoline and volleyball .
Soccer
The club's football department, SKW FC, played in Namibia's top division for decades. The main sponsor was the Cymot company . In the 2012/13 season , the SKW surprisingly rose to the Namibia First Division . However, the club sold the right to start and entered the third-highest Namibian league from the 2013/14 season and has been sponsored by Wecke & Voigts ever since .
successes
- Namibian football champion : 1966
Girls soccer
In 2011, the SKW founded the "Girls League Soccer", a soccer league for girls between 14 and 18 years of age. Seven teams take part in the first season, the games of which take place on Fridays.
Others
The Windhoek Sports Club organizes the Windhoek Carnival , WIKA for short, and the Oktoberfest Windhoek .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from December 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ SKW dares to start over in the 3rd division. Allgemeine Zeitung, August 29, 2013 , accessed on September 11, 2013.
- ↑ Girls' soccer at SKW - GLS premiere season, Allgemeine Zeitung, June 9, 2011
Web links
- Official club website
- SKW Web TV
- Carnival Society website (organized by SKW)