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Namibia Premier League

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Namibia Premier League
Founded1990
Folded2020
CountryNamibia
ConfederationCAF
Number of teams16 (1990–2004)
12 (2005–2020)
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toFirst Division
Domestic cup(s)NFA Cup
Namibian Newspaper Cup
Standard Bank Super Cup[1]
International cup(s)Champions League
Confederation Cup
Most championshipsBlack Africa (10)
Current: Competition dissolved after 2019 season

The Namibia Premier League (NPL) was the highest level of domestic association football in Namibia until it was disbanded following the 2018-19 season. The league was established in 1990 and was trimmed to 12 teams from the traditional 16 in 2005. It was disbanded in 2020 after ongoing problems with the Namibia Football Association, which finally ended their relationship. The NFA founded the Namibia Football Premier League to replace it. The new league kicked off with the 2022-2023 season with African Stars against Unam at the Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium.[2][3]

2017–18 Namibia Premier League clubs

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Previous champions

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Most titles

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Club Titles
Black Africa 10
African Stars 5
Blue Waters 4
FC Civics 3
Chief Santos 2
Orlando Pirates 2
Tigers 2
Chelsea (Grootfontein) 1
Eleven Arrows 1
Liverpool 1
Ramblers 1

Top goalscorers

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Year Best scorers Team Goals
2001–02 Zambia William Chilufya Liverpool 29
2002–03 Namibia Immanuel Kooper 18
2003–04 Namibia Costa Khaiseb Ramblers 30
2004–05 Angola Armando Pedro Blue Waters 23
2005–06 Namibia Heinrich Isaacs Civics Windhoek 20
2006–07 Zambia William Chilufya Civics Windhoek 17
2007–08 Namibia Pineas Jacob Ramblers 12
2008–09 Namibia Jerome Louis Black Africa 22
2009–10 Namibia Jerome Louis Black Africa 17
2010–11 Namibia Harold Ochurub Mighty Gunners 12
2011–12 Namibia Jerome Louis
Namibia Richard Kavendji
Black Africa
Hotspurs
12
2012–13 Namibia Harold Ochurub 13
2013–14 Namibia Hendrik Somaeb Blue Waters 17
2014–15 Namibia Nicky Musambini 17
2015–16 Namibia Terdius Uiseb Orlando Pirates 20
2017–18 Namibia Panduleni Nekundi African Stars 15
2018–19 Namibia Isaskar Gurirab Life Fighters 23

Multiple hat-tricks

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Rank Country Player Hat-tricks
1 Namibia Marco Van Wyk 2
2 Namibia Riaan Cloete 1
Namibia Moses Kanjuku
Namibia Jerome Louis
Namibia Dokkies Schmidth

See also

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NFA-Cup

References

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  1. ^ "Namibia Super Cup gets new sponsor | The Soccer Pages". Archived from the original on 2014-04-15.
  2. ^ Namibia football starts new chapter. Southern Times, 11 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Homeless" NPL refuses to yield. The Namibian, 22 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Namibia 1994".
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