Namibia Premier League
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{{Infobox football league
| name = Namibia Premier League
| logo = NamibiaPremierLeagueLogo.jpg
| pixels =
| country = Namibia
| confed = CAF
| founded = 1990
| folded =
| teams = 16 (1990–2004)
12 (2004–2014)
16 (2014–)
(2005–2020)
| relegation = First Division
| levels = 1
| domest_cup = NFA Cup
Namibian Newspaper Cup
Standard Bank Super Cup{{cite web |url=http://www.thesoccerpages.com/news/206/namibia-super-cup-gets-new-sponsor |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415043239/http://www.thesoccerpages.com/news/206/namibia-super-cup-gets-new-sponsor |archive-date=2014-04-15 |title=Namibia Super Cup gets new sponsor {{!}} The Soccer Pages}}
| confed_cup = Champions League
Confederation Cup
| most successful club = Black Africa (10)
| champions =
| tv =
| website =
| current = Discontinued
}}
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 FC at the Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium.[https://southerntimesafrica.com/site/news/namibia-football-starts-new-chapter Namibia football starts new chapter. Southern Times, 11 December 2020.][https://www.namibian.com.na/97549/read/Homeless-NPL-refuses-to-yield "Homeless" NPL refuses to yield. The Namibian, 22 December 2020.]
Previous champions
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- 1990 : Orlando Pirates (Windhoek)
- 1991 : Eleven Arrows (Walvis Bay)
- 1992 : Ramblers (Windhoek)
- 1993 : Chief Santos (Tsumeb)
- 1994 : African Stars (Windhoek) {{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nami94.html |title = Namibia 1994}}
- 1995 : Black Africa (Windhoek)
- 1996 : Blue Waters (Walvis Bay)
- 1997 : not contested
- 1998 : Black Africa (Windhoek)
- 1999 : Black Africa (Windhoek)
- 2000 : Blue Waters (Walvis Bay)
- 2001–02 : Liverpool (Okahandja)
- 2002–03 : Chief Santos (Tsumeb)
- 2003–04 : Blue Waters (Walvis Bay)
- 2004–05 : FC Civics (Windhoek)
- 2005–06 : FC Civics (Windhoek)
- 2006–07 : FC Civics (Windhoek)
- 2007–08 : Orlando Pirates (Windhoek)
- 2008–09 : African Stars (Windhoek)
- 2009–10 : African Stars (Windhoek)
- 2010–11 : Black Africa (Windhoek)
- 2011–12 : Black Africa (Windhoek)
- 2012–13 : Black Africa (Windhoek)
- 2013–14 : Black Africa (Windhoek)
- 2014–15 : African Stars (Windhoek)
- 2015–16: Tigers (Windhoek)
- 2016–17 : Not played
- 2017–18: African Stars (Windhoek)
- 2018–19: Black Africa (Windhoek)
- 2019–22 : Not played, discontinued
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Most titles
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! Club ! Titles |
Black Africa
| align=center | 10 |
African Stars
| align=center | 5 |
Blue Waters
| align=center | 4 |
FC Civics
| align=center | 3 |
Chief Santos
| align=center | 2 |
Orlando Pirates
| align=center | 2 |
Tigers
| align=center | 2 |
Chelsea (Grootfontein)
| align=center | 1 |
Eleven Arrows
| align=center | 1 |
Liverpool
| align=center | 1 |
Ramblers
| align=center | 1 |
Top goalscorers
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! Year ! Best scorers ! Team ! Goals | ||
2001–02
|{{flagicon|Zambia}} William Chilufya | Liverpool | 29 |
2002–03
|{{Flagicon|NAM}} Immanuel Kooper | 18 | |
2003–04
|{{flagicon|NAM}} Costa Khaiseb | Ramblers | bgcolor=mistyrose| 30 |
2004–05
|{{flagicon|ANG}} Armando Pedro | Blue Waters | 23 |
2005–06
|{{flagicon|NAM}} Heinrich Isaacs | Civics Windhoek | 20 |
2006–07
|{{flagicon|ZAM}} William Chilufya | Civics Windhoek | 17 |
2007–08
|{{flagicon|NAM}} Pineas Jacob | Ramblers | 12 |
2008–09
|{{flagicon|NAM}} Jerome Louis | Black Africa | 22 |
2009–10
|{{flagicon|NAM}} Jerome Louis | Black Africa | 17 |
2010–11
|{{flagicon|NAM}} Harold Ochurub | Mighty Gunners | 12 |
2011–12
|{{flagicon|NAM}} Jerome Louis | Black Africa Hotspurs | 12 |
2012–13
|{{Flagicon|NAM}} Harold Ochurub | 13 | |
2013–14
|{{Flagicon|NAM}} Hendrik Somaeb | Blue Waters | 17 |
2014–15
|{{Flagicon|NAM}} Nicky Musambini | 17 | |
2015–16
|{{Flagicon|NAM}} Terdius Uiseb | Orlando Pirates | 20 |
2017–18
|{{Flagicon|NAM}} Panduleni Nekundi | African Stars | 15 |
2018–19
|{{Flagicon|NAM}} Isaskar Gurirab | Life Fighters | 23 |
Multiple hat-tricks
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!Rank !Country !Player !Hat-tricks |
1
|{{flagicon|NAM}} |Marco Van Wyk |2 |
rowspan=10|2
|{{flagicon|NAM}} |Riaan Cloete |rowspan=10|1 |
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|Moses Kanjuku |
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|Dokkies Schmidth |
See also
References
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070622064315/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=nam/nationalleague/standings.html League] at FIFA.com (archived)
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/namichamp.html RSSSF competition history]
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Category:Football leagues in Namibia
Category:1990 establishments in Namibia
Category:2020 disestablishments in Namibia
Category:Sports leagues established in 1990
Category:Sports leagues disestablished in 2020
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