Namibia Premier League

Not to be confused with Namibia Premiership.

Namibia Premier League

Founded	1990
Folded	2020
Country	Namibia
Confederation	CAF
Number of teams	16 (1990–2004) 12 (2005–2020)
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	First Division
Domestic cup(s)	NFA Cup Namibian Newspaper Cup Standard Bank Super Cup
International cup(s)	Champions League Confederation Cup
Most championships	Black 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.

2017–18 Namibia Premier League clubs

• African Stars (Windhoek)
• Black Africa (Windhoek)
• Blue Waters (Walvis Bay)
• Chief Santos (Tsumeb)
• Citizens (Windhoek)
• Civics (Windhoek)
• Eleven Arrows (Walvis Bay)
• Life Fighters (Otjiwarongo)
• Mighty Gunners (Otjiwarongo)
• Orlando Pirates (Windhoek)
• Rundu Chiefs (Rundu)
• Tigers (Windhoek)
• Tura Magic (Windhoek)
• UNAM (Windhoek)
• Young Africans (Gobabis)
• Young Chiefs (Oshakati)

Previous champions

• 1990 : Orlando Pirates (Windhoek)
• 1991 : Eleven Arrows (Walvis Bay)
• 1992 : Ramblers (Windhoek)
• 1993 : Chief Santos (Tsumeb)
• 1994 : African Stars (Windhoek)
• 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)
• Competition dissolved after 2019 season

Most titles

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

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

Multiple hat-tricks

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

See also

NFA-Cup

External links

• League at FIFA.com (archived)
• RSSSF competition history