Namibia Premier League

Namibia Premier League

Country	Namibia
Confederation	CAF
Founded	1985
Number of teams	16
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	First Division
Domestic cup(s)	NFA Cup Namibian Newspaper Cup Standard Bank Super Cup [1]
International cup(s)	Champions League Confederation Cup
Current champions	Tigers (2015–16)
Most championships	Black Africa (10)
2015–16

The Namibia Premier League (NPL), also known as MTC Namibia Premier League due to sponsorship reasons, is the highest level of domestic association football in Namibia. The league was established in 1985 and was trimmed to 12 teams from the traditional 16 in 2005.

2016/17 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

Namibia National Soccer League

• 1985 : Tigers (Windhoek)
• 1986 : Chelsea (Grootfontein)
• 1987 : Black Africa (Windhoek)
• 1988 : Blue Waters (Walvis Bay)
• 1989 : Black Africa (Windhoek)
• 1990 : Orlando Pirates (Windhoek)

Since independence

Most titles

Topscorers

Year	Best scorers	Team	Goals
2001–02	William Chilufya	Liverpool	27
2003–04	Costa Khaiseb	Ramblers	29
2004–05	Armando Pedro	Blue Waters	23
2005–06	Heinrich Isaacs	Civics	20
2006–07	William Chilufya	Civics	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

See also

NFA-Cup

References

1. ↑ http://www.thesoccerpages.com/news/206/namibia-super-cup-gets-new-sponsor

External links

• League at fifa.com
• RSSSF competition history

Football in Namibia
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