2022–23 Namibia Premier Football League

The 2022–23 Namibia Premier Football League was the first season of the Namibia Premiership, the top-tier football league in Namibia which replaced the Namibia Premier League, and the first full season of top-tier football in the country following the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Namibia Premiership
Season2022–23
Dates6 November 2022 – 13 May 2023
ChampionsAfrican Stars
RelegatedEleven Arrows, Citizens, Black Africa
Champions LeagueAfrican Stars
Matches played240[1]
Goals scored608 (2.53 per match)[1]
Top goalscorerNamibia Willy Stephanus
(20 goals)
2018–19 (Premier League)

The Namibia Premier League was dissolved after the 2018/19 season and there was no top flight football in the country until Debmarine Namibia sponsored the league for N$13 million. The league started in November 2022 with African Stars playing Unam FC in the first match.[3][4]

African Stars won the championship with several rounds still to play and qualified for the CAF Champions League.[5]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 African Stars (C) 30 22 7 1 62 15 +47 73 Champions, Qualification to the 2023–24 CAF Champions League
2 Blue Waters 30 18 7 5 49 29 +20 61
3 Life Fighters 30 15 6 9 52 37 +15 51
4 Mighty Gunners 30 14 8 8 45 30 +15 50
5 UNAM 30 13 8 9 28 24 +4 47
6 Okahandja United 30 11 10 9 31 30 +1 43
7 United Africa Tigers 30 10 12 8 40 33 +7 42
8 Tura Magic 30 12 6 12 43 43 0 42
9 Young African 30 10 10 10 27 27 0 40
10 Civics 30 10 7 13 34 33 +1 37
11 Orlando Pirates 30 10 6 14 40 47 −7 36
12 Young Brazilians 30 9 7 14 36 58 −22 34
13 Julinho Sporting 30 8 9 13 42 53 −11 33
14 Black Africa (R) 30 7 9 14 29 40 −11 30 Relegation
15 Eleven Arrows (R) 30 5 11 14 32 44 −12 26
16 Citizens (R) 30 2 5 23 18 65 −47 11
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Controversy

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On 8th May 2023 Sylvester ‘Lolo’ Goraseb executive member of Black Africa replied to a Facebook post by the Thru Pass Football magazine that “there will be no promotion or relegation” while sitting 3rd from the bottom of the league.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Debmarine Namibia Premiership 2022/2023 Season Statistics" – via Facebook.
  2. ^ "Namibian domestic league returns after three-year hiatus | Reuters". Reuters. February 13, 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-02-13. Retrieved 2023-05-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ Kauraisa, Jesse Jackson (3 November 2022). "Debmarine Namibia Premiership gets underway". Namibian Sun.
  4. ^ "From Premier League to Premiership: Namibian top-flight league faces turbulence". FIFA. 29 December 2022.
  5. ^ Schulz, Helge (15 May 2023). "Stars crowned champions after great campaign".
  6. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20230510120140/https://www.namibian.com.na/lolo-explains-no-relegation-comment/