Blue Waters,[1][2] also known as Langer Heinrich Mine[3] (LHU) Blue Waters due to sponsorship reasons, are a professional Namibian football club from Walvis Bay. The team is nicknamed Blue Birds, The Birds or Omeva (which means 'water' in the local OshiWambo language) by its die-hard supporters. The team trains at its current field, Blue Waters Sport Field in Kuisebmund, a suburb of Walvis Bay. The team has a local rivalry with Eleven Arrows F.C.,[4] which was formed by former players of Blue Waters in early 1960s.
Full name | Blue Waters Football Club |
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Founded | 1936 | , as Blue Waters
Stadium | Kuisebmund Stadium, Walvis Bay |
Capacity | 4,000 |
Chairman | Hafeni Ndemula |
Coach | Armando Pedro |
League | Namibia Premiership |
2023–24 | 9th |
The team play in the country's highest league, the Namibia Premier League. Blue Waters F.C. are one of the oldest football clubs in Namibia, being formed in 1936.[5] Parri Shekupe, Matthew Amadhila, Bobby Kurtz,[6] Hendrik Dawids,[7][8] Eusebio Kandjai, Moloi Amadhila,[9] Ivo de Gouveia,[10] Phello Muatunga, Salathiel Ndjao,[11] Koko Matatias,[12] Striker Muaine, Dokkies Theodor, Karasa Mupupa, Sandro de Gouveia,[13][14] Gottlieb Nakuta.
History
editBlue Waters started as a team established at the Old Location for Africans in Walvis Bay by Daniel Shimbambi, a teacher by profession. It was started on Sunday, 13 February 1936 by the eldest in the Old Location who saw the need to start a team for the OshiWambo-speaking community. The team won major cup tournaments, western leagues and formed part as pioneer in both premier leagues establishments in the country. Blue Waters was a founding member of the Namibia National Soccer League (1985–1989) and the Namibia Premier League (NPL) from 1990. The team got was only relegated[15] one for the 2008–2009 league season and gain immediate promotion to familiar territories of the Namibia Premier League.
Club management
edit- Chairman: Hafeni Ndemula
- Vice Chairman: Franco Cosmos
- Treasurer: Sandro de Gouveia
- Additional Members: Martha 'Ouvrou' Muatunga, Robert Shimooshili, Mathew Kambala, Knowledge Ipinge, Sydney Nuwuseb
Coaching staff and technical staff
edit- Team manager: Tostao Imbili
- Coach: Armando Pedro
- Assistant coaches: Fisher Kalimba and Khulu Hawala
- Goalkeeper Coach: Byron Brown
Coaches
edit- Uwe Bachmann[16]
- Slugger Imbili
- Hendrik Dawids
- Koko Matatias Muatunga[17]
- Peta Useb
- Sandro de Gouveia
- Lucky Richter
- Lucky Shipanga[18][19][20]
- Shepherd Murape[21][22]
- Sparks Gottlieb
- Mdota Shozi
- Gilbert Raswoka[23]
- Gerald Gunther[24]
Premier League Championships
editBlue Waters won four Premier League titles:
NFA Cup Champions
edit- Blue Waters won the NFA Cup in 1994 by defeating Tigers 3–0 in the final.
Performance in CAF competitions
edit- CAF Champions League: 2 appearances
- CAF Cup: 1 appearance
- 1996 – First Round
Participation in the Namibia Premier League, 2010–2016
edit- The following are the achievement of the Blue Waters Football Club in the Namibia Premier League (NPL):
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- ^ Kambaekwa, Rounder-By Carlos 'Ck' (1 January 2000). "Namibia: The Great All". New Era (Windhoek). Retrieved 23 October 2015.
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- ^ Lucky Shipanga, 5 April 2011, retrieved 23 October 2015
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- ^ "City Press, Sondag 26 September 2004, p. 15: Murape gets his reward". 152.111.1.87. Archived from the original on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ^ "Gilbert Raswoka appointed Blue Waters? new coach | Informante". www.informante.web.na. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ^ "New coaches for Blue Waters and Eleven Arrows | Erongo". www.erongo.com.na. Archived from the original on 18 April 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ^ "Namibia Football Association". www.nfa.org.na. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
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