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Khomas NAMPOL FC
Khomas NAMPOL FC is a Namibian football club based in Windhoek which currently plays in the Namibia Premiership. The club is affiliated with the Namibian Police Force (NAMPOL). History Khomas NAMPOL FC was founded in 2014. The club won the First Division Southern Stream in 2023 to earn promotion to the Namibia Premiership for the first time. Ahead of their first top-flight campaign, the club won a pre-season tournament which featured four other Premiership clubs and Matebele FC of the Botswana Premier League. Khomas NAMPOL began their first season in the top flight with five wins in its first five matches to top the league table at that point. The roster included Namibia internationals such as Terdius Uiseb and Absalom Iimbondi. The club continued its strong performances and remained in the title race throughout the season. The club ultimately won the bronze medal that season as NAMPOL players Rewaldo Prins and George Frans finished second and third in the league scoring r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namibia Premiership
The Namibia Premiership, or the Debmarine Namibia Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is the highest level of domestic association football in Namibia. It operates under the auspices of the Namibia Football Association. History After ongoing financial and organizational problems with the Namibia Premier League (NPL), the Namibia Football Association expelled the league and founded a new top-flight league themselves following the 2018–19 season. Despite a planned debut season in 2021, the league finally played its first season in 2022-23 after securing major sponsorship funding. Originally called the Namibia Premier Football League, the league was renamed the Namibia Premiership with the significant sponsorship of N$13 million provided by Debmarine. Following the 2023–24 season, the Namibia Football Association addressed the long-time issue of clubs with shared ownership competing in the same league. Beginning with the 2024–25 season, the practice would no longe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023–24 Namibia Premiership
The 2023–24 Namibia Premiership was the 2nd season of the Namibia Premiership, the top-tier football league in Namibia. African Stars won the championship for the second consecutive season. African Stars player Willy Stephanus and Rewaldo Prins of Khomas NAMPOL were the league's top scorers with sixteen goals each. The new clubs promoted for the season were: Okakarara Young Warriors from the Northwest division, Eeshoke Chula Chula FC from the North East division, and Khomas NAMPOL FC from the Southern region. Tura Magic FC were renamed Ongos Valley FC prior to the start of the season. Following the season, Orlando Pirates Orlando Pirates Football Club, referred to as simply Pirates, is a South African professional football club based in Orlando, Soweto that plays in the top-tier system of Football in South Africa known as Betway Premiership. The team plays i ... were relegated for the first time in club history. Life Fighters F.C., Life Fighters and newly-promoted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the northeast, approximating a quadripoint, Zimbabwe lies less than 200 metres (660 feet) away along the Zambezi, Zambezi River near Kazungula, Zambia. Namibia's capital and largest city is Windhoek. Namibia is the driest country in sub-Saharan Africa, and has been inhabited since prehistoric times by the Khoekhoe, Khoi, San people, San, Damara people, Damara and Nama people. Around the 14th century, immigration, immigrating Bantu peoples arrived as part of the Bantu expansion. From 1600 the Ovambo people#History, Ovambo formed kingdoms, such as Ondonga and Oukwanyama. In 1884, the German Empire established rule over most of the territory, forming a colony known as German South West Africa. Between 1904 and 1908, German troops waged a punitive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular field called a Football pitch, pitch. The objective of the game is to Scoring in association football, score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed Goal (sport), goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport. Association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 and maintained by the International Football Association Board, IFAB since 1886. The game is pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windhoek
Windhoek (; ; ) is the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level, almost exactly at the country's geographical centre. The population of Windhoek, which was 486,169 in 2023, is constantly growing due to a continued migration from other regions in Namibia. Windhoek is the social, economic, political, and cultural centre of the country. Nearly every Namibian national enterprise, governmental body, educational and cultural institution is headquartered there. The city developed at the site of a permanent hot spring known to the local pastoral tribes. It developed rapidly after Jonker Afrikaner, Tribal chief, Captain of the Orlam, settled there in 1840 and built a stone church for his community. In the decades following, multiple wars and armed hostilities resulted in the neglect and destruction of the new settlement. Windhoek was founded a second time in 1890 by Imperial German Army Major Cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namibian Police Force
The Namibian Police Force (NAMPOL) is the national police force of Namibia. It was established by the Namibian Constitution and enacted by an act of Parliament of Namibia, Parliament. The Namibian Police Force replaced the South West African Police as the national police force of the country in 1990. Sebastian Ndeitunga was its inspector general since 2005 to 2022. Joseph Shikongo is the current inspector general. NAMPOL's functions are overseen by the Ministry of Home Affairs (Namibia), Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security. Organization The force is headed by an inspector general (IG) who holds the rank of lieutenant general. The IG has two deputies who both hold the rank of major general. The two deputy inspectors general are responsible for administration and operations. Divisions/directorates *Communications *Finance *Gender & Welfare *Human Resources *Internal Investigation *Procurement & Logistics *Training & Development *FPPD Directorate *Traffic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namibia First Division
The First Division is the second-tier association football league in Namibia. It operates under the auspices of the Namibia Football Association. Organization The First Division is divided into the Northern Stream (NSFD) and the Southern Stream (SSFD), each consisting of 13 teams from their respective regions. For some seasons the Northern Stream has been divided into separate North East and North West streams. The Northern Stream includes clubs from the Zambezi Region, Zambezi, Kavango East Region, Kavango East, Kavango West Region, Kavango West, Oshana, Omusati, Kunene Region, Kunene, Otjozondjupa, Ohangwena, and Oshikoto regions. The Southern Stream includes clubs located in Khomas, Omaheke, Erongo, Hardap, and ǁKaras Region, Karas regions. Promotion and relegation The winners of both the Northern and Southern Streams are promoted to the Namibia Premier Football League. The three lowest placed teams from each stream are relegated to the Regional Second Division. Histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matebele FC
Matebele FC is a Botswanan football club based in Matebeleng, Kgatleng District that currently competes in the Botswana Premier League. Stadium Matebele FC plays its home matches at its own stadium, The Nest, in Matebeleng. History Matebele FC was founded in 2021 after former First Division South club Masters Blackpool FC was purchased and dissolved. Matebele FC was formed and took the club's place in the league. There was some backlash from fans as Lame Makache converted the club from a society to a business entity during the acquisition and rebranding process in order to meet licensing requirements. During its first season under the Matebele FC name, the club finished fourth in the league and reached the semi-finals of the Botswana FA Challenge Cup before falling 1–2 to Gaborone United. In May 2023, the club clinched promotion to the Botswana Premier League for the first time for the 2023–24 season by winning the First Division South. In preparation for the season and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Botswana Premier League
The Botswana Premier League is the highest level Association football, football league in Botswana. Organised by the Botswana Football Association, the league was formed in 1978 to replace the pre-independence Bechuanaland Union African Soccer League, which was regional. Participants in the first edition of the league included Tlokweng Pirates, Notwane, Black Peril FC, Black Peril, Queens Park Rangers (Botswana), Queens Park Rangers and a team from Ngwaketse district. The league has always been dominated by the teams that are based south of Dibete or in the southern part of the country. In the 2006–07 season, ECCO City Green, Ecco City Greens made history by becoming the first team from the north to lift the lucrative competition. The league is sponsored by a mobile phone operator Be Mobile to the tune of 30 million pula. After the ABSA premiership in South Africa, the Be Mobile league is the second highest sponsored league in the COSAFA region. The league has attracted increas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namibia National Football Team
The Namibia national football team represents Namibia in men's international football and is controlled by the Namibia Football Association. They have never qualified for the FIFA World Cup but have made four appearances in the Africa Cup of Nations. The team represents both FIFA and Confederation of African Football (CAF). History Namibia played its first international under the name South-West Africa on 16 May 1989 at home against neighbouring Angola and lost 1–0. On 23 March 1990, only two days after gaining independence from South Africa, they hosted neighbour Zimbabwe and lost 5–1. On 7 June, they lost a home friendly 2–1 to Mauritius. Namibia's next contests were played in Lesotho, where they lost 2–0 to their hosts on 1 August 1992, but gained their first ever draw in a 2–2 tie against the same opposition the very next day. Namibia's first win came on 1 July 1994 in a 1–0 victory away over Botswana in a friendly. On 17 May 1998, Namibia played their first ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terdius Uiseb
Terdius Uiseb (born 8 May 1994) is a Namibian footballer who plays for Township Rollers of the Botswana Premier League. Club career In July 2016 Uiseb left Orlando Pirates following the 2016 season which saw him become the Namibia Premier League's top scorer with 27 goals. He then signed for Milano United of South Africa's National First Division. After scoring three goals in 13 appearances for the club, he moved on to league rivals Stellenbosch the following year. He saw limited action with the club and scored one goal in four appearances. Prior to joining Milano United, Uiseb had signed a three-year deal with giants Orlando Pirates F.C. of Soweto but was unable to appear for the club because it had too many foreign players on its roster. After leaving South Africa he returned to Namibia and had another stint with Orlando Pirates S.C. before joining United Africa Tigers in 2019. In October 2021 it was announced that he had signed a one-year contract with Al Tahaddy Sports Clu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Absalom Iimbondi
Absalom Manyana Kamutyasha Iimbondi (born 11 October 1991) is a Namibian football player. Some sources list his last name as Limbondi. He plays for United Africa Tigers. International He made his Namibia national football team debut on 4 July 2015 in a CHAN 2016 qualifier against Zambia. He was selected for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (abbreviated as AFCON 2019 or CAN 2019), known as the Total SE, Total 2019 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 32nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's associati ... squad. International goals :''Scores and results list Namibia's goal tally first.'' References External links * * 1991 births Sportspeople from Oshana Region Living people Namibian men's footballers Namibia men's international footballers Men's association football forwards United Africa Tigers players Mochudi Centre Chiefs SC players Namibia Premier League players Namibian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
