The FC Civics Windhoek (Civics) is a
Namibian football club based in
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 ...
. The Civics play in the highest division of Namibian football, the
Namibia Premier League. The club has its home in
Khomasdal, in the north of the Namibian capital Windhoek.
They play their home games at
Sam Nujoma Stadium in
Katutura, Windhoek.
History
FC Civics were founded by a group of young students in 1983, who initially named the team after a local street – ''Bethlehem Boys''. The club later became the ''Mighty Civilians'' before being recast again as ''Civics''. Even today, the bulk of the squad comes either from Khomasdal or the neighbouring township of Katutura.
The club rose from a useful street team to Namibia's top league with the help of Helmut Scharnowski, from the northern German city of
Flensburg
Flensburg (; Danish language, Danish and ; ; ) is an independent city, independent town in the far north of the Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein. After Kiel and Lübeck, it is the third-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein.
Flensburg's ...
.
From 2000 until 2007, the club was also known as Buschschule Civics.
Achievements
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Namibia Premier League: 3
::2005, 2006, 2007
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NFA-Cup: 3
::2003, 2008, 2021
Performance in CAF competitions
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CAF Champions League
The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual football club (association football), club football competition organized by the Conf ...
: 3 appearances
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2004
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Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
– First Round
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2006 – Second Round
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2007
2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year.
Events
January
* January 1
**Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
– First Round
References
External links
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Civics' website(archived 28 September 2007)
1983 establishments in South West Africa
Association football clubs established in 1983
Namibia Premier League clubs
Football clubs in Windhoek
Namibia Premier Football League clubs
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