Namibia Premier Football League
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)
2023–24 →

The 2022–23 Namibia Premier League is the 1st full season of the Namibia Premier Football League, the top-tier football league in Namibia. [2]

As this was the first season of this league no new clubs joined this season.

At the end of the season the Black Africa, Eleven Arrows and Citizens were relegated from the league, going down to the First division South league.

The teams coming into the league for the 2023-24 season are Khomas Nampol F.C. +2.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 African Stars 30 22 7 1 62 15 +47 73 Champions
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 30 7 9 14 29 40 11 30 Relegation to First Division
15 Eleven Arrows 30 5 11 14 32 44 12 26
16 Citizens 30 2 5 23 18 65 47 11
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:

Controversy

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.[3]

Top goalscorers

References

  1. 1 2 "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. https://web.archive.org/web/20230510120140/https://www.namibian.com.na/lolo-explains-no-relegation-comment/


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