2015–16 Namibia Premier League

Namibia Premier League
Season	2015–16
Matches played	152
Goals scored	338 (2.22 per match)
Biggest home win	2 matches UNAM 6-1 Flamingo (24 October 2015) Tura Magic 5-0 Flamingo (25 October 2015)
Biggest away win	2 matches Citizens 0-3 Blue Waters (18 October 2015) Mighty Gunners 1-4 Tura Magic (21 November 2015)
Highest scoring	UNAM 6-1 Flamingo (24 October 2015)
Longest winning run	Black Africa Orlando Pirates Tigers (4)
Longest unbeaten run	Tigers (19)
Longest winless run	Flamingo (11)
Longest losing run	Citizens Eleven Arrows Julinho Sporting (4)
← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 7 February 2016.

The 2015–16 Namibia Premier League is the 27th season of top-tier football in Namibia. The season started on 11 September 2014. African Stars F.C. are the defending champions, having won their third title, all in a span of seven years.

Teams

A total of 16 teams will contest the league. Touch & Go F.C., Rebels F.C. and Benfica F.C. were each relegated to First Division after finishing 14th, 15th and 16th, respectively. Flamingos FC, Rundu Chiefs and Young Chiefs F.C. are all new additions to the competition this year.

Stadiums and locations

African Stars
UNAM

Black Africa
Citizens
Civics
Pirates
Tigers
Magic

Blue Waters
11 Arrows

Flamingo

Julinho
Rundu
United Stars

Gunners

Y. Chiefs

Locations of the 2014-15 Namibia Premier League teams

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
African Stars F.C.	Windhoek	Khomasdal Stadium	2,000
Black Africa S.C.	Windhoek	Sam Nujoma Stadium	12,300
Blue Waters F.C.	Walvis Bay	Narraville Stadium	1,500
Citizens F.C.	Windhoek	Sam Nujoma Stadium	12,300
F.C. Civics Windhoek	Windhoek	Sam Nujoma Stadium	12,300
Eleven Arrows F.C.	Walvis Bay	Narraville Stadium	1,500
Flamingos FC	Rehoboth
Julinho Sporting F.C.	Rundu	Rundu Sports Stadium	500
Mighty Gunners F.C.	Otjiwarongo	Mokati Stadium	1,000
Orlando Pirates S.C.	Windhoek	Sam Nujoma Stadium	12,300
Rundu Chiefs	Rundu	Rundu Sports Stadium	500
United Africa Tigers	Windhoek	Sam Nujoma Stadium	12,300
Tura Magic F.C.	Windhoek	Sam Nujoma Stadium	12,300
University of Namibia	Windhoek
United Stars F.C.	Rundu	Rundu Sports Stadium	500
Young Chiefs F.C.	Oshakati

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Tigers	21	15	6	0	32	11	+21	51	2017 CAF Champions League
2	Black Africa	19	12	4	3	23	11	+12	40
3	Orlando Pirates	20	9	6	5	27	19	+8	33
4	African Stars	21	8	8	5	16	12	+4	32
5	Blue Waters	21	7	8	6	23	22	+1	29
6	Mighty Gunners	19	7	5	7	26	28	−2	26
7	Tura Magic	20	5	10	5	25	16	+9	25
8	Young Chiefs	19	6	6	7	21	17	+4	24
9	Eleven Arrows	20	6	6	8	20	25	−5	24
10	United Stars	21	6	6	9	30	36	−6	24
11	UNAM	19	6	5	8	25	24	+1	23
12	Civics	21	5	8	8	23	24	−1	23
13	Rundu Chiefs	19	6	5	8	20	23	−3	23
14	Citizens	19	4	5	10	17	26	−9	17	Relegation to First Division
15	Julinho Sporting	21	4	5	12	16	30	−14	17
16	Flamingo	19	3	7	9	10	30	−20	16

Updated to games played on 14 February 2016.
Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) total goals; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals scored; 7) playoff
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

All teams play in a double round robin system (home and away).

Home \ Away^[1]	AFS	BAF	BLW	CIT	CIV	ELA	FLA	JUL	MGU	ORL	RUN	TIG	TUR	UNA	UST	YCH
African Stars			0–2	2–1	0–0	0–0			2–1	0–1			1–0	2–0	1–2
Black Africa	1–0			1–1				2–0	1–0		1–0	2–4			3–0	3–1
Blue Waters	1–1	1–1			1–1		1–1	2–1			2–0	0–0			4–1	1–1
Citizens		0–1	0–3		0–1	1–0	0–1		2–3	1–1			1–1	2–0
Civics	0–0	0–2	1–0			3–1	2–2	1–1		0–1		1–2	1–1	2–2	3–0
Eleven Arrows	0–1	0–1	1–0				2–1	3–1			1–1	0–2			3–3	0–0
Flamingo	0–0	1–1		0–0				0–1	0–0		1–0	0–1			0–0	1–0
Julinho Sporting	1–2		1–0	0–0	1–2	1–0			1–1	1–2	0–2	1–1			1–3	0–1
Mighty Gunners		0–1	2–0		2–1	2–1	3–1			2–2			1–4	2–1
Orlando Pirates	0–0	0–1	4–0			1–1	3–0	1–0				1–1	0–0	2–3	4–2
Rundu Chiefs	1–1	0–1		1–2	2–1		3–0		3–2	1–2		0–1	1–1	1–1
Tigers	1–0		1–1	3–1	1–0	3–0		2–0	1–0	1–0			1–0	0–0
Tura Magic		0–0	4–1	2–1		1–1	5–0	1–2	2–2		0–0				0–0	0–0
UNAM		1–0	0–1	2–1		0–1	6–1	2–2	0–1		1–2		2–1		2–0	1–2
United Stars	0–0		1–1	1–3	1–0	2–3			2–2	4–1	4–0	2–3				1–0
Young Chiefs	0–1	2–0		3–0	2–2		2–0		3–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–1

Updated to games played on 14 February 2016.
Source: soccerway.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by Round

As of 7 February 2016

W	Win
D	Draw
L	Lose
W/O	Withdrew

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
African Stars	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	D	D	W	L	D	D	L	D	W	D	D
Black Africa	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W
Blue Waters	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	L
Citizens	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	L
Civics	D	D	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	D	L
Eleven Arrows	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	W
Flamingo	D	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	L
Julinho Sporting	L	L	L	W	D	D	L	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	W
Mighty Gunners	L	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	D
Orlando Pirates	D	L	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	D
Rundu Chiefs	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	D	W	D	W	L
Tigers	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	W
Tura Magic	D	D	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	D	W	W	D	D	L	D	D	W	D
UNAM	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	W
United Stars	W	W	D	L	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	L
Young Chiefs	W	L	L	D	D	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	D	W	W	W

Source: Soccerway

Positions by round

	Leader
	Relegation to Zimbabwe Division 1

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Tigers	2	2	1	2	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Black Africa	4	5	4	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Orlando Pirates	10	12	11	13	15	7	6	4	4	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
African Stars	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Young Chiefs	4	7	9	11	11	10	12	13	14	8	8	13	14	13	10	10	7	8	5
Mighty Gunners	12	14	14	9	9	9	7	5	5	6	6	6	7	8	7	6	6	7	6
Blue Waters	8	10	13	8	8	5	8	9	8	10	12	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	7
UNAM	6	4	8	9	10	13	9	8	6	3	5	5	5	5	6	8	9	11	8
Rundu Chiefs	16	8	10	12	12	15	10	11	10	7	7	11	13	12	13	9	11	12	9
Tura Magic	10	11	6	6	6	8	11	12	13	12	13	8	9	10	12	12	12	13	10
Civics	6	9	7	7	7	11	13	14	15	15	9	14	11	9	8	7	8	6	11
United Stars	1	1	3	4	5	6	5	6	7	9	10	9	12	14	14	13	10	9	12
Eleven Arrows	13	6	5	5	4	4	4	7	9	11	11	10	8	7	9	11	13	10	13
Citizens	15	15	15	16	13	12	14	10	12	13	14	12	10	11	11	14	14	14	14
Julinho Sporting	13	16	16	14	14	14	15	15	11	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15
Flamingo	8	12	12	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	16

Last updated: 7 February 2016
Source: Soccerway

References

Football in Namibia

Namibia Football Association

National teams

Men	National team Olympic (U-23) U-20 U-17

Women	National team U-20 U-17

League system

Men	Namibia Premier League

Women	Namibia Women's Super League

Domestic cups

Men	NFA Cup Namibian Newspaper Cup

Awards

Footballer of the Year
Top scorers

Lists

All-time Table
Champions
Clubs
International footballers
Foreign players
Venues

Men's clubs
Women's clubs
Men's players
Women's players
Expatriate players
Managers
Referees
Venues
Seasons
Records

2015 in African Football (CAF)

« 2014 2016 »

Domestic leagues	Algeria 14–15 15–16 Angola Benin 14-15 15-16 Botswana 14–15 15–16 Burkina Faso 14–15 15–16 Burundi 14–15 15–16 Cameroon Cape Verde Chad Congo Côte d'Ivoire 14–15 15–16 Democratic Republic of Congo 14–15 15–16 Djibouti 14–15 15–16 Egypt 14–15 15–16 Ethiopia 14–15 15–16 Gabon Gambia 14–15 15–16 Ghana 15 15–16 Guinea 14–15 15–16 Kenya Lesotho 14–15 15–16 Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali 14–15 15–16 Mauritania 14–15 Mauritius 14–15 Morocco 14–15 15–16 Mozambique Namibia 14–15 Nigeria Réunion Rwanda 14–15 15–16 Senegal 14–15 Somalia 14–15 South Africa 14–15 15–16 Sudan Swaziland 14–15 Tanzania 14–15 Togo Tunisia 14–15 15–16 Uganda 14–15 15–16 Zambia Zimbabwe

Domestic cups	Algeria 14–15 15–16 Egypt Kenya South Africa 14–15 15–16 Tunisia 14–15 15–16 Uganda 14–15 15–16

Regional club cups	Kagame Interclub Cup UNAF Club Cup

CAF club competitions	CAF Champions League qualifying rounds group stage knock-out stage final CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds group stage knock-out stage final CAF Super Cup

International competitions	Africa Cup of Nations Africa U-23 Cup of Nations CECAFA Cup COSAFA Cup

2016 in African Football (CAF)

« 2015 2017 »

Domestic leagues	Algeria 15–16 16–17 Angola Benin 15–16 16–17 Botswana 15–16 16–17 Burkina Faso 15–16 16–17 Burundi 15–16 16–17 Cameroon Cape Verde Chad Congo Côte d'Ivoire 15–16 16–17 Democratic Republic of Congo 15–16 16–17 Djibouti 15–16 16–17 Egypt 15–16 16–17 Ethiopia 15–16 16–17 Gabon Gambia 15–16 16–17 Ghana 15–16 16–17 Guinea 15–16 16–17 Kenya Lesotho 15–16 16–17 Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali 15–16 16–17 Mauritania 15–16 Mauritius 15–16 Morocco 15–16 16–17 Mozambique Namibia 15–16 Nigeria Réunion Rwanda 15–16 16–17 Senegal 15–16 Somalia 15–16 South Africa 15–16 16–17 Sudan Swaziland 15–16 Tanzania 15–16 Togo Tunisia 15–16 16–17 Uganda 15–16 16–17 Zambia Zimbabwe

Domestic cups	Algeria 15–16 16–17 Egypt Kenya South Africa 15–16 16–17 Tunisia 15–16 16–17 Uganda 15–16 16–17

CAF club competitions	CAF Champions League qualifying rounds group stage knock-out stage final CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds group stage knock-out stage final CAF Super Cup

International competitions	CECAFA Cup COSAFA Cup

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