2022–23 Namibia Premier Football League

Namibia Premiership
Season	2022–23
Dates	6 November 2022 – 13 May 2023
Champions	African Stars
Relegated	Eleven Arrows, Citizens, Black Africa
Champions League	African Stars
Matches played	240
Goals scored	608 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Willy Stephanus ; (20 goals)
	← 2018–19 (Premier League) 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 Namibia Premier Football League was the first season of the Namibia Premiership, the top-tier football league in Namibia which replaced the Namibia Premier League, and the first full season of top-tier football in the country following the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]

The Namibia Premier League was dissolved after the 2018/19 season and there was no top flight football in the country until Debmarine Namibia sponsored the league for N$13 million. The league started in November 2022 with African Stars playing Unam FC in the first match.^[3]^[4]

African Stars won the championship with several rounds still to play and qualified for the CAF Champions League.^[5]

Windhoek
African Stars
Black Africa
Citizens
Civics FC
Orlando Pirates
Tigers
Tura Magic
UNAM

Okahandja
Okahandja

Otjiwarongo
Life Fighters
Mighty Gunners

Walvis Bay
Blue Waters
Eleven Arrows

Gobabis
Young African

Karasburg
Young Brazilians

Rundu
Julinho Sporting

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NPFL teams 2022/23

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	African Stars (C)	30	22	7	1	62	15	+47	73	Champions, Qualification to the 2023–24 CAF Champions League
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 (R)	30	7	9	14	29	40	−11	30	Relegation
15	Eleven Arrows (R)	30	5	11	14	32	44	−12	26
16	Citizens (R)	30	2	5	23	18	65	−47	11

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

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.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Debmarine Namibia Premiership 2022/2023 Season Statistics" – via Facebook.
^ "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)
^ Kauraisa, Jesse Jackson (3 November 2022). "Debmarine Namibia Premiership gets underway". Namibian Sun.
^ "From Premier League to Premiership: Namibian top-flight league faces turbulence". FIFA. 29 December 2022.
^ Schulz, Helge (15 May 2023). "Stars crowned champions after great campaign".
^ https://web.archive.org/web/20230510120140/https://www.namibian.com.na/lolo-explains-no-relegation-comment/

[fb-1] "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] Kauraisa, Jesse Jackson (3 November 2022). "Debmarine Namibia Premiership gets underway". Namibian Sun.

[4] "From Premier League to Premiership: Namibian top-flight league faces turbulence". FIFA. 29 December 2022.

[5] Schulz, Helge (15 May 2023). "Stars crowned champions after great campaign".

[6] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20230510120140/https://www.namibian.com.na/lolo-explains-no-relegation-comment/

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2022–23 Namibia Premier Football League

League table

Controversy

References

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