2022–23 Namibia Premier Football League Explained

Competition:Namibia Premiership
Season:2022–23
Dates:6 November 2022 – 13 May 2023
Winners:African Stars
Relegated:Eleven Arrows, Citizens, Black Africa
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:African Stars
Continentalcup2:Confederation Cup
League Topscorer: Willy Stephanus
(20 goals)
Matches:240
Matches Footnote:[1]
Total Goals:608
Prevseason:2018–19 (Premier League)
Nextseason: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]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Debmarine Namibia Premiership 2022/2023 Season Statistics. Facebook.
  2. Web site: Namibian domestic league returns after three-year hiatus | Reuters. . February 13, 2023. 2023-05-09. 2023-02-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20230213171837/https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/namibian-domestic-league-returns-after-three-year-hiatus-2022-11-03/. bot: unknown.
  3. Web site: Debmarine Namibia Premiership gets underway. 3 November 2022. Jesse Jackson. Kauraisa. Namibian Sun.
  4. Web site: From Premier League to Premiership: Namibian top-flight league faces turbulence. 29 December 2022. FIFA.
  5. Web site: Stars crowned champions after great campaign. Helge. Schulz. 15 May 2023.