2014–15 Namibia Premier League

Namibia Premier League
Season 2014-15
Champions African Stars
Relegated Benfica
Rebels
Touch & Go
2016 CAF Champions League African Stars
2016 CAF Confederation Cup Tigers
Matches played 240
Goals scored 604 (2.52 per match)
Biggest home win Tura Magic 7-0 Julinho Sporting
(7 December 2014)
Biggest away win UNAM 0-6 Black Africa
(10 May 2015)
Highest scoring
Longest winning run Black Africa (8)
Longest unbeaten run Black Africa (12)
Longest winless run Benfica (19)
Longest losing run Benfica (6)
← 2013-14
2015-16 →

The 2014-15 Namibia Premier League is the 26th season of top-tier football in Namibia. The season started on 11 October 2014. Black Africa S.C. are the defending champions, coming off their fourth consecutive title.

Teams

A total of 16 teams will contest the league, which expanded from 12 clubs in the 2013-14 season. Rundu Chiefs and Blue Boys F.C. were both relegated to First Division after finishing 11th and 12th, respectively, the previous season while Ramblers F.C. also dropped out from the previous year's league. Benfica F.C., Citizens F.C., Julinho Sporting F.C., Mighty Gunners F.C., Rebels F.C., Touch & Go F.C. and University of Namibia are all new additions to the competition this year.

Stadiums and locations

Benfica
Touch & Go
Locations of the 2014-15 Namibia Premier League teams
Team Home city Stadium Capacity
African Stars F.C. Windhoek Khomasdal Stadium 2,000
Benfica F.C. Tsumeb Oscar Norich Stadium 1,500
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
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
Rebels F.C. Windhoek Sam Nujoma Stadium 12,300
United Africa Tigers Windhoek Sam Nujoma Stadium 12,300
Touch & Go F.C. Otavi
Tura Magic F.C. Windhoek Sam Nujoma Stadium 12,300
University of Namibia Windhoek
United Stars F.C. Rundu Rundu Sports Stadium 500

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 African Stars (C) (Q) 30 21 5 4 52 15 +37 68 2016 CAF Champions League
2 Black Africa 30 17 10 3 51 21 +30 61
3 Tura Magic 30 16 8 6 53 28 +25 56
4 Tigers (Q) 30 16 7 7 45 24 +21 55 2016 CAF Confederation Cup
5 Blue Waters 30 14 10 6 45 32 +13 52
6 Orlando Pirates 30 15 5 10 40 35 +5 50
7 Civics 30 11 11 8 34 25 +9 44
8 Mighty Gunners 30 11 6 13 40 42 −2 39
9 Citizens 30 9 10 11 33 35 −2 37
10 UNAM 30 9 10 11 35 44 −9 37
11 United Stars 30 10 4 16 31 43 −12 34
12 Eleven Arrows 30 8 9 13 39 45 −6 33
13 Julinho Sporting 30 9 5 16 28 54 −26 32
14 Touch & Go (R) 30 8 7 15 38 50 −12 31 Relegation to First Division
15 Rebels (R) 30 4 6 20 20 54 −34 18
16 Benfica (R) 30 3 5 22 20 57 −37 14

Updated to games played on 10 May 2015.
Source: FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

References

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