2015–16 Namibia Premier League

Football league season

Namibia Premier League
Season	2015–16
Champions	Tigers^[1]
Relegated	Flamingo Julinho Sporting United Stars^[2]
2017 CAF Champions League	Tigers
Matches played	240
Goals scored	582 (2.43 per match)
Biggest home win	Black Africa 7-0 Flamingo (12 March 2016)
Biggest away win	2 matches Flamingo 0-6 Blue Waters (24 April 2016) Rundu Chiefs 0-6 United Stars (24 April 2016)
Highest scoring	Julinho Sporting 5-3 Tura Magic (5 March 2016)
Longest winning run	Tura Magic (8)
Longest unbeaten run	Tigers (21)
Longest winless run	Flamingo (11)
Longest losing run	Young Chiefs (4)
← 2014–15 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 24 April 2016.

The 2015–16 Namibia Premier League is the 27th season of top-tier football in Namibia. The season started on 11 September 2014. Tigers won their first championship since the league's first season in 1985, clinching the title with a week to go and finishing nine points ahead of runners up Black Africa.

United Stars, Julinho Sporting and Flamingo finished in the bottom three spots and will be relegated to the First Division for the 2016-2017 season.

Teams

A total of 16 teams contested 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

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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 (C, Q)	30	20	7	3	46	25	+21	67	2017 CAF Champions League
2	Black Africa	30	17	8	5	44	18	+26	59
3	Tura Magic	30	13	12	5	45	27	+18	51
4	African Stars	30	13	9	8	33	20	+13	48
5	Mighty Gunners	30	12	8	10	46	40	+6	44
6	Blue Waters	30	12	8	10	38	32	+6	44
7	Civics	30	11	10	9	37	33	+4	43
8	Orlando Pirates	30	12	7	11	35	34	+1	43
9	Eleven Arrows	30	11	7	12	30	36	−6	40
10	UNAM	30	10	6	14	38	38	0	36
11	Rundu Chiefs	30	8	9	13	30	40	−10	33
12	Young Chiefs	30	8	8	14	32	38	−6	32
13	Citizens	30	8	8	14	35	47	−12	32
14	United Stars (R)	30	8	7	15	45	53	−8	31	Relegation to First Division
15	Julinho Sporting (R)	30	7	7	16	28	44	−16	28
16	Flamingo (R)	30	5	9	16	19	56	−37	24

Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 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) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Results

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

Home \ Away	AFS	BAF	BLW	CIT	CIV	ELA	FLA	JUL	MGU	ORL	RUN	TIG	TUR	UNA	UST	YCH
African Stars		2–0	0–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–2	3–0
Black Africa	1–0		3–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	7–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–4	0–0	2–2	3–0	3–1
Blue Waters	1–1	1–1		2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–3	1–0	4–1	1–1
Citizens	0–4	0–1	0–3		0–1	1–0	0–1	3–0	2–3	1–1	2–4	3–2	1–1	2–0	3–2	1–1
Civics	0–0	0–2	1–0	2–1		3–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	3–0	2–1
Eleven Arrows	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–1		2–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–0	3–3	0–0
Flamingo	0–0	1–1	0–6	0–0	1–1	0–1		0–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–3	0–0	1–0
Julinho Sporting	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–0		1–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	5–3	2–1	1–3	0–1
Mighty Gunners	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	1–0		2–2	0–0	3–4	1–4	2–1	2–0	6–1
Orlando Pirates	0–0	0–1	4–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–4		2–1	1–1	0–0	2–3	4–2	1–0
Rundu Chiefs	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	3–2	1–2		0–1	1–1	1–1	0–6	0–1
Tigers	1–0	0–3	1–1	3–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1		1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0
Tura Magic	2–1	0–0	4–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	5–0	1–2	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–1		1–0	0–0	0–0
UNAM	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	0–1	6–1	2–2	0–1	2–0	1–2	1–2	2–1		2–0	1–2
United Stars	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–0	2–3	2–3	1–0	2–2	4–1	4–0	2–3	1–3	1–2		1–0
Young Chiefs	0–1	2–0	0–1	3–0	2–2	1–2	2–0	3–3	3–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–1

Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2016. Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by round

Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2016. Source: Soccerway
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Tigers	2	2	1	2	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	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	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Tura Magic	10	11	6	6	6	8	11	12	13	12	13	8	9	10	12	12	12	13	10	8	7	7	7	7	4	5	4	3	3	3
African Stars	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	6	7	6	4	4	4
Mighty Gunners	12	14	14	9	9	9	7	5	5	6	6	6	7	8	7	6	6	7	6	7	5	6	6	6	3	4	7	5	5	5
Blue Waters	8	10	13	8	8	5	8	9	8	10	12	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	7	5	6	4	5	5	7	6	5	7	7	6
Civics	6	9	7	7	7	11	13	14	15	15	9	14	11	9	8	7	8	6	11	12	13	13	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	7
Orlando Pirates	10	12	11	13	15	7	6	4	4	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	3	3	5	3	3	6	6	8
Eleven Arrows	13	6	5	5	4	4	4	7	9	11	11	10	8	7	9	11	13	10	13	6	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
UNAM	6	4	8	9	10	13	9	8	6	3	5	5	5	5	6	8	9	11	8	11	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	10	10	10
Rundu Chiefs	16	8	10	12	12	15	10	11	10	7	7	11	13	12	13	9	11	12	9	13	9	9	10	11	12	11	11	11	11	11
Young Chiefs	4	7	9	11	11	10	12	13	14	8	8	13	14	13	10	10	7	8	5	9	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	12	12
Citizens	15	15	15	16	13	12	14	10	12	13	14	12	10	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	11	12	12	12	13	13
United Stars	1	1	3	4	5	6	5	6	7	9	10	9	12	14	14	13	10	9	12	10	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	14	14
Julinho Sporting	13	16	16	14	14	14	15	15	11	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	13	13	15	15
Flamingo	8	12	12	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Leader
	Relegation to Zimbabwe Division 1

Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2016. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Namibia: Tigers Crowned Champions - allAfrica.com". Retrieved 18 April 2016.
^ "Namibia: Weary Trio Relegated - allAfrica.com". Retrieved 25 April 2016.

Namibia Premier League seasons

2015–16 clubs

Seasons

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Domestic leagues	Algeria 14–15 15–16 Angola Benin 14–15 Botswana 14–15 15–16 Burkina Faso 14–15 15–16 Burundi 14–15 15–16 Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic 15–16 Chad Comoros Congo Democratic Republic of Congo 14–15 15–16 Djibouti 14–15 15–16 Egypt 14–15 15–16 Equatorial Guinea 15 15–16 Eritrea Ethiopia 14–15 15–16 Gabon Gambia 14–15 15–16 Ghana Guinea 14–15 15–16 Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast 14–15 15–16 Kenya Lesotho 14–15 15–16 Liberia ~~Libya~~ Madagascar Malawi Mali 14–15 Mauritania 14–15 15–16 Mauritius 14–15 15–16 Morocco 14–15 15–16 Mozambique Namibia 14–15 15–16 Niger 14–15 15–16 Nigeria Réunion Rwanda 14–15 15–16 São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal 14–15 15–16 Seychelles ~~Sierra Leone~~ Somalia 14–15 15–16 South Africa 14–15 15–16 South Sudan Sudan Swaziland 14–15 15–16 Tanzania 14–15 15–16 ~~Togo~~ Tunisia 14–15 15–16 Uganda 14–15 15–16 Zambia Zanzibar 14–15 15–16 Zimbabwe
Domestic cups	Algeria 14–15 15–16 Angola Egypt 14–15 15–16 Kenya South Africa 14–15 15–16 Tunisia 14–15 15–16 Uganda 14–15 15–16
Supercups	Algeria Angola Côte d'Ivoire Egypt Ethiopia Ghana Kenya Mauritania Mali
Regional club cups	Kagame Interclub Cup UNAF Club Cup
CAF club competitions	CAF Champions League qualifying rounds group stage knockout stage final CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds group stage knockout stage final CAF Super Cup
International competitions	Africa Cup of Nations Africa U-23 Cup of Nations CECAFA Cup COSAFA Cup

v t e 2016 in African football (CAF)
« 2015 2017 »
Domestic leagues	Algeria 15–16 16–17 Angola Benin Botswana 15–16 16–17 Burkina Faso 15–16 16–17 Burundi 15–16 16–17 Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic 15–16 16 16–17 Chad Comoros Congo Democratic Republic of Congo 15–16 16–17 Djibouti 15–16 16–17 Egypt 15–16 16–17 Equatorial Guinea 15–16 Eritrea Ethiopia 15–16 16–17 Gabon 15–16 16–17 Gambia 15–16 16–17 Ghana Guinea 15–16 16–17 Guinea-Bissau 16 16–17 Ivory Coast 15–16 16–17 Kenya Lesotho 15–16 16–17 Liberia 16 16–17 Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania 15–16 16–17 Mauritius 15–16 16–17 Morocco 15–16 16–17 Mozambique Namibia 15–16 Niger 15–16 16–17 Nigeria men women Réunion 16–17 Rwanda 15–16 16–17 São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal 15–16 16–17 Seychelles ~~Sierra Leone~~ Somalia 15–16 16–17 South Africa 15–16 16–17 ~~South Sudan~~ Sudan Swaziland 15–16 16–17 Tanzania 15–16 16–17 Togo 16–17 Tunisia 15–16 16–17 Uganda 15–16 16–17 Zambia Zanzibar 15–16 16–17 Zimbabwe
Domestic cups	Algeria 15–16 16–17 Angola Egypt 15–16 16–17 Morocco South Africa 15–16 16–17 Tunisia 15–16 16–17 Uganda 15–16 16–17
Supercups	Algeria Angola Egypt Kenya Mali
Regional cups	Arab Club Championship
CAF club competitions	CAF Champions League qualifying rounds group stage knockout stage final CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds group stage knockout stage final CAF Super Cup
International competitions	Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics men's tournament women's tournament CECAFA Cup COSAFA Cup