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| Full name | Citizens Football Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2013 | ||
| Ground | Sam Nuyoma Stadium, Windhoek, | ||
| Capacity | 10,300 | ||
| League | Namibia Premier Football League | ||
Citizens FC is a football club located in Windhoek, Namibia.
The predecessor of Citizens was a football club that was founded in 2012 under the name Monitoring Success College FC. [1]
Citizens Football Club was founded on September 27, 2013, in the capital of Namibia, in the city of Windhoek. In 2014, the club reached the final of the National Cup [2]
| Season | League | Place |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | First Division Southern | |
| 2022/23 | Namibia Premier Football League | 16th [3] |
| 2021/22 | No League | |
| 2020/21 | No League | |
| 2019/20 | No League | |
| 2018/19 | Namibia Premier League | 7th [4] |
| 2017/18 | Namibia Premier League | 11th [5] |
| 2016/17 | Namibia Premier League | Cancelled [6] |
| 2015/16 | Namibia Premier League | 13th [7] |
| 2014/15 | Namibia Premier league | 9th [8] |
| 2013/14 | First Division Southern | 1st [9] [10] [11] |
| 2012/13 | First Division Southern | 7th [12] |
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