The FC Civics Windhoek (Civics) is a Namibian football club based in Windhoek. The Civics play in the highest division of Namibian football, the Namibia Premier League. The club has its home in Khomasdal, in the north of the Namibian capital Windhoek.
FC Civics were founded by a group of young students in 1983, who initially named the team after a local street– Bethlehem Boys. The club later became the Mighty Civilians before being recast again as Civics. Even today, the bulk of the squad comes either from Khomasdal or the neighbouring township of Katutura.
Over the past few years, residents of this underprivileged area have risen from a useful street team to Namibia's top league with the help of Helmut Scharnowski, who hails from the northern German city of Flensburg.
Black Africa Sports Club is a Namibian football team from Katutura, Windhoek that plays in the Namibia First Division.
The Namibia Premier League (NPL) was the highest level of domestic association football in Namibia until it was disbanded following the 2018–19 season. The league was established in 1990 and was trimmed to 12 teams from the traditional 16 in 2005. It was disbanded in 2020 after ongoing problems with the Namibia Football Association, which finally ended the relationship. The NFA founded the Namibia Football Premier League to replace it. The new league kicked off with the 2022/2023 season with African Stars against Unam at the Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium.
The Namibia FA Cup, officially Bidvest Namibia Cup, is an association football tournament for Namibian clubs.
The principal sports in Namibia are football, rugby union, cricket, golf and fishing. Boxing and athletics are also popular. The home stadium for all national teams is Independence Stadium in Windhoek, while Sam Nujoma Stadium in Katutura is also occasionally used.
Orlando Pirates Sport Club are a professional Namibian football club from Katutura, Windhoek. They play in the country's highest division, the Namibia Premier Football League.
The African Stars Football Club are a professional Namibian football club from Windhoek. They play in the country's highest division, the Namibia Premier Football League.
Franklin April was a Namibian football defender who played for FC Civics and the Namibia national football team.
Katutura is a township of Windhoek, Khomas Region, Namibia. Katutura was created in 1961 following the forced removal of Windhoek's black population from the Old Location, which afterwards was developed into the suburb of Hochland Park. Sam Nujoma Stadium, built in 2005, is located within Katutura. Katutura Community Radio, a community-based radio station, also operates from the township. Katutura State Hospital, one of two State Hospitals in the Windhoek area, is located in the township.
Khomasdal is a suburb of Namibia's capital of Windhoek in the Khomas Region. Founded as Windhoek's residential area for Coloured people, Khomasdal still is primarily composed of Coloured people.
KK Palace is a football (soccer) team in Ondangwa, Namibia.
Danzyl Bruwer is a Namibian retired footballer formerly with Ajax Cape Town FC in the Premier Soccer League of South Africa.
Khomasdal Stadium is a stadium in Khomasdal, a suburb of Windhoek, Namibia. It was originally constructed school sports, church activities and youth groups but has become the main stadium for a number of Namibia's top professional football clubs, including Orlando Pirates, tigers, Civics, African Stars and Black Africa. It became the home stadium of those clubs when Sam Nujoma Stadium, which is also in Katutura, underwent changes due to FIFA regulations.
Silvester Goraseb is a retired Namibian footballer, who is chairman of Premier League side Black Africa. He is also president of the NAFPU, the Namibian player's union.
Ronald Himeekua Ketjijere is a Namibian football holding midfielder who plays for the Namibia national football team. He was captain of the Brave Warriors and can also play as an offensive midfielder.
Robson 'Robbie' Savage (1967–2017) was a Namibian football fan and socialite. He was the official mascot of the Brave Warriors, Namibia's national football team, as well as of the first inter-racial rugby match between South Africa and pre-independent Namibia in 1987.
The 2018 Debmarine Namibia Cup is the 25th edition of the Namibia FA Cup, the knockout football competition of Namibia.
Dynamo Carlos Fredericks is a Namibian footballer who plays as a centre-back for Black Africa and the Namibia national football team.
DTS Windhoek FC is a Namibian football club based in Windhoek which currently plays in the First Division, the second-tier competition in the country.
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