Full name | Mighty Gunners Football Club | ||
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Ground | Mokati Stadium, Otjiwarongo, Namibia | ||
Capacity | 1,000 | ||
Manager | Dawid Snewe | ||
League | Namibia Premiership | ||
2023–24 | 6th | ||
Mighty Gunners is a football club in Otjiwarongo, Namibia. It plays in the Namibia Premier League and in Mokati Stadium. [1] The club is formed up by members of the Namibian Army's 4 Artillery Brigade (Namibia) based in Otjiwarongo.
Otjozondjupa is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia. Its capital is Otjiwarongo. The region further contains the municipalities of Okahandja and Grootfontein and the towns Okakarara and Otavi. As of 2020, Otjozondjupa had 97,945 registered voters.
Otjiwarongo is a city of 49,000 inhabitants in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia. It is the district capital of the Otjiwarongo electoral constituency and also the capital of Otjozondjupa.
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.
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The Namibia Cricket Board, known commercially as Cricket Namibia, is the official governing body of the sport of cricket in Namibia. Its current headquarters is in Windhoek, which is the capital and largest city of Namibia. Cricket Namibia is Namibia's representative at the International Cricket Council and has been an Associate Member of that body since 1992. It is also a Member of the African Cricket Association.
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Otavi railway station is located in the mining town of Otavi in Namibia's central Otjozondjupa Region. It is served by a mostly freight railway and limited number of passenger service. The extension of the railway towards the east to Grootfontein is exclusively for freight service.
The 2018 Debmarine Namibia Cup is the 25th edition of the Namibia FA Cup, the knockout football competition of Namibia.
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The 2023–24 Namibia Premiership was the 2nd season of the Namibia Premiership, the top-tier football league in Namibia. African Stars won the championship for the second consecutive season. African Stars player Willy Stephanus and Rewaldo Prins of Khomas NAMPOL were the league's top scorers with sixteen goals each.
The 2024–25 Namibia Premiership will be the third season of the Namibia Premiership, the top-tier football league in Namibia. African Stars are the reigning champions after winning the championship for the second consecutive season.