5-729: The Namibia Premiership , or the Debmarine Namibia Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is the highest level of domestic association football in Namibia . It operates under the auspices of the Namibia Football Association . After ongoing financial and organizational problems with the Namibia Premier League (NPL), the Namibia Football Association expelled the league and founded a new top-flight league themselves following
10-656: The 2018–19 season . Despite a planned debut season in 2021, the league finally played its first season in 2022-23 after securing major sponsorship funding. Originally called the Namibia Premier Football League, the league was renamed the Namibia Premiership with the significant sponsorship of N$ 13 million provided by Debmarine. Following the 2023–24 season , the Namibia Football Association addressed
15-536: The COSAFA Cup . They qualified for two Africa Cups of Nations, in 1998 and 2008 , being eliminated in the first round both times. In September 2007, the national team qualified for just their second ever African Cup of Nations appearance, which took place in Ghana . The Namibian squad was defeated 5-1 by Morocco in their first game, 0-1 by host Ghana in their 2nd and tied Guinea one all and thus did not earn
20-668: The long-time issue of clubs with shared ownership competing in the same league. Beginning with the 2024–25 season , the practice would no longer be allowed. The debate had begun a season earlier with Mighty Gunners and Military School Okahandja , both operated by the Namibian Defence Force , set to compete in the Premiership. The issue was solved with the sale and rebranding of the club to Okahandja United . The issue arose again in summer 2024 when Khomas NAMPOL and Namibia Correctional Service were set to compete in
25-577: The top-flight. Because of the new policy, Namibian Correctional Service FC were not promoted and were replaced by First Division South runners-up Blue Boys . Football in Namibia Football in Namibia is governed by the Namibia Football Association . The Namibia Premier Football League is the main domestic league. The Namibia national football team has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup , but has twice been runner up in
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