# 2015–16 Namibia Premier League

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

| 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 | Relegation to First Division |
| 16 | Flamingo (R) | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 19 | 56 | −37 | 24 | Relegation to First Division |

## 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 | |

### Results 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 |
| African Stars | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | D | D | W | L | D | D | L | D | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | D |
| Black Africa | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | W | D | L | D | W | W | W |
| Blue Waters | D | D | L | W | D | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | D | D | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | W |
| Citizens | L | L | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | L | W |
| Civics | D | D | W | L | D | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | D | W | D | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | W |
| Eleven Arrows | L | W | W | D | D | D | W | L | L | D | L | D | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | D | W | D | L | W | W | L |
| Flamingo | D | L | D | L | D | L | D | L | D | L | L | W | W | D | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | L |
| Julinho Sporting | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | D | W | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | D | D |
| Mighty Gunners | L | L | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | D |
| Orlando Pirates | D | L | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | D | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | D | L | L | L |
| Rundu Chiefs | L | W | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | D | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | D | L |
| Tigers | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | L |
| Tura Magic | D | D | W | D | L | L | L | D | L | D | W | W | D | D | L | D | D | W | D | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| UNAM | D | W | L | L | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | L |
| United Stars | W | W | D | L | L | D | W | D | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | W |
| Young Chiefs | W | L | L | D | D | D | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | D |

## 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