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{{distinguish|Namibia Premiership}}
{{Infobox football league
| name       = Namibia Premier League
| logo       = NamibiaPremierLeagueLogo.jpg
| pixels     = 
| country    = Namibia
| confed     = CAF
| founded    = 1990
| folded     =
| teams      = 16 (1990–2004) <br/>12 (2004–2014) <br/>16 (2014–)
 (2005–2020)
| relegation = [[First Division (Namibia)|First Division]]
| levels     = 1
| domest_cup = [[NFA Cup]] <br> [[Namibian Newspaper Cup]]<br>
[[Namibian Super Cup|Standard Bank Super Cup]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thesoccerpages.com/news/206/namibia-super-cup-gets-new-sponsor |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415043239/http://www.thesoccerpages.com/news/206/namibia-super-cup-gets-new-sponsor |archive-date=2014-04-15 |title=Namibia Super Cup gets new sponsor {{!}} The Soccer Pages}}</ref>
| confed_cup = [[CAF Champions League|Champions League]] <br> [[CAF Confederation Cup|Confederation Cup]]
| most successful club = [[Black Africa S.C.|Black Africa]] (10)
| champions =  
| tv         = 
| website    = 
| current    = Discontinued
}}

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 their 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 FC at the [[Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium]].<ref>[https://southerntimesafrica.com/site/news/namibia-football-starts-new-chapter ''Namibia football starts new chapter.'' Southern Times, 11 December 2020.]</ref><ref name="homeless">[https://www.namibian.com.na/97549/read/Homeless-NPL-refuses-to-yield ''"Homeless" NPL refuses to yield.'' The Namibian, 22 December 2020.]</ref>

==Previous champions==
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
*1990 : [[Orlando Pirates S.C.|Orlando Pirates]] ([[Windhoek]])
*1991 : [[Eleven Arrows F.C.|Eleven Arrows]] ([[Walvis Bay]])
*1992 : [[Ramblers F.C.|Ramblers]] ([[Windhoek]])
*1993 : [[Chief Santos]] ([[Tsumeb]])
*1994 : [[African Stars F.C.|African Stars]] ([[Windhoek]]) <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nami94.html |title = Namibia 1994}}</ref>
*1995 : [[Black Africa S.C.|Black Africa]] ([[Windhoek]])
*1996 : [[Blue Waters F.C.|Blue Waters]] ([[Walvis Bay]])
*1997 : ''not contested''
*1998 : [[Black Africa S.C.|Black Africa]] ([[Windhoek]])
*1999 : [[Black Africa S.C.|Black Africa]] ([[Windhoek]])
*2000 : [[Blue Waters F.C.|Blue Waters]] ([[Walvis Bay]])
*2001–02 : [[Liverpool Okahandja|Liverpool]] ([[Okahandja]])
*2002–03 : [[Chief Santos]] ([[Tsumeb]])
*2003–04 : [[Blue Waters F.C.|Blue Waters]] ([[Walvis Bay]])
*2004–05 : [[F.C. Civics Windhoek|FC Civics]] ([[Windhoek]])
*2005–06 : [[F.C. Civics Windhoek|FC Civics]] ([[Windhoek]])
*2006–07 : [[F.C. Civics Windhoek|FC Civics]] ([[Windhoek]])
*2007–08 : [[Orlando Pirates S.C.|Orlando Pirates]] ([[Windhoek]])
*2008–09 : [[African Stars F.C.|African Stars]] ([[Windhoek]])
*2009–10 : [[African Stars F.C.|African Stars]] ([[Windhoek]])
*2010–11 : [[Black Africa S.C.|Black Africa]] ([[Windhoek]])
*2011–12 : [[Black Africa S.C.|Black Africa]] ([[Windhoek]])
*2012–13 : [[Black Africa S.C.|Black Africa]] ([[Windhoek]])
*2013–14 : [[Black Africa S.C.|Black Africa]] ([[Windhoek]])
*2014–15 : [[African Stars F.C.|African Stars]] ([[Windhoek]])
*[[2015–16 Namibia Premier League|2015–16]]: [[United Africa Tigers|Tigers]] ([[Windhoek]])
*2016–17 : ''Not played''
*[[2017–18 Namibia Premier League|2017–18]]: [[African Stars F.C.|African Stars]] ([[Windhoek]])
*[[2018–19 Namibia Premier League|2018–19]]: [[Black Africa S.C.|Black Africa]] ([[Windhoek]])
*2019–22 : ''Not played, discontinued''

{{div col end}}

==Most titles==
{| class=wikitable
! Club
! Titles
|-
| [[Black Africa S.C.|Black Africa]]
| align=center | 10
|-
| [[African Stars F.C.|African Stars]]
| align=center | 5
|-
| [[Blue Waters F.C.|Blue Waters]]
| align=center | 4
|-
| [[F.C. Civics Windhoek|FC Civics]]
| align=center | 3
|-
| [[Chief Santos]]
| align=center | 2
|-
| [[Orlando Pirates S.C.|Orlando Pirates]]
| align=center | 2
|-
| [[United Africa Tigers|Tigers]]
| align=center | 2
|-
| Chelsea (Grootfontein)
| align=center | 1
|-
| [[Eleven Arrows F.C.|Eleven Arrows]]
| align=center | 1
|-
| [[Liverpool Okahandja|Liverpool]]
| align=center | 1
|-
| [[Ramblers F.C.|Ramblers]]
| align=center | 1
|}

==Top goalscorers==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Year
! Best scorers
! Team
! Goals
|-
|'''2001–02'''
|{{flagicon|Zambia}} [[William Chilufya]] || Liverpool || 29
|-
|'''2002–03'''
|{{Flagicon|NAM}} Immanuel Kooper|| ||18
|- 
|'''2003–04'''
|{{flagicon|NAM}} [[Costa Khaiseb]] || Ramblers ||bgcolor=mistyrose| '''30'''
|- 
|'''2004–05'''
|{{flagicon|ANG}} [[Armando Pedro]] || Blue Waters || 23
|- 
|'''2005–06'''
|{{flagicon|NAM}} Heinrich Isaacs || Civics Windhoek || 20
|- 
|'''2006–07'''
|{{flagicon|ZAM}} [[William Chilufya]] ||Civics Windhoek || 17
|- 
|'''2007–08'''
|{{flagicon|NAM}} [[Pineas Jacob]] ||Ramblers || 12
|-
|'''2008–09'''
|{{flagicon|NAM}} [[Jerome Louis]] ||Black Africa || 22
|- 
|'''2009–10'''
|{{flagicon|NAM}} [[Jerome Louis]] ||Black Africa || 17
|- 
|'''2010–11'''
|{{flagicon|NAM}} Harold Ochurub ||Mighty Gunners || 12
|-
|'''2011–12'''
|{{flagicon|NAM}} [[Jerome Louis]]<br>{{flagicon|NAM}} Richard Kavendji || Black Africa <br>Hotspurs || 12
|-
|'''2012–13'''
|{{Flagicon|NAM}} Harold Ochurub|| ||13
|-
|'''2013–14'''
|{{Flagicon|NAM}} [[Hendrik Somaeb]]||Blue Waters ||17
|-
|'''2014–15'''
|{{Flagicon|NAM}} Nicky Musambini|| ||17
|-
|'''2015–16'''
|{{Flagicon|NAM}} [[Terdius Uiseb]]|| Orlando Pirates||20
|-
|'''2017–18'''
|{{Flagicon|NAM}} [[Panduleni Nekundi]]||African Stars ||15
|-
|'''2018–19'''
|{{Flagicon|NAM}} [[Isaskar Gurirab]]||Life Fighters ||23
|}
==Multiple hat-tricks==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Rank 
!Country 
!Player 
!Hat-tricks 
|-
|1
|{{flagicon|NAM}}
|Marco Van Wyk 
|2
|-
|rowspan=10|2
|{{flagicon|NAM}}
|Riaan Cloete
|rowspan=10|1
|-
|{{flagicon|NAM}}
|Moses Kanjuku 
|-
|{{flagicon|NAM}}
|[[Jerome Louis]]
|-
|{{flagicon|NAM}}
|Dokkies Schmidth
|-
|}

==See also==
[[NFA-Cup]]

==References==
<references />

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070622064315/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=nam/nationalleague/standings.html League] at FIFA.com (archived)
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/namichamp.html RSSSF competition history]

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[[Category:Football leagues in Namibia]]
[[Category:Top-level football leagues in Africa|Namibia]]
[[Category:1990 establishments in Namibia]]
[[Category:2020 disestablishments in Namibia]]
[[Category:Sports leagues established in 1990]]
[[Category:Sports leagues disestablished in 2020]]


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