Namibia 2002/03

"Tafel Lager" Premier League

Table: 

 1.MS Chief Santos         29 22  4  3   +40   70  Champions  [Tsumeb]      [MS=Marathon Sugar]
 2.Civics FC               28 16  9  3   +40   57  [Windhoek] 
 3.Orlando Pirates         27 17  6  4   +20   57  [Windhoek]
 4.Ramblers                29 14  9  6   +27   51  [Windhoek]    
 5.African Stars           30 15  6  9   +18   51  [Windhoek]
 6.Blue Waters             30 14  7  9   +26   49  [Walvis Bay]  
 7.Black Africa            30 12 10  8   +20   46  [Windhoek]
 8.United Africa Tigers    29  9 12  8   + 9   39  [Windhoek] 
 9.Liverpool               29 10  6 13   - 2   36  [Okahandja]   
10.Friends                 30 10  5 15   -10   35  [Rehoboth]
11.Oshakati City FC        28  9  7 12   -18   34  [Oshakati]    
12.Eleven Arrows           30  8  4 18   -24   28  [Walvis Bay] 
13.Life Fighters           28  6  8 14   -24   26  [Otjiwarongo] 
14.Benfica                 28  6  7 15   -21   25  [Tsumeb]
-------------------------------------------------
15.Nashua Young Ones FC    30  5  7 18   -35   22  Relegated  [Windhoek]    
16.Cuca Tops               29  3  5 21   -66   14  Relegated  [Rundu]

Round 1 [Sep 14]
Benfica         1-2     Chief Santos
Oshakati City   4-0     Cuca Tops
Liverpool       3-1     UA Tigers      
Friends         2-4     Civics  
Ramblers        2-0     Black Africa    
Young Ones      0-3     African Stars
Orlando Pirates 3-0     Blue Waters    
Life Fighters   4-5     Eleven Arrows

Round 2 [Sep 15]
Benfica         3-0     Cuca Tops
Oshakati City   1-0     Chief Santos
Liverpool       1-0     Black Africa
Ramblers        1-1     UA Tigers
Friends         2-1     African Stars
Orlando Pirates 3-0     Eleven Arrows
Life Fighters   1-5     Blue Waters
Young Ones      0-2     Civics

Round 3?
Friends         4-4     Young Ones
Liverpool lost  0-3     at home (to Ramblers?)
Blue Waters     4-0     Eleven Arrows

Round 4
[Sep 25?]
Orlando Pirates 1-1     Civics          
Young Ones      2-2     Black Africa 
[Sep 28?]
Tigers          bt      Friends
Blue Waters     6-3     Benfica
Eleven Arrows    -      Oshakati City
Cuca Tops        -      Ramblers
Chief Santos     -      Liverpool
African Stars   bt      Life Fighters

Round 5 [Sep 29?]
Black Africa    4-1     Friends
Blue Waters     2-1     Oshakati City
Eleven Arrows    -      Benfica
Chief Santos     -      Ramblers
Cuca Tops (?)    -      Liverpool
Civics           -      Life Fighters
African Stars    -      Orlando Pirates
Young Ones       -      Tigers

Round 6 
[Oct 4]
Civics          3-1     Liverpool
[Oct 5]
Orlando Pirates 2-3     Chief Santos
Oshakati City   1-4     Black Africa
Life Fighters   2-1     Cuca Tops
Friends         5-1     Eleven Arrows
Benfica         2-2     Tigers
Young Ones      4-3     Blue Waters
African Stars   ppd     Ramblers

Round 7 [Oct 6]
Oshakati City   0-0     Tigers
Ramblers        1-1     Civics
Life Fighters   0-1     Chief Santos
Benfica         2-3     Black Africa
Friends         4-4     Blue Waters
Orlando Pirates 4-1     Cuca Tops
Yong Ones       0-0     Eleven Arrows
African Stars   1-0     Liverpool

Cuca Tops have 7 losses from 7 matches

Round 8 
[Oct 11]
Orlando Pirates  -      Tigers

Round 9 [Oct 13]
Orlando Pirates 2-1     Black Africa

Round 10? 
[Oct 18]
Ramblers        abd     Friends           [abandoned at 1-0 in 2nd half due
[Oct 19]                                   to light failure; will be replayed]
Chief Santos    2-0     Blue Waters
Liverpool       2-3     Young Ones
Civics          2-2     Tigers
African Stars   2-2     Black Africa
Cuca Tops       2-3     Eleven Arrows
[date?]
Ramblers        lt      Friends
NB: 3rd consecutive win for Eleven Arrows

Round 11? [Oct 20]
Chief Santos    2-0     Eleven Arrows
Cuca Tops       0-1     Blue Waters
Liverpool       0-3     Friends
Young Ones      1-2     Ramblers
Oshakati City   1-1     Orlando Pirates
Benfica         0-0     Life Fighters
Black Africa    1-1     Civics
African Stars   2-1     Tigers

[Oct 26,27]
Chief Santos, Friends did not play

Round 12
[Nov 2]
Blue Waters     5-4     Black Africa
Friends         3-0     Benfica
Chief Santos    2-3     African Stars   
Cuca Tops       2-1     Civics
Liverpool       1-4     Life Fighters

Round 13
[Nov 3]
Blue Waters     3-2     Tigers
Eleven Arrows   1-3     Black Africa
Friends         6-1     Oshakati City    
Chief Santos    1-3     Civics         
Ramblers        2-2     Life Fighters
Liverpool       n/p     Orlando Pirates   [match officials dns]
[replay or awarded?; between Feb 2 and 8]
Liverpool       lt      Orlando Pirates   [by 2 goals?]

Round 14 
[Nov 9]
Tigers          0-3     Santos          
Black Africa    4-1     Cuca Tops         [4-0?]
Life Fighters   0-3     Friends
Liverpool       4-1     Oshakati City
Ramblers        2-1     Benfica
Blue Waters     1-0     African Stars   
Eleven Arrows   0-2     Civics     
[Nov 23]  
Orlando Pirates 3-1     Young Ones

Round 15 [Nov 10]
Black Africa    1-2     Santos 
Tigers          4-2     Cuca Tops        
Orlando Pirates 1-0     Friends
Life Fighters   3-1     Young Ones
Ramblers        4-0     Oshakati City
Liverpool       4-1     Benfica
Blue Waters     0-1     Civics 
Eleven Arrows   0-2     African Stars   

Round 16 (returns round 1) 
[Feb 1]
Chief Santos    1-0     Benfica      
Cuca Tops       drw     Oshakati City      
Civics          4-2     Friends         
African Stars   bt      Young Ones         [by 1 goal]
Blue Waters     0-1     Orlando Pirates
Eleven Arrows   lt      Life Fighters      [by 1 goal]
Tigers          bt      Liverpool          [by 2 goals]
[Feb 20]
Black Africa    4-0     Ramblers

Round 17 (returns round 2) 
[Feb 2]
Chief Santos    2-0     Oshakati City  
Cuca Tops       drw     Benfica            [probably 1-1]
Civics          1-1     Young Ones
African Stars   1-1     Friends
Blue Waters     5-1     Life Fighters
Eleven Arrows   2-0     Orlando Pirates
Black Africa    drw     Liverpool
[Feb 21]
Tigers          3-0     Ramblers

Table:

 1.MS Chief Santos         17 13  1  3  32-16  40  [Tsumeb]      [MS=Marathon Sugar]
 2.Civics FC               17 10  6  1  37-18  36  [Windhoek] 
 3.African Stars           17  9  5  3  36-20  32  [Windhoek]
 4.Orlando Pirates         16  8  6  2  27-14  30  [Windhoek]
 5.Blue Waters             17  9  3  5  40-28  30  [Walvis Bay]  
 6.Ramblers                17  7  5  5  26-22  26  [Windhoek] 
 7.United Africa Tigers    17  6  7  4  30-25  25  [Windhoek]     
 8.Black Africa            17  6  6  5  40-30  24  [Windhoek]   
 9.Friends                 17  7  3  7  40-32  24  [Rehoboth] 
10.Liverpool               16  5  3  8  29-33  18  [Okahandja]   
11.Nashua Young Ones FC    17  4  5  8  29-40  17  [Windhoek]    
12.Life Fighters           17  4  5  8  23-35  17  [Otjiwarongo] 
-------------------------------------------------
13.Oshakati City FC        17  4  5  8  20-35  17  [Oshakati]  
14.Eleven Arrows           17  5  1 11  16-33  16  [Walvis Bay] 
15.Benfica                 17  2  4 11  22-41  10  [Tsumeb]
16.Cuca Tops               17  2  3 12  16-40   9  [Rundu]

NB: 1 more goal scored than conceded; matches Ramblers rd 16 and 17 included;
    postponed matches: Orlando Pirates vs Liverpool (rd 13)

Round 18 (returns round 4) [Feb 8] (programme inferred)
Civics          2-0     Orlando Pirates
Liverpool       lt      Chief Santos       [by 1 goal]
Black Africa    drw     Young Ones
Friends         drw     Tigers
Benfica         drw     Blue Waters
Oshakati City   lt      Eleven Arrows      [by 1 goal]
Ramblers        bt      Cuca Tops          [by 3 goals]
Life Fighters   bt      African Stars      [by 2 goals]

Round 19 (returns round 5) [Feb 9] (programme inferred)
Life Fighters   0-3     Civics
Ramblers        1-1     Chief Santos
Friends         lt      Black Africa       [by 3 goals]
Oshakati City   bt      Blue Waters        [by 1 goal]
Benfica         bt      Eleven Arrows      [by 1 goal]
Liverpool       bt      Cuca Tops          [by 2 goals]
Orlando Pirates bt      African Stars      [by 3 goals]
Tigers          bt      Young Ones         [by 4 goals]

Table:

 1.MS Chief Santos         19 14  2  3  33-17  44  [*18]         [+17]  [Tsumeb]      [MS=Marathon Sugar]
 2.Civics FC               19 12  6  1  42-18  42                [+24]  [Windhoek] 
 3.Orlando Pirates         19 10  6  3  27-16  36  [*13,*19]     [+14]  [Windhoek]
 4.African Stars           19  9  5  5  36-20  32  [*18,*19]     [+11]  [Windhoek]
 5.Blue Waters             19  9  4  6  40-28  31  [*18,*19]     [+11]  [Walvis Bay]  
 6.Ramblers                19  8  6  5  27-23  30  [*18]         [+14]  [Windhoek]    
 7.United Africa Tigers    19  7  8  4  30-25  29  [*18,*19]     [+ 6]  [Windhoek]     
 8.Black Africa            19  7  7  5  40-30  28  [*18,*19]     [+ 9]  [Windhoek]
 9.Friends                 19  7  4  8  40-32  25  [*18,*19]     [+ 5]  [Rehoboth] 
10.Liverpool               19  6  3 10  29-33  21  [*13,*18,*19] [- 3]  [Okahandja]   
11.Life Fighters           19  5  5  9  23-38  20  [*18]         [-13]  [Otjiwarongo] 
12.Oshakati City FC        19  5  5  9  20-35  20  [*18,*19]     [-15]  [Oshakati]  
13.Eleven Arrows           19  6  1 12  16-33  19  [*18,*19]     [-17]  [Walvis Bay] 
14.Nashua Young Ones FC    19  4  6  9  29-40  18  [*18,*19]     [-15]  [Windhoek]    
-------------------------------------------------
15.Benfica                 19  3  5 11  22-41  14  [*18,*19]     [-18]  [Tsumeb]
16.Cuca Tops               19  2  3 14  16-40   9  [*18,*19]     [-29]  [Rundu]

[*i] w/o goals rd i; actual goal differences indicated by Civics site between
     square brackets
NB: 1 more goal scored than conceded

Round 20 (returns round 6) [Mar 8]
Liverpool       2-2     Civics

Round 21 (returns round 7) [Mar 9]
Civics          1-2     Ramblers

Top of Table:

 1.MS Chief Santos         20 15  2  3    -    47  [Tsumeb]      [MS=Marathon Sugar]
 2.Civics FC               20 12  7  1    -    43  [Windhoek] 

 5.Blue Waters             21 11  4  6    -    37  [Walvis Bay]  

Round 22 (returns round 8) [Mar 29]
Tigers          7-2     Orlando Pirates

Round 23 (returns round 9) [Mar 30]
Black Africa    0-2     Orlando Pirates

Round 24 [Apr 5]
Civics          5-2     Tigers

Round 25 [Apr 6]
Civics          2-2     Black Africa
Eleven Arrows   0-1     Chief Santos 
Blue Waters     7-1     Cuca Tops   
Liverpool       3-2     Friends 
Orlando Pirates 3-0     Oshakati City  
Life Fighters   2-3     Benfica  
Africa Tigers   1-1     African Stars
Ramblers        6-0     Young Ones 

Round 26 [Apr 12]
Civics         12-0     Cuca Tops         [11-0?]
Ramblers        1-2     Orlando Pirates
Black Africa    5-3     Eleven Arrows
African Stars   1-3     Chief Santos
Tigers          1-1     Blue Waters
Liverpool       1-0     Life Fighters
Oshakati City   3-0     Young Ones
Benfica         3-1     Friends

Round 27 [Apr 13]
Civics          1-2     Chief Santos
Orlando Pirates 1-0     Liverpool
Tigers          1-1     Eleven Arrows
Black Africa    2-1     Blue Waters
African Stars   7-0     Cuca Tops
Life Fighters   0-0     Ramblers
Benfica         1-0     Young Ones
Oshakati City   4-3     Friends 

Round 28 [Apr 26]
Young Ones      1-2     Orlando Pirates 
Civics          3-0     Eleven Arrows 
African Stars   2-1     Blue Waters 
Friends         4-1     Life Fighters 
Benfica         2-2     Ramblers 
Chief Santos    0-0     Black Africa 
Cuca Tops       1-0     Tigers 
Oshakati City   0-4     Liverpool 

Round 29 [Apr 27] 
African Stars   2-0     Eleven Arrows 
Young Ones      2-2     Life Fighters 
Civics          2-2     Blue Waters 
Friends         1-3     Orlando Pirates 
Benfica         1-1     Liverpool 
Chief Santos    2-0     Tigers 
Cuca Tops       1-1     Black Africa 
Oshakati City   1-1     Ramblers 

Round 30 
[May 10,11]
Chief Santos    8-0     Cuca Tops
Young Ones      2-3     Friends
Black Africa    3-1     Tigers
Blue Waters     3-1     Eleven Arrows
[May 14]
Civics          3-2     African Stars

Postponed Matches  
[May 24,25]
Oshakati City    -      Civics
Cuca Tops        -      Orlando Pirates
Benfica          -      Civics
Chief Santos     -      Orlando Pirates
[date ?]
Tigers           -      Life Fighters

Table: 

 1.MS Chief Santos         29 22  4  3   +40   70  Champions  [Tsumeb]      [MS=Marathon Sugar]
 2.Civics FC               28 16  9  3   +40   57  [Windhoek] 
 3.Orlando Pirates         27 17  6  4   +20   57  [Windhoek]
 4.Ramblers                29 14  9  6   +27   51  [Windhoek]    
 5.African Stars           30 15  6  9   +18   51  [Windhoek]
 6.Blue Waters             30 14  7  9   +26   49  [Walvis Bay]  
 7.Black Africa            30 12 10  8   +20   46  [Windhoek]
 8.United Africa Tigers    29  9 12  8   + 9   39  [Windhoek] 
 9.Liverpool               29 10  6 13   - 2   36  [Okahandja]   
10.Friends                 30 10  5 15   -10   35  [Rehoboth]
11.Oshakati City FC        28  9  7 12   -18   34  [Oshakati]      
12.Eleven Arrows           30  8  4 18   -24   28  [Walvis Bay] 
13.Life Fighters           28  6  8 14   -24   26  [Otjiwarongo] 
14.Benfica                 28  6  7 15   -21   25  [Tsumeb]
-------------------------------------------------
15.Nashua Young Ones FC    30  5  7 18   -35   22  Relegated  [Windhoek]    
16.Cuca Tops               29  3  5 21   -66   14  Relegated  [Rundu]


Namibia Cups 2002/03

"Tafel Lager" NFA Cup 

[Mar 1]
Tough Guys              2-2     Young Ones              [3-1 pen]       
[Mar 2]
Tough Guys              1-10    Civics
[Mar 1,2]
Tigers                  2-0     Mae Day Chiefs
Black Africa            1-1     Pupkewitz Unam          [3-2 pen]
Buffaloes               2-1     African Stars
Ramblers                2-1     TransNamib
Friends                 3-2     Namib Chiefs
Orlando Pirates         2-1     Deportivo Alaves

1/16 Finals [Mar 22]
Orlando Pirates         3-0     Cuca Tops
Young Eagles            1-3     Space Age 
Blue Birds (Erongo)     4-2     Kilus XI 
Ramblers               14-0     Rangers 
BMC                     2-3     Blue Birds (Omusati) 
Liverpool               3-1     United Stars 
Oshakati City           2-1     Buffaloes XI 
Morning Stars           4-8     King Pele Santos 

1/8 Finals 
[Mar 22]
Golden Bees             2-2     Chief Santos            [4-2 pen]
Blue Waters             1-1     Black Africa            [5-4 pen] 
[Mar 23] 
Orlando Pirates         4-2     Oshakati City 
Tigers                  5-0     Friends 
Civics                  3-0     Young Braves 
Ramblers               10-0     Space Age 
Blue Birds (Erongo)     7-1     Blue Birds (Omusati) 
Liverpool              13-4     King Pele Santos 

Quarterfinals [Walvis Bay, Kuisebmund Stadium, May 3-4]
Civics                  3-1     Ramblers
Orlando Pirates         0-0     United Africa Tigers    [2-4 pen]
Blue Waters             2-1     Blue Birds (Erongo, Walvisbaai)
Liverpool               5-1     Golden Bees (Outjo)

Semifinals [May 17]
Liverpool               0-1     Civics
Tigers                  2-0     Blue Waters

Final [May 31, Windhoek, Independence Stadium]
UA Tigers               2-4     Civics
  [Hoko Kasibu 60, Bonny Uirab 85; Jeremiah Mbaisako 11og,
   Donnie Isaacs 25, Costa Khaiseb 35, Angula 64?]  


MTC Christmas Cup Tournament (played early December, finished before Dec 12)

Semifinals [Dec, Kuisebmondstadion, Walvisbaai]
Blue Waters             4-2     Oshakati City
Civics                  2-0     Ramblers

Third Place Match
Ramblers                2-0     Oshakati City

Final [Dec, Kuisebmondstadion, Walvisbaai]
Blue Waters             2-2     Civics                  [aet, 4-3 pen]
  [Berlin Auckumeb 4, Phello Muatunge 22pen; Floris Diergaardt 58, 69]


Swabou Charity Cup (pre-season tournament; apparently for lower
                    level clubs as no 1st level teams entered)

[Aug 10]
Hot Flames              5-0     African Rassap
Bee Bob Brothers        8-1     Beauty Bucks
Onambula United         4-1     Diamond City
Real Cheetahs           3-2     Touch & Go
A Team                  4-2     Juventus
[Aug 11]
Deportivo Alaves        4-3     Hollywood
United Stars            2-0     Challengers
Colo Colo               2-0     Onathinga United
Hot Flames              4-0     Young Chiefs 

Quarterfinals [Aug ?]
Hot Flames              2-0     Colo Colo
Bee Bob Brothers        5-4     Onambula United
Real Cheetahs           2-1     A Team
United Stars            4-3     Deportivo Alaves

Semifinals [Aug 17]
Hot Flames              5-3     Real Cheetahs
Bee Bob Brothers        3-0     United Stars

Third place match [Aug 18]
United Stars            5-2     Real Cheetahs

Final [Aug 18]
Hot Flames              5-1     Bee Bob Brothers

NB: Hot Flames occasionally spelled 'Hotflames'.


Second Level 2002/03

Promotion Playoff [Jul 25-27, at Tsumeb]

Round 1
Mae Dae Chiefs  5-0     Aranos FC
Golden Bees     1-1     United Stars

Round 2
Mae Dae Chiefs  4-1     United Stars
Golden Bees     4-0     Aranos FC

Round 3
Mae Dae Chiefs  3-3     Golden Bees
United Stars   14-0     Aranos FC

Final Table: 

 1.Mae Dae Chiefs           3  2  1  0  12- 4   7  Promoted  [Gobabis]
 2.Golden Bees              3  1  2  0   8- 4   5  Promoted  [Outjo]
 3.United Stars             3  1  1  1  16- 5   4  [Rundu]
 4.Aranos FC                3  0  0  3   0-23   0


Far North Nationwide First Division 

Top of Final Table:

 1.Golden Bees             23            +23   41  Promotion Playoff
 2.KK Palace               23            +11   41


Third Level

Cattle Country League 

Winners: Kilus XI, qualified for promotion playoff

2001/02

2003/04

list of champions

list of cup winners


About this document

Sources: Die Republikein, The Namibian

Prepared and maintained by Hans Schöggl for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Hans Schöggl (hans.schoeggl@sbg.ac.at)
Last updated: 13 Feb 2005

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