NPL kickoff in November

The Namibia Premier League (NPL) will commence 1 November.The NPL congress, which is the universal decision-making body of the league, decided this over the weekend.It was attended by 26 representatives of the current 13 NPL clubs and resolved issues around promotion and relegation.These representatives came to the conclusion that before the league starts, and before they can consider the proposed promotion of Orlando Pirates and Civics for the upcoming season, members who wish to deliberate on their admission have to comply with article 63 and submit proposed amendments to articles 10.2 and 64.1 of the NPL constitution by tomorrow. This is because the NPL constitution does not permit congress to admit any member not promoted from the first division. Moreover, the congress attendees also requested the NFA to extend player registration until 31 October.In addition to this, the relegation of Young African by the NPL was appealed to the Namibia Football Association (NFA), and by virtue of the NFA constitution, the matter is to be subjected to mediation by an independent appeals committee, to be set up by the NFA and endorsed at the NFA congress, which is slated for next month.It was also decided that the NPL will write to the Fifa normalisation committee and request to be provided with the rules and methods to be used to promote and relegate clubs to and from the different NFA leagues for the 2019/20 season. It was, however, not decided whether the lower streams will kick off at the same time. According to Andre Gariseb, spokesperson of NPL, a proposal was made to assist with financing and offer administrative support to the first and not the second division. “The proposal, however, is subject to the NC's approval.”LIMBA MUPETAMI

NPL kickoff in November

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Namibian Sun 2025-08-01

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