NC to decide on league football fate
Details of secretive meetings emerge
The NC normalisation committee will have to decide on the future of league football, based on the propositions the two leagues made on Tuesday.
Jesse Jackson Kauraisa
Windhoek
The Fifa normalisation committee (NC) on Tuesday met representatives from the Namibia Premier League (NPL) and Namibia Premier Football League (NPFL) to deliberate on what both leagues can offer.
NC committee chairperson, Bisey Uirab, says the committee will have to decide on the future of league football, based on the propositions the two leagues made on Tuesday.
Uirab, who refused to leak any details of the separate meetings, revealed that they had “good meetings” with both NPL and NPFL.
“I am currently in a meeting, but what I can tell you is that we met both the NPL and NPFL and we had good meetings.
“We will have to decide on the future, but I will not be able to tell you when the decision will be made,” he said.
What sources say
Sources confirmed that the NPL met the NC with club representatives and shared their propositions on how to start the league, and which sponsors are on the table.
The NPFL also outlined its plan during lengthy discussions.
The two parties both refused to disclose any further information.
A background story
In 2020, the Namibia Football Association (NFA) congress resolved to expel the NPL, after it did not comply with a request from the Fifa-appointed NC.
The NPL took a stand to relegate three clubs - Young African, Orlando Pirates and Civics - at the end of the 2018/19 season.
Claims from the committee, and those who took over the NFA at the 2020 congress, were that the NPL’s decision to relegate the clubs, while no first division football was played due to lack of funds, was incorrect.
The NPL, under its chairman Patrick Kauta, refused to bow to an NC request to undo the decision, and this led to their expulsion at the congress.
The newly elected leadership of the NFA endorsed the formation of the NPFL in December 2020.
The same leadership, and NFA executive that formed part of this formation was, however, later dismissed by Fifa due to infighting. A new NC was subsequently elected.
The newly elected NC is open to listen to both parties and proposals for football to start again in Namibia.
Windhoek
The Fifa normalisation committee (NC) on Tuesday met representatives from the Namibia Premier League (NPL) and Namibia Premier Football League (NPFL) to deliberate on what both leagues can offer.
NC committee chairperson, Bisey Uirab, says the committee will have to decide on the future of league football, based on the propositions the two leagues made on Tuesday.
Uirab, who refused to leak any details of the separate meetings, revealed that they had “good meetings” with both NPL and NPFL.
“I am currently in a meeting, but what I can tell you is that we met both the NPL and NPFL and we had good meetings.
“We will have to decide on the future, but I will not be able to tell you when the decision will be made,” he said.
What sources say
Sources confirmed that the NPL met the NC with club representatives and shared their propositions on how to start the league, and which sponsors are on the table.
The NPFL also outlined its plan during lengthy discussions.
The two parties both refused to disclose any further information.
A background story
In 2020, the Namibia Football Association (NFA) congress resolved to expel the NPL, after it did not comply with a request from the Fifa-appointed NC.
The NPL took a stand to relegate three clubs - Young African, Orlando Pirates and Civics - at the end of the 2018/19 season.
Claims from the committee, and those who took over the NFA at the 2020 congress, were that the NPL’s decision to relegate the clubs, while no first division football was played due to lack of funds, was incorrect.
The NPL, under its chairman Patrick Kauta, refused to bow to an NC request to undo the decision, and this led to their expulsion at the congress.
The newly elected leadership of the NFA endorsed the formation of the NPFL in December 2020.
The same leadership, and NFA executive that formed part of this formation was, however, later dismissed by Fifa due to infighting. A new NC was subsequently elected.
The newly elected NC is open to listen to both parties and proposals for football to start again in Namibia.
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