The FC Civics Windhoek (Civics) is a
Namibian football club based in
Windhoek
Windhoek (, , ) is the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level, almost exactly at the country's geographical centre. The population of Windhoek in 202 ...
. The Civics play in the highest division of Namibian football, the
Namibia Premier League
The Namibia Premier League (NPL), also known as Debmarine Namibia Premiership is the highest level of domestic association football in Namibia. The league was established in 1990 and was trimmed to 12 teams from the traditional 16 in 2005. It was ...
. The club has its home in
Khomasdal
Khomasdal is a suburb of Namibia's capital of Windhoek in the Khomas Region. Founded as Windhoek's residential area for Coloured people, Khomasdal still is primarily composed of Coloured people.
In October 2006, the City of Windhoek announ ...
, in the north of the Namibian capital Windhoek.
From 2000 the club is also known as Buschschule Civics.
They play their home games at
Sam Nujoma Stadium
Sam Nujoma Stadium (also called the Sam Nujoma Soccer Stadium or SNSS) is a football (soccer) stadium in Katutura, Windhoek, Namibia. The stadium holds 10,300 and was finished in 2005. It is named after the former Namibian president Sam Nujoma.htt ...
in
Katutura
Katutura (Otjiherero for ''The place where people do not want to live'') is a township of Windhoek, Khomas Region, Namibia. Katutura was created in 1961 following the forced removal of Windhoek's black population from the Old Location, which a ...
, Windhoek.
FC Civics were founded by a group of young students in 1983, who initially named the team after a local street – ''Bethlehem Boys''. The club later became the ''Mighty Civilians'' before being recast again as ''Civics''. Even today, the bulk of the squad comes either from Khomasdal or the neighbouring township of Katutura.
Over the past few years, residents of this underprivileged area have risen from a useful street team to Namibia's top league with the help of Helmut Scharnowski, who hails from the northern German city of
Flensburg.
Achievements
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Namibia Premier League
The Namibia Premier League (NPL), also known as Debmarine Namibia Premiership is the highest level of domestic association football in Namibia. The league was established in 1990 and was trimmed to 12 teams from the traditional 16 in 2005. It was ...
: 3
::2005, 2006, 2007
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NFA-Cup: 2
::2003, 2008
Performance in CAF competitions
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CAF Champions League: 3 appearances
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2004 – First Round
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2006 – Second Round
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2007 – First Round
Current squad (2011–12)
Further reading
Civics hit the heights(FIFA.com) 09 Oct 2006; accessed 05 Nov 2006
External links
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Civics website
1983 establishments in South West Africa
Association football clubs established in 1983
Football clubs in Namibia
Namibia Premier League clubs
Sport in Windhoek
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