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KK Palace is a
football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
team in Ondangwa,
Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...
.2004/05 Results for football clubs in Namibia
/ref> They are internationally known for taking part in the longest Penalty-Shootout ever, where they beat
F.C. Civics Windhoek The FC Civics Windhoek (Civics) is a Namibian football club based in Windhoek. The Civics play in the highest division of Namibian football, the Namibia Premier League. The club has its home in Khomasdal, in the north of the Namibian capital Win ...
on January 23, 2004 after 48 kicks and a 17–16 victory in the first round of the
NFA Cup The Namibia FA Cup (''Namibia Football Association Cup''), officially Bidvest Namibia Cup, is an association football tournament for Namibian club Previous Champions *1990: Black Africa F.C. (Windhoek) *1991: Chief Santos (Tsumeb) *1992: Liverpoo ...
after a 2-2 draw after 90 minutes (there was no extra-time played in that tournament). At that time, Civics were the leader of the Namibian first division, while KK Palace played in second division. A common
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is that this was the final match of the tournament, but this is verifiably untrue: In fact, KK Palace was knocked out in the second round after losing 0-3 to
Black Africa S.C. Black Africa Sports Club is a Namibian football team from Katutura, Windhoek that plays in the Namibia Premier Football League. Performance Achievements *Namibia Premier League: 10 **1987, 1989, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2019 ...
The tournament was eventually won by
Ramblers F.C. The Ramblers is a Namibian Association football, football club from Pionierspark, Windhoek. History The Ramblers have played in the country's highest division, the Namibia Premier League and the club was previously known as Windhoek Optics Rambl ...
, who defeated KK Palace-defeaters Black Africa in the final.


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