{"id":279440,"date":"2019-09-24T08:27:14","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T06:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=279440"},"modified":"2019-09-24T08:27:16","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T06:27:16","slug":"npl-to-kick-off-in-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=279440","title":{"rendered":"NPL to kick off in November"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Aili Iilonga<\/p>\n<p>THE Namibia Premier League (NPL) 2019\/2020 season will kick off on 1 November 2019. <br \/>This follows a decision made at the recently held NPL Ordinary Annual General Meeting.<br \/>A total 26 representatives of the current 13 clubs attended the meeting that took place on 21 September at the Namibia Sport Commission boardroom.<br \/>In a press statement, the NPL said the decision followed rigorous discussion surrounding the NPL league, as well as the relegation\/promotion dispute that is currently ongoing between the Namibia Football Association and NPL.<br \/>\u201cThe delegates deliberated profoundly on the relegation and promotion of clubs. This was the core agenda point,\u201d reads the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"491\" height=\"381\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-279456\" data-id=\"279456\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/sport-NPL-amg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/sport-NPL-amg.jpg 491w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/sport-NPL-amg-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">LEAGUE TO COMMENCE: NPL has announced that the 2019\/20 season will kick off on 1 November 2019. Photo: Contributed&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-279447\" data-id=\"279447\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/download.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/download.jpg 275w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/download-274x183.jpg 274w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/download-80x54.jpg 80w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/download-130x87.jpg 130w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/download-359x240.jpg 359w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/download-85x57.jpg 85w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/download-546x365.jpg 546w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/download-165x109.jpg 165w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/download-112x75.jpg 112w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/download-179x120.jpg 179w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/download-170x113.jpg 170w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/download-81x55.jpg 81w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/download-765x510.jpg 765w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">LEAGUE TO COMMENCE: NPL has announced that the 2019\/20 season will kick off on 1 November 2019. Photo: Contributed <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"js_2\" class=\"_5pbx userContent _3576\" data-testid=\"post_message\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">\n<p>The debates stems from a letter received by the NPL from the FIFA Normalisation Committee (NC) that gave instruction that no promotion and relegation should take place for the 2018\/19 season due to the inactiveness of the first and second divisions.<br \/>\u201cOn the background of a letter received from the FIFA Normalisation Committee to the NPL that based on the principle of sporting merit, teams to be promoted to the Namibia premier league for the 2019\/20 season are Civics and Orlando Pirates. Additionally, the NC stated that the relegation of Young African by the NPL was appealed to the NFA and that, by virtue of the NFA constitution, the matter is subjected to mediation of an independent Appeals Committee, to be setup by the NFA and endorsed at the NFA Congress,\u201d the statement further explained.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":279455,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-279440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NPL to kick off in November - Informant\u00e9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"THE Namibia Premier League (NPL) 2019\/2020 season will kick off on 1 November 2019.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=279440\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NPL to kick off in November - 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