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Edy Mangoumou - SKW is FNB Player of the Month - Submitted by editor on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 16:37.Football

SKW defensive midfielder Edy Mangoumou is this month’s FNB Player of the Month after receiving the most votes from our panel of judges.

It was quite tight in the end with Edy receiving four votes, Civics midfielder Heini Isaacs three votes and African Stars midfielder Jamu Ngatjizeko one vote.

Edy has had a great season so far for SKW and helped them reach second position on the log at the end of Round 10.

As a defensive midfielder, he has been one of their star players with his strong challenges and robust tackles, his high work rate and speed to the breakdown.

Read an interview with Mangoumou in the January 2012 edition of Namibia Sport magazine.

The nominees for FNB Player of the Month for February are as follows:

Player 1: Steven Goagab - Orlando Pirates

Player 2: Muna Katupose - African Stars

Player 3: Harold Ochurub - Mighty Gunners

Player 4: Jerome Louis - Black Africa

Player 5: Panduleni Nekundi - SKW

SMS the keyword of your player (Eg. Player 3) to 5002 and stand a chance of winning a gift hamper with the compliments of FNB. some prizes. SMS charged at N$2.00 across all three Namibian networks. The draw date will be on the 20th of each month.

U13-Kicker ab Sonntag beim VW Masters in Aktion - AZ 6.01.2012

Namibische Nachwuchsfußballer messen sich im Dobsonville-Stadion in Soweto mit 17 Jugend-Mannschaften aus SüdafrikaWindhoek/Swakopmund – Eine Gruppe von 16 Fußballtalenten aus Namibia macht sich heute auf den Weg nach Südafrika. Am Sonntag beginnt in Johannesburg das VW Junior Masters 2012. Vor zwei Jahren war die namibische Auswahl bei der Afrika-Premiere des Wettbewerbs für unter 13-jährige Nachwuchskicker im Viertelfinale ausgeschieden.

„Dieses Jahr werden wir besser abschneiden“, ist Chef-Trainer George Engelbauer überzeugt. Der Jugendcoach vom Swakopmunder FC (SFC) war erneut für die Zusammenstellung der Mannschaft verantwortlich. Beim abschließenden Trainingslager, das vom 19.-23. Dezember 2011 auf dem SFC-Gelände durchgeführt wurde, gab er den endgültigen Kader bekannt. Mit Godwin Awaseb, Tim Gebhardt, Bruce Goaseb, York Hambrecht, Zidane Hendricks und Roma Stührenberg gehören sechs SFC-Spieler zum 16-köpfigen Aufgebot. Vom Sportklub Windhoek (SKW) wurden Andrew Reginald, Marcel Bader, Lucas Beggs und Yannick Bohn nominiert. Komplettiert wird das Team durch Ramblers-Angreifer Tuhafeni Leonard, die Swallows-Spieler Festus Adimba und Joey Chiyaka sowie Ben Namib, Jimmy Ulrich und Ronaldo Zaahl von der Khomas Football Academy (KFA).

04.01.2012 ‘Kaka’ set for Cosmos trials - By: SHEEFENI NIKODEMUS Namibian

PANDULENI ‘Kaka’ Nekundi has been invited to attend trials at South African Premiership side Jomo Cosmos from Sunday.

Nekundi confirmed the planned trial to The Namibian Sport yesterday. The 23-year-old striker top scored for Sport Klub Windhoek, with five league goals to his name, during the first half of the current campaign.

An upbeat Nekundi, who is tied joint second for the Namibia Premier League leading scorer with five other players, said he planned to make the most of the opportunity. “Apart from feeling honoured, I feel this is a great opportunity to truly measure how good I am,” said Nekundi. “They haven’t told me how long the trial is for but normally it’s about two weeks.” Nekundi, blessed with a delicate touch and a good turn of speed, said the trial was orchestrated through a mutual acquaintance, who recommended him to Cosmos. “Regardless of whether I make it or not, I’ll up my game. Obviously being invited for trials abroad is a big motivating factor.”

Locally, Tigers and Ramblers have also shown interest in acquiring his services, Nekundi said. “I was loaned to SKW for half the season from Unam FC. So far I know Tigers want to sign me and Ramblers have asked me to listen to their offer,” he said.

Chomas FC and Celtic 1 win Christmas Cup - Submitted by newsdesk on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 09:27.Football

Chomas FC and Celtic 1 were the winners of the 2011 edition on the annual Christmas Cup held at the Swakopmund Football Club (SFC) in Swakopmund recently. Chomas FC were the winners of the Social M&Z Cup while Celtic 1 won the League Hansa Cup.

In the finals, Chomas FC beat SFC 2 2-0 in an exciting encounter that saw them take the lead at the conclusion of the first half through Rene Traut. Traut also scored the second goal to complete his brace in the 58th minute to give the newly established team the Cup in their first participation at the tournament. Chomas FC, which was made up of players from SFC and SKW, had defeated Stellenbosch Dare Devils 3-2 on penalties in the semi final after the match had ended with a score of 1-1. They had beaten SKW 1-0 in the quaterfinals. In the league final, Celtic 1 reclaimed their title after they beat Real Madrid 1-0 through a goal from David Goeieman. Celtic 1 had the services of Namibian international Tangeni Shipahu while Real Madrid had Eleven Arrows’ Jordan Haimbili on their side.

In the semi finals, Celtic 1 defeated SFC 1-0 while Real Madrid beat a nine man Western Spurs 4-2. Twelve teams participated in the social cup while six teams participated in the league cup. Chomas FC received N$2 000 while Celtic 1 received N$6 000 for winning the two cups.

VW Masters: Vorrunden-Aus für Namibia

Unter 13-jährige Nachwuchsfußballer verpassen in Johannesburg knapp den Einzug in die K.o.-Runde

Die namibische Auswahl ist beim diesjährigen VW Junior Masters im Dobsonville-Stadion in Soweto nicht über die Gruppenphase hinausgekommen. Das von George Engelbauer betreute Team verpasste trotz starker Auftritte den angepeilten Sprung ins Viertelfinale.

Windhoek/Johannesburg – Es war eigentlich ein Start nach Maß. Beim souveränen 4:1-Auftaktsieg gegen die Barons aus Gauteng überzeugten die vom Windhoeker Autohaus Zimmermann Garage gesponserten namibischen U13-Kicker mit ihrer offensiven Spielweise und ihrer großen Einsatzfreude. Insbesondere der zwölfjährige Doppeltorschütze Tuhafeni Leonard vom Ramblers FC präsentierte sich in Top-Form. Ronaldo Zaahl von der Khomas Football Academy (KFA) und Joey Chiyaka von den Swallows erhöhten auf 4:0. Zwei Minuten vor dem Schlusspfiff musste die Elf von Chefcoach George Engelbauer den einzigen Gegentreffer der Partie hinnehmen, als die Barons einen Freistoß direkt verwandelten.

Im zweiten Spiel des Tages schaltete das namibische Team aus unerklärlichen Gründen einen Gang zurück. „Wir hatten eigentlich gehofft, dass der deutliche Auftaktsieg den Jungs die nötige Sicherheit geben würde, um ihr Potenzial voll auszuschöpfen“, berichtete Engelbauer im AZ-Gespräch. „Aber wir haben es versäumt, den Schwung mitzunehmen.“ Trotz einer schwachen Vorstellung reichte es gegen die Barons aus KwaZulu-Natal zu einem 1:0-Erfolg. Torschütze war erneut Ramblers-Angreifer Tuhafeni Leonard, der seinen dritten Turniertreffer erzielte.

Im Abendspiel traf das Engelbauer-Team auf die punktgleiche Auswahl von Lindsay Saker, die sich bei ihren ersten beiden Auftritten sehr offensivstark präsentiert hatte. Engelbauer entschied sich zu einer taktischen Umstellung, löste die Viererabwehrkette auf und ließ seine Youngster mit einem Libero hinter drei Manndeckern agieren. Das Konzept ging zunächst voll auf. Die Defensivabteilung ließ kaum gegnerische Torchancen zu und vorne war wieder einmal Tuhafeni Leonard zur Stelle, der das namibische Team kurz vor der Pause nach einem mustergültig vorgetragenen Konterangriff mit seinem vierten Tor des Tages auf die vermeintliche Siegerstraße brachte.

Nach dem Seitenwechsel kämpfte die namibische Auswahl um Kapitän Marcel Bader leidenschaftlich, gab alles, um die knappe Führung bis zum Schlusspfiff zu verteidigen. Doch es kam, wie es kommen musste: Zunächst vergab die Zimmermann-Elf zwei Riesenchancen zur Vorentscheidung, ehe sie 30 Sekunden vor Spielende nach einem verunglückten Befreiungsschlag den Ausgleichstreffer der Südafrikaner hinnehmen musste. „Der Schock saß tief“, berichtet Engelbauer. Dabei hätte seine Mannschaft das erklärte Minimalziel Viertelfinale am nächsten Morgen noch aus eigener Kraft erreichen können.

Gegner war das Team West Cape, das als Favorit in der Vorrundengruppe D gehandelt wurde. Das namibische Trainergespann um George Engelbauer entschied sich erneut für eine defensive Ausrichtung mit Tuhafeni Leonard als einziger Spitze. Doch die Taktik ging diesmal nicht auf, die verlustpunktfreie Auswahl vom Westkap eroberte mit einem 2:0-Sieg die Tabellenführung. Nachdem das Johannesburger Team Lindsay Saker das abschließende Gruppenspiel gegen West Cape gewonnen hatte, war das Aus der namibischen Elf endgültig besiegelt.

„Wir waren alle sehr enttäuscht und traurig“, fasste Engelbauer das Stimmungsbild der namibischen Delegation zusammen. Das Viertelfinale war im Vorfeld des Turniers, an dem insgesamt 18 Teams teilnahmen, als Minimalziel ausgegeben worden. Soweit war die namibische Auswahl 2010 in Port Elizabeth gekommen. Dort hatte Volkswagen die Afrika-Premiere des Jugendfußballwettbewerbs ausgerichtet. „Trotz des frühen Ausscheidens genießen wir bei den Organisatoren und dem Veranstalter großen Respekt“, betonte George Engelbauer.

Turniersieger wurde die U13-Auswahl des gastgebenden Erstligisten Moroka Swallows, die den afrikanischen Kontinent im Mai beim weltweiten Finale des VW Junior Masters in der polnischen Hauptstadt Warschau repräsentieren wird. Die namibischen Gruppengegner Lindsay Saker und West Cape scheiterten beim afrikanischen Qualifikationsturnier in Soweto beide im Halbfinale.

Quelle: http://www.az.com.na/sport/vw-masters-vorrunden-aus-fr-namibia.141406.php

NPL resumes with BA v SKW Submitted by editor on Wed, 02/01/2012

The second round of the Namibia Premier League resumes on Friday night when log leaders Black Africa take on second-placed SKW at the Sam Nujoma Stadium.

Black Africa dominated the first round of the league and after 11 matches have built up a massive 10-point lead at the top of the log. They in fact only dropped four points along the way and are still unbeaten with nine wins and two draws.

Despite their dominance, club chairman Cassius Moetie said they would not take their opponents lightly.

“SKW is one of the best developed clubs in the league and they will be highly motivated to play the defending champions. We are continuously motivating our players to beware of a false sense of security and we will not rest on our laurels,” he said.

Black Africa have not signed any new players ahead of the second round because they had faith in their current squad.

“This squad has sufficient capacity and has done very well over the first round, so we have faith in them and decided that we dont need reinforcements,” he said.

One player who will be missing though is striker Jerome Louis, who is currently on trial with a first division club in Dubai, UAE. According to Moetie, Louis has impressed the club who could soon sign him on.

“There is great interest in him and I’m expecting a call soon to hear if they will sign him up. Jerome is happy and in high spirits and he feels he can play at a different level over there.”

Moetie said they had sufficient strikers to cover for the absence of Louis.

“To have Jerome in the team is always a blessing, but we have excellent strikers who can still take us to the title. We have the depth and the capacity to win the league again,” he said.

Black Africa toured the coast last weekend where they played a friendly against Blue Waters and lost 2-1, but Moetie was not too perturbed about the result.

“We gave all our players a run and tried different combinations, so I’m not too worried. But Blue Waters are a good team and they managed to draw against us in the first round. One can see that Sandro de Gouveia’s hard work is producing results,” he said.

SKW are second on the log on 19 points and will have to win the match if they hope to challenge for the title. SKW PRO Rolf Beiter however said that they were not putting any pressure on their players.

“BA have the better team on paper so the pressure will be on them. If we win it will be great but the management is not putting any pressure on the players. We have a very young squad and I dont think we have the ability to challenge them for the title,” he said.

According to Beiter, they transferred eight players during the transfer window period and appointed six new youngsters.

“We got rid of some of the older players like Ivan Bloom and Henry Somseb, while we signed six youngsters, mostly from our youth academy and from Unam. We have trained very hard and our preparations have gone well. Ou players are fit and hopefully we can pull off a surprise,” he said.

SKW played three friendly matches over the past fortnight, beating Eleven Arrows 3-2 and losing to Civics 2-1 and Orlando Pirates 2-0. Beiter said the results were not very important because they had tried out different combinations and given their youngsters some playing time.

SKW however still have a formidable squad with players like goalie Charles Uirab, defender Martin Kambungu, midfielders Edy Mangoumou and Chepela Chepela, winger Joslin Kamatuka and striker Panduleni Nekundi in their midst. Especially Nekundi has been in fine form and is currently joint-second on the Top Goalscorers chart on five goals - one behind the leader, Jerome Louis.

The match is scheduled to start at 20h00.

SKW hold Black Africa to a draw - Submitted by Helge Schutz, 03/Feb/2012

SKW held log leaders Black Africa to a 2-2 draw in an entertaining match at the Sam Nujoma Stadium on Friday night. In the end a draw was probably a fair result, although both teams had numerous chances to win the game.

All the goals came in a pulsating first half of frenetic action. Black Africa went on the attack first with Willy Stephanus and Marco van Wyk coming close early on. But SKW took the lead against the run of play when a long throw in by Elvis Tjivisera was headed on and Joslin Kamutuka stabbed the loose ball into the far post. Barely two minuteds later BA drew level through a superb goal by Eslin Kamahunga. Willy Stephanus tore down the right wing and crossed to Marko van Wyk who deftly flicked the ball to Eslin Kamuhunga, whose cracking shot from the edge of the box hit the back of the net. SKW regained the lead on 25m through a Martin Kambungu freekick that beat BA keeper Arnold Subeb with an awkward bounce. But BA showed their fighting spirit when they once again drew level from a corner on 31m. SKW keeper Charles Uirab punched the ball clear but Bradley Wermann headed the rebound into the net past several defenders on the line.

BA once again started the second half on the attack winning several corners in the opening stages but they could not find the net. Eslin Kamutuka came close with a long range effort, but it was SKW who finished stronger, creating several clearcut chances in the final quarter of the match. Their winger Joslin Kamutuka was involved in most of them with his pinpoint crosses while he also put in some great solo runs into BA’s box, but the support was lacking.

The result sees Black Africa remain on top on 30 points, while SKW remain second on 20 points.

Katupose scores dramatic winner for Stars Submitted by editor on Sat, 02/04/2012 - 20:15.

A goal two minutes from time gave African Stars a dramatic 1-0 victory against Orlando Pirates at the Sam Nujoma Stadium on Saturday. The match seemed to be heading for a draw when Stars won a freekick that Ronald Ketjijere blasted over the wall and over the goals. Referee Rainhold Shikongo indicated that the ball had deflected off the wall and ordered a corner, from which Muna Katupose rose high to head the ball into the net. Pirates were stunned as they thought it should have been a goal kick and when the final whistle went two minutes later some of their fans vented their frustration by pelting African Stars players with beer cans as they left the field. It was a poor end to a great match full of end to end attacks that had the fans on the edge of their seats.

Stars attacked from the onset with Muna Katupose and Edwin Korukuve prominent early on, but Pirates were quick on the counter with Harold Kandera and Gustav Isaack both coming close to scoring. But Stars had the better chances as Pirates keeper Helmut Maletsky made a point blank save to tip a Robert Nganjone header away, while Muna Katupose headed narrowly over the crossbar just before the break. Pirates came back strongly in the second half with substitutes Johannes Seibeb and Nicky Musambani making a big impact and only some fine goalkeeping by Max Mbaeva kept them out. In the final stages, Milton Chapo came close for Stars when his shot was scrambled off the line, The match was delayed several times due to recurring injuries to Pirates keeper Helmut Maletsky and in the 10th minute of overtime, Stars finally got the winner through Katupose's great header. The result sees Stars moving into second spot on 21 points - nine behind log leaders Black Africa.

At the Ramblers field, Ramblers beat Hotspurs 4-2 after leading 3-0 at halftime. Emilio Martin scored a brace and Samuel Goagoseb and Randall Goagoseb one each for Ramblers, while Richard Kavendji and Hotspurs’ new signing Riaan Cloete scored for Hotspurs.

In Rundu, United Stars and Tigers played to a 2-all draw. Ananias Gebhardt and Benson Shilongo scored for Tigers while Lindon Aseb and Gela Kandjimi scored for United Stars.

Eleven Arrows finally recorded their first win of the season under new coach and they did it in spectacular style when they beat Mighty Gunner 3-0 in Otjiwarongo. Their Nigerian striker Edon Dominic scored a brace while Zimbabwean Peter Ngwenya scored the third. The victory sees them moving off the foot of the table, just ahead of United Stars on goal difference.