Civics power to third title win

CIVICS powered their way past Tigers with an emphatic 4-0 victory, to grab their third successive domestic premiership title at the SKW Stadium on Friday night.

Civics only needed a point to lift the coveted title, now putting them on 46 points, with two matches still to go. Closest rival Oshakati City are on 37 points after their 2-1 loss to Blue Waters on Saturday and their 0-0 draw against Eleven Arrows yesterday.Oshakati City and Ramblers will now fight it out for the second spot, with Ramblers now on 36 points after their 4-2 win on Friday night against a relegation-threatened Friends side.Civics have now scored 40 goals in only 20 matches and the tally can further increase when they are set to meet Ramblers and Friends in their two remaining matches.The premiership champions have only conceded nine goals in all their matches so far and that has all been due to the excellent form of their two goalkeepers, the experienced Sitali Mulife and the young and exciting Helmuth Maletsky.Civics now have automatic entry into the CAF Champions League draw and will be going into that tournament next season for the fourth time.They are the only club to have won the league three times in a row, while their appearances at the Champions League are also another record.Civics captain Amos Shiyuka also became the only premiership club captain to win three league titles with the same team, while his team manager Paul Stramis also joins him on that count with the club.In fact, it was the fourth league title for Stramis as a team manager, after he has also won it with Liverpool in 2002.Civics dedicated their league title to their former livewire Richard Vendura, who died four years ago, and their head coach, Helmuth Scharnowski, who is recovering from heart surgery in Germany.Civics turned on the heat early in the match against Tigers and Dumisa Jantze ,William Chilufya, Geoffrey Roman and Danny Chilufya all hit the target.The Namibia Premier League (NPL) has announced that the league will officially end on May 13.Closest rival Oshakati City are on 37 points after their 2-1 loss to Blue Waters on Saturday and their 0-0 draw against Eleven Arrows yesterday.Oshakati City and Ramblers will now fight it out for the second spot, with Ramblers now on 36 points after their 4-2 win on Friday night against a relegation-threatened Friends side.Civics have now scored 40 goals in only 20 matches and the tally can further increase when they are set to meet Ramblers and Friends in their two remaining matches.The premiership champions have only conceded nine goals in all their matches so far and that has all been due to the excellent form of their two goalkeepers, the experienced Sitali Mulife and the young and exciting Helmuth Maletsky.Civics now have automatic entry into the CAF Champions League draw and will be going into that tournament next season for the fourth time.They are the only club to have won the league three times in a row, while their appearances at the Champions League are also another record.Civics captain Amos Shiyuka also became the only premiership club captain to win three league titles with the same team, while his team manager Paul Stramis also joins him on that count with the club.In fact, it was the fourth league title for Stramis as a team manager, after he has also won it with Liverpool in 2002.Civics dedicated their league title to their former livewire Richard Vendura, who died four years ago, and their head coach, Helmuth Scharnowski, who is recovering from heart surgery in Germany.Civics turned on the heat early in the match against Tigers and Dumisa Jantze ,William Chilufya, Geoffrey Roman and Danny Chilufya all hit the target.The Namibia Premier League (NPL) has announced that the league will officially end on May 13.