Blue Waters F.C.

Blue Waters Sport Club
Full name Blue Waters Football Club
Founded 1936 (1936), as Blue Waters
Chairman Hafeni Ndemula
Coach Armando Pedro
League Namibia Premier League
2015–16 Namibia Premier League, 10th
This article is about Blue Waters Sport Club. For Premier League Club, see Blue Waters.

Blue Waters,[1][2] also known as Langer Heinrich Mine[3] (LHU) Blue Waters due to sponsorship reasons, are a Namibian football club from Walvis Bay. The team is nicknamed Blue Birds, The Birds or Omeva (which means 'water' in the local OshiWambo language by its dying supporters. The team train at its current field, Blue Waters Sport Field in Kuisebmond, a suburb of Walvis Bay. The team has a local rivalry with Eleven Arrows[4] which was formed by former players of Blue Waters in early 1960s.

The team suffered heavily due to the exodus of the players from its rank to join Eleven Arrows. This major the major setback for the team but re-emerged by the end of the 1960s when the team won a major tournament in Windhoek. This comeback also saw the return of players from the feeder team of Eleven Arrows rejoining Blue Waters.


They play in the country's highest division, the Namibia Premier League.[5] Blue Waters F.C. are one of the oldest football clubs in Namibia, being formed in 1936. Blue Waters produced star players since 1970 such as Ranga Lucas, Bonetti Niilenge,[6] Parri Shekupe, Matthew Amadhila, Bobby Kurtz,[7] Hendrik Dawids,[8][9] Eusebio Kandjai, Moloi Amadhila,[10] Ivo de Gouveia,[11] Phello Muatunga, Salathiel Ndjao,[12] Koko Matatias,[13] Striker Muaine, Dokkies Theodor, Karasa Mupupa, Sandro de Gouveia,[14][15][16] Gottlieb Nakuta.

History

Blue Waters started as a team established at the Old Location for Africans in Walvis Bay by Daniel Shimbabi, a teacher by profession. It was started on 13 February 1936 by the eldest in the Old Location who saw the need to start a team for the OshiWambo-speaking community. The team won major cup tournaments, western leagues and formed part as pioneer in both premier leagues establishments in the country. The team got was only relegated[17] one for the 2008–2009 league season and gain immediate promotion to familiar territories of the Namibia Premier League.

Club Management

Coaches

Achievements

1988, 1996, 2000, 2004[31]
1994

Blue Waters in Second Division, 2008–2009

Blue Waters, traditionally a powerhouse in domestic football with a large following especially at the coast, has won the league title a record four times. They clinched it in 1988, 1996, 2000 and during the 2003/4 season. Black Africa are the only other team with five league wins. Blue Waters got the chop from premiership football after their former owner Hendrik Dawids pulled out. He went to own Orlando Pirates. The side, despite being relegated, have kept some of their key players who steered into the promotion direction. These players included the hard-tackling Brave Warriors defender Gottlieb Nakuta, long-serving and dedicated defender Fisher Kalimba and the veteran striker Armando Pedro. The three players were the pillars of the team during relegation, which boasted with key players such as Akio van Wyk, Bolle Haraseb and Timoteus Ipinge. Blue Waters won the league, and joined by another team from the Northern Stream First Division (NSFD) to make up two new entrants to the premier league the following season.

Performance in CAF competitions

1997 – withdrew in Preliminary Round
2005 – Preliminary Round
1996 – First Round

Tangeni Shipahu

Tangeni Shipahu[35] surprised Blue Waters Football Club with a donation[36] of casual wear for the players. Shipahu who plies his trade as a striker for Osotspa Saraburi in the Thai Premier League in Thailand. He was born on 3 September 1987 in Swakopmund and started his football career in Arandis at Flo United FC in 2003. He joined Namibian premier league outfit Blue Waters in 2005. He then signed with Black Africa on a 6 month stint, moved to Tigers in 2008 and spent 8 months in Germany. Upon his return in 2010, Shipahu signed with the South African based premier league club Amazulu. He moved to Osotspa Saraburi club in Bangkok in 2012 and scored 8 goals for the side in his first season with them. He played 8 matches and scored three goals in the 2014 season. Osastpa Saraburi finished in the 7th position. Shipahu donned the Brave Warriors shirt on twelve occasions and scored 2 goals for Namibia.

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