# Blue Waters F.C.

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This article is about Blue Waters Sport Club. For Premier League Club, see [Blue Waters](/source/Blue_Waters).

**Blue Waters Football Club**,[1][2] previously also known as **[Langer Heinrich Mine](/source/Langer_Heinrich_Mine)**[3] **(LHU) Blue Waters** due to sponsorship reasons, is a professional [Namibian football](/source/Football_in_Namibia) club from [Walvis Bay](/source/Walvis_Bay). The team is nicknamed Blue Birds, The Birds or Omeva (which means 'water' in the local OshiWambo language). The team trains at its current field, Blue Waters Sport Field in [Kuisebmund](/source/Kuisebmund), a suburb of [Walvis Bay](/source/Walvis_Bay). The team has a local rivalry with [Eleven Arrows F.C.](/source/Eleven_Arrows_F.C.),[4] which was formed by former players of Blue Waters in early 1960s.

The team plays in the country's highest league, the [Namibia Premier League](/source/Namibia_Premier_League). Blue Waters F.C., formed in 1963, is one of the oldest football clubs in Namibia.[5] Parri Shekupe, Matthew Amadhila, Bobby Kurtz,[6] Hendrik Dawids,[7][8] Eusebio Kandjai, Moloi Amadhila,[9] Ivo de Gouveia,[10] Phello Muatunga, Salathiel Ndjao,[11] Koko Matatias,[12] Striker Muaine, Dokkies Theodor, Karasa Mupupa, [Sandro de Gouveia](/source/Sandro_de_Gouveia),[13][14] Gottlieb Nakuta.

## History

Blue Waters started as a team established at the Old Location for Africans in Walvis Bay by Daniel Shimbambi, a teacher by profession. It was started on Sunday, 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, league titles and formed part as a pioneer in both premier leagues establishments in the country. Blue Waters was a founding member of the Namibia National Soccer League (1985–1989) and the Namibia Premier League (NPL) from 1990. The team was relegated only once in its history,[15] which was during the 2008–2009 league season but gained immediate promotion the following season.

## Club management

- Chairman: [Hafeni Ndemula](/source/Hafeni_Ndemula)
- Vice Chairman: [Franco Cosmos](/source/Franco_Cosmos)
- Treasurer: [Sandro de Gouveia](/source/Sandro_de_Gouveia)
- Additional Members: [Martha 'Ouvrou' Muatunga, Robert Shimooshili, Mathew Kambala, Knowledge Ipinge, Sydney Nuwuseb](/source/Martha_'Ouvrou'_Muatunga,_Robert_Shimooshili,_Mathew_Kambala,_Knowledge_Ipinge,_Sydney_Nuwuseb)

## Coaching staff and technical staff

- Team manager: [Tostao Imbili](/source/Tostao_Imbili)
- Coach: [Armando Pedro](/source/Armando_Pedro)
- Assistant coaches: [Fisher Kalimba](/source/Fisher_Kalimba) and [Khulu Hawala](/source/Khulu_Hawala)
- Goalkeeper Coach: [Byron Brown](/source/Byron_Brown)

## Coaches

- [Uwe Bachmann](/source/Uwe_Bachmann)[16]
- Slugger Imbili
- Hendrik Dawids
- [Koko Matatias Muatunga](/source/Koko_Matatias_Muatunga)[17]
- Peta Useb
- Sandro de Gouveia
- Lucky Richter
- Lucky Shipanga[18][19][20]
- [Shepherd Murape](/source/Shepherd_Murape)[21][22]
- Sparks Gottlieb
- Mdota Shozi
- Gilbert Raswoka[23]
- Gerald Gunther[24]

## Premier League Championships

Blue Waters won four Premier League titles:

- 1988
- 1996
- 2000
- 2004[21][25]

## NFA Cup Champions

- Blue Waters won the NFA Cup in 1994 by defeating Tigers 3–0 in the final.

## Performance in CAF competitions

- [CAF Champions League](/source/CAF_Champions_League): 2 appearances

- [1997](/source/CAF_Champions_League_1997) – withdrew in Preliminary Round
- [2005](/source/CAF_Champions_League_2005) – Preliminary Round

- CAF Cup: 1 appearance

- 1996 – First Round

## Participation in the Namibia Premier League, 2010–2016

- The following are the achievement of the Blue Waters Football Club in the Namibia Premier League (NPL):

- 1. 2010/2011 – Ended 7th[26]
- 2. 2011/2012 – Ended 2nd[27]
- 3. 2012/2013 – Ended 10th[28]
- 4. 2013/2014 – Ended 5th[29]
- 5. 2014/2015 – Ended 5th[30]
- 6. 2015/2016 – Ended 6th[31]

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