Full name | Blue Waters Football Club |
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Founded | 1936 | , as Blue Waters
Stadium | Kuisebmund Stadium, Walvis Bay |
Capacity | 4,000 |
Chairman | Hafeni Ndemula |
Coach | Armando Pedro |
League | Namibia Premiership |
2023–24 | 9th |
Blue Waters,[1][2] also known as Langer Heinrich Mine[3] (LHU) Blue Waters due to sponsorship reasons, are a professional 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 die-hard supporters. The team trains at its current field, Blue Waters Sport Field in Kuisebmund, a suburb of Walvis Bay. The team has a local rivalry with Eleven Arrows F.C.,[4] which was formed by former players of Blue Waters in early 1960s.
The team play in the country's highest league, the Namibia Premier League. Blue Waters F.C. are one of the oldest football clubs in Namibia, being formed in 1936.[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,[13][14] Gottlieb Nakuta.