The Namibia Premier League (NPL) unveiled their new logo to the public on Tuesday evening in Windhoek.
The NPL Chief Executive Officer, Matthew Haikali said that the previous logo did not have anything on it that would stick in the minds of people and that is what necessitated the change of logo.
“We need to make sure that NPL stands on its own. We are NPL and not NFA (Namibia Football Association). We need to have an image that lasts in the minds of the people,” Haikali said.
“We need to have a logo that lasts in the minds of people, which was not the case with the old logo. No one seemed to know what the old logo stood for,” he continued.
The old logo was round with the top half depicting sand dunes and the bottom half was a football.
Haikali added, “When people think of the South African PSL (Premier Soccer League), they immediately think of the lion on their logo. We should have the same for the NPL.”
“When you see the oryx you think of the desert and when you see the desert you think of Namibia.”
The new logo has an oryx with two dunes on the sides. There are six stars on both dunes that stand for the 12 teams in the league.