Namibia national football team

Namibia
Nickname(s) Brave Warriors
Association Namibia Football Association
Confederation CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation COSAFA (Southern Africa)
Head coach Ricardo Mannetti
Captain Ronald Ketjijere
Most caps Johannes Hindjou (69)
Top scorer Rudolf Bester (13)
Home stadium Independence Stadium
FIFA code NAM
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 116 Increase 1 (20 September 2018)
Highest 68 (November 1998)
Lowest 167 (July 2006)
Elo ranking
Current 111 Increase 7 (13 October 2018)
Highest 100 (12 September 1998)
Lowest 165 (22 July 2006)
First international
South Africa South-West Africa 0–1 Angola 
(Namibia; May 16, 1989)
Biggest win
Namibia Namibia 8–2 Benin 
(Windhoek, Namibia; 15 July 2000)
Biggest defeat
 Egypt 7–1 Namibia Namibia
(Cairo, Egypt; 8 November 1996)
 Egypt 8–2 Namibia Namibia
(Alexandria, Egypt; 13 July 2001)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances 2 (first in 1998)
Best result Group stage, 1998 and 2008

The Namibia national football team, nicknamed the Brave Warriors, is the national association football team of Namibia and is controlled by the Namibia Football Association.[1] They have never qualified for the World Cup but have made two appearances in the Africa Cup of Nations.

History

Namibia played its first international under the name South-West Africa on 16 May 1989 at home against neighboring Angola and lost 1–0. On 23 March 1990, only two days after gaining independence from South Africa, they hosted neighbour Zimbabwe and lost 5–1. On 7 June, they lost a home friendly 2–1 to Mauritius. Namibia's next contests were played in Lesotho, where they lost 2–0 to their hosts on 1 August 1992, but gained their first ever draw in a 2–2 tie against the same opposition the very next day. Namibia's first win came on 1 July 1994 in a 1–0 victory away over Botswana in a friendly. On 17 May 1998, Namibia played their first match outside of Africa and against non-African opposition, losing 2–1 in a friendly in France against Saudi Arabia.[2]

Namibia has made two appearances in the African Cup of Nations, both times going out in the first round. In 1998, Namibia lost to Ivory Coast 4–3 and drew Angola 3–3 before losing to South Africa 4–1. In 2008, Namibia lost to Morocco 5–1 and to Ghana 1–0 but drew Guinea 1–1 in their last match.

The most capped player of the Brave Warriors is retired midfielder Johannes Hindjou with 69 caps and Rudolph Bester is the all-time top goalscorer with 13 goals.[3]

Honours

COSAFA Cup

Competitive record

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 to Italy 1990 Did not enter Did not enter
United States 1994 Did not qualify 4 0 0 4 0 12
France 1998 8 2 2 4 9 18
South Korea Japan 2002 10 1 3 6 7 27
Germany 2006 2 0 1 1 1 4
South Africa 2010 6 2 0 4 7 12
Brazil 2014 8 3 2 3 10 4
Russia 2018 4 1 1 2 3 5
Qatar 2022 To be determined
Canada Mexico United States 2026 To be determined
Total - 0/21 - - - - - - 42 9 9 24 37 82

Africa Cup of Nations record

Africa Cup of Nations record
Host nation(s) / Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Sudan 1957 to Tunisia 1994 Did not enter
South Africa 1996 Did not qualify
Burkina Faso 1998 Group stage 14 3 0 1 2 7 11
Ghana Nigeria 2000 Did not qualify
Mali 2002
Tunisia 2004
Egypt 2006
Ghana 2008 Group stage 10 3 0 1 2 2 7
Angola 2010 Did not qualify
Gabon Equatorial Guinea 2012
South Africa 2013
Equatorial Guinea 2015
Gabon 2017
Cameroon 2019 To be determined
Ivory Coast 2021 To be determined
Guinea 2023 To be determined
Total Group stage 2/31 6 0 2 4 9 18

Recent results and fixtures

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2018 African Nations Championship qualification matches against Comoros in August 2017.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Maximilian Mbaeva (1989-04-14) 14 April 1989 9 0 South Africa Golden Arrows
1GK Virgil Vries (1991-03-29) 29 March 1991 24 0 South Africa Maritzburg United
2DF Willem Mwedihanga (1986-01-07) 7 January 1986 41 0 South Africa University of Pretoria
2DF Denzil Hoaseb (1987-01-22) 22 January 1987 39 0 Namibia Black Africa
2DF Chris Katjiukua (1986-10-25) 25 October 1986 28 1 South Africa Golden Arrows
2DF Ferdinand Karongee (1984-01-27) 27 January 1984 2 0 Namibia Tigers
2DF Edmund Kambanda (1993-02-25) 25 February 1993 2 0 Namibia UNAM
3MF Petrus Shitembi (1992-05-11) 11 May 1992 40 3 South Africa AmaZulu
3MF Ronald Ketjijere (1983-04-06) 6 April 1983 38 0 South Africa University of Pretoria
3MF Willy Stephanus (1991-06-26) 26 June 1991 37 3 Namibia Black Africa
3MF Heinrich Isaacks (1985-03-05) 5 March 1985 36 4 Namibia UNAM
3MF Deon Hotto (1991-10-29) 29 October 1991 26 7 South Africa Golden Arrows
3MF Peter Shalulile (1992-07-24) 24 July 1992 15 2 South Africa Highlands Park
3MF Absalom Iimbondi (1991-10-11) 11 October 1991 5 0 Namibia Tigers
3MF Dynamo Fredericks (1992-04-04) 4 April 1992 2 0 Namibia Black Africa
3MF Immanuel Heita (1992-04-20) 20 April 1992 2 0 Namibia Black Africa
4FW Hendrik Somaeb (1985-09-29) 29 September 1985 26 8 Serbia Zemun
4FW Benson Shilongo (1992-12-27) 27 December 1992 15 7 Egypt Alassiouty Sport
4FW Terdius Uiseb (1994-05-08) 8 May 1994 1 0 Namibia Orlando Pirates Windhoek

Recent call-up

The following players have been called up to the Namibia squad during the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
DF Angula da Costa (1987-03-17) 17 March 1987 23 0 Namibia Black Africa
DF Freedom Puriza (1986-06-22) 22 June 1986 14 0 Namibia African Stars
MF Heinrich Isaacks (1985-03-05) 5 March 1985 23 4 South Africa Maritzburg United
MF Willy Stephanus (1991-06-26) 26 June 1991 22 1 Thailand Krabi
MF Emilio Martin (1990-08-15) 15 August 1990 6 0 Namibia Black Africa
FW Rudolf Bester (1983-07-19) 19 July 1983 39 12 South Africa Golden Arrows
FW Lazarus Kaimbi (1988-08-12) 12 August 1988 20 5 Thailand Suphanburi
FW Tangeni Shipahu (1987-09-03) 3 September 1987 16 2 Thailand Krabi
FW Jerome Louis (1987-09-23) 23 September 1987 12 0 Botswana Township Rollers
FW Panduleni Nekundi (1988-09-14) 14 September 1988 2 1 Namibia United Africa Tigers

Previous squads

Africa Cup of Nations quads

Managers

Luzt Pfannenstiel 2009-2010

References

  1. ↑ "Namibian football on the rise – ESPN FC". Soccernet.espn.go.com. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
  2. ↑ "Namibia International Matches". rsssf.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  3. ↑ "Senior Men (Brave Warriors)". nfa.org.na. Namibia Football Association. Retrieved 1 June 2015.

External sources

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