Namibia national football team

Namibia
Nickname(s)	Brave Warriors
Association	Namibia Football Association
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	COSAFA (Southern Africa)
Head coach	Bobby Samaria
Captain	Petrus Shitembi
Most caps	Johannes Hindjou (69)
Top scorer	Rudolf Bester (13)
Home stadium	Independence Stadium
FIFA code	NAM
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	117 (11 June 2020)[1]
Highest	68 (November 1998)
Lowest	167 (July 2006)
Elo ranking
Current	125 8 (2 April 2020)[2]
Highest	100 (12 September 1998)
Lowest	165 (22 July 2006)
First international
	South-West Africa 0–1 Angola ; (Namibia; May 16, 1989)
Biggest win
	Namibia 8–2 Benin ; (Windhoek, Namibia; 15 July 2000) ; Namibia 6–0 Botswana ; (Windhoek, Namibia; 25 August 1996)
Biggest defeat
	Egypt 7–1 Namibia ; (Cairo, Egypt; 8 November 1996) ; Egypt 8–2 Namibia ; (Alexandria, Egypt; 13 July 2001)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	3 (first in 1998)
Best result	Group stage (1998, 2008 and 2019)

The Namibia national football team represents Namibia in men's international football and it is controlled by the Namibia Football Association.[3] They have never qualified for the FIFA World Cups but have made three appearances in the Africa Cup of Nations. The team represents both FIFA and Confederation of African Football (CAF).

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.[4]

Namibia has made three appearances in the African Cup of Nations, going out in the first round in all three competitions. 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. In 2019, they lost all their group games scoring only a single goal. They lost to Morocco 1–0, and suffered the same loss to South Africa before losing to Ivory Coast 4–1.

The most capped player of the Brave Warriors is retired midfielder Johannes Hindjou with 69 caps and Rudolf Bester is the all-time top goalscorer with 13 goals.[5]

Honours

COSAFA Cup

Winners: 2015
Runners-up: 1997, 1999

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
1930 to 1990	Did not enter								Did not enter
1994	Did not qualify								4	0	0	4	0	12
1998									8	2	2	4	9	18
2002									10	1	3	6	7	27
2006									2	0	1	1	1	4
2010									6	2	0	4	7	12
2014									8	3	2	3	10	4
2018									4	1	1	2	3	5
2022	To be determined
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
1957 to 1990	Part of South Africa
1992 to 1994	Did not enter
1996	Did not qualify
1998	Group stage	14	3	0	1	2	7	11
2000	Did not qualify
2002
2004
2006
2008	Group stage	10	3	0	1	2	2	7
2010	Did not qualify
2012
2013
2015
2017
2019	Group stage	23rd	3	0	0	3	1	6
2021	To be determined
2023	To be determined
Total	Group stage	3/32	9	0	2	7	10	24

African Nations Championship record

African Nations Championship
Appearances: 1
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2009	Did not qualify
2011
2014
2016
2018	Quarter-finals	7th	4	2	1	1	3	3
2020	To be determined
2022	To be determined
Total	Quarter-finals	1/5	4	2	1	1	3	3

COSAFA Cup

COSAFA Cup Record
Year	Rank	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1997	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2013	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0/19	-	-	-	-	-	-

Head-to-head record against other nations

Updated on 17 November 2019 after match against Guinea[6]

Positive Record Neutral Record Negative Record

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Algeria	4	0	0	4	0	7	−7
Angola	13	0	6	7	9	19	−10
Benin	2	1	0	1	8	4	+4
Botswana	19	2	10	7	18	19	−1
Burkina Faso	3	0	0	3	2	11	−9
Burundi	2	1	0	1	4	4	0
Chad	3	2	0	1	4	4	0
Cameroon	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5
Comoros	5	3	1	1	8	2	+6
Congo	4	1	0	3	1	7	−6
Djibouti	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
DR Congo	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3
Egypt	6	0	1	5	6	23	−17
Eritrea	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3
Ethiopia	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2
Gabon	2	0	2	0	2	2	0
Gambia	4	2	1	1	5	5	0
Ghana	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2
Guinea	8	0	2	6	2	15	−13
Guinea-Bissau	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1
India	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Ivory Coast	6	2	1	3	8	13	−5
Kenya	6	4	0	2	5	3	+2
Lebanon	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Lesotho	11	4	4	3	12	12	0
Liberia	1	1	2	1	2	2	0
Libya	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
Madagascar	7	3	1	3	9	10	−1
Malawi	15	8	3	4	20	15	+5
Mali	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2
Mauritius	4	2	0	2	5	4	+1
Morocco	7	0	1	6	2	15	−13
Mozambique	17	9	5	3	24	13	+11
Niger	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1
Nigeria	4	0	1	3	1	8	−7
Rwanda	4	0	3	1	3	6	−3
Saudi Arabia	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2
Senegal	5	0	0	5	1	16	−15
Seychelles	6	3	3	0	12	4	+8
South Africa	9	1	2	6	8	17	−9
Eswatini	8	1	4	3	7	9	−2
Tanzania	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2
Tunisia	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7
Zambia	20	2	10	8	11	26	−15
Zimbabwe	12	6	0	6	23	25	−2
Total	253	67	69	117	252	362	−110

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Win Draw Loss

2019

23 June 2019 2019 Africa Cup of Nations	Morocco	1–0	Namibia	Cairo, Egypt
16:30 UTC+2	Keimuine 89' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)

28 June 2019 2019 Africa Cup of Nations	South Africa	1–0	Namibia	Cairo, Egypt
22:00 UTC+2	Zungu 68'	Report		Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)

1 July 2019 2019 Africa Cup of Nations	Namibia	1–4	Ivory Coast	Cairo, Egypt
18:00 UTC+2	Kamatuka 71'	Report	Gradel 39' Dié 58' Zaha 84' Cornet 89'	Stadium: 30 June Stadium Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)

4 September 2019 2022 FWCQ	Eritrea	1–2	Namibia	Asmara, Eritrea
16:00 UTC+3	Sulieman 65'	Report (FIFA)	Shalulile 50' Tesfay 58' (o.g.)	Stadium: Denden Stadium Referee: Mohamed Ali Moussa (Niger)

10 September 2019 2022 FWCQ	Namibia	2–0 (4–1 agg.)	Eritrea	Windhoek, Namibia
19:00 UTC+2	Iimbondi 25' Shalulile 90+2'	Report (FIFA)		Stadium: Sam Nujoma Stadium Referee: Roland Danon (Ivory Coast)

9 November 2019 Friendly	Namibia	0–2	Zambia	Katutura, Namibia
				Stadium: Sam Nujoma Stadium

13 November 2019 (2019-11-13) 2021 AFCONQ	Namibia	2–1	Chad	Windhoek, Namibia
18:00 UTC+2	Adoassou 66' (o.g.) Katjiukua 77'		N'Douassel 68'	Stadium: Sam Nujoma Stadium

17 November 2019 (2019-11-17) 2021 AFCONQ	Guinea	2–0	Namibia	Conakry, Guinea
16:00 UTC±0	Sylla 42' Kanté 70'			Stadium: Stade du 28 Septembre

Players

Current squad

The following players were selected for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification against Chad and Guinea on 13 & 17 November 2019.[7]

Caps and goals as of 17 November 2019 after the game against Guinea.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Virgil Vries	(1991-03-29) 29 March 1991	34	0	Moroka Swallows F.C.
1GK	Lloyd Kazapua	(1989-03-25) 25 March 1989	20	0	Baroka FC
1GK	Edward Maova	(1994-09-05) 5 September 1994	5	0	Tuks FC
1GK	Ratanda Mbazuvara	(1989-08-15) 15 August 1989	4	0	African Stars

2DF	Denzil Hoaseb	(1991-02-25) 25 February 1991	61	0	Highlands Park
2DF	Larry Horaeb	(1991-11-12) 12 November 1991	51	0	Tura Magic
2DF	Chris Katjiukua	(1986-10-25) 25 October 1986	34	1	Black Leopards
2DF	Riaan Hanamub	(1995-02-08) 8 February 1995	23	0	Jomo Cosmos
2DF	Teberius Lombard	(1989-05-24) 24 May 1989	19	0	Zanaco
2DF	Benjamin Nenkavu	(1993-06-14) 14 June 1993	13	2	Buildcon
2DF	Vitapi Ngaruka	(1995-10-16) 16 October 1995	9	1	Black Africa
2DF	Ivan Kamberipa	(1994-02-03) 3 February 1994	4	0	African Stars
2DF	Ryan Nyambe	(1997-12-04) 4 December 1997	3	0	Blackburn Rovers

3MF	Petrus Shitembi	(1992-05-11) 11 May 1992	65	4	Sabah FA
3MF	Hotto Kavendji	(1991-10-29) 29 October 1991	50	10	Bidvest Wits
3MF	Wangu Gome	(1993-02-13) 13 February 1993	33	0	Cape Umoya United F.C.
3MF	Dynamo Fredericks	(1992-04-04) 4 April 1992	26	1	Black Africa
3MF	Joslin Kamatuka	(1991-07-22) 22 July 1991	11	2	Cape Umoya United F.C.
3MF	Marcel Papama	(1996-04-28) 28 April 1996	9	0	African Stars

4FW	Peter Shalulile	(1993-03-23) 23 March 1993	33	8	Highlands Park
4FW	Benson Shilongo	(1992-05-18) 18 May 1992	30	9	Ismaily SC
4FW	Panduleni Nekundi	(1988-09-14) 14 September 1988	9	2	African Stars
4FW	Elmo Kambindu	(1993-05-26) 26 May 1993	1	1	Mighty Gunners

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for Namibia in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Charles Uirab	(1988-12-25) 25 December 1988	2	0	UNAM	v. Eritrea, 4 September 2019 ^PRE
GK	Kamaijanda Ndisiro		1	0	Black Africa	v. Eritrea, 4 September 2019} ^PRE
GK	Calvin Spiegel		0	0	Okahandja United	v. Eritrea, 4 September 2019 ^PRE
GK	Maximilian Mbaeva	(1989-04-14) 14 April 1989	21	0	Golden Arrows	2019 Africa Cup of Nations

DF	Vitapi Ngaruka	(1995-10-16) 16 October 1995	9	1	Black Africa	v. Eritrea, 4 September 2019
DF	Aprocious Petrus	(1999-10-09) 9 October 1999	4	0	Eleven Arrows	v. Eritrea, 4 September 2019
DF	Gregory Aukumeb	(1991-08-06) 6 August 1991	0	0	Blue Waters	v. Eritrea, 4 September 2019
DF	Ananias Gebhardt	(1988-09-08) 8 September 1988	42	2	Baroka	2019 Africa Cup of Nations
DF	Charles Hambira	(1990-06-03) 3 June 1990	12	2	Tura Magic	2019 Africa Cup of Nations

MF	Hendrik Somaeb	(1985-09-25) 25 September 1985	31	8	Unattached	v. Eritrea, 4 September 2019
MF	Willy Stephanus	(1991-06-26) 26 June 1991	48	3	Lusaka Dynamos	v. Eritrea, 4 September 2019
MF	Immanuel Heita	(1992-04-20) 20 April 1992	7	0	Black Africa	v. Eritrea, 4 September 2019
MF	Absalom Iimbondi	(1991-10-11) 11 October 1991	26	2	Tigers	v. Eritrea, 4 September 2019 ^PRE
MF	Emilio Martin	(1990-08-15) 15 August 1990	12	0	Black Africa	v. Eritrea, 4 September 2019 ^PRE
MF	McCartney Naweseb	(1997-08-30) 30 August 1997	3	0	Qizilqum	v. Eritrea, 4 September 2019 ^PRE
MF	Gustav Isaak	(1989-03-08) 8 March 1989	1	0	African Stars	v. Eritrea, 4 September 2019 ^PRE
MF	Ronald Ketjijere	(1987-12-12) 12 December 1987	68	2	African Stars	2019 Africa Cup of Nations

FW	Llewelyn Stanley	(1993-06-15) 15 June 1993	4	0	Tigers	v. Eritrea, 4 September 2019
FW	Ambrosius Amseb	(1994-05-26) 26 May 1994	3	0	African Stars	v. Eritrea, 4 September 2019
FW	Wendell Rudath	(1995-07-10) 10 July 1995	0	0	Black Africa	v. Eritrea, 4 September 2019
FW	Junias Theophilus	(1991-09-04) 4 September 1991	7	0	Tura Magic	v. Eritrea, 4 September 2019 ^PRE
FW	Isaskar Gurirab	(1998-01-03) 3 January 1998	4	2	Life Fighters	v. Eritrea, 4 September 2019 ^PRE
FW	Mapenzi Muwanei	(1993-10-16) 16 October 1993	1	0	Tigers	v. Eritrea, 4 September 2019 ^PRE
FW	Itamunua Keimuine	(1993-05-01) 1 May 1993	29	1	Dire Dawa City	2019 Africa Cup of Nations
FW	Manfred Starke	(1991-02-21) 21 February 1991	5	0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2019 Africa Cup of Nations
^DEC Player refused to join the team after the call-up. ^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury. ^PRE Preliminary squad. ^RET Player has retired from international football. ^SUS Suspended from the national team.

Previous squads

Africa Cup of Nations Squads

References

"The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
"Namibian football on the rise – ESPN FC". Soccernet.espn.go.com. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
"Namibia International Matches". rsssf.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
"Senior Men (Brave Warriors)". nfa.org.na. Namibia Football Association. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
"World Football Elo Ratings: Namibia". Elo Ratings. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
http://nfa.org.na/2019/08/30/warriors-to-eritrea-revealed/

External sources

Namibia at FIFA.com
Namibia Football Association official website

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[FIFA_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.

[World_Football_Elo_Ratings-2] Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.

[3] "Namibian football on the rise – ESPN FC". Soccernet.espn.go.com. Retrieved 2012-11-02.

[4] "Namibia International Matches". rsssf.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

[5] "Senior Men (Brave Warriors)". nfa.org.na. Namibia Football Association. Retrieved 1 June 2015.

[6] "World Football Elo Ratings: Namibia". Elo Ratings. Retrieved 24 October 2018.

[7] ttp://nfa.org.na/2019/08/30/warriors-to-eritrea-revealed/

National football teams of Africa (CAF)
North Africa (UNAF)	Algeria Egypt Libya Morocco Tunisia
West Africa (WAFU)	Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo
East Africa (CECAFA)	Burundi Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda Somalia South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zanzibar¹
Central Africa (UNIFFAC)	Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo DR Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon São Tomé and Príncipe
Southern Africa (COSAFA)	Angola Botswana Comoros Eswatini Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe
Non-regional Members	Réunion¹
¹ Associate member of CAF but not member of FIFA

2008 Africa Cup of Nations finalists
Champions	Egypt
Runners-up	Cameroon
Third place	Ghana
Fourth place	Ivory Coast
Eliminated in quarter-finals	Angola Guinea Nigeria Tunisia
Eliminated in group stage	Benin Mali Morocco Namibia Senegal South Africa Sudan Zambia
Qualification Squads

National sports teams of Namibia
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