The Namibia national football team represents
Namibia
Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...
in men's international
football
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and is controlled by the
Namibia Football Association
The Namibia Football Association (NFA) is the governing body of football in Namibia. It was founded in 1990, and affiliated to FIFA and to CAF in 1992. It organizes the national football league and the national team. Its aim is to create a footbal ...
. They have never qualified for the
FIFA World Cup
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but have made three appearances in the
Africa Cup of Nations
The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (french: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons), and sometimes as African Cup of Nations, is the main internat ...
. The team represents both
FIFA
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and
Confederation of African Football
The Confederation of African Football, or CAF for short (french: link=yes, Confédération Africaine de Football, ar, link=yes, الاتحاد الأفريقي لكرة القدم, al-Ittiḥād al-Afrīqī li-Kurat al-Qadam), is the administ ...
(CAF).
History
Namibia played its first international under the name South-West Africa on 16 May 1989 at home against neighbouring
Angola
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and lost 1–0. On 23 March 1990, only two days after gaining independence from South Africa, they hosted neighbour
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and ...
and lost 5–1. On 7 June, they lost a home friendly 2–1 to
Mauritius
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. 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
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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
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.
Namibia has made three appearances in the
African Cup of Nations
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, going out in the first round in all three competitions. In
1998, Namibia lost to
Ivory Coast
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4–3 and drew
Angola
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3–3 before losing to
South Africa
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4–1. In
2008
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, Namibia lost to
Morocco
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5–1 and to
Ghana
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1–0 but drew
Guinea
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1–1 in their last match. In
2019, they lost all their group games scoring only a single goal. They lost to
Morocco
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1–0, and suffered the same loss to
South Africa
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before losing to
Ivory Coast
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4–1.
The most capped player of the Brave Warriors is retired midfielder
Ronald Ketjijere with 74 caps while
Rudolf Bester is the all-time top goalscorers with 13 goals.
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.
2021
2022
2023
Coaching history
:Caretaker managers are listed in ''italics''.
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Eric Muinjo (1992–1993)
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Shepherd Murape (1994–1995)
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Ruston Mogane (1997–1998)
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Mlungisi Ngubane (1998)
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Seth Boois (1998–1999)
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Heinz-Peter Überjahn (1999)
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Herman Katjiuongua (2000)
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Lucky Richter (2000)
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Ted Dumitru (2000–2003)
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Shepherd Murape'' (2004)
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Ben Bamfuchile (2006–2007)
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Arie Schans
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(2007–2008)
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Tom Saintfiet
Tom Saintfiet (born 29 March 1973) is a Belgian football coach and former player. He was appointed as manager of the Gambian national team in July 2018.
Coaching career
Saintfiet has coached in several countries, including Belgium, Qatar, Germ ...
(2008–2010)
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Brian Isaacs (2010–2011)
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Bernard Kaanjuka (2011–2013)
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Roger Palmgren (2013)
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Ricardo Mannetti
Ricardo Mannetti (born 24 April 1975) is a Namibian retired association football, footballer who now works as a coach. He has managed coached the Namibia national football team, Namibia national team.
Playing career Club
Nicknamed ''Bucksy'', M ...
(2013–2015)
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Fillemon Kanalelo (2015)
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Ricardo Mannetti
Ricardo Mannetti (born 24 April 1975) is a Namibian retired association football, footballer who now works as a coach. He has managed coached the Namibia national football team, Namibia national team.
Playing career Club
Nicknamed ''Bucksy'', M ...
(2015–2019)
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Bobby Samaria'' (2019–2021)
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Collin Benjamin
Collin Benjamin (born 3 August 1978) is a Namibian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent most of his professional career with Hamburger SV while representing Namibia at international level.
Benjamin represented Na ...
(2022-present)
Players
Current squad
The following players were called up for the
2022 COSAFA Cup.
''Caps and goals correct as of 17 July 2022, after the match against
Zambia
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Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up for Namibia in the last 12 months.
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
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1998 Africa Cup of Nations squad
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2008 Africa Cup of Nations squad
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2019 Africa Cup of Nations squad
Player records
:''Players in bold are still active with Namibia.''
Competitive record
FIFA World Cup record
Africa Cup of Nations record
African Nations Championship record
COSAFA Cup
Head-to-head record against other nations
''Updated on 17 November 2019 after match against ''
Honours
;
COSAFA Cup
The COSAFA Cup or COSAFA Senior Challenge Cup is an annual tournament for teams from Southern Africa organized by Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA), inaugurated after the ban against the Republic of South Africa had been ...
*Winners:
2015
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*Runners-up:
1997
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,
1999
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,
2022
References
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External links
Namibiaat FIFA.com
Namibia Football Association official website
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African national association football teams