Namibia national football team


Namibia national football team


The Namibia national football team represents Namibia in men's international football and is controlled by the Namibia Football Association. They have never qualified for the FIFA World Cup but have made four 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 neighbouring 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.

Namibia has made four appearances in the African Cup of Nations, going out in the first round in their first three competitions and going out in the Round of 16 in their fourth competition. 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 defender Denzil Haoseb with 82 caps while Peter Shalulile is the all-time top goal scorer with 16 goals. He reached this milestone in a 1-1 draw against Cameroon in the AFCON qualifiers at Yaoundé on 24 March 2023.

Namibia reached the Round of 16 for the first time in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, where they lost 3-0 against Angola.

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   Fixture

2023

2024

Coaching history

Caretaker managers are listed in italics.

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up to the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

Caps and goals correct as of 27 January 2024, after the match against Angola.

Recent call-ups

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

Previous squads

Africa Cup of Nations Squads
  • 1998 Africa Cup of Nations squad
  • 2008 Africa Cup of Nations squad
  • 2019 Africa Cup of Nations squad

Player records

As of 27 January 2024
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  Guinea

  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

Honours

COSAFA Cup
  • Winners: 2015
  • Runners-up: 1997, 1999, 2022

References

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External links

  • Namibia Football Association official website
  • Namibia at CAF
  • Namibia at FIFA

Text submitted to CC-BY-SA license. Source: Namibia national football team by Wikipedia (Historical)



 


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