Namibia national football team








































Namibia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Brave Warriors
AssociationNamibia Football Association
Confederation
CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation
COSAFA (Southern Africa)
Head coachFillemon Kanalelo
CaptainRonald Ketjijere
Most caps

Johannes Hindjou (69)
Top scorer
Rudolf Bester (13)
Home stadiumIndependence Stadium
FIFA codeNAM
















First colours














Second colours


FIFA ranking
Current 111 Steady(20 December 2018)[1]
Highest68 (November 1998)
Lowest167 (July 2006)
Elo ranking
Current 112 Increase 3 (20 December 2018)[2]
Highest100 (12 September 1998)
Lowest165 (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
Appearances2 (first in 1998)
Best resultGroup 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.[3] They have never qualified for the World Cup but have made two appearances in the Africa Cup of Nations.




Contents





  • 1 History


  • 2 Honours


  • 3 Competitive record

    • 3.1 World Cup record


    • 3.2 Africa Cup of Nations record


    • 3.3 Head-to-head record against other nations



  • 4 Recent results and fixtures


  • 5 Players

    • 5.1 Current squad


    • 5.2 Recent call-up


    • 5.3 Previous squads



  • 6 Managers


  • 7 References


  • 8 External sources




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 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.[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

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

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


Head-to-head record against other nations


Updated on 17 November 2018 after match against Guinea-Bissau.[6]


  Positive Record
  Neutral Record
  Negative Record


















































































































































































































































































































































































Opponent
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
 Algeria400407−7
 Angola13067919−10
 Benin210184+4
 Botswana1921071819−1
 Burkina Faso3003211−9
 Burundi2101440
 Chad210123−1
 Cameroon200205−5
 Comoros320162+4
 Congo410317−6
 Djibouti220040+4
 DR Congo311174+3
 Egypt6015623−17
 Ethiopia220042+2
 Gabon2020220
 Gambia4211550
 Ghana200202−2
 Guinea7025213−11
 Guinea-Bissau201101−1
 India100102−2
 Ivory Coast521279−2
 Kenya640253+2
 Lebanon1010110
 Lesotho1144312120
 Liberia1121220
 Libya2101220
 Madagascar521279−2
 Malawi148331913+6
 Mali411235−2
 Mauritius420254+1
 Morocco6015214−12
 Mozambique168532212+10
 Niger310223−1
 Nigeria401318−7
 Rwanda403136−3
 Saudi Arabia200213−2
 Senegal5005116−15
 Seychelles523094+5
 South Africa8125816−8
 Eswatini814379−2
 Tanzania302113−2
 Tunisia300318−7
 Zambia1821061020−10
 Zimbabwe126062325−2
Total2386168109234342−108



Recent results and fixtures



Namibia  v  Lesotho


















Namibia  v  Swaziland












South Africa  v  Namibia












Namibia  v  Zimbabwe












Zimbabwe  v  Namibia


















Comoros  v  Namibia












Namibia  v  Comoros












Namibia  v  Zimbabwe












Zambia  v  Namibia


















Namibia  v  South Africa












Namibia  v  Zambia












Mozambique  v  Namibia












Namibia  v  Mozambique












Namibia  v  Guinea-Bissau












Zambia  v  Namibia












Players



Current squad


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


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No.

Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Goals
Club


1GK

Maximilian Mbaeva

(1989-04-14) 14 April 1989 (age 29)
9
0

South Africa Golden Arrows


1GK

Virgil Vries

(1989-03-29) 29 March 1989 (age 29)
24
0

South Africa Maritzburg United



2DF

Willem Mwedihanga

(1986-01-07) 7 January 1986 (age 32)
41
0

South Africa University of Pretoria


2DF

Denzil Hoaseb

(1987-01-22) 22 January 1987 (age 31)
39
0

Namibia Black Africa


2DF

Chris Katjiukua

(1986-10-25) 25 October 1986 (age 32)
28
1

South Africa Golden Arrows


2DF

Ferdinand Karongee

(1984-01-27) 27 January 1984 (age 34)
2
0

Namibia Tigers


2DF

Edmund Kambanda

(1993-02-25) 25 February 1993 (age 25)
2
0

Namibia UNAM



3MF

Petrus Shitembi

(1992-05-11) 11 May 1992 (age 26)
40
3

South Africa AmaZulu


3MF

Ronald Ketjijere

(1987-12-12) 12 December 1987 (age 31)
38
0

South Africa University of Pretoria


3MF

Willy Stephanus

(1991-06-26) 26 June 1991 (age 27)
37
3

Namibia Black Africa


3MF

Heinrich Isaacks

(1985-03-05) 5 March 1985 (age 33)
36
4

Namibia UNAM


3MF

Deon Hotto

(1991-10-29) 29 October 1991 (age 27)
26
7

South Africa Golden Arrows


3MF

Peter Shalulile

(1992-07-24) 24 July 1992 (age 26)
15
2

South Africa Highlands Park


3MF

Absalom Iimbondi

(1991-10-11) 11 October 1991 (age 27)
5
0

Namibia Tigers


3MF

Dynamo Fredericks

(1992-04-04) 4 April 1992 (age 26)
2
0

Namibia Black Africa


3MF

Immanuel Heita

(1992-04-20) 20 April 1992 (age 26)
2
0

Namibia Black Africa



4FW

Hendrik Somaeb

(1985-09-29) 29 September 1985 (age 33)
26
8

Serbia Zemun


4FW

Benson Shilongo

(1992-05-18) 18 May 1992 (age 26)
15
7

Egypt Smouha SC


4FW

Terdius Uiseb

(1994-05-08) 8 May 1994 (age 24)
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 (age 31)
23
0

Namibia Black Africa


DF

Freedom Puriza

(1986-06-22) 22 June 1986 (age 32)
14
0

Namibia African Stars



MF

Emilio Martin

(1990-08-15) 15 August 1990 (age 28)
6
0

Namibia Black Africa



FW

Rudolf Bester

(1983-07-19) 19 July 1983 (age 35)
39
12

South Africa Golden Arrows


FW

Lazarus Kaimbi

(1988-08-12) 12 August 1988 (age 30)
20
5

Thailand Suphanburi


FW

Tangeni Shipahu

(1987-09-03) 3 September 1987 (age 31)
16
2

Thailand Krabi


FW

Jerome Louis

(1987-09-23) 23 September 1987 (age 31)
12
0

Botswana Township Rollers


FW

Panduleni Nekundi

(1988-09-14) 14 September 1988 (age 30)
2
1

Namibia United Africa Tigers


Previous squads


Africa Cup of Nations quads
  • 1998 African Cup of Nations squad

  • 2008 Africa Cup of Nations squad


Managers



Luzt Pfannenstiel 2009-2010


Ricardo Mannetti 2015 - up to date



References




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  2. ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018.


  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.




External sources



  • Namibia at FIFA.com

  • Namibia Football Association official website











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