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	Denzil Haoseb (75)
Top scorer	Rudolf Bester (13)
Home stadium	Independence Stadium
FIFA code	NAM
FIFA ranking
Current	112 2 (31 March 2022)[1]
Highest	68 (November 1998)
Lowest	167 (July 2006)
First international
	South-West Africa 0–1 Angola ; (Namibia; 16 May 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, 2019)
African Nations Championship
Appearances	2 (first in 2018)
Best result	Quarter-finals (2018)
COSAFA Cup
Appearances	19 (first in 1997)
Best result	Champions (2015)
Medal record
COSAFA Cup

The Namibia national football team represents Namibia in men's international football and is controlled by the Namibia Football Association.[2] 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 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.[3]

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 Ronald Ketjijere with 74 caps while Rudolf Bester is the all-time top goalscorers with 13 goals.[4][5]

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

2021

28 March 2021 (2021-03-28) 2021 AFCONQ	Namibia	2–1	Guinea	Windhoek, Namibia
15:00 UTC+2	Shalulie 45+2', 77'	Report	Kane 17'	Stadium: Sam Nujoma Stadium Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)

7 July 2021 (2021-07-07) 2021 COSAFA Cup Group B	Senegal	1–2	Namibia	Port Elizabeth, South Africa
15:00 UTC+2	Diène 17'	Report	Papama 13' Kambindu 50'	Stadium: Wolfson Stadium Referee: Antonio Caluassi Dungula (Angola)

11 July 2021 COSAFA Cup Group B	Namibia	2–0	Zimbabwe	Port Elizabeth, South Africa
14:00 UTC+2	D. Fredricks 10' I. Kamberipa 52' Q. Amini 70' (o.g.) A. Iimbondi 76' E. Kambindu 86'	Report	S. Nyahwa 81' Malvin Enos Mkolo 85'	Stadium: Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium Referee: Audrick Nkole (Zambia)

13 July 2021 COSAFA Cup Group B	Malawi	1–1	Namibia	Port Elizabeth, South Africa
12:00 UTC+2	M. Mhone 73'	Report	E. Kambindu 53'	Stadium: Wolfson Stadium Referee: Akhona Makalima (South Africa)

14 July 2021 COSAFA Cup Group B	Mozambique	1–0	Namibia	Port Elizabeth, South Africa
12:00 UTC+2	Simbine 28' Pelembe 71' Cândinho 73' Melito 80'	Report	Kambindu 9' Gebhardt 15' Fredericks 45+1'	Stadium: Wolfson Stadium Referee: Osiase Koto (Lesotho)

2 September 2021 (2021-09-02) 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification Group H	Namibia	1–1	Congo	Johannesburg, South Africa
	Hambira 24'	Report	Hambira 57' (o.g.)	Stadium: Orlando Stadium Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

5 September 2021 (2021-09-05) 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification Group H	Togo	0–1	Namibia	Lomé
		Report	Kambindu 53'	Stadium: Stade de Kégué Referee: Omar Abdulkadir Artan (Somalia)

9 October 2021 2022 World Cup qualification	Senegal	4–1	Namibia	Thiès, Senegal
19:00 UTC±0	Gueye 10' Diédhiou 38' Mané 54' Keita 83'	Report	Kamatuka 75'	Stadium: Stade Lat-Dior Referee: Kalilou Traoré (Ivory Coast)

12 October 2021 2022 World Cup qualification	Namibia	1–3	Senegal	Johannesburg, South Africa
15:00 UTC+2	Shalulile 27'	Report	Diédhiou 22', 51', 84'	Stadium: Orlando Stadium Referee: Mohamed Youssouf Athoumani (Comoros)

11 November 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Congo	1–1	Namibia	Brazzaville
	Mbenza 54'	Report	Shalulile 42'	Stadium: Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat Referee: Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda)

15 November 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Namibia	0–1	Togo	Johannesburg, South Africa
		Report	Placca Fessou 88'	Stadium: Orlando Stadium Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)

Coaching history

Caretaker managers are listed in italics.

Eric Muinjo (1992–1993)
Shepherd Murape (1994–1995)
Ruston Mogane (1997–1998)
Mlungisi Ngubane (1998)
Seth Boois (1998–1999)
Heinz-Peter Überjahn (1999)
Herman Katjiuongua (2000)
Lucky Richter (2000)
Ted Dumitru (2000–2001)
Ben Bamfuchile (2006–2007)
Arie Schans (2007–2008)
Tom Saintfiet (2008–2010)
Brian Isaacs (2010–2011)
Bernard Kaanjuka (2011–2013)
Roger Palmgren (2013)
Ricardo Mannetti (2013–2015)
Fillemon Kanalelo (2015)
Ricardo Mannetti (2015–2019)
Bobby Samaria (2019–present)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Congo and Togo on 11 and 15 November 2021.[6]

Caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2021, after the match against Togo.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Virgil Vries	(1989-03-29) 29 March 1989	39	0	Moroka Swallows F.C.
1GK	Lloyd Kazapua	(1989-03-25) 25 March 1989	31	0	Cape Umoya United
1GK	Ndisiro Kamaijanda	(1999-12-01) 1 December 1999	2	0	Black Africa
1GK	Calvin Spiegel	(1998-02-03) 3 February 1998	0	0	Blue Waters
1GK	Mbemutjiua Mata	(1993-01-04) 4 January 1993	0	0	Young Africans

2DF	Larry Horaeb	(1991-11-12) 12 November 1991	61	0	Tura Magic
2DF	Riaan Hanamub	(1995-02-08) 8 February 1995	32	0	Chippa United F.C.
2DF	Charles Hambira	(1990-06-03) 3 June 1990	24	3	Tura Magic
2DF	Ivan Kamberipa	(1994-02-03) 3 February 1994	19	0	African Stars
2DF	Aprocius Petrus	(1999-10-09) 9 October 1999	18	0	Eleven Arrows
2DF	Immanuel Heita	(1992-04-20) 20 April 1992	14	0	Black Africa
2DF	Ryan Nyambe	(1997-12-03) 3 December 1997	9	0	Blackburn Rovers
2DF	Lubeni Haukongo	(2000-09-24) 24 September 2000	2	0	Chippa United F.C.
2DF	Kennedy Amutenya	(1996-07-15) 15 July 1996	0	0	Gaborone United
2DF	Riddick Gariseb		0	0	Mighty Gunners

3MF	Denzil Haoseb	(1991-02-25) 25 February 1991	75	0	Polokwane City
3MF	Deon Hotto	(1990-10-29) 29 October 1990	61	10	Orlando Pirates
3MF	Willy Stephanus	(1991-06-26) 26 June 1991	58	3	Lusaka Dynamos
3MF	Absalom Iimbondi	(1991-10-11) 11 October 1991	47	4	United Africa Tigers
3MF	Dynamo Fredericks	(1992-04-04) 4 April 1992	38	1	Black Africa
3MF	Marcel Papama	(1996-04-28) 28 April 1996	24	1	African Stars
3MF	Alfeus Handura	(1993-08-01) 1 August 1993	14	0	African Stars
3MF	Wesley Katjiteo	(1990-02-17) 17 February 1990	14	0	Black Africa
3MF	Ambrosius Amseb	(1994-05-26) 26 May 1994	6	0	African Stars
3MF	Wendell Rudath	(1995-07-10) 10 July 1995	5	0	Black Africa
3MF	Prins Tjiueza	(2002-03-12) 12 March 2002	3	0	Blue Waters

4FW	Peter Shalulile	(1993-03-23) 23 March 1993	45	12	Mamelodi Sundowns
4FW	Elmo Kambindu	(1993-05-26) 26 May 1993	22	8	Mighty Gunners
4FW	Joslin Kamatuka	(1991-07-27) 27 July 1991	19	3	Baroka

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	Edward Maova	(1994-09-05) 5 September 1994	7	0	TS Sporting	v. Guinea, 28 March 2021
GK	Ratanda Mbazuvara	(1989-08-15) 15 August 1989	4	0	African Stars	v. Guinea, 28 March 2021

DF	Ananias Gebhardt	(1988-09-08) 8 September 1988	50	2	Baroka FC	v. Senegal, 12 October 2021
DF	Teberius Lombard	(1991-05-24) 24 May 1991	22	0	Zanaco	v. Togo, 5 September 2021
DF	Vitapi Ngaruka	(1995-10-16) 16 October 1995	16	1	Black Africa	v. Guinea, 28 March 2021
DF	Amazing Kandjii	(2002-05-27) 27 May 2002	0	0	Tura Magic	v. Guinea, 28 March 2021
DF	Emilio Martin	(1990-08-15) 15 August 1990	19	0	Black Africa	CHAN 2020

MF	Wangu Gome	(1993-02-13) 13 February 1993	33	0	Alashkert	v. Guinea, 28 March 2021
MF	Manfred Starke	(1991-02-21) 21 February 1991	7	1	FSV Zwickau	v. Guinea, 28 March 2021
MF	Petrus Shitembi	(1992-05-11) 11 May 1992	70	4	Saif	v. Guinea, 28 March 2021

FW	Benson Shilongo	(1992-05-18) 18 May 1992	34	9	Ismaily	v. Senegal, 12 October 2021
FW	Isaskar Gurirab	(1998-01-03) 3 January 1998	12	2	Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi	v. Senegal, 12 October 2021
FW	Junias Theophilus	(1991-07-22) 22 July 1991	12	0	Welwalo Adigrat University	2021 COSAFA Cup
FW	Salomon Omseb	(1992-05-09) 9 May 1992	3	0	Tura Magic	2021 COSAFA Cup
FW	Deryl Goagoseb	(1993-04-12) 12 April 1993	3	0	Black Africa	v. Guinea, 28 March 2021
^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

Player records

As of 15 November 2021

Players in bold are still active with Namibia.

Most appearances
Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Denzil Haoseb	75	0	2011–present
2	Petrus Shitembi	70	4	2011–present
3	Ronald Ketjijere	68	2	2010–2019
4	Johannes Hindjou	63	10	1996–2005
5	Larry Horaeb	61	0	2011–present
5	Deon Hotto	61	10	2013–present
7	Mohamed Ouseb	60	3	1994–2004
8	Silvester Goraseb	59	7	1994–2002
9	Willy Stephanus	58	3	2011–present
10	Ricardo Mannetti	56	1	1993–2003

Top goalscorers
Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Rudolph Bester	13	46	0.28	2004–2014
2	Peter Shalulile	12	45	0.27	2014–present
3	Gervatius Urikhob	11	40	0.28	1993–2003
4	Deon Hotto	10	61	0.16	2013–present
4	Johannes Hindjou	10	63	0.16	1996–2005
6	Benson Shilongo	9	34	0.26	2011–present
6	Eliphas Shivute	9	37	0.24	1993–2001
8	Elmo Kambindu	8	22	0.36	2019–present
	Hendrik Somaeb	8	31	0.28	2011–2019
	Ruben van Wyk	8	33	0.24	1994–2002

Competitive record

FIFA 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	Part of South Africa								Part of South Africa
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									8	3	2	3	9	11
2026	To be determined								To be determined
Total	–	0/22	–	–	–	–	–	–	50	12	11	27	46	93

Africa Cup of Nations record

Africa Cup of Nations record
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	Did not qualify
2023	To be determined
Total	Group stage	3/33	9	0	2	7	10	24

African Nations Championship record

African Nations Championship record
Appearances: 2
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	Group stage	15th	3	0	1	2	0	4
2022	To be determined
Total	Quarter-finals	2/5	7	2	2	3	3	7

COSAFA Cup record

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[7]

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

Honours

COSAFA Cup

Winners: 2015
Runners-up: 1997, 1999

References

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External links

Namibia at FIFA.com
Namibia Football Association official website

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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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