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 with 83 caps while Daniel Lombe 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.

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 (2000–2003)
 * Shepherd Murape (2004)
 * 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 (2019–2021)
 * 🇳🇦 Collin Benjamin (2022–present)

Current squad
The following players were called up to the 2024 COSAFA Cup.

Caps and goals correct as of 28 June 2024, after the match against Angola.

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
 * 1998 African Cup of Nations squad
 * 2008 Africa Cup of Nations squad
 * 2019 Africa Cup of Nations squad
 * 2023 Africa Cup of Nations squad

Player records

 * Players in bold are still active with Namibia.

Head-to-head record against other nations
Updated on 5 July 2024 after match against 🇲🇿 mozambique

Honours

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