| Namibia | |
| Badge: | Namibia FA.png |
| Badge Size: | 200px |
| Nickname: | Namibia Warriors |
| Association: | Namibia Football Association (NFA) |
| Sub-Confederation: | COSAFA (Southern Africa) |
| Confederation: | CAF (Africa) |
| Coach: | Collin Benjamin |
| Captain: | Peter Shalulile |
| Most Caps: | Denzil Haoseb (83) |
| Top Scorer: | Peter Shalulile (16) |
| Home Stadium: | Independence Stadium |
| Fifa Trigramme: | NAM |
| Fifa Max: | 68 |
| Fifa Max Date: | November 1998 |
| Fifa Min: | 167 |
| Fifa Min Date: | July 2006 |
| Elo Max: | 100 |
| Elo Max Date: | 12 September 1998 |
| Elo Min: | 165 |
| Elo Min Date: | 22 July 2006 |
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| First Game: | South-West Africa 0–1 (Namibia; 16 May 1989) |
| Largest Win: | 6–0 (Windhoek, Namibia; 25 August 1996) 8–2 (Windhoek, Namibia; 15 July 2000) |
| Largest Loss: | 7–1 (Cairo, Egypt; 8 November 1996) 8–2 (Alexandria, Egypt; 13 July 2001) |
| Regional Name: | Africa Cup of Nations |
| Regional Cup Apps: | 4 |
| Regional Cup First: | 1998 |
| Regional Cup Best: | Round of 16 (2023) |
| 2Ndregional Name: | African Nations Championship |
| 2Ndregional Cup Apps: | 2 |
| 2Ndregional Cup First: | 2018 |
| 2Ndregional Cup Best: | Quarter-finals (2018) |
| 3Rdregional Name: | COSAFA Cup |
| 3Rdregional Cup Apps: | 19 |
| 3Rdregional Cup First: | 1997 |
| 3Rdregional Cup Best: | Champions (2015) |
The Namibia national football team represents Namibia in men's international football and is controlled by the Namibia Football Association.[1] 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).
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.[2]
Namibia has made four appearances in the African Cup of Nations,winning the cup in 1990, then 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.[3] [4]
Namibia reached the Round of 16 for the first time in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, where they lost 3–0 against Angola.
See main article: Namibia national football team results (2020–present). The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Caretaker managers are listed in italics.
Eric Muinjo (1992–1993) Ruston Mogane (1997–1998) Mlungisi Ngubane (1998) Seth Boois (1998–1999) Herman Katjiuongua (2000) Lucky Richter (2000)
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)The following players were called up to the provisional squad for the 2025 AFCON qualification matches against Cameroon and Kenya on 13 and 19 November 2024.[5]
Caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2024, after the match against Kenya.
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.
Players in bold are still active with Namibia.
| width=30px | Rank | Player | width=50px | Caps | width=50px | Goals | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denzil Haoseb | 83 | 0 | 2011–present | |||
| 2 | Deon Hotto | 80 | 12 | 2013–present | |||
| 3 | Petrus Shitembi | 79 | 4 | 2011–present | |||
| 4 | Ronald Ketjijere | 69 | 2 | 2010–2019 | |||
| 5 | Ananias Gebhardt | 65 | 2 | 2011–present | |||
| 6 | Absalom Iimbondi | 64 | 7 | 2015–present | |||
| Willy Stephanus | 64 | 3 | 2011–present | ||||
| 8 | Johannes Hindjou | 63 | 10 | 1996–2005 | |||
| 9 | Larry Horaeb | 61 | 0 | 2011–2021 | |||
| 10 | Mohamed Ouseb | 60 | 3 | 1994–2004 | |||
| Peter Shalulile | 60 | 16 | 2014–present | ||||
| width=30px | Rank | Player | width=50px | Goals | width=50px | Caps | width=50px | Ratio | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Shalulile | 16 | 60 | 2014–present | |||||
| 2 | Rudolph Bester | 13 | 46 | 2004–2014 | |||||
| 3 | Deon Hotto | 12 | 80 | 2013–present | |||||
| 4 | Gervatius Urikhob | 11 | 40 | 1993–2003 | |||||
| 5 | Johannes Hindjou | 10 | 63 | 1996–2005 | |||||
| 7 | Elmo Kambindu | 9 | 30 | 2019–present | |||||
| Benson Shilongo | 9 | 34 | 2011–2021 | ||||||
| Eliphas Shivute | 9 | 37 | 1993–2001 | ||||||
| 9 | Hendrik Somaeb | 8 | 31 | 2011–2019 | |||||
| Ruben van Wyk | 8 | 33 | 1994–2002 | ||||||
| FIFA World Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | |||||||||||||
| 1930 to 1990 | Part of | Part of | |||||||||||||
 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 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
   2030 | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
 2034 | |||||||||||||||
| Total | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 54 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 52 | 94 | ||
| Africa Cup of Nations record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | |||||||
 1957 to  1990 | Part of | ||||||||
 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 | Round of 16 | 15th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
2025 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
  2027 | To be determined | ||||||||
| 2029 | |||||||||
| Total | Round of 16 | 4/34 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 31 | |
| African Nations Championship record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appearances: 2 | |||||||||
| Year | Round | Position | |||||||
| 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 | Did not enter | ||||||||
| Total | Quarter-finals | 2/7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
See main article: COSAFA Cup.
Updated on 13 November 2024 after match against [7]
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| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | |||||||||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | |||||||||
| 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | −5 | |||||||||
| 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | +1 | |||||||||
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| 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | +1 | |||||||||
| 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 16 | +5 | |||||||||
| 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −4 | |||||||||
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | |||||||||
| 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 15 | −13 | |||||||||
| 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 14 | +11 | |||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | |||||||||
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| 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | |||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | |||||||||
| 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 24 | −19 | |||||||||
| 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | +10 | |||||||||
| 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 27 | −17 | |||||||||
| 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | −2 | |||||||||
| 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | |||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | |||||||||
| 22 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 27 | −16 | |||||||||
| 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 26 | 29 | –3 | |||||||||
| Total | 300 | 79 | 87 | 134 | 292 | 412 | −120 |