Namibia national football team


The Namibia national football team represents Namibia in men's international football and it is controlled by the Namibia Football Association. 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.

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 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 Johannes Hindjou with 69 caps and Rudolf Bester is the all-time top goalscorer with 13 goals.

Honours

;COSAFA Cup

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
Opponent
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
400407−7
13067919−10
210184+4
1921071819−1
3003211−9
2101440
3201440
200205−5
531182+6
410317−6
220040+4
311174+3
6015623−17
220041+3
220042+2
2020220
4211550
200202−2
8026215−13
201101−1
100102−2
6213813−5
640253+2
1010110
1144312120
1121220
2101220
7313910−1
158342015+5
411235−2
420254+1
7016215−13
179532413+11
310223−1
401318−7
403136−3
200213−2
5005116−15
6330124+8
9126817−9
814379−2
302113−2
300318−7
2021081126−15
126062325−2
Total2536769117252362−110

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.

2019

Players

Current squad

The following players were selected for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification against Chad and Guinea on 13 & 17 November 2019.
Caps and goals as of 17 November 2019 after the game against Guinea.

Recent call-ups

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

    External sources

  • at FIFA.com
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