Nickname(s) Brave Warriors Captain Ronald Ketjijere | Home stadium Independence Stadium Manager Ricardo Mannetti Head coach Ricardo Mannetti | |
Confederation Confederation of African Football (Africa) | ||
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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. They have never qualified for the World Cup but have made two appearances in the Africa Cup of Nations.
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- Ghana namibia
- History
- Honours
- World Cup
- Africa Cup of Nations
- Results and fixtures
- Current squad
- Recent call up
- Previous squads
- References
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.
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.
Honours
World Cup
Africa Cup of Nations
Results and fixtures
The following matches were played or are scheduled to be played by the national team in the current or upcoming seasons.
Current squad
The following players have been selected for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches against Burundi in March 2016.
Caps & goals as of 29 March 2016.
Recent call-up
The following players have been called up to the Namibia squad during the last 12 months.