Namibia national football team

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The Namibia national football team represents Namibia in men's international football and is controlled by the Namibia Football Association.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Manfred Starke made his debut for Namibia in 2012

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.

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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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

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Coaching history

Collin Benjamin became the manager of the national football team of Namibia in 2022
Caretaker managers are listed in italics.

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Players

Current squad

The following players were called up to the squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Group H matches against Malawi and Equatorial Guinea on 20 and 24 March 2025.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Caps and goals correct as of 24 March 2025, after the match against Equatorial Guinea.

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Recent call-ups

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INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
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Previous squads

Africa Cup of Nations squads

Player records

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Players in bold are still active with Namibia.

Most appearances

Rank Player Caps Goals Career
1 Denzil Haoseb 84 0 2011–present
Deon Hotto 84 12 2013–present
3 Petrus Shitembi 79 4 2011–present
4 Ronald Ketjijere 69 2 2010–2019
5 Willy Stephanus 67 3 2011–present
6 Ananias Gebhardt 65 2 2011–present
7 Absalom Iimbondi 64 7 2015–present
Peter Shalulile 64 20 2014–present
9 Johannes Hindjou 63 10 1996–2005
10 Larry Horaeb 61 0 2011–2021

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 Peter Shalulile 20 64 {{#expr:20/64 round 2}} 2014–present
2 Rudolph Bester 13 46 {{#expr:13/46 round 2}} 2004–2014
3 Deon Hotto 12 84 {{#expr:12/84 round 2}} 2013–present
4 Gervatius Urikhob 11 40 {{#expr:11/40 round 2}} 1993–2003
5 Johannes Hindjou 10 63 {{#expr:10/63 round 2}} 1996–2005
7 Elmo Kambindu 9 31 {{#expr:9/31 round 2}} 2019–present
Benson Shilongo 9 34 {{#expr:9/34 round 2}} 2011–2021
Eliphas Shivute 9 37 {{#expr:9/37 round 2}} 1993–2001
9 Hendrik Somaeb 8 31 {{#expr:13/46 round 2}} 2011–2019
Ruben van Wyk 8 33 {{#expr:8/33 round 2}} 1994–2002

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
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1930 to 1990 Part of Template:Fb Part of Template:Fb
Template:Flagicon 1994 Did not qualify 4 0 0 4 0 12
Template:Flagicon 1998 8 2 2 4 9 18
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2002 10 1 3 6 7 27
Template:Flagicon 2006 2 0 1 1 1 4
Template:Flagicon 2010 6 2 0 4 7 12
Template:Flagicon 2014 8 3 2 3 10 4
Template:Flagicon 2018 4 1 1 2 3 5
Template:Flagicon 2022 8 3 2 3 9 11
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2026 10 4 3 3 13 10
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2030 To be determined To be determined
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Africa Cup of Nations

Africa Cup of Nations record
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1994 		Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1996 Did not qualify
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1998 		Group stage 14 3 0 1 2 7 11
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2000 		Did not qualify
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2002
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2004
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2006
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2008 		Group stage 10 3 0 1 2 2 7
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2010 		Did not qualify
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2012
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2013
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2015
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2017
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2019 		Group stage 23rd 3 0 0 3 1 6
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2021 		Did not qualify
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2023 		Round of 16 15th 4 1 1 2 1 7
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2025 		Did not qualify
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2027 		To be determined
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Total Round of 16 4/35 13 1 3 9 11 31

African Nations Championship

African Nations Championship record
Appearances: 2
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Template:Flagicon 2009 Did not qualify
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Template:Flagicon 2018 Quarter-finals 7th 4 2 1 1 3 3
Template:Flagicon 2020 Group stage 15th 3 0 1 2 0 4
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Total Quarter-finals 2/7 7 2 2 3 3 7

COSAFA Cup

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Head-to-head record against other nations

Updated on 17 November 2025 after match against Comoros<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Opponent
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Template:Fb 20 2 11 7 18 19 −1
Template:Fb 3 0 0 3 2 11 −9
Template:Fb 4 1 1 2 7 8 –1
Template:Fb 4 3 0 1 7 4 +3
Template:Fb 6 1 2 3 3 8 −5
Template:Fb 7 3 1 3 8 7 +1
Template:Fb 6 1 2 3 3 9 −6
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Template:Fb 3 1 1 1 7 4 +3
Template:Fb 6 0 1 5 6 23 −17
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Template:Fb 10 1 2 7 4 19 −15
Template:Fb 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1
Template:Fb 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2
Template:Fb 6 2 1 3 8 13 −5
Template:Fb 8 4 1 3 6 5 +1
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Template:Fb 13 5 5 3 15 14 +1
Template:Fb 3 1 3 2 4 6 –2
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Template:Fb 8 4 1 3 11 10 +1
Template:Fb 18 9 4 5 23 18 +5
Template:Fb 8 1 3 4 4 8 −4
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Template:Fb 7 0 1 6 2 15 −13
Template:Fb 20 10 6 4 25 14 +11
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Template:Fb 4 0 1 3 1 8 −7
Template:Fb 4 0 3 1 3 6 −3
Template:Fb 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5
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Template:Fb 8 1 0 7 5 24 −19
Template:Fb 7 4 3 0 15 5 +10
Template:Fb 14 1 5 8 10 27 −17
Template:Fb 9 1 4 4 8 10 −2
Template:Fb 4 0 2 2 1 4 −3
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Template:Fb 7 2 1 4 3 11 −8
Template:Fb 22 2 11 9 11 27 −16
Template:Fb 15 7 0 8 26 29 –3
Total 309 81 89 139 301 426 −123

Honours

Regional

Notes

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References

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