Namibia

Namibia

NamibiaFounded: 1990Stadium: Independence Stadium, Windhoek (25,000 seats)Coach: Pedro Gonçalves

History

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).

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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.

Namibia reached the Round of 16 for the first time in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, where they lost 3–0 against Angola.

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Squad

#GoalkeepersAgeAppsGoals
1M. Kasetura28
16Kamaijanda Ndisiro26
23J. Mateus29
#MidfieldersAgeAppsGoals
3C. Karuuombe24
6N. Katua24
8M. Shidolo27
9B. Muzeu25
15B. Namib26
17W. Rudath30
19P. Amutenya23
#ForwardsAgeAppsGoals
11Nestor Iyambo
12Mashiku Muyeka
13P. Shalulile32
22J. Petrus26

Upcoming fixtures

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Cameroon
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Cameroon
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Congo
Namibia
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Latest results

FT17:00
Russia
Namibia
6
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FT15:00
Comoros
Namibia
1
0
FT15:00
Namibia
Congo
1
0
PEN13:00
Namibia
Comoros
0
0
FT13:00
Kazakhstan
Namibia
2
0
FT17:00
Comoros
Namibia
4
0
FT17:00
Comoros
Namibia
1
0
FT15:00
Tunisia
Namibia
3
0
FT18:00
Liberia
Namibia
3
1
FT15:00
Namibia
Sao Tome and Principe
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