The Namibia national football team represents Namibia in men's international football and is controlled by the Namibia Football Association.^[2] 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

Nickname(s)	Brave Warriors
Association	Namibia Football Association (NFA)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	COSAFA (Southern Africa)
Head coach	Collin Benjamin
Captain	Peter Shalulile
Most caps	Denzil Haoseb (82)
Top scorer	Peter Shalulile (16)
Home stadium	Independence Stadium
FIFA code	NAM
First colours Second colours Third colours
FIFA ranking
Current	106 1 (4 April 2024)[1]
Highest	68 (November 1998)
Lowest	167 (July 2006)
First international
South-West Africa 0–1 Angola  (Namibia; 16 May 1989)
Biggest win
Namibia 6–0 Botswana  (Windhoek, Namibia; 25 August 1996)  Namibia 8–2 Benin  (Windhoek, Namibia; 15 July 2000)
Biggest defeat
Egypt 7–1 Namibia  (Cairo, Egypt; 8 November 1996)  Egypt 8–2 Namibia  (Alexandria, Egypt; 13 July 2001)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	4 (first in 1998)
Best result	Round of 16 (2023)
African Nations Championship
Appearances	2 (first in 2018)
Best result	Quarter-finals (2018)
COSAFA Cup
Appearances	19 (first in 1997)
Best result	Champions (2015)
Medal record COSAFA Cup 2015 South Africa 1997 Southern Africa 1999 Southern Africa

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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.^[3]

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.^{[citation needed]}

The most capped player of the Brave Warriors is defender Denzil Haoseb with 82 caps while Peter Shalulile 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.^[4][5]

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

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2023

Cameroon  v  Namibia

24 March 2023 AFCON qualification	Cameroon	1–1	Namibia	Yaoundé, Cameroon
21:30 (UTC+01:00)	Kemen 72'	Report	Shalulile 26'	Stadium: Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)

Namibia  v  Cameroon

28 March 2023 AFCON qualification	Namibia	2–1	Cameroon	Johannesburg, South Africa
15:00 (UTC+02:00)	Shalulile 55' Iimbondi 79'	Report	Aboubakar 90+1'	Stadium: Dobsonville Stadium Referee: Patrice Milazare (Mauritius)

Burundi  v  Namibia

20 June 2023 AFCON qualification	Burundi	3–2	Namibia	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
16:00 UTC+2	Bigirimana 1' Bimenyimana 9' Shabani 19'	Report	Shalulile 41' Rudath 85'	Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)

South Africa  v  Namibia

5 July 2023 COSAFA Cup	South Africa	1–1	Namibia	Durban
18:00	Human 48'	Report	Kambindu 43'	Stadium: King Zwelithini Stadium

Namibia  v  Eswatini

8 July 2023 COSAFA Cup	Namibia	1–2	Eswatini	Durban
18:00	Iimbondi 34'	Report	Matse 41' Matsebula 44'	Stadium: King Zwelithini Stadium

Namibia  v  Botswana

11 July 2023 COSAFA Cup	Namibia	0–0	Botswana	Durban
18:00		Report		Stadium: Chatsworth Stadium

Zimbabwe  v  Namibia

4 September Friendly	Zimbabwe	2–2 (5–4 p)	Namibia	Harare, Zimbabwe
	Msebe 2' F. Banda 36'	Report	Eliakim 30' Kambanda 68'	Stadium: National Sports Stadium

South Africa  v  Namibia

9 September Friendly	South Africa	0–0	Namibia	Soweto, South Africa
		Report		Stadium: Orlando Stadium

Equatorial Guinea  v  Namibia

15 November 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Equatorial Guinea	1–0	Namibia	Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
14:00 UTC+1	Nsue 67'	Report		Stadium: Estadio de Malabo Referee: Ali Sabilla (Uganda)

São Tomé and Príncipe  v  Namibia

21 November 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	São Tomé and Príncipe	0–2	Namibia	Agadir, Morocco
17:00 UTC+1		Report	Tjiueza 9' Mateus 75' (o.g.)	Stadium: Agadir Stadium Referee: Ousmane Diakate (Mali)

2024

Ghana  v  Namibia

8 January Friendly	Ghana	0–0	Namibia	Kumasi, Ghana
20:00 UTC±0	Amartey  43' Ayew  90+2'	Report	Amutenya  38' Ndisiro  90+2'	Stadium: Baba Yara Stadium Referee: Charles Benle Bulu (Ghana)

Tunisia  v  Namibia

16 January 2023 AFCON GS	Tunisia	0–1	Namibia	Korhogo, Ivory Coast
17:00 UTC±0		Report	Hotto 88'	Stadium: Amadou Gon Coulibaly Stadium Attendance: 13,991 Referee: Omar Abdulkadir Artan (Somalia)

South Africa  v  Namibia

21 January 2023 AFCON GS	South Africa	4–0	Namibia	Korhogo, Ivory Coast
	Tau 14' (pen.) Zwane 25', 40' Maseko 75'	Report		Stadium: Amadou Gon Coulibaly Stadium Attendance: 9,304 Referee: Youcef Gamouh (Algeria)

Namibia  v  Mali

24 January 2023 AFCON GS	Namibia	0–0	Mali	San-Pédro, Ivory Coast
17:00		Report		Stadium: Laurent Pokou Stadium Attendance: 15,231 Referee: Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda)

Angola  v  Namibia

27 January 2023 AFCON R16	Angola	3–0	Namibia	Bouaké, Ivory Coast
	Dala 38', 42' Mabululu 66'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Paix, Bouaké Attendance: 28,663 Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)

Caretaker managers are listed in italics.

As of 27 January 2024^[7]

Players in bold are still active with Namibia.

Updated on 17 November 2019 after match against  Guinea^[9]

  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

More information Opponent, Pld ...

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Algeria	4	0	0	4	0	7	−7
Angola	14	0	6	8	9	22	−13
Benin	2	1	0	1	8	4	+4
Botswana	19	2	10	7	18	19	−1
Burkina Faso	3	0	0	3	2	11	−9
Burundi	2	1	0	1	4	4	0
Chad	3	2	0	1	4	4	0
Cameroon	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5
Comoros	5	3	1	1	8	2	+6
Congo	4	1	0	3	1	7	−6
Djibouti	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
DR Congo	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3
Egypt	6	0	1	5	6	23	−17
Eritrea	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3
Ethiopia	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2
Gabon	2	0	2	0	2	2	0
Gambia	4	2	1	1	5	5	0
Ghana	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2
Guinea	8	0	2	6	2	15	−13
Guinea-Bissau	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1
India	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Ivory Coast	6	2	1	3	8	13	−5
Kenya	6	4	0	2	5	3	+2
Lebanon	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Lesotho	11	4	4	3	12	12	0
Liberia	1	1	2	1	2	2	0
Libya	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
Madagascar	7	3	1	3	9	10	−1
Malawi	15	8	3	4	20	15	+5
Mali	5	1	2	2	3	5	−2
Mauritius	4	2	0	2	5	4	+1
Morocco	7	0	1	6	2	15	−13
Mozambique	17	9	5	3	24	13	+11
Niger	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1
Nigeria	4	0	1	3	1	8	−7
Rwanda	4	0	3	1	3	6	−3
Saudi Arabia	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2
Senegal	5	0	0	5	1	16	−15
Seychelles	6	3	3	0	12	4	+8
South Africa	10	1	2	7	8	21	−13
Eswatini	8	1	4	3	7	9	−2
Tanzania	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2
Tunisia	4	1	0	3	2	8	−6
Zambia	20	2	10	8	11	26	−15
Zimbabwe	12	6	0	6	23	25	−2
Total	253	67	69	117	252	362	−110

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COSAFA Cup

• Winners: 2015
• Runners-up: 1997, 1999, 2022