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Namibia
	Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	Brave Warriors
Association	Namibia Football Association
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	COSAFA (Southern Africa)
Head coach	Bernard Kaanjuka (caretaker)
Captain	Ronald Ketjijere
Home stadium	Independence Stadium
FIFA code	NAM
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	117
Highest	68 (November 1998)
Lowest	167 (July 2006)
First international
	South-West Africa 0–1 Angola ; (Namibia; May 16, 1989)
Biggest win
	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	2 (first in 1998)
Best result	Round 1; 1998 & 2008

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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.^[1] They have never qualified for the World Cup but have made two appearances in the Africa Cup of Nations.

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 first ever away matches were played in Lesotho, where they lost 2–0 to their hosts on 1 August 1992, and then gained their first ever draw in a 2–2 game against the same opposition the very next day. 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.^[2]

Honours

COSAFA Cup:

2 Times Runners-up (1997 & 1999)

Competitive record

World Cup

1930 to 1990 – Did not enter
1994 to 2010 – Did not qualify

Africa Cup of Nations

1957 to 1994 – Did not enter
1996 – Did not qualify
1998 – Round 1
2000 to 2006 – Did not qualify
2008 – Round 1
2010 to 2013 – Did not qualify

The Brave Gladiators, Namibia's women soccer team will play hosts to the African Women Championship in 2014.

Players

Current squad

The following players were named in the squad for the 2014 World Cup qualifier against Kenya on 9 June 2012 and the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Liberia on 16 June 2012.^[3]

Caps and goals updated as of June 16, 2012

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Arnold Subeb	(1981-10-30) 30 October 1981 (age 42)	5	0	Black Africa
16	1GK	Virgil Vries	(1991-03-29) 29 March 1991 (age 33)	8	0	Carara Kicks
23	1GK	Ephraim Tjihonge	(1986-05-23) 23 May 1986 (age 38)	4	0	African Warriors

2	2DF	Denzil Haoseb	(1987-01-22) 22 January 1987 (age 37)	10	0	Black Africa
3	2DF	Steven Sabatha	(1991-08-12) 12 August 1991 (age 33)	5	0	United Africa Tigers
4	2DF	Willem Mwedihanga	(1986-01-07) 7 January 1986 (age 38)	12	0	United Africa Tigers
5	2DF	Angula da Costa	(1987-03-17) 17 March 1987 (age 37)	12	0	Black Africa
6	2DF	Larry Horaeb	(1991-11-12) 12 November 1991 (age 32)	10	0	SK Windhoek

7	3MF	Heinrich Isaacks	(1985-03-05) 5 March 1985 (age 39)	19	4	F.C. Civics Windhoek
8	3MF	Willy Stephanus	(1991-06-26) 26 June 1991 (age 33)	12	0	Black Africa
12	3MF	Ronald Ketjijere	(1983-04-06) April 6, 1983 (age 41)	15	0	{{{club}}}
13	3MF	Eslin Kamuhanga	(1982-05-06) 6 May 1982 (age 42)	12	1	Black Africa
14	3MF	Neville Tjiueza	(1993-09-06) 6 September 1993 (age 31)	2	0	GFC Düren
19	3MF	Petrus Shitembi	(1992-05-11) 11 May 1992 (age 32)	12	0	Rundu Chiefs
20	3MF	Hendrik Somaeb	(1985-09-29) 29 September 1985 (age 39)	4	0	Blue Waters

9	4FW	Henrico Botes	(1979-02-24) 24 February 1979 (age 45)	17	3	Platinum Stars
10	4FW	Tangeni Shipahu	(1987-09-03) 3 September 1987 (age 37)	12	2	Osotspa Saraburi
11	4FW	Lazarus Kaimbi	(1988-08-12) 12 August 1988 (age 36)	16	5	Osotspa Saraburi
15	4FW	Rudolf Bester	(1983-07-19) 19 July 1983 (age 41)	32	9	Orlando Pirates
17	4FW	Sydney Urikhob	(1992-01-20) 20 January 1992 (age 32)	13	4	Ramblers
18	4FW	Jerome Louis	(1987-09-23) 23 September 1987 (age 37)	7	0	Black Africa
21	4FW	Benson Shilongo	(1992-05-18) 18 May 1992 (age 32)	5	2	United Africa Tigers

Recent call-up

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
DF	Jamu Ngatjizeko	(1984-12-28) 28 December 1984 (age 39)	29	1	African Stars	v. Liberia, 29 February 2012
DF	Teberius Lombaard	(1991-05-24) 24 May 1991 (age 33)	3	0	Orlando Pirates Windhoek	v. Djibouti, 15 November 2011

MF	Manfred Starke	(1991-02-21) 21 February 1991 (age 33)	1	0	F.C. Hansa Rostock	v. Rwanda, 13 October 2012
MF	Bryan Bantam	(1986-12-03) 3 December 1986 (age 37)	5	0	Black Africa	v. Liberia, 29 February 2012
MF	Ananias Gebhardt	(1988-09-08) 8 September 1988 (age 36)	4	0	United Africa Tigers	v. Mozambique, 21 February 2012
MF	Bradley Wermann	(1986-03-29) 29 March 1986 (age 38)	3	0	Black Africa	v. Mozambique, 21 February 2012
MF	Colin Benjamin	(1978-08-03) 3 August 1978 (age 46)	32	2	1860 Munchen	v. Zambia, 14 January 2012
MF	Oliver Risser	(1980-09-17) 17 September 1980 (age 44)	27	0	Swindon Town	v. Zambia, 14 January 2012
MF	Quinton Jacobs	(1979-01-21) January 21, 1979 (age 45)	28	4	Salgaocar S.C.	v. Zambia, 14 January 2012

FW	Tanggni Saipahli	(1987-09-03) 3 September 1987 (age 37)	0	0	Free Agent	v. Djibouti, 15 November 2011
FW	Papi Kavizembi	(1995-03-23) 23 March 1995 (age 29)	0	0	Free Agent	v. Djibouti, 15 November 2011

Previous squads

Africa Cup of Nations quads

Managers

Others Namibia National Under 17 football team Namibia National Under 20 football team

References

^ 4:05. "Namibian football on the rise - ESPN FC". Soccernet.espn.go.com. Retrieved 2012-11-02. {{cite web}}: |author= has numeric name (help)
^ "Namibia International Matches". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
^ "Namibia announce squad for Nigeria game". goal.com. 2012-05-31. Retrieved 2012-06-21.

External sources

Namibia at FIFA.com
Namibia Football Association official website

[1] 4:05. "Namibian football on the rise - ESPN FC". Soccernet.espn.go.com. Retrieved 2012-11-02. {{cite web}}: |author= has numeric name (help)

[2] "Namibia International Matches". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 2012-11-02.

[3] "Namibia announce squad for Nigeria game". goal.com. 2012-05-31. Retrieved 2012-06-21.

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