Africa Cup of Nations Qualification | 09/10 16:00 | 2 | [4] Namibia v Kenya [2] | L | 1-2 | |
Africa Cup of Nations Qualification | 09/07 16:00 | 1 | [3] Cameroon v Namibia [3] | L | 1-0 | |
COSAFA Cup | 07/07 13:00 | 1 | [1] Angola v Namibia [2] | L | 5-0 | |
COSAFA Cup | 07/05 16:00 | 2 | [1] Mozambique v Namibia [2] | W | 2-4 | |
COSAFA Cup | 07/03 13:00 | 3 | [2] Namibia v Seychelles [3] | W | 3-1 | |
COSAFA Cup | 07/01 13:00 | 2 | [4] Namibia v Lesotho [2] | W | 2-1 | |
COSAFA Cup | 06/28 16:00 | 1 | [3] Angola v Namibia [3] | D | 0-0 | |
Africa - World Cup Qualifying | 06/09 16:00 | - | [2] Namibia v Tunisia [1] | D | 0-0 | |
Africa - World Cup Qualifying | 06/05 16:00 | - | [1] Namibia v Liberia [3] | D | 1-1 | |
Africa Cup of Nations | 01/27 17:00 | 4 | [1] Angola v Namibia [3] | L | 3-0 | |
Africa Cup of Nations | 01/24 17:00 | 3 | [3] Namibia v Mali [1] | D | 0-0 | |
Africa Cup of Nations | 01/21 20:00 | 2 | [4] South Africa v Namibia [2] | L | 4-0 | |
Africa Cup of Nations | 01/16 17:00 | 1 | Tunisia v Namibia | W | 0-1 | |
International Match | 01/08 20:00 | - | Ghana v Namibia | D | 0-0 | |
Africa - World Cup Qualifying | 11/21 16:00 | - | [6] Sao Tome e Principe v Namibia [4] | W | 0-2 | |
Africa - World Cup Qualifying | 11/15 13:00 | - | Equatorial Guinea v Namibia | W | 0-3 | |
International Match | 09/09 13:00 | - | South Africa v Namibia | D | 0-0 | |
COSAFA Cup | 07/11 16:00 | 3 | [4] Namibia v Botswana [2] | D | 0-0 | |
COSAFA Cup | 07/08 16:00 | 2 | [3] Namibia v Eswatini [4] | L | 1-2 | |
COSAFA Cup | 07/05 16:00 | 1 | [2] South Africa v Namibia [2] | D | 1-1 | |
Africa Cup of Nations Qualification | 06/20 13:00 | 5 | [3] Burundi v Namibia [1] | L | 3-2 | |
Africa Cup of Nations Qualification | 03/28 18:00 | 6 | Namibia v Kenya | - | Cancelled | |
Africa Cup of Nations Qualification | 03/28 13:00 | 4 | [2] Namibia v Cameroon [1] | W | 2-1 | |
Africa Cup of Nations Qualification | 03/24 20:30 | 3 | [1] Cameroon v Namibia [2] | D | 1-1 | |
Africa Cup of Nations Qualification | 09/19 18:00 | 3 | Cameroon v Namibia | - | Postponed | |
COSAFA Cup | 07/17 17:00 | 1 | Namibia v Zambia | L | 0-1 | |
COSAFA Cup | 07/15 14:00 | 2 | Namibia v Mozambique | W | 1-0 | |
COSAFA Cup | 07/12 12:00 | 3 | Madagascar v Namibia | W | 0-2 | |
Africa Cup of Nations Qualification | 06/08 13:00 | 2 | Kenya v Namibia | - | Postponed | |
Africa Cup of Nations Qualification | 06/04 13:00 | 1 | Namibia v Burundi | D | 1-1 |
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).
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.[]
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.
Namibia reached the Round of 16 for the first time in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, where they lost 3–0 against Angola.