Namibia national football team

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.

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

2025

Namibia  v  Malawi

5 September 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Namibia	1–2	Malawi	Francistown, Botswana
				Stadium: Obed Itani Chilume Stadium

Namibia  v  São Tomé and Príncipe

9 September 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Namibia	3–0	São Tomé and Príncipe	Francistown, Botswana
				Stadium: Obed Itani Chilume Stadium

Liberia  v  Namibia

9 October 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Liberia	3–1	Namibia	Paynesville, Liberia
				Stadium: Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex

Tunisia  v  Namibia

13 October 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Tunisia	3–0	Namibia	Tunis, Tunisia
				Stadium: Hammadi Agrebi Stadium

Comoros  v  Namibia

14 November Friendly	Comoros	1–0	Namibia	Moroni, Comoros
	Abdallah 84'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omnisports de Malouzini

Comoros  v  Namibia

17 November Friendly	Comoros	4–0	Namibia	Moroni, Comoros
19:00 UTC+3	M'Changama 4' Youssouf 22' Ahmed 69' Ben Nabouhane 77'	Report		Stadium: Stade omnisports de Malouzini

2026

Kuwait  v  Namibia

25 March 2026 FIFA Series	Kuwait	Cancelled	Namibia	Astana, Kazakhstan
20:00 UTC+5				Stadium: Astana Arena
Note: Match cancelled due to Kuwait withdrawing following the 2026 Iran war.

Kazakhstan  v  Namibia

25 March 2026 FIFA Series	Kazakhstan	2–0	Namibia	Astana, Kazakhstan
17:00 UTC+5	Vorogovsky 12' Kasym 79'	Report		Stadium: Astana Arena Referee: Viktar Shymusik (Belarus)

Namibia  v  Comoros

28 March 2026 FIFA Series	Namibia	0–0 (5–4 p)	Comoros	Astana, Kazakhstan
17:00 UTC+5		Report		Stadium: Astana Arena Referee: Arman Ismuratov (Kazakhstan)
	Penalties
	Hanamub Muzeu Petrus Rudath Kambato		Kari Id. Mohamed Ali Abdallah Mroivili

Namibia  v  Comoros

TBD 2027 AFCON qualification	Namibia	v	Comoros	TBD, Namibia
TBD				Stadium: TBD

Comoros  v  Namibia

TBD 2027 AFCON qualification	Comoros	v	Namibia	TBD, Comoros
TBD				Stadium: TBD

Cameroon  v  Namibia

TBD 2027 AFCON qualification	Cameroon	v	Namibia	TBD, Cameroon
TBD				Stadium: TBD

Namibia  v  Cameroon

TBD 2027 AFCON qualification	Namibia	v	Cameroon	TBD, Namibia
TBD				Stadium: TBD

Namibia  v  Congo

TBD 2027 AFCON qualification	Namibia	v	Congo	TBD, Namibia
TBD				Stadium: TBD

Congo  v  Namibia

TBD 2027 AFCON qualification	Congo	v	Namibia	TBD, Congo
TBD				Stadium: TBD

Caretaker managers are listed in italics.

As of 28 March 2026^[5]

Players in bold are still active with Namibia.

Updated on 28 March 2026 after match against Comoros^[6]

  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	16	0	7	9	9	25	−16
Benin	2	1	0	1	8	4	+4
Botswana	20	2	11	7	18	19	−1
Burkina Faso	3	0	0	3	2	11	−9
Burundi	4	1	1	2	7	8	–1
Chad	4	3	0	1	7	4	+3
Cameroon	6	1	2	3	3	8	−5
Comoros	8	3	2	3	8	7	+1
Congo	6	1	2	3	3	9	−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
Equatorial Guinea	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Gabon	2	0	2	0	2	2	0
Gambia	4	2	1	1	5	5	0
Ghana	3	0	1	2	0	2	−2
Guinea	10	1	2	7	4	19	−15
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
Kazakhstan	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Kenya	8	4	1	3	6	5	+1
Lebanon	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Lesotho	13	5	5	3	15	14	+1
Liberia	3	1	3	2	4	6	–2
Libya	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
Madagascar	8	4	1	3	11	10	+1
Malawi	18	9	4	5	23	18	+5
Mali	8	1	3	4	4	8	−4
Mauritius	4	2	0	2	5	4	+1
Morocco	7	0	1	6	2	15	−13
Mozambique	20	10	6	4	25	14	+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
São Tomé and Príncipe	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5
Saudi Arabia	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2
Senegal	8	1	0	7	5	24	−19
Seychelles	7	4	3	0	15	5	+10
South Africa	14	1	5	8	10	27	−17
Eswatini	9	1	4	4	8	10	−2
Tanzania	4	0	2	2	1	4	−3
Togo	2	1	0	1	1	1	0
Tunisia	7	2	1	4	3	11	−8
Zambia	22	2	11	9	11	27	−16
Zimbabwe	15	7	0	8	26	29	–3
Total	310	81	90	139	301	426	−123

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