NAMIBIA

Year of formation: 1990 Affiliation FIFA: 1992 Affiliation CAF: 1992 National Stadium: Independence Stadium, Windhoek (20 000) National Colours: White / White / White

 

Namibian football has been going through a torrid time over the last years, slipping from the heady heights attained in 1997 and 1999 when they were Cosafa Castle Cup runners-up and in 1998 when they shocked African football by reaching the African Nations Cup finals in Burkina Faso. In the last six Cosafa Castle Cup competitions, Namibia have been knocked out at the first hurdle of the tournament, losing to Zimbabwe, Mauritius, Swaziland, Botswana, Angola and Botswana again in 2005.  The Brave Warriors were the surprise package of the 1997 edition, finishing second to winners Zambia and in 1998 caused a major upset by knocking out World Cup finalists South Africa at the preliminary round stage. In 1999, they were again in the final, and narrowly lost to Angola in extra-time in the second leg in Windhoek. The team reached a high of 68th place in the FIFA world rankings in 1998 but have dropped right down to 161 at the start of 2006.

 

DATE	VENUE	OPPONENT	RESULT	GOALSCORERS
16-3-97	Windhoek	ZIMBABWE	2-1	Hindjou (2 pens)
31-5-97	Mwanza	TANZANIA	0-0
28-6-97	Windhoek	MALAWI	4-1	Uri Khob, de Gouveia,
	Hindjou, Shivute
20-7-97	Maputo	MOZAMBIQUE	1-1	Goraseb
31-8-97	Windhoek	ZAMBIA	1-1	Ouseb (pen)
25-1-98	Windhoek	SOUTH AFRICA	3-2	Goagoseb, Tjihero, Auchumeb
19-4-98	Harare	ZIMBABWE	2-5	Uri Khob, Khaiseb
30-5-98	Windhoek	ANGOLA	1-1	Angula
8-8-98	Lusaka	ZAMBIA	1-1	Hindjou
30-8-98	Windhoek	MOZAMBIQUE	2-1	Tjikuzu, Shivute
7-2-99	Maseru	LESOTHO	0-1
23-5-99	Blantyre	MALAWI	1-1	Uutoni
31-7-99	Windhoek	SOUTH AFRICA	1-1	Hindjou
28-8-99	Windhoek	SWAZILAND	1-1	Goraseb
26-9-99	Luanda	ANGOLA	0-1
2-10-99	Windhoek	ANGOLA	1-1	Shivute
14-5-00	Harare	ZIMBABWE	2-3	Benjamin, Naruseb
08-4-01	BelleVue	MAURITIUS	0-1
21-4-02	Somhlolo	SWAZILAND	1-2	Van Wyk
16-3-03	Windhoek	BOTSWANA	0-1
9-5-04	Luanda	ANGOLA	1-2	Petrus
16-4-05	Windhoek	BOTSWANA	1-1	Botes
22-7-06	Windhoek	SEYCHELLES	1-1	Khaiseb
23-7-06	Windhoek	MALAWI	3-2	Isaak, Bester, Botes (pen)

 

RECORD

	P	W	D	L	F	A
Home	13	5	7	1	21	15
Away	11	0	4	7	9	18
Total	24	5	11	8	30	33