Namibia national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Brave Warriors |
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| Association | Namibia Football Association |
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) |
| Sub-confederation | COSAFA (Southern Africa) |
| Head coach | Ricardo Mannetti |
| Captain | Ronald Ketjijere |
| Most caps | Johannes Hindjou (69) |
| Top scorer | Rudolf Bester (13) |
| Home stadium | Independence Stadium |
| FIFA code | NAM |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 100  1 (12 January 2017)
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| Highest | 68 (November 1998) |
| Lowest | 167 (July 2006) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 114 (26 January 2017) |
| Highest | 100 (12 September 1998) |
| Lowest | 165 (22 July 2006) |
| First international | |
 South-West Africa 0–1 Angola  (Namibia; May 16, 1989) |
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| Biggest win | |
 Namibia 8–2 Benin  (Windhoek, Namibia; 15 July 2000) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Egypt 7–1 Namibia (Cairo, Egypt; 8 November 1996) Egypt 8–2 Namibia (Alexandria, Egypt; 13 July 2001) |
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| Africa Cup of Nations | |
| Appearances | 2 (first in 1998) |
| Best result | Group stage, 1998 and 2008 |
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. They have never qualified for the World Cup but have made two appearances in the Africa Cup of Nations.
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 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 two appearances in the African Cup of Nations, both times going out in the first round. 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.
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