Namibian women's national soccer team

Republic of Namibia
Republic of Namibia

Nickname (s)

Brave Gladiators
Brave Gladitators

Association

Namibia Football Association

confederacy

CAF

Head coach

Uerikondjera Kasaona

Assistant coach

Robert Nauseb

Home stadium

Independence Stadium
Sam Nujoma Stadium

FIFA code

NAM

FIFA rank

143. (956 points)
(as of August 14, 2020)

First jersey

Second jersey

Balance sheet

63 games
20 wins
10 draws
33 losses

statistics

First international match South Africa 13-0 Namibia ( Pretoria , South Africa ; October 25, 2003 )

Last game Namibia 8-0 Mauritius ( Port Elizabeth , South Africa ; 6 August 2019 )

Biggest win Namibia 8-0 Mauritius ( Port Elizabeth , South Africa ; August 6, 2019 )

Biggest defeat South Africa 13-0 Namibia ( Pretoria , South Africa ; October 25, 2003 )

Successes in tournaments

African Championship

Participation in the finals

1 ( first : 2014 )

Best results

Preliminary round 2014

(As of: 2019-08-06)

The Namibian national football team of the women is the Women's Football - National Team of the southwest African country of Namibia .

The Namibian national soccer team for women was only officially founded in 2003, although the Namibia Football Association joined FIFA in 1992 . The women's national soccer team has not yet been able to qualify for a soccer world championship or soccer championship. As the host, the national team was automatically eligible to start the 2014 African Cup of Nations, but could not survive the preliminary round.

The greatest success was a 3-2 win for the team in October 2008 against Banyana Banyana , the South African national women's soccer team , as well as reaching the second qualifying round for the 2008 African Cup of Nations .

The team is known under the name "Brave Gladiators" ( German brave gladiators ). She was trained from August 2017 to July 2019 by Brian Isaacs , who took over from Jaqueline Shipanga . Before that she was national coach for 10 years. Uerikondjera Kasaona has been national coach since July 2019 .

The highest ranking in the FIFA World Ranking was 89th in December 2009.

International success

Football Women's World Cup

2007 V.R. ChinaChina People's Republic	not qualified
2011 GermanyGermany	withdrawn
2015 CanadaCanada	not qualified
2019 FranceFrance	not qualified
2023

African Cup of Nations for women

2004 South AfricaSouth Africa	not participated
2006 NigeriaNigeria	not qualified
2008 EgyptEgypt	not qualified
2010 South AfricaSouth Africa	withdrawn
2012 Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea	not qualified
2014 NamibiaNamibia	Preliminary round
2016 CameroonCameroon	not qualified
2018 GhanaGhana	not qualified
2020

COSAFA Cup

2002 ZimbabweZimbabwe	not participated (1st game only in 2003)
2006 ZambiaZambia	2nd place
2008 AngolaAngola	2nd place
2011 ZimbabweZimbabwe	not participated
2017 ZimbabweZimbabwe	Preliminary round
2018 South AfricaSouth Africa	Preliminary round
2019 South AfricaSouth Africa	Preliminary round
2020

Squad

The specified roster is based on the preliminary nomination for the COSAFA Women's Championship 2019 .

goal	Defense	midfield	Storm
Eixas, Lydia!Lydia Eixas	Katuta, Ndapewa!Ndapewa Katuta	Amukoto, Twelikondjela!Twelikondjela Amukoto	Shikusho, Anna-Marie!Anna-Marie Shikusho
Matheus, Melissa!Melissa Matheus	Enkali, Selma!Selma Enkali	Adams, Tomalina!Tomalina Adams	Uueziua, Beverly!Beverly Uueziua
Kauzuu, Agnes!Agnes Kauzuu	Jossop, Lorraine!Lorraine Jossop	Hikuam, Millicent!Millicent Hikuam	Ngonda, memory!Memory Ngonda
Tjituere, Rejoice!Rejoice Tjituere	Nanamus, Lydiana!Lydiana Nanamus	Coleman, Zenatha!Zenatha Coleman (C)	Vliete, Fiola!Fiola Vliete
	Van Wyk, Veronica!Veronica Van Wyk	Blou, Juliana!Juliana Blou	Van Wyk, Kylie!Kylie Van Wyk
	Naris, Emma!Emma Naris	Fredricks, Elmarie!Elmarie Fredricks
	Mulunga, Lovisa!Lovisa Mulunga	Cordom, Annoushka!Annoushka cordom
	Kotjipati, Veweziwa!Veweziwa Kotjipati	Angula, Asteria!Asteria Angula
	Tjituka, Kamunikire!Kamunikire Tjituka	Uulumbu, Eva!Eva Uulumbu
	Cooper, Ivone!Ivone Cooper	Ujamba, Meltret!Meltret Ujamba
		Nanuno, league name!Lydia Ligamens Nanuno

Well-known players

Emerencia Kleintje Fredericks
Veweziwa Kotjipati , u. a. in Germany for TuS Lipperode
Melissa Matheus , LTV Lüdenscheid
Sandra Starke

Web links

Side of the National Namibia (English)
International match statistics
Information about Namibia at fifa.com (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Women's world rankings. In: fifa.com. FIFA , August 14, 2020, accessed on August 14, 2020 (teams without a place and points are provisional because no more than five games have been played or the teams have been inactive for more than 18 months).
↑ Shipanga resigns as Gladiators coach. NFA, Aug. 24, 2017.
^ NFA confirms women's teams' coaches. Namibia Press Agency, July 2, 2019.
^ Brave Gladiators Cosafa squad announced. Namibia Press Agency, July 2, 2019.

[1] Women's world rankings. In: fifa.com. FIFA , August 14, 2020, accessed on August 14, 2020 (teams without a place and points are provisional because no more than five games have been played or the teams have been inactive for more than 18 months).

[2] Shipanga resigns as Gladiators coach. NFA, Aug. 24, 2017.

[3] NFA confirms women's teams' coaches. Namibia Press Agency, July 2, 2019.

[4] Brave Gladiators Cosafa squad announced. Namibia Press Agency, July 2, 2019.